William Shatner
Acting
William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994). Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various American television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a Starfleet uniform. He has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels, the TekWar sequence, that were adapted for television. Outside Star Trek, Shatner played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986), hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), guest starred on the detective series Columbo, and acted in the comedy film Miss Congeniality (2000). After his last appearance as Captain Kirk, Shatner's television career has embraced comedy, drama and reality shows. In seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun, he played the alien "Big Giant Head", to which the main characters reported. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the final season of the legal show The Practice and in its spinoff Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards, one for his contribution to each series. In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he starred in both seasons of NBC's Better Late Than Never, a comical travel series in which a band of elderly celebrities toured East Asia and Europe. Aside from acting, Shatner has had a career as a recording artist, beginning in 1968 with his album The Transformed Man. His cover versions of songs are dramatic recitations of their lyrics rather than musical performances: the most notable are his versions of the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", and Elton John's "Rocket Man". His most successful album was his third, Seeking Major Tom (2011), which includes covers of Pink Floyd's "Learning to Fly", David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". In 2021, Shatner flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS-18, a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule. At age 90, he became the oldest person to fly in space and one of the first 600 to do so. Minutes after the flight, he described experiencing the overview effect.
765874: Unification
Kirk
Aliens Among Us with William Shatner
William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill
Self
Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic
Self
Full Moon's Roadshow Revisited
Self (archive footage)
A Tear in the Sky
Fireheart
Mayor of New York (voice)
2021 and Done with Snoop Dogg & Kevin Hart
Self
Shatner in Space
Self
Expedition Unknown: Shark Trek
Self
WWE Hall Of Fame 2020
Himself
Senior Moment
Victor Martin
Creators: The Past
Lord Oghma
To Your Last Death
The Overseer (voice)
Devil's Revenge
Hayes
The Steam Engines of Oz
Oscar 'Oz' Diggs (voice)
Aliens Ate My Homework
Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)
Batman vs. Two-Face
Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)
Not a War Story
The Truth Is in the Stars
Self
Heroes Manufactured
Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Self
For the Love of Spock
Self
When Elephants Were Young
Narrator
Koko: The Gorilla Who Talks to People
Self (archive footage)
Range 15
Richard Chindler
They Came from the Swamp: The Films of William Grefé
Himself (voice only)
A Sunday Horse
Kenneth Roubidoux
The Colorful Montreal Expos
Narrator (voice)
Just in Time for Christmas
Coachman Nick
Baby, Baby, Baby
Actor
Being Canadian
Self
A Christmas Horror Story
Dangerous Dan
Tom Felton Meets the Superfans
Self
A Star Is Drawn: Rob Simone's Look Inside Comic-Con
Self
Chaos on the Bridge
Self
To Be Takei
Self
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale
Self
Return to the Forest
Narrator
Escape from Planet Earth
General Shanker (voice)
The Captains: Still Kicking
Himself
Horrorween
Self
Get a Life!
Himself
Corman's World
Self - Actor
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
Self - Roaster
William Shatner Sings O Canada
Himself
The Captains
Himself
The Space Shuttle
Narrator
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey
Core (voice)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man
Self
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Closing Ceremony
Himself
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet
Himself
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Self
Fanboys
Himself
Gotta Catch Santa Claus
Santa Claus (voice)
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
Himself
The Pixar Story
James T. Kirk (archive footage)
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
Self
Over the Hedge
Ozzie (voice)
The Wild
Kazar (voice)
Stalking Santa
Narrator
William Shatner in Concert
Self
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
Last Laugh '05
Lucifer
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
Self
How William Shatner Changed The World
Self - Host / Narrator (voice)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Stan Fields
Lil' Pimp
Tony Gold (voice)
Last Laugh '04
Self
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Dodgeball Chancellor
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages
Self
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Sci-Fi Visionaries
A Carol Christmas
Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present
Christmas in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
Self
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner's Spplat Attack II
Wild Bill
Spplat Attack
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
Groom Lake
John Gossner
American Psycho II: All American Girl
Starkman
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
Self
Showtime
William Shatner
Shoot or Be Shot!
