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William Shatner

William Shatner is best known for his distinctive voice and his roles on 'Star Trek' and 'Boston Legal.'

Who Is William Shatner?

Actor, director, author, singer William Shatner is best known for his roles on Boston Legal and Star Trek .

Born on March 22, 1931, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Shatner started his career as a child performer in radio programs for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. As a student at McGill University, he continued to pursue acting. Shatner spent his summers performing with the Royal Mount Theater Company. He graduated from the university in 1952 and joined the National Repertory Theater of Ottawa. Working with Sir Tyrone Guthrie, Shatner also appeared in productions at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario.

Early Stage and Screen Roles

In 1956, Shatner made his Broadway debut in Tamburlaine the Great , which was directed by Guthrie. He also found work in the emerging medium of television, appearing on such shows as the Goodyear Television Playhouse , Studio One , and Playhouse 90 . Playing one of the title characters, Shatner made his film debut in 1958's The Brothers Karamazov with Yul Brynner . That same year, he returned to Broadway for a two-year run in The Secret Life of Suzie Wong . He won the 1959 Theatre World Award for his performance.

In 1961, Shatner had a small part in the Holocaust drama Judgment at Nuremberg , playing an army captain. He had a lead part in The Intruder (1962) as a racist who fought against school integration. On the small screen, Shatner had his first series, For the People , in 1965. He starred on the short-lived drama as an assistant district attorney in New York City.

'Star Trek' Series and Films

The following year, Shatner took on the role that made him famous around the world. As Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek , he commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise , a starship traveling through space in the twenty-third century. Kirk encountered all sorts of unusual aliens and challenging situations during his journeys. Accompanying him on these adventures was his loyal crew, which included first officer Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy) and medical officer Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley). The science fiction series created by Gene Roddenberry premiered on September 8, 1966, and lasted for three seasons.

During the run of the show, Shatner also made an unusual career move. He recorded an album, The Transformed Man (1968), which featured spoken word versions of contemporary pop hits. Already known for his dramatic, but earnest delivery of his lines on Star Trek , Shatner recorded renditions of such songs as the Beatles' "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds."

Not long after the album, Star Trek was canceled. The show, however, continued to live on in syndication and became even more popular. Star Trek became a Saturday morning cartoon that ran during the mid-1970s, and it was resurrected a live action film in 1979. Returning to the role of Kirk, Shatner starred in Star Trek: The Motion Picture . The film's warm reception by film-goers showed how much affection the public had for the old series. At the beginning of the film, Kirk has become an admiral, Bones has retired, and Spock has returned to the planet Vulcan. But the three return to work on a new version of the Enterprise to solve a crisis involving a mysterious cloud that has destroyed several spaceships.

In the sequel Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Kirk has to overcome an old adversary out for revenge, Khan Noonien Singh (Richardo Montalban). He followed with Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

The next chapter in the Star Trek film series received a lukewarm reception. For Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Shatner not only returned as Kirk, but made his debut as a feature film director as well. The film, unfortunately, received some fairly negative reviews. Movie critic Roger Ebert called it "a mess," involving "not much danger, no characters to really care about, little suspense, uninteresting ... villains, and great deal of small talk."

Not matter what the reviews said, the Star Trek film series continued at warp speed. The next installments were Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and then Star Trek Generations (1994). In Generations , the members of the original Star Trek hand the baton to the cast of the spin-off series Star Trek: The Next Generation , marking the end of Shatner's starring role in the franchise.

TV and Movie Roles

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In 1982, Shatner took on a new leading television role in T. J. Hooker , as a veteran police officer who returns to a street beat. The supporting cast included Heather Locklear and Adrian Zmed as younger officers who work with and look up to Shatner's character. Unlike the original Star Trek series, T. J. Hooker was immediately popular with television audiences.

Shatner remained a fixture on television even after T. J. Hooker went off the air, becoming the host for Rescue 911 in 1989. This was an early entry into the reality television genre, featuring reenactments of emergency situations.

'The Practice,' 'Boston Legal'

On the big screen, Shatner appeared as a beauty pageant host in Miss Congeniality (2000) and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2 (2005), with Sandra Bullock . In 2003, he made a guest appearance as a talented, but eccentric lawyer on The Practice . His turn as Denny Crane brought him his first Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He had been previously nominated for his guest appearance on the science fiction sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun in 1999.

The Practice creator David E. Kelley created a spin-off series, Boston Legal , featuring Shatner's character Denny Crane in 2004. Law partner and master litigator Crane acts as a mentor of sorts to Alan Shore (played by James Spader). For his work on the series, Shatner won his second Emmy — this time for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series — in 2005. More nominations in this category followed in 2006 and in 2007.

'Shatner's Raw Nerve,' 'Weird or What?'

In 2008, Shatner began work on Shatner's Raw Nerve, a celebrity interview program on the Biography Channel. He then worked on another Biography Channel project entitled Aftermath with William Shatner , which focused on the stories of ordinary citizens who became overnight celebrities, and also hosted the supernatural-themed Weird or What?

'$#*! My Dad Says,' 'Better Late Than Never'

In 2010, Shatner returned to sitcom TV in the short-lived $#*! My Dad Says , based on a Twitter feed of the same name. He began hosting the U.S. version of the stop-motion series Clangers in 2015, and enjoyed some success with the reality-travel series Better Late Than Never the following year, alongside Henry Winkler , George Foreman and Terry Bradshaw .

'The UnXplained' on HISTORY

Shatner is the host and executive producer of the HISTORY nonfiction series The UnXplained , which premiered on July 19, 2019, at 10 pm ET/PT. The series tackles subjects that have mystified mankind for centuries, from mysterious structures and cursed ancient cities to extraterrestrial sightings and bizarre rituals.

“It’s an intriguing show that will offer viewers credible answers to questions about mysterious phenomena, while also leaving other theories left unexplained," Shatner said.

Shatner has experienced great success as an author. During the writers' strike of 1987, he transformed a screenplay idea into a novel. The result was TekWar (1989), a work of science fiction featuring a middle-aged private detective working in the twenty-second century. More Tek titles followed and were later adapted for television.

Additionally, Shatner worked with Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens to create a series of Star Trek novels, and launched the Quest for Tomorrow and Samuel Lord science fiction series.

Also a veteran of nonfiction, Shatner co-authored Star Trek Memories (1993) and Star Trek Movie Memories (1994) with Chris Kreski. He and Kreski also worked together on Get a Life! (1999), a look at the whole Star Trek fan phenomenon. The actor went on to pen several nonfiction books with David Fisher, including Up Till Now: The Autobiography (2008) and Live Long And...: What I Learned Along the Way (2018).

Marriages and Personal

From 1956 to 1969, Shatner was married to Canadian actress Gloria Rand. The couple had three children together. Shatner married actress Marcy Lafferty in 1973. That marriage ended in divorce in 1996. Shortly thereafter, he married model Nerine Kidd. Kidd's life came to a tragic end in 1999, when she accidentally drowned in a pool at the Shatners' home in Studio City, California.

After such a tragic loss, Shatner was able to find happiness again with his 2001 marriage to Elizabeth J. Martin, a horse breeder. In late 2019, it was reported that the 88-year-old actor had filed for divorce.

As part of his own love of horses, Shatner started the annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show to raise funds for children's charities in 1990.

In late 2017, Canadian Governor General Julie Payette appointed Shatner an Officer of the Order of Canada for his contributions to popular culture and his charity work.

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The actor landed in Austin for South by Southwest and discussed his iconic role.

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William Shatner recalled how he managed to land the role of Captain James T. Kirk on the original 1966 Star Trek series.

During the actor’s keynote interview at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League asked Shatner about how he got his career-changing gig.

“Talent,” Shatner initially deadpanned, to audience applause, but then he told the story.

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“So they went around looking for a new captain,” Shatner continued. “I was in New York doing some work. They called me and said, ‘Would you come and see the pilot?’ With the idea of me being the captain. And I watched the pilot [and thought], ‘Oh my God, that’s really good. Why didn’t they buy it?’ Yet [the actors] were a little ponderous. Like, [ soberly ] ‘Helmsman, turn to the Starboard.’ You’ve been out five years in the middle of space, wouldn’t you say, [ casually ] ‘Hey, George, turn left’? ‘There’s a meteor coming!’… ‘Well, get out of the way!’ So I added a little lightness. Then it sold. And that’s the answer.”

Shatner also said his worst “role” ever was one time when he attempted to give a stand-up comedy performance as Captain Kirk, with the joke being that Kirk would deliver cliche one-liner jokes and not understand why he wasn’t funny. Yet the bit bombed spectacularly. “It was probably the the worst thing that ever happened to me,” Shatner said.

League also asked how Shatner would deal with somebody talking or texting during a movie in a theater. “Shut the fuck up!” Shatner roared, then proceeded to talk about the benefits of the F-bomb for getting people’s attention.

The 91-year-old Star Trek icon was also at the festival to support his new biopic documentary, You Can Call Me Bill , which chronicles his six decade as an Emmy-winning actor, author, recording artist and environmental activist. The film has its premiere tonight.

Shatner made global headlines last year by becoming the oldest person ever to go into space. The actor flew in a suborbital capsule piloted by Jeff Bezos’ company Blue Origin. In his memoir  Boldly Go , he shared how the experience left him profoundly sad. “I wept for the Earth because I realized it’s dying,” Shatner wrote. “I dedicated my book,  Boldly Go , to my great-grandchild, who’s 3 now — coming 3 — and in the dedication, say it’s them, those youngsters, who are going to reap what we have sown in terms of the destruction of the Earth…. I saw more clearly than I have, with all the studying and reading I’ve done, the writhing, slow death of Earth and we on it. It’s a little tiny rock with an onion-skin air around it. That’s how fragile it all is. It’s so fragile. We hang by a thread…. We’re just dangling.”

Shatner currently is the host and executive producer of The UnXplained on The History Channel, which “explores the world’s most fascinating, strange and inexplicable mysteries.”

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Ann Delisi: William Shatner shares Star Trek insights ahead of ‘Wrath of Khan’ screening

The award-winning actor will take the Fisher Theatre stage on Wednesday to answer audience questions and share some behind-the-scenes stories.

Star Trek legend William Shatner will take the stage at the Fisher Theatre on Wednesday to present a special screening of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan."

Star Trek star William Shatner will be at the Fisher Theatre on Wednesday to present a special screening of “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”

The award-winning actor — known to Trekkies as James T. Kirk — will be taking the stage after the film to share behind-the-scenes insights and answer audience questions, moderated by WDET’s own Ryan Patrick Hooper.

I spoke with Shatner ahead of his Detroit appearance to discuss his connection and introduction to the iconic series and its important place in film and TV history.

Listen: William Shatner shares Star Trek insights ahead of ‘Wrath of Khan’ screening

This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

Ann Delisi: What did you think the first time you saw the first script for Star Trek?

William Shatner: I was in New York. The phone rang, and it was [Star Trek creator] Gene Roddenberry, who said, “We’ve made a pilot, an hour show called Star Trek, with an actor called Jeffrey Hunter — who was a well known and very good looking guy — and we presented it to NBC, and NBC said, ‘We don’t like it but we like this idea.’ And they said we’d like to make another pilot, and spend millions of dollars on it. They want me to recast it and do a whole new pilot.” So they called me and said, “Would you be interested in playing the captain?” And I went back to Los Angeles to look at the pilot that they had made with Jeffrey Hunter. And I thought, my gosh, it’s really interesting. It’s a little pedantic, a little serious; maybe they could lighten it up a little — I made that suggestion — and we made this pilot, and it sold.

AD: So there was not necessarily a playbook for you to go by, because you were creating a character from the future. So what was your thought process when creating that character based on just this pilot that you saw in the script, and nobody really knew what the future of Star Trek was going to be at that time?

WS: The influential factor in Star Trek was a series of books called “Captain Horatio Hornblower.” The writer had written this group of people on a sailing ship going around the coast of America, which wasn’t plotted, so it was unknown. And so here was this captain and his crew sailing the unknown who just happened to be on Earth, but what was over the horizon was unknown. So this character was brave, loved his men, but was so curious about what was coming up that it overcame fear. And I thought that’s a great way to play this character, because you’re in the middle of finding these weird creatures who may or may not be friendly, but isn’t this interesting? Isn’t it curious? Isn’t it actually amazing? And that’s the way I played Kirk, mostly. A source of wow, awe and wonder.

