William Shatner

- Born: March 22, 1931
- Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
- Starred in seven Star Trek films
- Hit shows: Star Trek, T.J. Hooker, Boston Legal
- Spokesman for Priceline.com
- 2008: Premiered his celebrity talk show Shatner's Raw Nerve on the Biography Channel

Actor, musician and author William Shatner originated the role of "Captain James T. Kirk" on Star Trek and can currently be seen on the ABC show Boston Legal. Though written off several times by critics as a "has-been," Shatner has had a lengthy, prolific career, with many popular and critically acclaimed projects under his belt.

Shatner appeared on The Tonight Show on June 17, 2009, where he attempted to make the Vulcan gesture of goodwill to Conan O'Brien but couldn't get his fingers to cooperate. After being teased by O'Brien, Shatner gave him the finger.Huffington Post: William Shatner Flips Off Conan, Can't Do Vulcan Salute (June 19, 2009)
Early Career and Star Trek

By the time Shatner came to Star Trek, he already had a number of notable projects under his belt, including the films The Brothers Karamozov, Judgement at Nuremberg, and The Intruder. His performance as heroic starship captain James T. Kirk would eventually become a blessing, but for a time in the 1970s led to typecasting that nearly ended his career.
T.J. Hooker

Shatner had success on the small screen again with the wildly popular early 1980s police actioner T.J. Hooker, in which he played the title role of a heroic police sergeant. Much like his Star Trek role, Hooker combined action heroism with tongue-in-cheek humor, but the character was distinct enough to also become iconic, leading Shatner to host the police recreation show Rescue 911.
Denny Crane

In the final season of legal drama The Practice, Shatner was cast as eccentric Boston attorney Denny Crane, a lawyer who had never lost a case. His character caught attention, as did his chemistry with series star James Spader. The two were spun off into the dramedy Boston Legal, in which Shatner's performance as the aging lawyer possibly in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease has won him two Emmy Awards.

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William Shatner Timeline
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- March 22, 1931: Born
- 1960: The Twilight Zone: "Nick of Time"
- 1963: The Twilight Zone: "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"
- 1965: Incubus
- 1966-1969: Star Trek
- 1973-1975: Star Trek
- 1979: Star Trek: The Motion Picture
- 1982-1986: T.J. Hooker
- 1982: Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- 1982: Airplane II: The Sequel
- 1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- 1986: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- 1989: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
- 1991: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- 1994: Star Trek: Generations
- 1999-2000: 3rd Rock from the Sun
- 2000: Miss Congeniality
- 2004: The Practice
- 2005: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous
- 2006: Over the Hedge
- 2004-2008: Boston Legal
- 2008: Shatner's Raw Nerve
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  [...] you get the idea. Kirk always struck me as much more complex. Though I was never particularly attracted to William Shatner (unlike Pine), his story was much more interesting. Here’s a kid who took duty honor [...]
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  #80 Then don’t watch, John. it never ceases to amaze me how people come here to complain about a show they don’t have to watch and is done for free. As much as I like William Shatner, he is no longer Kirk to me. But who really cares?
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