Harvey Wilkes
Star Wars vs. Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues
Self
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
Himself
Festival in Cannes
Self
Gahan Wilson's The Kid
Professor
Whale Shark Hunters of the Philippines
Self
Osmosis Jones
Mayor Phlegmming (voice)
Falcon Down
Major Robert Carson
Remembering 'The Intruder'
Himself
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 2
Narrator
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 3
Narrator
NASA: A Space Odyssey Vol. 1
Narrator
Miss Congeniality
Stan Fields
Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero
Narrator (Voice)
Nukes in Space
Narrator
Land of the Free
Aidan Carvell
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Himself
Free Enterprise
Bill
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman
James T. Kirk
Trekkies
Self
Jefftowne
Himself
TV Guide Looks at Science Fiction
Himself
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Self
The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.
Michael Gatewick
Star Trek Story
Self (archive footage)
Corwin
Self
Dead Man's Island
Chase Prescott
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Host
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Narrator
Virtuosity
Captain James T. Kirk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Janek: The Silent Betrayal
Bodosh
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
William Shatner: Captain's Log
Self
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Himself/Host
Star Trek: Generations
Captain James T. Kirk
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Adam Harland (uncredited)
TekWar: TekJustice
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar: TekLab
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar: TekLords
Walter H. Bascom
TekWar
Walter H. Bascom
UFO Cover-Up Live with Larry King
Self
Family of Strangers
Earl
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
General Mortars
Your Guide to Star Trek: Generations
Self
The Twenty-Five Year Mission Tour
Himself
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Captain James T. Kirk
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Self - Host
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
Amazon: Land of the Flooded Forest
Narrator
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Captain James T. Kirk
Hollywood on Horses
Self
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Self
Broken Angel
Chuck Coburn
Seasons
Narrator (voice)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Admiral James T. Kirk
William Shatner's Mysteries of the Way We Feel
Host
The Canadian Conspiracy
Self
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
Sgt. T.J. Hooker
Super Duper Bloopers
Self
North Beach and Rawhide
Rawhide MacGregor
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Secrets of a Married Man
Chris Jordan
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Admiral James T. Kirk
Airplane II: The Sequel
Cdr. Buck Murdock
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Admiral James T. Kirk
Visiting Hours
Gary Baylor
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The Babysitter
Dr. Jeff Benedict
The Kidnapping of the President
Jerry O'Connor
Hypnosis and Beyond
Himself
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Admiral James T. Kirk
Disaster on the Coastliner
Stuart Peters
Riel
The Barker
The Crash of Flight 401
Carl Tobias
Land of No Return
Curt Benell
The Third Walker
Munro Maclean
Kingdom of the Spiders
Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen
A Whale of a Tale
Jack Fredericks
The Tenth Level
Prof. Stephen Turner
Perilous Voyage
Steve Monroe
Mysteries of the Gods
Host
Microworld
Universe
Narrator
The Star Trek Dream
Self
The Devil’s Rain
Mark Preston
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Self
Impulse
Matt Stone
Big Bad Mama
William J. Baxter
Pray for the Wildcats
Warren Summerfield
Indict and Convict
Sam Belden
Pioneer Woman
John Sergeant
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Paul Kovalik
Go Ask Alice
Sam
Incident on a Dark Street
Deaver G. Wallace
The Hound of the Baskervilles
George Stapleton
The People
Dr. Curtis
The Andersonville Trial
Col. Chipman
Sole Survivor
Lt. Col. Josef Gronke
Swing Out, Sweet Land
John Adams
Shadow Game
Peter Hoyt
White Comanche
Johnny Moon / Notah
Alexander The Great
Alexander
Star Trek: The Menagerie
Captain James T. Kirk
Incubus
Marc
The Outrage
Preacher
Operation Bikini
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Intruder
Adam Cramer
Judgment at Nuremberg
Harrison Byers
The Explosive Generation
Peter Gifford
The Grim Reaper
Paul Graves
City Out of Time
Narrator (voice)
The Christmas Tree
Philo
A Town Has Turned to Dust
Jerry Paul
The Brothers Karamazov
Alexi Karamazov
The Defender (Studio One)
Kenneth Preston
Oedipus Rex
Chorus
The Butler's Night Off