AD: The series, of course, didn’t last very long, but the staying power of its message and its characters did. And then along come the films. Were you surprised that these films came along? Did you, in your mind, sort of write Star Trek off in terms of something that you would work on again?

WS: Well, we were canceled after three years. So there’s 79 hours of Star Trek that I did, and then it was canceled, and that was it, that was the end of the job and everybody went on to other things. Six years later, they decide, for a number of reasons, to make a film, and the film was not that successful — especially at first. It subsequently has made money, but not the kind of money the people at Paramount were anticipating. So they decided. They went through a lot of decisions about making another film, and then they made another film much more cheaply, and harkening back to what Star Trek used to be. And that’s the film I’m going to be showing at the Fisher Theatre. This iconic film, “Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan” and its importance in our film history is that if it hadn’t been as successful as it became, there’d be no Star Trek.

AD: When you see old episodes pop up or you see the film, the films get they get shown, especially the ones that you were in. Do you stop and watch them?

WS: Not at all, exactly the opposite. When a 50-year younger you is on the screen, you’re looking at it thinking my I disparaged the way I looked, I look pretty good there. I wish I felt about myself then the way I feel about that now.

AD: It was so apropos and so poetic that you would end up in space yourself back in 2021. What was it like to be in space?

WS: It was awesome. For me, it became overwhelmingly sad. I’ve been an ecologist for the longest time, pontificating on global warming 50-60 years ago. And now that it’s upon us, while I was up there I saw more acutely than ever the sadness of what we’re doing, and how little time we have left to correct. And that was my overwhelming feeling.

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William Shatner, who played the iconic Captain James Tiberius Kirk in Star Trek: The Original Series and seven Star Trek films, turns 87 years old today.

Montreal-born actor William Shatner started his career as a Shakespearean stage performer in Stratford, Canada and on Broadway in New York City in the early 1950’s. Though his first appearance in cinema was that of a minor role in the 1951 Canadian film The Butler’s Night Off , Shatner’s prominence in film did not arrive until his second debut in 1958 as Alexey Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov , a film adaptation of one of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s literary works. During that time, he played a major role as Jim Whitely in The Glass Eye , an episode form the third season of the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents . In 1959, William Shatner performed on stage in Broadway once again as Lomax in The World of Suzie Wong ; his outstanding performance was received very well by critics, which earned him greater repute in the theatrical and film community. In fact, his initial stardom was a precursor to greater achievements in film and television for the next several years before he took on more exploratory, original roles: where no man has gone before.

Shatner in The Twilight Zone

His more prominent contributions on-screen during the early 1960’s, though not highly recognized by today’s standards, included an episode of The Twilight Zone  titled “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”, in which Shatner played a paranoid airline passenger who is seemingly the only person aboard aware of a gremlin sabotaging the propeller engines on the wing of the plane (and yes, this WAS the original screenplay that was remade in the fourth segment of the 1983 film Twilight Zone: The Movie , starring 3rd Rock from the Sun’s John Lithgow sitting in Shatner’s seat on the plane (and quite possibly terrified by the same gremlin). In 1964, Shatner guest-starred in The Man from U.N.C.L.E , in which he played as Michael Donfield, an ex-businessman employed by the main character, Napoleon Solo, to expose a plot that would bring the United States and the Soviet Union on the brink of war. In the episode, Solo and Donfield discover co-conspirators Madame Kurasov and her assistant, Vladeck. Interestingly, Vladeck was played by Leonard Nimoy, who would later fill the shoes of Spock from the classic Star Trek: The Original Series . Though these two actors played the roles of enemies in a single episode, fate would unite them in the roles of close friends for an entire series, both on- and off-screen.

Shatner as Kirk in “Where No Man Has Gone Before”

In 1966, William Shatner was cast as Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek’s second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” a role in a series that lasted until its abrupt cancellation in 1969. His exceptional performance impacted science fiction for years to come. Despite the low financial status of the show’s budget and its poor reception of the audience at the time, Shatner’s portrayal of Kirk set the standard for many leadership roles in films and shows, from Battlestar Galactica to Star Wars .

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

By 1979, Gene Roddenberry and Paramount Pictures resurrected Star Trek and brought Shatner and his old crew back to work in another round of space-faring adventures; this time, William Shatner would not star in a TV series, but in a full-fledged film saga, beginning with Star Trek: The Motion Picture and ending with the sad, though heroic death of James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Generations .

After his film career as Captain Kirk ended (though his acting career was no where near finished), William Shatner refused to let the spirit of Kirk end at just one movie. He continued the Kirk legacy in a series of Star Trek novels wherein Captain Kirk was resurrected to continue his adventures to explore and save the galaxy once again, this time in the 24th century. He also authored the science fiction series TekWar , which was adapted into a video game, a made-for-TV movie, and a comic book series.

Shatner is as busy as ever. In 2016, he released his latest book Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man , appeared at multiple conventions and even threw out the first pitch at Fenway Park’s Star Trek Night , prior to the Boston Red Sox game.

Shatner throws out the first pitch at Fenway Park

In addition to his busy schedule, last year, Shatner attended the premiere of the latest iteration of the franchise, Star Trek: Discovery , where he walked the “blue carpet” along with series star Sonequa Martin-Green and his TOS castmate Nichelle Nichols.

Nichelle Nichols, Sonequa Martin-Green and William Shatner

This spring, Shatner is scheduled to host multiple screenings of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan throughout the United States.

He is scheduled to appear at multiple conventions throughout 2018, including Creation Entertainment’s Official Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas this August.

William Shatner, writer, actor, stage performer, and science fiction enthusiast, is a man of many talents. His popularity as the legendary Captain Kirk earned him a reputation that not only lasted for half a century, but will endure for centuries to come. Look anywhere, Star Trek or not, one can still see the mark of Captain Kirk in everything, from television series and movies to music and art. Today, we shall celebrate Mr. Shatner’s turning of age as well as the great fortunes he has laid out for us.

Captain, today we at TrekNews.net wish you a very happy and healthy 87th birthday!

You can follow William Shatner on Twitter at @WilliamShatner .

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At 93 years old, William Shatner is far beyond caring about saying something during an interview that might surprise of shock people. He's been a celebrity since the late 1960s, when he played the iconic Captain Kirk in Star Trek . That show only lasted three seasons, but the crew of the USS Enterprise returned in a series of movies that ran for decades; Shatner himself even directed the fifth Star Trek movie, The Final Frontier , which came out in 1989. There's no bigger Star Trek expert than him, one would assume.

But actually, as he revealed to Entertainment Tonight , he's seen as little of Star Trek as he can over the years. “I’m gonna tell you something that nobody knows. I’ve never seen another ‘Star Trek’ and I’ve seen as few ‘Star Treks’ of the show I was on, I’ve seen as few as possible,” Shatner said. “I don’t like to look at myself, and I’ve never seen any other. I love it, I think it’s great. I just don’t, you know, I don’t watch television, per se.”

So basically, Shatner is saying that not only has he seen very few episodes of the original Star Trek series where he played Kirk, but he's never watched any of the many Star Trek spinoff series to come out in the decades since. And there have been a lot of those, including The Next Generation , Voyager , Deep Space Nine , Enterprise , Discovery , Picard , Strange New Worlds and more. I assume he watched the Star Trek movie he directed, but I'm not 100% certain of anything.

It may be less an aversion to Star Trek and more a disinterest in TV generally that keeps Shatner away from the thing he's most publickly associated with. “I’m watching documentaries, I’m watching the news, I’m watching sports, I’m watching things that were, documentaries that were made, but I don’t watch television for some reason,” he added. “I’ve been urged to watch certain shows by my family, ‘You’ll love this,’ and I just never get around to it.”

“I’m watching documentaries, I’m watching the news, I’m watching sports, I’m watching...documentaries that were made, but I don’t watch television for some reason,” he said. “I’ve been urged to watch certain shows by my family, ‘You’ll love this,’ and I just never get around to it.”

Fair enough. Even at his age, Shatner is still working. Last year he was in a documentary about his life called You Can Call Me Bill , and let's forget that he went into outer space on a Blue Origin shuttle back in 2021, when he was a spry 90 years old.

Shatner has even said he's open to playing Captain Kirk again if the opportunity was right. ust don't expect him to watch whatever he films.

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William Shatner recently told Canadian Press that he wouldn’t rule out returning as Captain Kirk in a new “ Star Trek ” project if the script impressed him. While the actor’s age might pose an issue as Shatner turned 93 years old in March, that’s nothing a bit of de-aging technology couldn’t fix.

“It’s an intriguing idea,” Shatner said about returning as Kirk. “It’s almost impossible. But if was a great role and so well-written and if there were a reason to be there not just to make a cameo appearance, but if there were a genuine reason for the character appearing, I might consider it.”

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“[It] takes years off of your face, so that in a film you can look 10, 20, 30, 50 years younger than you are,” Shatner said.

Another issue around Shatner’s “Star Trek” return is Kirk’s death in the 1994 film “Star Trek Generations,” which is the last time Shatner appeared in the iconic franchise. He’s already brainstormed a plot device that could serve as a workaround and have his version of Kirk come back to life.

“A company that wants to freeze my body and my brain for the future might be a way of going about it,” Shatner said. “‘We’ve got Captain Kirk’s brain frozen here.’ There’s a scenario. ‘Let’s see if we can bring back a little bit of this, a little salt, a little pepper. Oh, look at that. Here comes Captain Kirk!’”

Variety exclusively reported in March that Steve Yockey, creator of the Max series “The Flight Attendant,” had signed on to write the script for “Star Trek 4.” The movie is being designed as the final installment for Pine and the cast. Several attempts to get a fourth “Star Trek” movie off the ground with this cast have failed over the years. One version of the project was to be directed by Matt Shakman (“WandaVision”) and written by Lindsey Beer (“Sierra Burgess Is a Loser”) and Geneva Robertson-Dworet (“Captain Marvel”). Shakman left the project to direct Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four” instead.

Other “Star Trek” projects remain in development at Paramount as well. The studio is working with screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) and director by Toby Haynes (“Black Mirror: USS Callister”) on an origin story movie, while a project with screenwriter Kalinda Vazquez (“Fear the Walking Dead”) that was first announced in 2021 also remains in development.

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William Shatner says he's 'so filled with emotion' after reaching edge of space

More than 50 years after he debuted as the beloved Capt. James T. Kirk in the original series of "Star Trek," William Shatner boldly flew to the edge of space.

The 90-year-old actor launched Wednesday aboard a rocket and capsule developed by Blue Origin, the private spaceflight company founded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The historic joyride made Shatner the oldest person to reach space .

"It was unbelievable," Shatner said shortly after emerging from the capsule. "I'm so filled with emotion."

Shatner and three other crew members — Audrey Powers, Blue Origin’s vice president of mission and flight operations, and two paying customers, Glen de Vries and Chris Boshuizen — rode Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket and capsule to the edge of space. Liftoff occurred at around 10:50 a.m. ET and the entire flight lasted roughly 10 minutes.

Bezos escorted the four passengers to the launch pad and greeted them after their spacecraft touched down again. After Shatner climbed out of the capsule, he hugged Bezos and shared how moved he was by the brief trip.

"What you have given me is the most profound experience I can imagine," he told Bezos through tears. "I am overwhelmed. I had no idea."

Shatner recalled feeling jittery before liftoff, and spoke about what it was like to accelerate to the edge of space. He also described seeing the planet's thin atmosphere and gazing back at the curvature of Earth.

"There's this soft blue," Shatner said. "And it’s so thin. And you’re through it in an instant."

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myself in now & then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.🚀 pic.twitter.com/ZY2Ka8ij7z — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 13, 2021

During the flight, the "Star Trek" actor tweeted a quote from the 17th-century physicist Isaac Newton: "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myself in now & then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."

The mission was delayed by nearly an hour as crews at the launch pad worked to ensure that the rocket was ready for flight. Previously, high winds at the Texas launch site also forced Blue Origin to push the expedition from its originally scheduled time earlier in the week.

