William Shatner
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 gueststarring 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 cowritten 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 19821986 hosted the realitybased television series Rescue 911 19891996 guest starred on the detective series Columbo and acted in the comedy film Miss Congeniality 2000 After his last appearance as Captain Kirk Shatners 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 NBCs 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 Dylans Mr Tambourine Man and Elton Johns Rocket Man His most successful album was his third Seeking Major Tom 2011 which includes covers of Pink Floyds Learning to Fly David Bowies Space Oddity and Queens Bohemian Rhapsody In 2021 Shatner flew into space aboard Blue Origin NS18 a Blue Origin suborbital 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
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