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AKA: Bill Shatner, William Alan Shatner
Nationality: Canadian
Birthdate: 03/22/1931
Birthplace: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

biography

A pop culture legend and one of American television’s most enduring stars, the multi-talented William Shatner started out as simply an actor. By the twilight of his career, however, Shatner successfully managed to transmogrify into something more. By turning his amiable persona into a one-man, multi-million dollar cottage industry, Shatner’s legacy in show business survived for more than five decades. A native of the Great White North, Shatner first broke into entertainment as a stage actor, racking up extensive credits in both his native Canada and New York. Though he made a flashy feature Continued

Credits

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2008-2008
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Celebrity Contestant
2008
Boston Legal
(TV Show)
2004-2008
Last Call
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2008
Made in China
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2008
Juiced
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2008
Thanksgiving
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Kill, Baby, Kill!
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2008
Roe
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Mad Cows
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Happy Trails
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2008
The Bad Seed
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2008
True Love
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Dances with Wolves
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2008
Guardians and Gatekeepers
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2008
Smoke Signals
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2008
Patriot Acts
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2008
The Gods Must Be Crazy
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2008
Indecent Proposals
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2008
The Court Supreme
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2008
The Mighty Rogues
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2008
Tabloid Nation
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2008
Rescue Me
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2008
Glow in the Dark
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Roe v. Wade, The Musical
Denny Crane
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Mad About You
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2008
Green Christmas
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2007
No Brains Left Behind
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2007
Oral Contracts
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2007
Attack of the Xenophobes
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2007
The Object of My Affection
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2007
Hope and Gory
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2007
Do Tell
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2007
The Chicken and the Leg
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The Innocent Man
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Beauty and the Beast
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Trial of the Century
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2007
Duck and Cover
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Guantanamo by the Bay
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Tea and Sympathy
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Guise 'n Dolls
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Brotherly Love
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Son of the Defender
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The Bride Wore Blood
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The Good Lawyer
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Fat Burner
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Selling Sickness
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Dumping Bella
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Nuts
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Angel of Death
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The Nutcrackers
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2006
On The Ledge
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2006
Lincoln
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Trick or Treat
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The Verdict
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Whose God Is It Anyway?
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Fine Young Cannibal
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New Kids on the Block
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Can't We All Get a Lung?
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Spring Fever
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BL: Los Angeles
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Squid Pro Quo
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Deep End of the Poole
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Race Ipsa
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Ivan the Incorrigible
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Word Salad Days
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Shock and Oww!
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Smile
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Too Much Information
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Helping Hands
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The Cancer Man Can
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Legal Deficits
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Gone
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The Ass Fat Jungle
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2005
Truly, Madly, Deeply
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Truth Be Told
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Witches of Mass Destruction
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Men to Boys
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A Whiff and a Prayer
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Finding Nimmo
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Schadenfreude
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The Black Widow
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2005
Death Be Not Proud
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Let Sales Ring
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2005
Tortured Souls
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Til We Meat Again
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It Girls and Beyond
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From Whence We Came
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Schmidt Happens
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2005
Hired Guns
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A Greater Good
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Loose Lips
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Questionable Characters
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An Eye for an Eye
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Change of Course
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Catch and Release
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Still Crazy After All These Years
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Head Cases
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Over the Hedge
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The Wild
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Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
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2005
The Practice
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Cheers
Danny Crane
2004
New Hoods on the Block
Danny Crane
2004
The Case Against Alan Shore
Danny Crane
2004
War of the Roses
Danny Crane
2004
Futurama
(TV Show)
2002-2002
Where No Fan Has Gone Before
Himself
2002
Showtime
Himself
2002
Osmosis Jones
of Mayor Phlegmming
2001
Miss Congeniality
Stan Fields
2000
Free Enterprise
Himself
1999
Star Trek VI: the Undiscovered Country
Admiral James T Kirk
1991
Star Trek V: the Final Frontier
From Story
1989
Star Trek V: the Final Frontier
Director
1989
Star Trek V: the Final Frontier
Kirk
1989
Star Trek IV
Admiral James T Kirk
1986
Star Trek III
Admiral Kirk
1984
Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan
Kirk
1982
Impulse
Actor
1974
Judgment at Nuremberg
Captain Byers
1961
Transcendent Man
Himself
Gonzo Ballet
Cast
Quantum Quest
Voice
The Bradbury Trilogy
Charles Underhill
The Brothers Karamazov
Alexey Karamazov
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
General Curtis Mortars
Lil' Pimp
Voice of Tony Gold
The Outrage
Preacher
Airplane II: the Sequel
Murdock
The Devil's Rain
Mark Preston
Visiting Hours
Gary Baylor
Gonzo Ballet
Executive Producer
The Land of No Return
Curt Benell
American Psycho II: All American Girl
Starkman
Big Bad Mama
William J Baxter
The Kidnapping of the President
Jerry O'Connor
A Whale of a Tale
Dr Jack Fredericks
Star Trek: the Motion Picture
Captain Kirk
Kingdom of the Spiders
Rack Hansen
The Explosive Generation
Peter Gifford
Incubus
Marc
The Intruder
Adam Cramer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Began acting career in radio with Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
 
Performed at the Shakespearean Stratford Festival of Canada in Stratford, Ontario
1951 
Official movie debut in the Canadian film "The Butler's Night Off"
1956 
Made Broadway debut in Sir Tyrone Guthrie's production of "Tamburlaine the Great"
1957 
Appeared with Ralph Bellamy as a father and son legal team in "The Defender," episode of "Studio One" (CBS)
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