In an interview last week with TODAY , Shatner spoke about his anticipation for the upcoming flight.

“I’m going to see the vastness of space and the extraordinary miracle of our Earth and how fragile it is compared to the forces at work in the universe — that’s really what I’m looking for," he said.

Shatner's trip was Blue Origin's second launch of an all-civilian crew. The company's inaugural flight in July was a high-profile and high-stakes event, with Bezos, his brother and two other passengers onboard.

The New Shepard rocket and capsule are designed for suborbital jaunts, which don't actually enter into orbit around Earth but rather fly to the edge of space, at an altitude of more than 65 miles, where passengers can experience around four minutes of weightlessness.

Wednesday's flight launched from a site in west Texas, southeast of El Paso. After liftoff, the rocket accelerated toward space at three times the speed of sound. At an altitude of approximately 250,000 feet, the New Shepard capsule separated, taking Shatner and his crew members to the edge of space.

After reaching a peak altitude of 351,000 feet, the craft then descended under parachutes and landed again in the Texas desert.

Shatner's expedition was the latest in what has been a recent flurry of space tourism flights. Nine days before Bezos flew to the edge of space, British billionaire Richard Branson completed his own suborbital joyride , riding aboard a rocket-powered vehicle developed by his own space tourism company, Virgin Galactic.

Neither Blue Origin nor Virgin Galactic have announced final pricing for their suborbital flights, but tickets are expected to cost several hundreds of thousands of dollars.

And in addition to trips to the edge of space, people with deep pockets may soon be able to pay for orbital experiences and more prolonged stays in microgravity.

Last month, SpaceX, the spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk, launched four private passengers into orbit around Earth on a three-day expedition. That flight made history as the first orbital launch with an all-civilian crew .

SpaceX is also preparing to launch three private passengers, who each paid $55 million, to the International Space Station in early 2022.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com .

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William Shatner

William Shatner, OC ( born 22 March 1931 ; age 93), an Emmy Award-winning Canadian actor, became most famous for portraying Captain James T. Kirk of the starship USS Enterprise in all 79 aired episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series , 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series , and the first seven Star Trek films . He also directed and co-wrote the story for Star Trek V: The Final Frontier . His image also appeared in Star Trek Beyond , in a photograph that was among Spock 's possessions bequeathed to his alternate reality counterpart .

In addition, Shatner appeared indirectly (through archive footage) in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " Trials and Tribble-ations " and his archive voice-over was used in the Star Trek: Enterprise fourth season episode " These Are the Voyages... ". He has also voiced the role of Kirk in a number of video games and he is the credited author for a series of Star Trek novels involving Kirk, the first of which was The Ashes of Eden . (His primary "ghost" writers are Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens .)

Outside of the Star Trek franchise, Shatner is well-known for his roles on several other television shows, including Bob Wilson in the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" episode of The Twilight Zone , the title character on the 1980s police drama series T.J. Hooker , and his Emmy Award-winning portrayal of famed attorney Denny Crane on the ABC drama The Practice and its spin-off, Boston Legal . He is also remembered for hosting the informational program Rescue 911 from 1989 through 1996 and is currently recognized as the official spokesperson for Priceline.com , having appeared in advertisements for the company since 1998. Prior to his work on Star Trek , he starred in Incubus , one of a handful of movies to be filmed entirely in the constructed language known as Esperanto.

In 2021 , Shatner was a passenger on private spacecraft company Blue Origin's second Human spaceflight, NS-18, becoming the oldest Human ever to fly into space. This makes him one of a select few Star Trek performers to have actually been to space, along with Mae Jemison , E. Michael Fincke , and Terry Virts , although unlike them, he was a space tourist rather than an astronaut.

• 1 Biography
• 2 Early career
• 3 Playing James T. Kirk
• 4.3.1 Denny Crane and Boston Legal
• 5 Musical career
• 6 Book writing
• 7.1.1 Novels
• 7.1.2 Non-fiction
• 7.2 Documentaries
• 7.3 Video games
• 7.4 Discography
• 9.1 Additional appearances
• 10 Star Trek interviews
• 11 External links

Biography [ ]

Shatner was born in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighborhood of Montréal , Québec, Canada, to a Conservative Jewish household. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in French.

He received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University in Montréal, where the Student Center was unofficially renamed "The Shatner Center" in the 1990s in a student popular election. As of 2014, a flimsy sign was hanging in the lobby, but the university administration had not officially accepted the name change.

Famous for his clipped, dramatic, and often-imitated narration and dialogue delivery, Shatner has become one of the most recognizable stars in Hollywood. In a career spanning five decades, he has become a household name not only for his role as James T. Kirk , but also for playing T.J. Hooker in the series of the same name, the host of Rescue 911 , and for his Emmy Award-winning role as legendary but senile lawyer Denny Crane on Boston Legal . He is also an accomplished writer, producer, director and host. On 14 December 2006, Shatner was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame for his many accomplishments in the field of television.

Shatner has three daughters: Leslie , Lisabeth , and Melanie . All are from his first marriage to Gloria Rand, whom Shatner married in 1956 but divorced in 1969, following the cancellation of Star Trek. Shatner subsequently married actress Marcy Lafferty in 1973. Shatner and Lafferty remained together until their divorce in 1994. Shatner then married Nerine Kidd in 1997, but this marriage ended tragically with Kidd's death in a drowning accident in 1999.

He is currently married to Elizabeth Martin, who shares Shatner's passion for horses. They live together in Los Angeles, California. In his spare time, he plays paintball and tennis and is a professional horse breeder. In this latter profession, he founded the annual Hollywood Charity Horse Show in 1990, which he continues to host.

Shatner has been awarded the Order of Canada, one of the highest civilian honors in the country, and has received two Emmys for his work on Boston Legal . He is also commemorated on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Canada's Walk of Fame in Toronto, and has two honorary degrees to his name from McGill University and the New England Institute of Technology. On 29 April 2014, Shatner received NASA's highest civilian honor, the Distinguished Public Service medal. [2]

Early career [ ]

Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions, including the role of Ranger Bob during the first year of the popular children's show Howdy Doody . He was also seen in a 1952 episode of Omnibus with future Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country co-star Christopher Plummer , who also hails from Montreal. In fact, Shatner would eventually be Plummer's understudy at the Stratford Shakespearan Festival's 1956 production of Henry V, where Shatner had to take Plummer's role for a performance when he was ill, giving the younger actor his major break in his career.

One of Shatner's earliest American television appearances was a 1956 episode of The Kaiser Aluminum Hour called "Gwyneth," in which he co-starred with Joanne Linville , who played the title role. Shatner later reunited with Linville in episodes of The United States Steel Hour and The Defenders before co-starring together in the Star Trek episode " The Enterprise Incident ".

Shatner ultimately landed several guest roles on the TV series Studio One in 1957. His first appearance on that program was in a 1957 two-parter entitled "The Defender" (featuring Ian Wolfe ), which served as the basis for the aforementioned TV show The Defenders , on which Shatner had a recurring role (albeit as a different character than the one he played on Studio One ). The following year, Shatner landed his first American film role, playing Alexi Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov (1958, with Original Series guest stars David Opatoshu and Harry Townes .

On Broadway, Shatner performed with his future " Elaan of Troyius " co-star France Nuyen in The World of Suzie Wong , with Nuyen playing the title role. This play ran for a total of 508 performances from 14 October 1958 through 2 January 1960. Shatner's performance won him a Theatre World Award in 1959. He and Nuyen performed an excerpt from the play on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. His next Broadway play was the comedy A Shot in the Dark , which ran for 389 performances between October 1961 and September 1962. Fritz Weaver joined the cast late in the run, replacing actor Walter Matthau.

In the meantime Shatner continued co-starring with a number of future Star Trek guest-stars in several popular American television programs throughout the 1950s and '60s, including Playhouse 90 (with James Gregory ), Kraft Television Theatre (with Richard Kiley ), Outlaws (with John Anderson , John Hoyt , and Ken Lynch ), Naked City (with Theodore Bikel and Lou Antonio ), The Dick Powell Show (with Frank Overton ), The Nurses (with Stephen Brooks and Madlyn Rhue ), 77 Sunset Strip (with Brian Keith ), Route 66 (with Glenn Corbett and Louise Sorel ), Burke's Law (with Michael Ansara and Bill Catching ), The Outer Limits (with Lawrence Montaigne , James B. Sikking , and Malachi Throne ), 12 O'Clock High (with Robert Lansing , Frank Overton, and Bert Remsen ), and The Big Valley (with Bill Quinn and Jason Wingreen ). He even appeared along with his future co-star Leonard Nimoy in a 1964 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. called "The Project Strigas Affair." He also appeared with George Takei (as well as Keye Luke and Abraham Sofaer ) on Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre that same year.

Other popular TV shows Shatner appeared on during this time include Alfred Hitchcock Presents , Thriller , The Fugitive , Gunsmoke , and The Virginian . He also had a recurring role as Dr. Carl Noyes on Dr. Kildare in early 1966, during which he co-starred with Bruce Hyde and Diana Muldaur – both of whom he was reunited with on Star Trek. Most notably, however, he starred in two episodes of The Twilight Zone , both written by Richard Matheson , including the famous "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet", in which he played Bob Wilson, a man released from a mental hospital who seemingly suffers a relapse aboard an airliner after seeing a creature on the plane's wing.

Shatner also continued acting in films during the 1960s. In 1961, he appeared as Captain Harrison Byers, the aide to Judge Dan Haywood, in the classic Academy Award-winning drama Judgment at Nuremberg with future Original Series guest actor Rudy Solari . That same year, he had the starring role as a revolutionary and controversial high school teacher in The Explosive Generation , and the following year he starred as a bigot in The Intruder (with George Clayton Johnson ). He then appeared as a preacher in 1964's The Outrage (co-starring Paul Fix ).

1965's low budget horror film Incubus stars Shatner. The film was believed to be lost for some years, until a copy was found in France. Its main point of interest, other than Shatner's starring role, is that it is entirely filmed in Esperanto , a constructed language, which has very rarely been used onscreen. The pronunciation of the language by the actors has been criticized by fluent speakers; Shatner's has been compared to Montreal French.

In 1968, while Star Trek was still in production, he starred in the dual role of brothers Johnny Moon and Notah in the Western White Comanche . He also did a television movie entitled Perilous Voyage in 1968, again working alongside Louise Sorel. For unknown reasons, NBC sat on this film for eight years, not airing it until 29 July 1976.

Shatner's first television series, the crime drama For the People , aired in 1965 but failed to gain the attention needed to keep it on the air past the initial thirteen episodes. Also in 1965, Shatner played the title role in a pilot, Alexander the Great , which co-starred Robert Fortier and featured music by Leonard Rosenman . However, the pilot was not picked up for a series. (It was finally aired on television in 1968.) Fortunately, however, Shatner gained a new opportunity for stardom when, that same year, he starred as Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the second pilot for a show by Gene Roddenberry called Star Trek , " Where No Man Has Gone Before ".

Playing James T. Kirk [ ]

Stardom was not immediate for Shatner or the rest of the Star Trek cast. Ratings for the series were low and, after only three years, resulted in its cancellation in 1969. But that same year, the Apollo 11 moon landing transformed the vision of interplanetary travel from fantasy to a more realistic possibility. Star Trek reruns gained new popularity and thrust Shatner and the cast into television immortality.

By 1973 Star Trek had gained an extensive amount of popularity thanks to reruns. There was such a high demand for more Star Trek that a new animated series was put together, reuniting most of the original cast members to lend their voices to their now famous characters. The series lasted for two seasons, with Shatner voicing Captain Kirk in all but one of the 22 episodes. Although the animated series came to an end in 1974 , Trek had still not died; pre-production began on a new, live-action Star Trek series in 1977. Although this new series was never made, it resulted in the first Trek feature film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture , in 1979 . And, for the first time in ten years, Shatner was back, in the flesh, in the role that had made him famous.

