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William Shatner (born 1931) is a Canadian actor who has had a career in film and television for seven decades. [1] [2] Shatner's breakthrough role was his portrayal of James T. Kirk in Star Trek .
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1951 | The Butler's Night Off | Crook | ||
1957 | Oedipus the King | Chorus | ||
1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Alexey Karamazov | ||
1961 | The Explosive Generation | Peter Gifford | ||
Judgment at Nuremberg | Captain Harrison Byers | |||
1962 | The Intruder | Adam Cramer | ||
1963 | Alexander the Great | Alexander the Great | ||
1964 | The Outrage | Preacher | ||
1965 | Incubus | Marc | ||
1968 | White Comanche | Johnny Moon / Notah | ||
1974 | Impulse | Matt Stone | ||
Big Bad Mama | William J. Baxter | |||
1975 | The Devil's Rain | Mark Preston | ||
Patent Pending | Narrator | Documentary film about patents | [4] | |
1976 | A Whale of a Tale | Dr. Jack Fredericks | ||
1977 | Kingdom of the Spiders | Rack Hansen | ||
1978 | Land of No Return | Curt Bunell | ||
The Third Walker | Munro Maclean | |||
1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | James T. Kirk | ||
1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Jerry O'Connor | ||
1982 | Visiting Hours | Gary Baylor | ||
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | James T. Kirk | |||
Airplane II: The Sequel | Commander Buck Murdock | |||
1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | James T. Kirk | ||
1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |||
1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Also director and co-writer | ||
1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | |||
1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | General Mortars | ||
1994 | Star Trek Generations | James T. Kirk | ||
1995 | Trinity and Beyond | Narrator | Documentary | |
1998 | Land of the Free | Aidan Carvell | ||
Free Enterprise | Bill | |||
2000 | Miss Congeniality | Stan Fields | ||
Falcon Down | Major Robert Carson | |||
2001 | Osmosis Jones | Mayor Phlegmming | Voice | [5] |
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime | Co-host | Documentary Direct-to-video, also producer | ||
2002 | Shoot or Be Shot | Harvey Wilkes | ||
Showtime | Himself | |||
American Psycho 2 | Robert Starkman | |||
Groom Lake | John Gossner | Also director and co-writer | ||
2004 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Dodgeball Chancellor | ||
2005 | Lil' Pimp | Tony Gold | Voice, direct-to-video | [5] |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Stan Fields | |||
2006 | The Wild | Kazar | Voice | [5] |
Over the Hedge | Ozzie | Voice | [5] | |
Stalking Santa | Narrator | |||
2008 | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Voice | [5] |
2009 | Fanboys | Himself | ||
The True History of Puss 'N Boots | Puss 'N Boots | Voice | [5] | |
William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet | Himself | |||
2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Core | Voice | [5] |
Horrorween | Himself | |||
2011 | The Captains | Host | Documentary Also director and producer | |
2012 | Get A Life! | Host | Documentary Also writer, director and co-producer | |
2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | General Shanker | Voice | [5] |
2014 | William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge | Host | Documentary Also writer, director and co-producer | |
2015 | A Christmas Horror Story | Dangerous Dan | ||
A Sunday Horse | Kenneth Roubidoux | |||
When Elephants Were Young | Narrator | Documentary | ||
Being Canadian | Himself | Documentary | ||
2016 | Range 15 | Richard Chindler | ||
2017 | Batman vs. Two-Face | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | Voice, direct-to-video | [5] |
The Truth is in the Stars | Narrator Host | |||
2018 | Aliens Ate My Homework | Phil the Plant | Voice | [5] |
2019 | Creators: The Past | Lord Ogmha | ||
To Your Last Death | The Overseer | Voice | ||
Devil's Revenge | Hayes | Also co-writer | ||
2021 | Senior Moment | Victor Martin | ||
2022 | Fireheart | Jimmy Murray | Voice | [5] |
2024 | William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill | Himself | Documentary Narrator and main role | [6] [7] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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1954 | The Canadian Howdy Doody Show | Ranger Bob | ||
1955 | Encounter | Lucky / Billy Budd | 2 episodes | |
1957 | Studio One | Dr. David Coleman / Kenneth Preston / Dr. Franck | 5 episodes, including The Defender | |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jim Whitely | Season 3 Episode 1: "The Glass Eye" | ||
1958 | A Town Has Turned to Dust | Jerry Paul | Playhouse 90 television play by Rod Serling | |
1958 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Robert Lomax | November 16, 1958 episode; portrayed Robert Lomax on an in-show portrayal of The World of Suzie Wong | [8] [9] |
1959 | Nero Wolfe | Archie Goodwin | Pilot episode: "Count the Man Down" | [10] [11] |
1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Crane | Season 5 Episode 26: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?" | |
One Step Beyond | Carl Bremer | Episode: "The Promise" | ||
