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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

Million Dollar Password
(TV Show)
2008-2008
William Shatner/Aisha Tyler
Celebrity Contestant
2008
Boston Legal
(TV Show)
2004-2008
Made in China
Denny Crane
2008
Last Call
Denny Crane
2008
Juiced
Denny Crane
2008
Thanksgiving
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2008
Kill, Baby, Kill!
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2008
Roe
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2008
Mad Cows
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2008
Happy Trails
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2008
The Bad Seed
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2008
True Love
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2008
Dances with Wolves
Denny Crane
2008
Guardians and Gatekeepers
Denny Crane
2008
Smoke Signals
Denny Crane
2008
Patriot Acts
Denny Crane
2008
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Denny Crane
2008
Indecent Proposals
Denny Crane
2008
The Court Supreme
Denny Crane
2008
The Mighty Rogues
Denny Crane
2008
Tabloid Nation
Denny Crane
2008
Rescue Me
Denny Crane
2008
Glow in the Dark
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2008
Roe v. Wade, The Musical
Denny Crane
2008
Mad About You
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2008
Green Christmas
Denny Crane
2007
No Brains Left Behind
Denny Crane
2007
Oral Contracts
Denny Crane
2007
Attack of the Xenophobes
Denny Crane
2007
The Object of My Affection
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2007
Hope and Gory
Denny Crane
2007
Do Tell
Denny Crane
2007
The Chicken and the Leg
Denny Crane
2007
The Innocent Man
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2007
Beauty and the Beast
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2007
Trial of the Century
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2007
Duck and Cover
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2007
Guantanamo by the Bay
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2007
Tea and Sympathy
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2007
Guise 'n Dolls
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2007
Brotherly Love
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2007
Son of the Defender
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2007
The Bride Wore Blood
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2007
The Good Lawyer
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2007
Fat Burner
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2007
Selling Sickness
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2007
Dumping Bella
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2007
Nuts
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2007
Angel of Death
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2007
The Nutcrackers
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2006
On The Ledge
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2006
Lincoln
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2006
Trick or Treat
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2006
The Verdict
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2006
Whose God Is It Anyway?
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2006
Fine Young Cannibal
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2006
Desperately Seeking Shirley
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2006
New Kids on the Block
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2006
Can't We All Get a Lung?
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2006
Spring Fever
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2006
BL: Los Angeles
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2006
Squid Pro Quo
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2006
Deep End of the Poole
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2006
Race Ipsa
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2006
Ivan the Incorrigible
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2006
Word Salad Days
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2006
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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2006
Stick It
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2006
Shock and Oww!
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2006
...There's Fire!
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2006
Live Big
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2006
Smile
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2006
Breast in Show
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2006
Too Much Information
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2006
Helping Hands
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2006
The Cancer Man Can
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2006
Legal Deficits
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2005
Gone
Denny Crane
2005
The Ass Fat Jungle
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2005
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Denny Crane
2005
Truth Be Told
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2005
Witches of Mass Destruction
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2005
Men to Boys
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2005
A Whiff and a Prayer
Denny Crane
2005
Finding Nimmo
Denny Crane
2005
Schadenfreude
Denny Crane
2005
The Black Widow
Denny Crane
2005
Death Be Not Proud
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2005
Let Sales Ring
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2005
Tortured Souls
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2005
Til We Meat Again
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2005
It Girls and Beyond
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2005
From Whence We Came
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2005
Schmidt Happens
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2005
Hired Guns
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2004
A Greater Good
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2004
Loose Lips
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2004
Questionable Characters
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2004
An Eye for an Eye
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2004
Change of Course
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2004
Catch and Release
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2004
Still Crazy After All These Years
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2004
Head Cases
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2004
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Over the Hedge
Voice of Ozzie
2006
The Wild
Voice of Kazar
2006
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Stan Fields
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
Airplane II: the Sequel
Murdock
The Outrage
Preacher
Lil' Pimp
Voice of Tony Gold
Visiting Hours
Gary Baylor
The Devil's Rain
Mark Preston
Gonzo Ballet
Executive Producer
American Psycho II: All American Girl
Starkman
The Land of No Return
Curt Benell
Big Bad Mama
William J Baxter
A Whale of a Tale
Dr Jack Fredericks
The Explosive Generation
Peter Gifford
Star Trek: the Motion Picture
Captain Kirk
Kingdom of the Spiders
Rack Hansen
The Kidnapping of the President
Jerry O'Connor
The Intruder
Adam Cramer
Incubus
Marc

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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