Shatner continued playing the Kirk character through the next six features, concluding with his character's demise in 1994 's Star Trek Generations . Although Shatner enjoyed working on the film, he later displayed regret at having Kirk killed off and commenced to look for the opportunity to once again play the legendary Starfleet captain, although he did play him during a pre- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country period for video cutscenes along with Walter Koenig and George Takei for Interplay's Starfleet Academy in 1997. He did not appear in 2009 's Star Trek , however. [3]

In 2006, a commercial for DirectTV aired in which Shatner reprises his role as Captain Kirk, complete with a Trek film Starfleet uniform. The commercial takes place during the events of Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country but it has Kirk stepping out of character to promote DirectTV.

Shatner has also reprised the role of Kirk – albeit, in voice over only – for the video game Star Trek: Legacy . Also giving voice to their respective captains in this game are Patrick Stewart ( Jean-Luc Picard ), Avery Brooks ( Benjamin Sisko ), Kate Mulgrew ( Kathryn Janeway ), and Scott Bakula ( Jonathan Archer ).

Shatner was contacted about a possible role in Star Trek Beyond . Along with Shatner, Leonard Nimoy was also rumored to appear before his death in 2015, in a scene with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto , as the future alternate reality versions of the characters. [4] This did not come to fruition.

Post-TOS career [ ]

In the aftermath of Star Trek 's cancellation Shatner continued to work steadily in film and television; because his marriage to Gloria Rand had failed, he was no longer living to pursue his career as a direct result, but instead pursuing his career to live. The year after Trek 's apparent demise, Shatner starred in the made-for-TV movies Sole Survivor (which also featured a former Star Trek co-star, John Winston ) and The Andersonville Trial (with John Anderson, Harry Townes , Whit Bissell , Robert Easton , Dick Miller , Kenneth Tobey , and Ian Wolfe). He also made guest appearances in such shows as The F.B.I. (with Lawrence Montaigne), The Name of the Game (with William Smithers ), Storefront Lawyers (with Robert Foxworth ), Ironside (with Gene Lyons , Barbara Anderson , Roger C. Carmel , Barry Atwater , and Robert Ito ), The Sixth Sense (written by Gene L. Coon ) , Mission: Impossible (with Barbara Anderson), Barnaby Jones (with Darleen Carr , Vince Howard , and Lee Meriwether ), Mannix (with Yvonne Craig and Phillip Pine ), The Six Million Dollar Man (with Alan Oppenheimer ), Kung Fu (with Rosemary Forsyth , Keye Luke, and France Nuyen), Petrocelli (with Glenn Corbett, Susan Howard , David Huddleston , and Susan Oliver ), and Police Story (with Dean Stockwell ).

In 1971 he co-starred with Barry Atwater , Robert Hooks , and Michael Strong in the TV movie Vanished and with Bruce Davison in the pilot movie for Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law . The following year, he was reunited with his " Miri " co-star Kim Darby in The People . He also co-starred with Anthony Zerbe in the TV version of the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Hound of the Baskervilles . He had several more TV movie credits throughout the 1970s, including Incident on a Dark Street (1973, with Robert Pine ), Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973, with Darleen Carr, France Nuyen, and Paul Winfield ), Indict and Convict (1974, with Susan Howard), The Tenth Level (1975, with Stephen Macht ), Columbo: Fade in to Murder (1976, with his former Trek co-star Walter Koenig ), The Bastard (1978, with Kim Cattrall , John Colicos , John de Lancie , William Daniels , James Gregory, and Alex Henteloff ), Little Women (1978, also with John de Lancie), Crash (1978, co-starring Adrienne Barbeau , Ron Glass , George Murdock , and then-wife Marcy Lafferty ), and Riel (1979, with Christopher Plummer).

In 1975 Shatner became the star of another series, a Western comedy-drama called Barbary Coast . However, the series was canceled after its first season. Afterward, Shatner starred in two TV mini-series, both of which co-starred fellow Star Trek performers: 1977's Testimony of Two Men , with Theodore Bikel, Jeff Corey , John de Lancie, and Logan Ramsey , and How the West Was Won , with Robert DoQui , Fionnula Flanagan , Brian Keith, Ed Lauter , Ricardo Montalban , George D. Wallace , and Morgan Woodward .

During this time, Shatner appeared in a three cult feature films: the very adult 1974 action film Big Bad Mama , co-starring Dick Miller and Noble Willingham , the 1975 horror movie The Devil's Rain , and the 1977 sci-fi/horror picture Kingdom of the Spiders , co-starring wife Marcy Lafferty. Another movie from the 1970s was titled Want a Ride, Little Girl? This film, also called Impulse and I Love to Kill , and in which he again co-starred with wife Lafferty, has been so critically condemned that Shatner himself has come forward and said that it was a "bad time" for him, and he has also denied being able to remember why he agreed to join its cast.

Unlike many actors who have become identified to specific characters in film and television, Shatner has been able to escape typecasting and continued to find roles outside the realm of Trek which have also been popular; this is due at least in part to, as having been pointed out above, his having pursued his career to live rather than his living to pursue his career. From 1982 to 1986, he starred in the title role of T.J. Hooker , a hard-boiled police officer. That series also starred Star Trek: Voyager guest star Richard Herd and frequent Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest star James Darren . (Shatner later reunited with Richard Herd for a 1994 episode of seaQuest DSV .)

It was during the 1980s that Shatner began an acting trend that lasts to this day: making fun of himself and of his role as Captain Kirk, the popularity of which he had trouble understanding. An early example of this came with his role as Lunar Base Commander Buck Murdock in the 1982 spoof Airplane II: The Sequel , which had him poke fun at many of the quirks and mannerisms of Kirk and Star Trek in general. (Marcy Lafferty also appeared in the film, as did Bruce French .)

In 1986 Shatner hosted Saturday Night Live and took part in an infamous sketch in which he told Star Trek fans to " get a life !" The appearance later became the subject of an autobiographical account by Shatner, chronicling his relationship with the Star Trek fandom.

Outside of Star Trek , Shatner continued to act in Canadian-made films (such as 1980's The Kidnapping of the President and 1982's Visiting Hours ) and American-made TV movies (such as 1988's Broken Angel , with Roxann Dawson and Brock Peters ). In 1989 Shatner became the host of the popular documentary series Rescue 911 , which lasted from 1989 to 1996.

It was in the 1980s that Shatner geared towards directing. In 1989 having already directed multiple episodes of T.J. Hooker , Shatner directed Star Trek V: The Final Frontier , for which he also co-wrote the story. This came as part of a deal made between him and co-star Leonard Nimoy several years earlier; Nimoy was able to direct two earlier Trek films only if Shatner was also allowed the opportunity to direct one later. The result was lukewarm, earning negative criticism and low box office proceeds. Nonetheless, Shatner was not deterred and continued directing for television and for films he had written.

1990s and 2000s [ ]

Continuing his trend towards "lampooning" himself Shatner starred as the villain in yet another spoof, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 , in 1993. James Doohan also made a gag appearance in his beloved role of Scotty (albeit, as a 20th century police officer in charge of repairing the police station's cappuccino machine), while F. Murray Abraham , Whoopi Goldberg , and Charles Napier also had cameos.

Loaded Weapon 1 was followed in 1998 with the popular Free Enterprise (written/produced by Mark A. Altman and directed/co-written by Robert Meyer Burnett ), a Star Trek -themed black comedy in which Shatner played a caricature of himself named, aptly enough, "Bill." He is currently set to film a sequel to Free Enterprise . reprising his role as "Bill."

In 1998 Shatner became the spokesperson for "Priceline.com." The earliest of this company's commercials, in which Shatner strummed a guitar and spoke "songs" advertising Priceline in front of a bemused audience, gained much notoriety and earned him somewhat of a come-back in show business. He continues to perform for Priceline commercials, which he at first did in voiceover. More recently, he has been seen as the "Priceline Negotiator." He did appear in two Priceline.com commercials with Leonard Nimoy as well, and one with Robert Pine.

In 1999 and 2000 Shatner had a recurring role as "The Big Giant Head" (aka Stone Phillips) in the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun . This role led to the actor's first Emmy nomination, that of Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, in 1999.

In 2000, Shatner appeared in the popular comedy Miss Congeniality as Stan Fields, the aging host of the Miss United States Pageant. This role ultimately led to Shatner becoming the host of the real thing – the 50th Annual Miss USA Pageant – in 2001. Also in 2001, Shatner lent his voice as Mayor Phlemming in Osmosis Jones with Rif Hutton , Robert Wisdom and Herschel Sparber lending their voices as well. Shatner reprised his role as Stan Fields in the 2005 sequel, Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous opposite Diedrich Bader and Enrique Murciano . Continuing his experience as a master of ceremonies, Shatner was the chairman for the 2001 specials Iron Chef USA and Iron Chef USA: Holiday Showdown . In late 2006, he hosted the short-lived ABC game show Show Me The Money .

Shatner's popularity has also earned him cameos in such films as Showtime (in which he spoofs his T.J. Hooker character as well as himself) and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story in which he played the chancellor of the dodgeball tournament. Shatner later made an appearance in the 2008 comedy film Fanboys , which also featured Christopher McDonald in a supporting role. Additionally, Shatner has lent his voice to a number of animated films, including Osmosis Jones (2001) and Over the Hedge (2006). In Shooting Stars (aka Shoot or be Shot , 2002), he played a deranged script writer; the film also features Voyager and Enterprise actress Julianne Christie .

In 2002 Shatner and the rest of the original Trek cast (minus DeForest Kelley and James Doohan) lent their voices to their animated selves in a popular episode of Futurama called "Where No Fan Has Gone Before." That same year, Shatner wrote, directed, and co-starred in the independent science fiction film Groom Lake . Also starring in the film were fellow Trek performers Dan Gauthier and Tom Towles .

Shatner voices the sun's core in the 2010 computer-animated film Quantum Quest . The film's main protagonist, a photon named Dave, is voiced by Chris Pine , who stars in 2009's Star Trek as James T. Kirk , the role whose "Prime Continuum" incarnation Shatner originated in the 1960s. Also lending their voices to Quantum Quest are Star Trek alumni Jason Alexander , Robert Picardo , and Brent Spiner . [5] [6]

Shatner later starred on the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says (pronounced "bleep"), based on Justin Halpern's popular Twitter feed. But that program's run was short; it was cancelled without completing its only season.

Shatner played the author Mark Twain in an episode of "Murdoch Mysteries" called "Marked Twain". [7]

Denny Crane and Boston Legal [ ]

In 2004 Shatner made his debut as legendary but eccentric attorney Denny Crane on The Practice , earning an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He reprised the role of Crane in the spin-off series Boston Legal , which also starred former DS9 cast member René Auberjonois . For the last two seasons of the show, Auberjonois was replaced by Shatner's Star Trek III co-star, John Larroquette , although Auberjonois made continued recurring appearances.

Shatner won another Emmy for playing Denny Crane in 2005, this time as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for his work on Boston Legal . He received another Emmy nomination for the role in 2006, although he did not win. He was awarded a fourth Emmy nomination for playing Denny Crane and his third nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2007. The award, however, ultimately went to Terry O'Quinn for his role in J.J. Abrams ' Lost . In 2008, Shatner was again nominated for an Emmy Award for Boston Legal .

In 2005, Shatner won the Golden Globe as Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for Boston Legal . In 2007 Shatner was nominated for a second Golden Globe.

Shatner starred as Denny Crane on ABC's Boston Legal for four years, from 2004 through 2008. The series ran for its fifth and final season in the fall of 2008, with the two-hour series finale airing 8 December 2008. Because of Shatner's involvement, the writers of the show often threw in puns and in-jokes related to Star Trek , usually delivered by Shatner himself.

Besides former series regular René Auberjonois and more recent regular John Larroquette (whom Shatner worked with on Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ), other Trek performers with whom Shatner has worked on the show include Henry Gibson (as a peculiar judge whom Denny Crane refers to as "nansy-pansy" and "namby-pamby"), Joanna Cassidy (who played Denny's lover and his brief eighth wife), and the aforementioned Jeri Ryan (as an actress with whom Denny, of course, becomes infatuated). DS9 actor Armin Shimerman also had a recurring role, as did Ethan Phillips of Voyager fame, although neither shared scenes with Shatner. Scott Bakula had a guest spot on the series, as well but he also did not share any scenes with Shatner.

Musical career [ ]

Between 1967 and 1970 both William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy recorded covers of famous songs for MCA, which were later collected in the album "Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner."