1960–1963 | The Twilight Zone | Bob Wilson / Don Carter | 2 episodes | |
1961 | Thriller | Paul Graves / Gil Thrasher | ||
1961–1965 | The Defenders | Various | 5 episodes | |
1962 | Naked City | Maung Tun / Roger Barme | 2 episodes | |
1963 | Premiere - Presented by Fred Astaire | Doctor Lloyd | Episode: "Million Dollar Hospital" | |
The Nurses | Dr. Adam Courtlandt | Episode: "A Question of Mercy" | ||
Route 66 | Menemsha Faxon | Episode: "Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea" | ||
1964 | The Outer Limits | Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton | Episode: "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" | |
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Michael Donfield | Episode: "The Project Strigas Affair" | ||
Burke's Law | Arthur Reynolds | Episode: "Who Killed Carrie Cornell?" | ||
1965 | The Fugitive | Tony Burrell | Episode: "Stranger in the Mirror" | |
For the People | David Koster | 13 episodes | ||
Twelve O'Clock High | Major Kurt Brown | Episode: "I Am the Enemy" | ||
1965–1969 | The Virginian | Henry Swann / Luke Milford | 2 episodes | |
1966 | The Big Valley | Brett Skyler | Episode: "A Time to Kill" | |
Gunsmoke | Fred Bateman | Episode: "Quaker Girl" | ||
Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes / Toby Cunningham, M.D. | 6 episodes | ||
1966–1969 | Star Trek: The Original Series | James T. Kirk | Main role; 3 seasons | |
1969 | Medical Center | Dr. Eli Neily | Episode: "The Combatants" | |
1970 | Sole Survivor | Lt. Col. Josef Gronke | Television film | |
The F.B.I. | Artie | Episode: "Antennae of Death" | ||
The Andersonville Trial | Colonel Chipman | Television film | ||
1970–1974 | Ironside | Bill Parkins / Don Brand / Marty Jessup | 4 episodes | |
1971 | Vanished | Dave Paulick | Two-part made-for-TV movie (NBC) | |
1971–1972 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship | 2 episodes | |
Mission: Impossible | Joe Conrad / Tommy Kroll | |||
1972 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton | Television film | |
The People | Dr. Curtis | |||
Hawaii Five-O | Sam Tolliver | Episode: "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps" | ||
The Sixth Sense | Edwin Danbury | Episode: "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?" | ||
Four Economic Functions of Capitalism | William Shatner | Four-part made-for-TV documentary (Phillips Petroleum) | ||
1973–1974 | Star Trek: The Animated Series | James T. Kirk | Voice | |
1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace | Television film | |
The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik | |||
Barnaby Jones | Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams | Episode: "To Catch a Dead Man" | ||
Mannix | Adam Langer | Episode: "Search For a Whisper" | ||
Go Ask Alice | Sam | Television film | ||
Pioneer Woman | Johnny Sergeant | |||
1974 | Indict and Convict | Sam Belden | ||
Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield | |||
The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Lang | Episode: "Burning Bright" | ||
Flick Flack | Host | |||
Police Story | Sgt. Bill Keitlinger | Episode: "Love, Mabel" | ||
Kung Fu | Captain Brandywine Gage | Episode: "A Small Beheading" | ||
1975–1976 | Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable | 14 episodes | |
1976 | The Tenth Level | Professor Stephen Turner | Television film | |
1976; 1994 | Columbo | Ward Fowler / Fielding Chase | Episode: "Fade in to Murder" and "Butterfly Shades of Grey" | |
1977 | The Oregon Trail | Master Sgt. Buford Cole | Episode: "The Scarlet Ribbon" | |
Testimony of Two Men | Adrian Ferrier | Television film | ||
Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | Documentary | ||
1978 | How the West Was Won | Captain Harrison | Miniseries | |
Little Women | Professor Friedrich Bhaer | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
The Bastard | Paul Revere | Television film | ||
Crash | Carl Tobias | |||
1979 | Riel | The Barker | ||
Disaster on the Coastliner | Stuart Peters | |||
1980 | The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict | ||
1982 | Police Squad! | Poisoned Man | Episode: "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)" | |
Madame's Place | Self | Episode: "No Fun Without Practice" | ||
The Vegetarian World | Himself: host & narrator | Documentary | [12] [13] | |
1982–1986 | T. J. Hooker | Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "T. J." Hooker | Main role; 5 seasons | |
1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | Chris Jordan | Television film | |
1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Underhill | Episode: "The Playground" | |
1988 | Broken Angel | Chuck Coburn | Television film | |
1989–1996 | Rescue 911 | Host | 7 seasons & 2 specials | |
1992 | The Larry Sanders Show | Himself | Episode: "The Promise" | |
1993 | Family of Strangers | Earl | Television film | |
SeaQuest DSV | President Milos Teslo | Episode: "Hide and Seek" | ||
A Celebration of Horses: The American Saddlebred | Himself | Television special | ||
1994–1996 | TekWar | Walter H. Bascom | 18 episodes | |
1995, 2010 | WWE Raw | Himself | Celebrity guest appearance for three episodes; two in 1995 and one in 2010. | [14] |