Shatner is also (in)famous for his rendition of the Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," as well as his spoken word cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man (I Think It's Gonna Be A Long Long Time);" both were featured on an album titled The Transformed Man .

"William Shatner Live" was released in 1977, and includes references to the then-upcoming Star Trek film.

In 2004, he returned to his musical career with a new album, titled Has Been , produced by musician Ben Folds, who previously worked with Shatner on his own first solo album, Fear of Pop . The lead track Common People is a cover of a Pulp song, but much of the other content is co-written by Shatner himself. It features guest performers such as Joe Jackson, Lemon Jelly and Henry Rollins.

Exodus: An Oratorio in Three Parts features Shatner doing a Biblical reading, accompanied by the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.

2011's Seeking Major Tom is an album of cover versions, mostly themed around science fiction, or space, with some exceptions, such as his version of "Bohemian Rhapsody". There is one song by Shatner, co-written with Adam Hamilton, called "Struggle".

In 2013, he released Ponder the Mystery , which features guest appearances from the likes of Mick Jones of the Clash, Rick Wakeman, and Tony Kaye of Yes.

Book writing [ ]

Following the death of Kirk in Star Trek Generations , Shatner has written, with the assistance of Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens , as stated above, a set of nine novels, chronicling the resurrection and subsequent adventures of Kirk in the 24th century. His tenth novel, Star Trek: Academy - Collision Course , shows his own views of how the Star Trek universe began.

He has also written a series of novels called TekWar . These novels, for which one of his inspirations was Marie Winn 's book The Plug-In Drug , ultimately became the basis for a TV series and a number of telefilms, which Shatner himself directed, starred in, and served as executive producer. There was also a comic series titled TekWorld , inspired by his writings.

Other projects and appearances [ ]

Shatner appeared on the USA Network's and the World Wrestling Federation's Monday Night RAW to promote TekWar , where he was involved in an altercation with Jerry "The King" Lawler . Shatner personally inducted Lawler into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. He later guest hosted the February 1, 2009 episode of RAW , which included a segment with Trek alumnus the Big Show . Shatner was, himself, inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame's Celebrity Wing with the Class of 2020 .

Shatner participated in the 2001 Star Trek Edition of the game show Weakest Link , along with LeVar Burton , Denise Crosby , Roxann Dawson , John de Lancie , Robert Picardo , Armin Shimerman , and Wil Wheaton . He lost, but not before showing host Anne Robinson what his Trek character was most "known" for: his way with women.

Shatner opened the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony for Star Wars creator George Lucas on June 9, 2005, beginning the segment with "Star Trek changed everything ."

In 2005, Shatner starred in the reality mini-series, Invasion Iowa, which took place in Riverside , Iowa, the future birthplace of James T. Kirk. In addition, Shatner hosted two specials for The History Channel in 2006, Comets: Prophets of Doom and How William Shatner Changed the World .

In August 2006, Shatner was the guest of honor at the Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner . His chair of honor was his captain's chair from the original Enterprise . This event was hosted by "roastmaster" Jason Alexander (a huge Star Trek fan and one-time Voyager guest star who credits Shatner as an inspiration for his becoming an actor) and had a number of comedians (including another one-time Voyager guest, Andy Dick ) taking jabs at Shatner, joking about his life and career. Among the "roastees" were Shatner's Original Series co-stars Nichelle Nichols and George Takei, while Trek alumni Clint Howard (reprising his role as Balok , now middle-aged and addicted to tranya ) and Sarah Silverman left recorded messages for Shatner. In attendance at the event were Shatner's Boston Legal co-stars René Auberjonois and Mark Valley, Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Brent Spiner , and Voyager actress Jeri Ryan . In September 2011 Shatner followed up on his appearance in the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen , this time as one of the roasters. This outing was hosted by "roastmaster" Seth MacFarlane . MacFarlane, an unapologetic " Trekkie " himself and having missed out on Shatner's own roast, made use of the opportunity to take several swings at the illustrious Star Trek actor after all.

Since his own roast, Shatner has appeared in two music videos with Jason Alexander for country music star Brad Paisley – "Celebrity" and "Online". Both have referenced his singing career and "Online" also has several Star Trek references. In the latter, Shatner plays Alexander's father, while Voyager guest-star Estelle Harris plays his mother, as she memorably did on Seinfeld .

Shatner currently hosts his own offbeat celebrity interview show for A&E Television's revamped "Bio" channel entitled Shatner's Raw Nerve , which premiered on 2 December 2008. Among the guests he has interviewed so far are his Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy and TNG guest star Kelsey Grammer .

In addition, Shatner made frequent appearances on NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien . He first appeared as a guest on the show, but he has since made cameos to recite the resignation speech and the Twitter posts of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin as though they were poetry. Most recently, he recited quotes from Levi Johnston , the father of Palin's grandson.

Shatner is also featured in the introductory video for Conan O'Brien's "In the Year 3000" segment. In the video, Shatner's disembodied head "floats" across the screen while introducing the segment: " It's almost like a cosmic ride into the millennium. That far-off reality that is the year 3000. It's the future man. " In the 13 November 2009 episode, the video was altered to include Shatner's TOS co-star George Takei, who destroys Shatner's head by firing " phasers " from his eyes and " photon torpedoes " from his mouth. After destroying Shatner's head, Takei remarks " Mmm, delicious! " and laughs maniacally.

In February 2011, Shatner appeared in an episode of the History Chanel series American Pickers where he and his wife asked the show's stars Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz to find items for their new Kentucky vacation house.

In 2009, Shatner produced and starred in a film called William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet , a documentary about a ballet set to his album Has Been , which was produced by Ben Folds. The award-winning film received critical acclaim and had a successful film festival run. The film had a multi-platform television premiere in July 2011 through EPIX, a joint venture between Paramount Pictures, Lions Gate, and MGM.

In 2017, Shatner guest-starred in an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic , entitled " The Perfect Pear ", in which he voiced the character of Grand Pear , the maternal grandfather of Applejack . Prior to the airing of the episode, Shatner had teased his role through a number of Twitter posts. He also proclaimed himself a "Brony" in 2016, and went on to state that the character of Rainbow Dash was his favorite.

The same year featured Shatner cast alongside fellow iconic 1960s television actor Adam West, as Two-Face and Batman respectively in the animated film Batman vs. Two-Face . The film also featured Julie Newmar and Lee Meriwether , who co-starred with both actors in their respective series'.

In 2021 , private spaceflight company Blue Origin announced that Shatner would be a passenger on its second Human flight, NS-18 . The flight was originally scheduled for 12 October 2021 , and (after a day's weather delay) launched on 13 October 2021 . Shatner, then 90 years old, became the oldest Human to go to space (in the process belying his alter ego's "galloping about the cosmos is a game for the young" quote in The Wrath of Khan ), [8] [9] as well as becoming the very first major Star Trek contributor, be it cast or production crew, to do so – alive that is, as the ashes of both Gene Roddenberry and James Doohan were spent into space after their respective deaths. But Shatner is, strictly speaking, not the very first (living) Star Trek -affiliated person to go into space, as three real-world astronauts with actual cameo appearances (as opposed to those only featured in utilized archival footage) in live-action Star Trek under their belt, had already preceded him, as had Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos incidentally, on his company's 20 July 2021 first Human flight NS-16; " Trekkie " Bezos had a cameo role in Star Trek Beyond .

In 2023 , Shatner was among those inducted into the San Diego Air & Space Museum's International Air & Space Hall of Fame. [10]

• The Ashes of Eden
• Dark Victory
• Captain's Peril
• Captain's Blood
• Captain's Glory
• Academy: Collision Course
• Academy: Third Class

Non-fiction [ ]

• Get a Life!
• Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
• Shatner: Where No Man...
• Shatner Rules
• Star Trek Memories
• Star Trek Movie Memories
• Up Till Now: The Autobiography
• I'm Working on That
• Spirit of the Horse: A Celebration of Fact and Fable

Documentaries [ ]

• How William Shatner Changed the World
• Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
• The Captains
• The Captains Close Up
• William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge
• William Shatner's Star Trek Memories

Video games [ ]

• Star Trek: 25th Anniversary
• Star Trek: Encounters as Kirk
• Star Trek: Judgment Rites as Kirk
• Star Trek: Legacy as Kirk
• Star Trek: Tactical Assault as Kirk

Discography [ ]

• "How Insensitive" / "Transformed Man" (Decca Records, 1969)
• The Transformed Man (Decca Records, 1969)
• William Shatner – Live! (Lemli Records, 1977)
• Captain of the Starship (K-Tel Records, 1978) Reissue of "Live!" album.
• Shatner once bought a horse from the father-in-law of Scott Bakula , who played Captain Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise .
• Shatner suffers from tinnitus , along with the late Leonard Nimoy, reportedly due to a special effect explosion on the set of the Star Trek episode " Arena ". [11] Shatner has since then become involved with the American Tinnitus Association. [12]
• On 28 March 2013, a humorous advertisement for the Star Trek video game depicted Shatner "fighting" a Gorn in a parody of this episode. [13]
• Actor John Lithgow , whom Shatner worked with on 3rd Rock from the Sun , essentially played Shatner's character from the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" when it was remade for Twilight Zone: The Movie in 1983. A reference to this was made in an episode of 3rd Rock in which Shatner played role of "The Big Giant Head". When asked how his flight was, Shatner's character explained that it was horrifying: " I looked out the window… and I saw something on the wing of the plane! " to which Lithgow exclaimed, " The same thing happened to me! "
• Several costumes worn by Shatner were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay, including a grey jumpsuit from Star Trek: The Motion Picture [14] (X) and a white undershirt. [15] (X)
• Shatner is referenced in The Canadian Conspiracy mockumentary (1985) and the satirical movie Canadian Bacon (1995) in a list of Canadians supposedly trying to take over the USA by infiltrating its media. If Geneviève Bujold had been kept for the role of Kathryn Janeway , then he would have been one of two Montreal natives to have played a Star Trek captain.

Appearances as Kirk [ ]

Shatner appeared as Kirk in

• Star Trek: The Original Series : every episode except for " The Cage "
• Star Trek: The Animated Series : every episode except for " The Slaver Weapon "
• TAS : " The Slaver Weapon " (main title voice footage)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Star Trek Generations
• Star Trek Beyond (photo only)
• DS9 : " Trials and Tribble-ations " (archive footage)
• ENT : " These Are the Voyages... " (archive voice footage)
• ST : " Ephraim and Dot " (archive voice footage)

Additional appearances [ ]

Star Trek interviews [ ]

• TNG Season 5 DVD special feature "A Tribute to Gene Roddenberry " ("Gene Roddenberry Building Dedicated to Star Trek's Creator"), interviewed on 6 June 1991

External links [ ]

• WilliamShatner.com – official site
• William Shatner  at MySpace.com
• William Shatner at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• William Shatner at Wikipedia
• William Shatner at the Internet Movie Database
• William Shatner at the Internet Broadway Database
• William Shatner at the Notable Names Database
• William Shatner at TriviaTribute.com
• Transcript of the Saturday Night Live "get a life" sketch
• Interview at the Archive of American Television
• William Shatner at SF-Encyclopedia.com
• 2 Daniels (Crewman)
• 3 Klingon augment virus