1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Captain James T. Kirk | Archive footage used in episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations" | |
Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. | Michael Gatewick | Television film | ||
Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott | |||
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Himself | Episode: "Eye, Tooth" | ||
1998 | A Twist in the Tale | The Storyteller / Narrator | 15 episodes | |
Hercules | Jason of the Argonauts | Voice; Episode: "Hercules and the Argonauts" | ||
1999–2000 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | The Big Giant Head | 5 episodes | |
2002 | Futurama | Himself | Voice; Episode: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before" | |
2003 | A Carol Christmas | Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present | 2 episodes | |
Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | Episode: "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" | ||
2004 | The Practice | Denny Crane | Recurring role, 5 episodes in season 8 | |
2004–2008 | Boston Legal | Main role; 5 seasons | ||
2005 | Atomic Betty | Jim Barrett | 2 episodes | |
Invasion Iowa | Star | 10 episodes | ||
Star Trek: Enterprise | James T. Kirk | Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "These Are the Voyages..." | ||
How William Shatner Changed the World | Host | Television film | ||
2006 | Show Me the Money | 7 episodes | ||
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Roastee | Television special | ||
2007 | Everest '82 | Norman Kelly | Miniseries | |
Fire Serpent | Creator and co-executive producer | Television film | ||
Mars Rising | Narrator | 12 episodes | [15] | |
2007; 2021 | WWE Hall of Fame | Himself | 2007: Inducted Jerry Lawler. 2021: Class of 2020 inductee. | [14] |
2008–2011 | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Host | 39 episodes | |
2010–2011 | $#*! My Dad Says | Dr. Edison "Ed" Milford Goodson | 18 episodes | |
Aftermath with William Shatner | Host | 12 episodes | ||
2010–2012 | Weird or What? | 30 episodes | ||
2011–2012 | Psych | Frank O'Hara | 2 episodes | |
2011 | Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Roaster | Television special | |
2012 | Rookie Blue | Henry McLeod | Episode: "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" | |
Have I Got News for You | Host | 1 episode | ||
2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Sally | Episode: "It's Alive" | |
85th Academy Awards | James T. Kirk | Television special | ||
Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | NBC Television Executive | |||
The Captains Close Up | Host/James T. Kirk | Documentary Also actor, interviewer, and director | [16] [17] | |
2014 | The Shatner Project | Himself | 6 episodes | [18] |
Chaos on the Bridge | Interviewer | Documentary Also writer and director | [19] | |
2015 | WWE Breaking Ground | Narrator | WWE Network documentary; 10 episodes | |
Murdoch Mysteries | Mark Twain | Episode: "Marked Twain" | ||
Haven | Croatoan | 4 episodes | ||
2015–present | Clangers | Narrator | Voice; English dub | |
2016 | Cutthroat Kitchen | Himself | Episode: "The One With William Shatner" | |
2016–2018 | Better Late Than Never | 12 episodes | ||
2017 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Grand Pear | Voice, episode: "The Perfect Pear" | [5] |
2017, 2019 | Private Eyes | Norm Glinski | 2 episodes | |
2017 | The Indian Detective | David Marlowe | 4 episodes | |
2019 | The Big Bang Theory | Himself | Episode: "The D&D Vortex" | [20] |
Star Trek: Short Treks | James T. Kirk | Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "Eraphim and Dot" | ||
2019–present | The UnXplained | Host | ||
2021 | WWE PPV | William Shatner | Episode: "WrestleMania 37" | |
My Life Is Murder | Barton Wallwork | Episode: "Sleep No More" | ||
I Don't Understand with William Shatner | William Shatner | |||
Shatner in Space | Himself | Made-for-TV documentary (Amazon) | [21] | |
2022 | The Masked Singer | Knight | Eliminated in first episode | |
2023 | Stars on Mars | Himself | Presentor | |
2024 | Masters of the Universe: Revolution | King Keldor / Skeletor | Voice; Main role | |
TBA | The Elevator | Ben | Completed |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
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1994 | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary | James T. Kirk | CD-ROM version [5] |
1995 | Star Trek: Judgment Rites | ||
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | |||
William Shatner's Tekwar | Walter Bascom | ||
1997 | Star Trek Generations | James T. Kirk | |
2006 | Star Trek: Legacy | ||
Star Trek: Encounters | Narrator | ||
Star Trek: Tactical Assault | |||
2007 | The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures | Vance Shepherd | [5] |
Year | Title | Role | Ref(s) |
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1970s | Promise Margarine | Spokesman | [22] |
1980s | Commodore Computers | VIC-20 spokesman | [23] |
1985 | Western Airlines | Himself | [24] |
1997–present | Priceline.com | Chief Negotiating Officer | |
2007 | World of Warcraft | Himself | [25] |
2007–present | Hupy and Abraham Law Firm | [26] | |
2013 | Star Trek video game commercial | [27] |
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