William Shatner

• Born March 22 , 1931 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Height 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
• William Shatner has notched up an impressive 70-plus years in front of the camera, displaying heady comedic talent and being instantly recognizable to several generations of cult television fans as the square-jawed Captain James T. Kirk, commander of the starship U.S.S. Enterprise. Shatner was born in Côte Saint-Luc, Montréal, Québec, Canada, to Anne (Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing manufacturer. His father was a Jewish emigrant from Bukovina in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, while his maternal grandparents were Lithuanian Jews. After graduating from university, he joined a local Summer theatre group as an assistant manager. He then performed with the National Repertory Theatre of Ottawa and at the Stratford, Ontario, Shakespeare Festival as an understudy working with such as Alec Guinness , James Mason , and Anthony Quayle . He came to the attention of New York critics and was soon playing important roles in major shows on live television. Shatner spent many years honing his craft before debuting alongside Yul Brynner in The Brothers Karamazov (1958) . He was kept busy during the 1960s in films such as Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and The Intruder (1962) and on television guest-starring in dozens of series such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) , The Defenders (1961) , The Outer Limits (1963) and The Twilight Zone (1959) . In 1966, Shatner boarded the USS Enterprise for three seasons of Star Trek (1966) , co-starring alongside Leonard Nimoy , with the series eventually becoming a bona-fide cult classic with a worldwide legion of fans known variously as "Trekkies" or "Trekkers". After "Star Trek" folded, Shatner spent the rest of the decade and the 1970s making the rounds, guest-starring on many prime-time television series, including Hawaii Five-O (1968) , Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) and Ironside (1967) . He has also appeared in several feature films, but they were mainly B-grade (or lower) fare, such as the embarrassingly bad Euro western White Comanche (1968) and the campy Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) . However, the 1980s saw a major resurgence in Shatner's career with the renewed interest in the original Star Trek (1966) series culminating in a series of big-budget "Star Trek" feature films, including Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) , Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) , Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) , Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) , Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) . In addition, he starred in the lightweight police series T.J. Hooker (1982) from 1982 to 1986, alongside spunky Heather Locklear , and surprised many fans with his droll comedic talents in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) , Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and Miss Congeniality (2000) . He has most recently been starring in the David E. Kelley television series The Practice (1997) and its spin-off Boston Legal (2004) . Outside of work, he jogs and follows other athletic pursuits. His interest in health and nutrition led to him becoming spokesman for the American Health Institute's 'Know Your Body' program to promote nutritional and physical health. - IMDb Mini Biography By: [email protected]
• Spouses Elizabeth Shatner (February 13, 2001 - March 3, 2020) (divorced) Nerine Kidd (November 15, 1997 - August 9, 1999) (her death) Marcy Lafferty (October 20, 1973 - December 11, 1996) (divorced) Gloria Rand (August 12, 1956 - March 4, 1969) (divorced, 3 children)
• Children Melanie Shatner Leslie Carol Shatner Lisabeth Shatner
• Parents Joseph Shatner Anne Garmaise
• Relatives Joy Shatner (Sibling) David Shatner (Sibling) Frema Farla Shatner (Sibling)
• Clipped, dramatic narration.
• Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek (1966) and seven of the Star Trek films.
• Voice like a radio disc-jockey.
• Shortly after the original Star Trek (1966) series was canceled, his wife Gloria Rand left him and took a lot of money with her. With very little money and his acting prospects low, he resided in a pick-up truck camper until continually acting in bit parts led into higher-paying roles.
• In 2001, he married Elizabeth Shatner (Elizabeth Anderson Martin), 30 years his junior. She is a horse trainer who had lost her husband to cancer in 1997. Their grief (Shatner was a widower) and their love of horses drew them together. They reside in Southern California and in Kentucky.
• Recorded a special message for the crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-133 that woke up them at 3:23 a.m. (EST), March 7, 2011. The message included the Star Trek theme song along with Shatner's narration: "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before.".
• His clipped, dramatic delivery of his lines, peppered with dramatic pauses, is often referred to as "Shatnerian".
• Auctioned a kidney stone to GoldenPalace.com for $75,000. The money went to Habitat for Humanity, a charity that builds houses for the needy.
• [When asked if he wore a hairpiece] It's a question that I find like asking somebody, "Did you have a breast implant?" or "When did you get your lobotomy?".
• [When asked if he was a fan of technology] I love technology. Matches, to light a fire is really high tech. The wheel is REALLY one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that I am an ignoramus about technology. I once looked for the 'ON' button on the computer and came to find out it was on the back. Then I thought, anyone who would put the 'on' switch on the back, where you can't find it, doesn't do any good for my psyche. The one time I did get the computer on, I couldn't turn the damn thing off!
• I am not a Starfleet commander, or T.J. Hooker. I don't live on Starship NCC-1701, or own a phaser. And I don't know anybody named Bones, Sulu or Spock. And no, I've never had green alien sex, though I'm sure it would be quite an evening. I speak English and French, not Klingon! I drink Labatt's, not Romulan ale! And when someone says to me "Live long and prosper", I seriously mean it when I say, "Get a life." My doctor's name is not McCoy, it's Ginsberg. And tribbles were puppets, not real animals. PUPPETS! And when I speak, I never, ever talk like every. Word. Is. Its. Own. Sentence. I live in California, but I was raised in Montreal. And yes, I've gone where no man has gone before, but I was in Mexico and her father gave me permission! My name is William Shatner, and I am Canadian!
• We were basically one and the same, although Jim [Kirk] was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect.
• What he tells his kids about money: Don't buy anything on time, and that includes cars and houses. (Money magazine, 2007)
• Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) - 20,000 plus 7 1/2 percentage of the gross

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How Patrick Stewart Feels About Star Trek Recasting Jean-Luc Picard

In 2009, "Star Trek" did something it had never done before: it selected an actor other than William Shatner to play the role of James T. Kirk. Luckily, Trekkies didn't cry foul and seemed intrigued at the idea that the younger, hotter Chris Pine would be stepping in. J.J. Abrams' 2009 feature film, to remind readers, rebooted the franchise's timeline, taking place when Kirk and his compatriots were younger and more impulsive. Every part was recast and the actors selected were all exemplary choices. Abrams' film was also more violent and action-packed than "Star Trek" had been before, leading to debates among hardcore fans as to whether or not it represented "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry's peaceful vision of the future. (It doesn't.)

What the 2009 "Star Trek" proved, though , was that fans and audiences alike are perfectly willing to accept a new actor in a classic role. Of all the complaints any purists may have had about the new "Star Trek," none of them were directed at Pine or the film's casting directors.

Since 2009, some classic "Star Trek" roles have been recast a second time for "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds." On that show, Paul Wesley plays a young Kirk, and he, too, is exemplary. Of course, if the current makers of "Star Trek" are willing to recast Kirk a second time, questions have begun to arise as to whom they might recast next. Characters like Uhura, Spock, Scotty, Captain Pike, Nurse Chapel, Number One, and Captain Garrett have all been recast. How much time must pass before someone thinks to recast Captain Jean-Luc Picard — previously played by Patrick Stewart — with a younger actor?

In a 2023 interview with Wired Magazine , Stewart talked about the possibility of Picard living on without his participation, and he seems to be at peace with the fact that it will happen eventually. He also feels, however, that he'd like to do a few more things with the character first.

Stewart is (almost) ready to leave Picard behind him

It should be noted that there have, technically, already been a few actors to play a younger Picard. In the episode "Tapestry" (February 15, 1993) audiences saw a brief flashback wherein a young Picard lost a bar brawl, and the character was played by Marcus Nash. Similarly, in the episode "Rascals" (October 30, 1992), a transporter accident turned Picard into the 12-year-old version of himself, who was played by David Tristan Birkin. Also, the 2002 film "Star Trek: Nemesis" involved Picard coming face-to-face with a younger clone of himself, played by Tom Hardy . So, there is a precedent.

Given that "Star Trek" has reached a point where it is producing shows all across its own timeline, however, it's only a matter of time before a series starring a young Picard is suggested. Who should that be? Stewart has at least one casting suggestion, but more than that, he still wants the gig for a few more years before he relinquishes it to a younger man. In his own words:

"It will happen, I'm sure. I mean, I already have a son. And who knows what's going to happen to him. He could become the next Jean-Luc, and he's a wonderful actor. But ' Star Trek: Picard ,' especially season 3, left us in a very unresolved place. I had an idea about how to play the last scene that would have kind of resolved it, but it didn't work out."

"Picard" ended with Jean-Luc playing cards with his old Enterprise buddies, and it was a fine ending, but Stewart wanted one more coda. He felt that Picard should be seen back at home on his French vineyard, living with an off-screen wife; he liked the idea of Picard leaving the series with a fulfilling romance in his life. Once Stewart can wrap up that part of Picard's life, he would hand over the role to someone else.

Daniel Stewart may not play Jean-Luc, though

Meanwhile, Stewart's son, Daniel Stewart, has fostered a healthy acting career of his own. He and Patrick appeared together in the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Inner Light," and Stewart has said he cherished the experience . Daniel Stewart, however, once said in an interview with Metro UK that he has no interest in being compared to his famous father. What's more, he may not be the least bit interested in playing Picard in any capacity. "I might have felt a need to emulate his success when I was younger," he explained, "but now I'm in my 40s. [...] I have my own family and have found my own niche." That was in 2012.

 Also, Daniel is a full foot taller than Patrick, making his resemblance only familial. Because of a fluke of genetics, however, Daniel is already bald.

It's also worth noting that Patric Stewart was 47 when he began playing Captain Picard on "Next Generation," whereas Daniel Stewart is already about 56. If the goal was to cast a younger version of the character, too much time has already passed. Some Trekkies might want Hardy back as Picard, but he, too, is already 47.

There's also the unthinkable possibility of leaving well enough alone. Picard was in seven seasons of "Next Generation," appeared in four movies, and then was given three additional seasons with "Picard" in the '20s. It's possible that we have seen all we need to with Jean-Luc Picard, and that the character can be retired indefinitely.

Now, you'll have to excuse me. I believe Paramount is trying to bash my door down.

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Why William Shatner Allegedly Blocked Kirstie Alley From Returning For 'Star Trek 3,' According To A Trek Documentarian

Posted: September 25, 2024 | Last updated: September 25, 2024

Space may be the final frontier in the "Star Trek" world, but apparently, earthbound grudges can still travel quite keenly through the vastness of space. "Icons Unearthed" director Brian Volk-Weiss knows that firsthand, as an interview he conducted for another project involving Gene Roddenberry’s “Wagon Train to the stars” saw "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’s" Kirstie Alley tell a story about how William Shatner allegedly blocked her from returning for the next film in the series that gave us some of the best sci-fi movies.

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William Shatner showing his documentary at Kentucky Theatre. But why hasn’t he seen it?

An on-again, off-again Central Kentucky resident with an iconic Hollywood resume will be in Lexington for a screening of his documentary.

Plus fans can boldly ask questions of legendary actor William Shatner during a Q&A following the showing of “William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill” Oct. 4 at the Kentucky Theatre.

The movie screening also will have a red carpet, a VIP afterparty with Shatner that includes photo ops, autographs and the chance to have dinner with the actor best known for his role as Captain Kirk in the “Star Trek” franchise.

Shatner, who did the biopic with Legion M , the world’s first fan-owned entertainment company, said in an interview with the Herald-Leader that he has yet to see the film.

“I thought the only way I could manage to talk about it is not to see it, and not to say, ‘Yeah, it’s great and it’s all about me,’ but to say ‘I haven’t seen it, but I’m told that it’s wonderful,’” said Shatner. “It’s been to 12 film festivals and been the most lauded film there. There’s not been a single bad note in any reviewers opinion. So I can say that without having seen the film.”

Directed by Venice Film Festival winner Alexandre O. Philippe, the documentary was released in theaters in 2023 and is available to stream on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video and Fandango at Home. The movie goes beyond the 93-year-old actor’s journey, including showing the man behind James T. Kirk and other TV memorable roles such as in “Boston Legal” and “TJ Hooker.”

“The film is more than just about me ... It’s more about ideas, more about concepts, more about adventure of life,” said Shatner, who became the oldest person ever to travel in space in 2021 at age 90 . “It’s more about something you’ll take home and be able to talk about, be the kernel of an idea of conversation between you and people you know.”

William Shatner’s Kentucky horse farm

Shatner has a long history in Central Kentucky, specifically with saddlebred horses. In 1984 one of his horses competed at the Lexington Junior League Horse Show at the Red Mile. And then a year later he bought a 76-acre horse farm in Woodford County for $1.5 million.

He later bought a larger property, fronting Versailles Road and Blue Grass Parkway, renaming it Belle Reve Farm where over the years they bred American Saddlebred and quarter horses.

A Kentucky Evening with William Shatner

What: Screening of documentary, “William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill”

When: Oct. 4; red carpet starts at 5 p.m.; movie begins at 6:30 p.m.; Q&A to follow; photo ops, VIP party at 9 p.m. (ticket required)

Where: Kentucky Theatre, 214 E Main St.

Tickets: $45-$2,600

Online: william-shatner-lexington.rsvpify.com

This story was originally published September 26, 2024, 5:00 AM.

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What Star Trek Fans May Not Know About William Shatner

Science fiction icon William Shatner has been a darling of American pop culture almost since the day he stepped foot on the Enterprise. From his time helming the Federation flagship to his Emmy-winning tenure on "Boston Public," William Shatner is an outsized personality who only gotten more respected as the years have gone by. 

After he disembarked the Enterprise in 1969, he did some musical work, including "The Transformed Man," often cited as one of the worst albums of all time . He took the hits in with his trademark good humor, though, and eventually returned as Captain Kirk in the movies. In the 80s Shatner became a different sort of TV star as "T.J. Hooker" before joining "Rescue 9-1-1" in the 1990s and becoming  a spokesperson for emergency safety .  After he joined the cast of "The Practice" as the ego-mad Denny Crane, it was spun off into "Boston Legal." Then following a brief stint on a Twitter-inspired comedy, "S#*t My Dad Says," he joined the cast of another space-bound enterprise, riding into low earth orbit aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket  in 2021.

"Star Trek" fans may think they know everything about the man behind their favorite captain, but we've compiled a list of things we think most Trekkies might not know about the man, the myth, and the legend that is William Shatner. 

His family disapproved of his career

The stereotype of the "starving artist" is a valid one, and it's not uncommon for a creative professional to be met with resistance from friends and family when they enter their chosen field. William Shatner joined the list of those with disapproving parents when he decided to pursue acting.

"My father didn't want me to go into it," he said in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2018. "Young people are tantalized by the glamor of being an actor. The reality is you're grubbing along on starvation wages." Shatner's father wanted him to take a more "sensible" career, something with more stability and a more reliable financial future, given that he himself had struggled for much of his own career. He even suggested they go into business together. "My father said, 'Why don't you study business, and then you'll be equipped when you go into business with me?' He had a small men's clothing factory. I graduated from McGill University in Montreal with a Bachelor of Business Administration."

Despite his father's words, Shatner chose acting and landed his first role in 1951. Asked in the interview if there was any acting role that wouldn't be worth the glamor and fortune for him, the former "Star Trek" star gave a typically Shatnerian response: "I wouldn't be in a porno movie." 

He's known as a prankster on set

William Shatner is known these days for his jovial personality, particularly on social media. Good-natured, wryly funny, he's always ready to shoot off a snarky joke on Twitter or respond to his critics with a tongue-in-cheek jab. This is nothing new it seems, as according to Richard Donner, director of the  "The Twilight Zone" episode in which Shatner appeared, the actor played a terrifying prank on him while filming "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet." 

According to Donner , he was returning from a coffee break during filming when he saw Shatner apparently engaged in a fistfight with a crew member on the body of the airplane they were using to film. Before he could intervene, he saw the actor fall off the wing and strike the concrete below. "I thought he was dead, man. And I came running up and I grabbed him ... and then everybody's standing around laughing." Shatner and the crew had used an articulated dummy to prank their director.

And this wasn't the end of his practical jokes, either. According to his "Star Trek" co-star Leonard Nimoy, Shatner stole his bike and locked it to a fire hydrant. The reason? In a joint on-stage interview   Shatner claimed "every time they called 'Lunch,' you'd get on your bike and bicycle down to the commissary and get to the head of the line!"

He can't do the Vulcan salute

The Enterprise, photon torpedoes, Klingons , "Beam Me Up Scotty!" These are just some of the iconic elements from "Star Trek" that have seeped into the public consciousness. One of the most famous, though, may be Mr. Spock's famous "Live Long And Prosper" greeting, and the accompanying hand gesture. First appearing in the second season premiere, "Amok Time," the gesture was suggested and created by actor Leonard Nimoy himself, as he felt the half-alien first officer should use some kind of traditional greeting when meeting one of his fellow Vulcans. Nimoy based the gesture on the priestly blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim , or priests.

Unfortunately, the Vulcan salute isn't as easy to perform for some as it was for Nimoy, and Shatner is one of those who has long struggled to make the simple hand gesture. He famously couldn't pull it off on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" in 2009 , and even as recently as 2020 he confirmed that he still can't perform the "Live Long And Prosper" salute, more than fifty years after the original episode's first airing. In March of that year, he appeared as a guest on "Star Trek: The Cruise," an annual floating "Star Trek" convention, and he remarked that thanks to the then-emerging coronavirus, guests were being encouraged not to shake hands but to use the traditional Vulcan greeting, to which he tweeted in response, "what if you cannot do it?"

He sent a message to Discovery

Fans will pay big bucks to get a phone call or recorded message from their favorite actors and on-screen heroes. In fact, on the personalized celebrity video app "Cameo," fellow "Star Trek" alum star Jeri Ryan charges $345 for the privilege. In 2011, it was a different spacecraft called 'Discovery' that got a surprise call from the original star and captain of the Enterprise, William Shatner.

In a press release from NASA on the morning of March 7th, the space agency announced that the crew of the space shuttle Discovery received "a star-studded wake-up call" from Captain Kirk himself on the eve of its final mission. "These have been the voyages of the space shuttle Discovery ," said the pre-recorded message from the actor, which paid homage to the iconic opening words of the original "Star Trek" TV series. "Her 30-year mission: to seek out new science, to build new outposts, to bring nations together in the final frontier, to boldly go and do what no spacecraft has done before."

In the final days of the Discovery's mission in space, NASA held a contest to choose two songs for the astronauts to wake up to on the morning of their last flight. Shatner's opening monologue, set to the "Star Trek" theme, won the contest with 27% of the vote.

He publicly called The Next Generation a mistake

When the "Star Trek" movies became big hits theaters in the 1980s, Paramount knew the time was right for a revival of the franchise on the small screen, but nobody had ever succeeded at bringing back such an iconic show, so there was still a lot of uncertainty and trepidation. When "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was announced in the fall of 1986, it came as a shock to everyone, especially to the franchise's biggest star, William Shatner.

Fans were up in arms over the news that this new series would not be including Kirk , Spock, McCoy, Sulu, Uhura, and the crew of the original Enterprise. The outcry was swift and dramatic, and it didn't help matters when William Shatner openly criticized the studio for making a new "Star Trek" show without him. Putting gasoline on an already raging fire, Shatner told "Starlog" magazine, "to call a series 'Star Trek' that doesn't have the cast and the ship in it is an error. The error seems to me to be over exposure of the "Star Trek" name and the possibility of not having the "Star Trek" quality we've become accustomed to. It remains to be seen." He eventually relented on his criticism of the show once it proved to be a hit, and happily starred alongside the crew of the Enterprise-D in "Star Trek: Generations." 

He developed his signature style on Broadway

Many actors get their start in theater, and many actors develop their talent on the stage. Famously, Avery Brooks– Captain Sisko on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"– had a very Shatner-like style of acting with stop-and-start speech patterns– particularly when he got angry– that he developed in the theater (Brooks was also a Professor of Theater at Rutgers for many years).

That trademark stop-and-start cadence that audiences so closely identify with Shatner, where he seemingly emphasizes words at random, is as iconic as the Enterprise itself. Parodied more times than we care to count, it's one of the actor's most recognizable signatures, and like Brooks, he developed it on the stage.  In a 2001 article in the Washington Post , the newspaper sat down with the larger than life Shatner, where he opened up about how his vocal calling card came to be. During the production of the Broadway play "The World of Suzie Wong" in 1958, Shatner and his castmates struggled to keep the viewers' attention, as members of the audience often didn't return after the usual intermission. When things were looking bleak, Shatner took it upon himself to grab their attention and keep them from leaving — yelling his lines, emphasizing what he felt were key phrases — and apparently, it worked. Shatner became something for the audiences to watch, a fascinating acting marvel, and with that, he had his signature style.

He was banned from the Tonight Show

Many celebrities have been banned from making appearances on live television shows. From Sinead O'Connor and Vince Vaughn to Dax Shephard and Madonna , these celebrities are usually barred because of profane language, problematic speech, or some other kind of bizarre, uncontrollable behavior that producers fear they might repeat. 

The actor behind Captain Kirk isn't known for his extreme behavior, violent tendencies, potty mouth, or controversial takes, so it might come as a surprise to "Star Trek" fans to learn that William Shatner himself was once banned from "The Tonight Show," by no less than the legendary Johnny Carson himself. Did he flip a table and threaten the host? Did he moon the audience or insult the Catholic church? Not exactly. It was actually something much more mundane:  talking too much.

In his book, "Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large," Shatner revealed the juicy nugget of late-night talk show gossip, saying that  "I was even banned from Carson after a mid-1980s appearance where I talked too much and monopolized our discussion. It seems some of these talk show hosts prefer to be the ones who get all the laughs." Eventually, he did return to "The Tonight Show" after Carson's departure from the long-running late-night variety series, with appearances opposite later hosts Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon.

He made them change the script for Star Trek II

Over the years many stories have surfaced of how Shatner had peculiar demands on the set of "Star Trek," such as George Takei's claims that he wanted stories focused around his own character, at the expense of his costars . So when you learn that Shatner was unhappy with the original script to the celebrated "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" — and the reasons why — it may not come as a surprise.

In an interview with StarTrek.com , director Nicholas Meyer discussed his frustrations with Shatner's dislike of his script. "Bill Shatner didn't like the script at all, and I was very floored by this because everybody else did like it. ... When he left, I was in a real depression." 

Despite his shock and sadness at hearing that his star actor was dissatisfied with all of the hard work he had put into the script, Meyers was undeterred, and discussed the situation with Harve Bennett. The producer told him "'Well, you know, just a minute. If you parse this into bite sizes, it basically boils down that he wants to be the first man through the door.' So, I could understand that." Meyers suddenly saw eye-to-eye with Shatner's problems, and he returned to the typewriter to make some fixes to accommodate the captain's needs. "I went back and 24 hours later I'd done a rewrite, and he was very pleased."

His daughter appeared in a Star Trek episode

Episodes of "Star Trek" and its many spinoff series are known for hiding a wealth of easter eggs and references for diehard fans to find. Whether it's a reference to an older episode, a lesser-known character popping up on another show, or just a passing mention of an event from Trek's past, fans love finding little hidden gems. Sometimes the easter eggs are for the actor's, too, and in the classic "Star Trek" episode "Miri" from 1966, there are two that audiences probably didn't pick up on at the time.

In the episode, the Enterprise picks up a message from a planet called "Miri," a near exact duplicate of Earth, and populated by a people known as the "Onlies" – the remaining survivors of a global annihilation that left only the children alive. Playing two of the children in the episode were Shatner's two daughters, Lisbeth and Leslie . It was a rare chance for Shatner to act alongside his daughters, and one he couldn't pass up. They weren't the only famous children on set that day, as Scott Whitney, son of actress Grace Lee Whitney (who played Yoeman Rand), and Gene Roddenberry's two daughters Dawn and Darleen also appear. 

He directed traffic as T.J. Hooker

In his book "Up Till Now: The Autobiography," William Shatner described two different traffic incidents that he helped sort out . The first, when he and his wife were on their way to the Oscars, described a situation he witnessed while driving where two other cars were in the midst of a road rage incident. He witnessed two drivers leave their vehicles, likely to engage in some old fashion fisticuffs, but Shatner was having none of it, and he leaped from his car and grabbed one of them. Immediately, he said, the driver recognized him, shouting in amazement "Captain Kirk!" According to Shatner, the two starstruck men "instantly relaxed."

The second instance is even more remarkable, but he swears upon its truthfulness. During the production of an episode of his 1980's police action series "T.J. Hooker," Shatner — while in costume as a police officer — witnessed a traffic accident. He said he intervened and instructed one of the drivers to get back into their vehicle. "Get back in your car and move along," Shatner said he told the driver, "And he listened to me. I'm certain he didn't recognize me. I told the other driver, 'it's your fault. You got a little damage. Come on, move your car, you're blocking traffic.' He too got back in his car and did as I ordered. And just for an instant I'd felt the power of the uniform. It was an oddly educational experience."

He had his own DVD by mail service

Shatner has always been full of big, lofty ideas, and that didn't stop when he left the Enterprise. As DVD-by-mail services were proliferating in the mid-2000s, William Shatner decided to get in on what must have looked like a lucrative, can't-miss business model. In March of 2006, he launched the eponymously titled "ShatnerDVDClub," a subscription service that would provide members with a carefully curated selection of science fiction, action, and horror films on DVD, through the mail, ostensibly chosen by Bill Shatner himself. Surely his name attached to a new service in a booming cottage industry was a recipe for big success, right?

While it might seem like an odd idea in hindsight, who knows what incredible plans Shatner may have had for the service: expansion into Europe, and beyond? More choices from different genres? A " Nimoy DVD Club" sister site? Sadly we'll never know, because the service shuttered its doors at the end of that same calendar year. In just under 10 months of existence, Shatner's self-named service came to a close, citing rising prices from its distributors. In its final press release, it said that its "partners cannot continue to provide these movies at the current low prices." Thankfully, Shatner and the service did right by their (relatively few) subscribers and sent every member the entirety of their remaining movies in a single, final package.

He received vials of horse semen in his divorce

William Shatner and his now ex-fourth-wife Elizabeth Martin officially divorced in 2020, after 18 years of holy matrimony. Once the lawyers negotiated the division of their assets, it was decreed that Martin would receive ownership of their home in Kentucky, while the former "Star Trek" captain would leave space dock with the couple's supply of horse semen . It may seem like an odd thing to receive in a settlement, but Shatner's  love of horses is well-documented , and he was also a breeder with a large farm on the property of what is now his former Kentucky home. According to reports on Fox News , Shatner and Martin divided up ownership of their four horses, with Shatner being awarded custody of Renaissance Man's Medici and Powder River Shirley, and his ex-wife getting to keep the pair called Belle Reve's So Photogenic and Pebbles. In addition to the two horses, Shatner was given the entirety of the couple's horse breeding equipment and "all horse semen" according to documentation.

Martin also received the farm where they raised and bred horses as part of their divorce settlement, much to Shatner's chagrin. It may seem like he lost a lot in the split, but don't worry about Bill: his pre-nuptial agreement apparently included the provision that he would keep all of his royalties from his part in the "Star Trek" franchise.

He sold his kidney stone for $25,000

GoldenPalace.com is an online casino that is known for its odd purchases at auctions, which it uses to generate publicity, perhaps most notably the cheese sandwich said to display the image of the Virgin Mary. It's an odd business practice, but one that's seemingly paid off in terms of the wanted publicity.

In 2006, Golden Palace decided to get in on the world's love of William Shatner, and it did it for a good cause, too. According to CBS News , the online casino paid the actor $25,000 to purchase his passed kidney stone, with all of the proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity, a charity that builds houses for those in need. "This would be the first Habitat for Humanity house built out of stone," said the president of Julien's Auctions, who oversaw the sale. According to Shatner, the massive stone was so big "you'd want to wear it on your finger." In his typical blustery fashion he also claimed that "if you subjected it to extreme heat, it might turn out to be a diamond."

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William Shatner Returns to the Star Trek Set Tour

Captain on the Bridge!

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Every weekend around the country and across the world, fans attending pop culture conventions are accustomed to waiting in line for an autograph or the chance to share a photo op with a favorite actor. This is certainly true for fans of William Shatner — but how many get to do it with him sitting in the captain’s chair on the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise ?

If you’d been at the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour earlier this month, that could’ve been you.

Since its opening in early 2017, the tour is a premier destination for Star Trek fans of every stripe. For first time visitors, owner James Cawley’s amazingly detailed recreations of Desilu Stage 9 and the sets used to film the classic 1960s series’ Enterprise interiors are a jaw-dropping sight to behold. The tour even attracts notice from various Star Trek luminaries, perhaps none brighter than the original Captain Kirk himself. To the delight of many fans who made the trek (pun intended) to beautiful Ticonderoga, New York, the one and only William Shatner was waiting, making his third visit to the attraction.

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As part of this second “Captain’s Inspection Tour Weekend,” Mr. Shatner hosted guided walk-throughs of the sets, beginning with the ship’s famous transporter room and progressing through other memorable locations such as sickbay, Captain Kirk’s quarters, engineering, and — of course — the iconic Enterprise bridge. Arranged just as they were during the production of The Original Series , the sets provided Mr. Shatner with plenty of reminders which he used to regale fans with stories and anecdotes from his work on the series.

Photo ops were a main draw on Friday, of course, with eager fans waiting for their chance to meet the captain on the Enterprise bridge. There also were plenty of opportunities to capture candid and funny moments throughout the weekend. Unlike convention autograph or photo sessions where there’s usually little to no time for any sort of real personal interaction, Mr. Shatner laughed, joked, demonstrated legendary “Kirk Fu” fighting moves, and -- to one fan’s delight -- declared, “He’s dead, Jim!”

James Cawley

And what’s better on a Friday night after such a busy day? Beer and pizza, of course. What’s even better than that? Attending a beer and pizza party hosted by William Shatner, which is exactly what fans those holding special event “Admiral’s tickets” got to do.

The “inspection” continued in earnest on Saturday, with Mr. Shatner again hosting tours through the sets and posing with fans for photos on the bridge. Then it was over to nearby Ticonderoga High School, where he signed autographs for fans before taking the stage in the school’s auditorium. The usual “question and answer” format was abandoned in favor of a fascinating discussion with the school’s principal, John Donahue, and teachers Joseph Defayette and Michael Uchal. The educators talked about the challenges they face but also how they inspire students to take an active interest in the sciences, technology, trade skills, and so much more. Throughout the day, the school also played host to vendors offering all sorts of Star Trek merchandise and collectibles.

Later that afternoon, Star Trek production alumni Doug Drexler, Michael and Denise Okuda, and Daren R. Dochterman were on hand to conduct their own tours of the Enterprise . Following these experts through the sets, fans learned all sorts of interesting facts and trivia about their design. The challenges faced by the set’s creator, art director Walter M. “Matt” Jefferies, and his production crew to surmount tight budgets and crushing deadlines while visualizing a believable future for television audiences are legendary. Tours were also conducted by members of the tour’s knowledgeable staff, many of whom have been with the attraction from the beginning.

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The weekend was seemingly over in the blink of an eye, but not without Mr. Shatner promising to return for another “Captain’s Inspection” in the not too distant future. Watch for updates and plenty of photos at the Star Trek Original Series Set Tour website and Facebook page and StarTrek.com!

Dayton Ward (he/him) is the New York Times bestselling author or co-author of numerous novels and short stories, including a whole bunch of stuff set in the Star Trek universe, and often working with friend and co-writer Kevin Dilmore. As he’s still a big ol' geek at heart, Dayton is known to wax nostalgic about all manner of Star Trek topics over on his own blog, The Fog of Ward .

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Star Trek’s Prequel Movie Can Answer First Contact’s 30 Year Old Questions

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Celebrated on April 5th, First Contact Day remains one of the most significant holidays within the Star Trek universe. While Star Trek occasionally references Earth holidays like Halloween or Christmas, the franchise has also introduced several holidays unique to the Star Trek universe. Established to commemorate First Contact with the Vulcans after Zefram Cochrane's (James Cromwell) successful warp flight, First Contact Day has also been adapted by real-world Star Trek fans. In 2021, Star Trek began celebrating First Contact Day with reveals about upcoming Trek projects and merchandise, panels with cast and crew members, and other virtual events.

First Contact Day as a holiday was first established in Star Trek: First Contact , which saw Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D crew travel back in time to stop the Borg from altering history. First Contact co-writer Ronald D. Moore chose April 5th because it was his son's birthday and Star Trek's most famous holiday was born. Star Trek's other real-world holiday, Star Trek Day, is celebrated on September 8th to mark the day that Star Trek: The Original Series first premiered. Still, First Contact Day remains a favorite among Trekkers, who often flock to social media to commemorate the holiday.

Star Trek's First Contact Day Celebrates Zefram Cochrane & The Vulcans

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Zefram Cochrane (Glenn Corbett) was established as the inventor of warp drive in Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 9, "Metamorphosis," when Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the USS Enterprise encountered a young, immortal Cochrane on an asteroid. Cochrane role that lead to the United Federation of Planets' founding were more fully explored in Star Trek: First Contact, when the USS Enterprise-D crew helped ensure Zephram's historic warp flight occurred as it was always meant to. Accompanied by Commander William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), Cochrane launched the Phoenix on April 5, 2063, breaking the warp barrier just after 11 am.

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A Vulcan survey ship called the T'Plana-Hath happened to be passing nearby at the time and detected the Phoenix's warp signature. The Vulcan ship then landed in Bozeman, Montana, initiating the first open contact between an alien species and humanity. This historic meeting would lead to a new era for the human race, laying the groundwork for what would one day become the United Federation of Planets . Although Cochrane's initial motivations for inventing warp drive were largely financial, he later accepted his place in history, delivering speeches and sharing stories about his historic flight.

How First Contact Day Is Celebrated In Star Trek's Universe

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Hundreds of years after the original First Contact between Earth and Vulcan, the holiday became less of a spectacle. Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) once remarked that First Contact Day was merely a day off from school. While Earth's population likely celebrated First Contact Day in different ways, it appears it was used as an excuse to take a day off work or school and have a nice meal. Still, First Contact Day celebrated the Federation ideal of "infinite diversity in infinite combinations," commemorating the day when two species came together for the betterment of both.

In Star Trek: Voyager season 7, episode 23, "Homestead," the crew of the USS Voyager went all out celebrating the 315th First Contact Day as a way to feel more connected to Earth despite being in the distant Delta Quadrant.

Tragically, one of the most devastating attacks in Federation history occurred on First Contact Day, forever tarnishing the holiday. On First Contact Day 2385, rogue synths attacked Mars, destroying the Utopia Planitia Shipyards and decimating the planet. With over 92,000 lives lost, as well as 20,000 ships, the attack on Mars led Starfleet to scale back missions of exploration to focus on defense. The Federation also banned synthetic life, although this ban was later overturned when the Romulan Zhat Vash were revealed as the orchestrators of the attack.

Star Trek's Mirror Universe Has A Much Darker Version Of First Contact Day

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Zefram Cochrane's first meeting with the Vulcans went a lot differently in Star Trek's Mirror Universe . As revealed in the Star Trek: Enterprise two-parter, "In a Mirror, Darkly," Cochrane still launched the Phoenix on April 5th, breaking the warp barrier. However, when the Vulcans made contact in Bozeman, Cochrane shot the first Vulcan with a shotgun and the Terrans raided the Vulcan ship. The Terrans assumed the Vulcans meant to invade Earth, and they killed all of the visiting aliens. The Terran Empire then used the stolen Vulcan technology to rapidly improve their own ability to travel the galaxy.

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Rather than using this upgraded technology for exploration, the Terran Empire set out to invade and conquer as many worlds as possible, relentlessly expanding their territory. Terrans acquired Vulcan technology more quickly than their Prime Universe counterparts, using it only for their own gain and developing new ships and weapons sooner. By the 2150s, the Terrans had conquered numerous alien civilizations, including the Vulcans, Denobulans, Andorians, Orions, and Tellarites. In the Mirror Universe, First Contact Day is celebrated as a holy day and Cochrane is lauded as a hero for stopping the supposed Vulcan invasion.

First Contact Day Vs. Frontier Day: Differences Explained

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One of Star Trek's other major holidays, Frontier Day commemorates the maiden voyage of the Enterprise NX-01 in April 2151. Both First Contact Day and Frontier Day celebrate the collaboration between alien species, but Frontier Day highlights Starfleet and its many achievements. In the final episodes of Star Trek: Picard season 3 , the Federation celebrated the 250th anniversary of Captain Jonathan Archer's (Scott Bakula) first mission. Admiral Picard and Captain William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) were both scheduled to speak at the event, which would also celebrate the final flight of the USS Enterprise-F.

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As almost all of Starfleet's most important ships were gathered around Earth for the 250th Frontier Day celebration, the Borg/Changeling alliance saw this as the perfect time to strike. With all of the Federation starships connected by a new automated fleet formation system, the Borg took over the ships and triggered assimilation in every officer under the age of 25. As the assimilated fleet prepared to fire on Earth, the USS Enterprise-D swooped in to save the day as the only ship not connected to the Starfleet mainframe. Admiral Picard and his crew put an end to the Borg, preventing the Frontier Day attack from being much worse and preserving a Star Trek holiday.

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