William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author,
producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of
acting, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain
James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has
written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain
Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. He has also
co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series
of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for
television.Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant
in T. J. Hooker (1982â€"1986) and hosted the reality-based television
series Rescue 911 (1989â€"1996), which won a People's Choice Award for
the Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Shatner also featured in two
episodes of the television detective series Columbo almost two decades
apart. He also appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock
from the Sun as the "Big Giant Head" that the alien characters
reported to. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane
both in the final season of the legal drama The Practice and in its
spinoff series Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards.
He appeared in both seasons of the comical NBC real-life travelogue
with other male companions "of a certain age" in Better Late Than
Never, from 2016 to 2018. Shatner has also pursued a career in music
and spoken-word recordings since the late 1960s, having released eight
albums.Shatner was born in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Conservative Jewish household. His
parents were Ann (née Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing
manufacturer. He has two sisters, Joy and Farla. His paternal
grandfather, Wolf Schattner, anglicized the family name to "Shatner."
producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. In his seven decades of
acting, Shatner became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain
James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has
written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain
Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. He has also
co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series
of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for
television.Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant
in T. J. Hooker (1982â€"1986) and hosted the reality-based television
series Rescue 911 (1989â€"1996), which won a People's Choice Award for
the Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Shatner also featured in two
episodes of the television detective series Columbo almost two decades
apart. He also appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock
from the Sun as the "Big Giant Head" that the alien characters
reported to. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane
both in the final season of the legal drama The Practice and in its
spinoff series Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards.
He appeared in both seasons of the comical NBC real-life travelogue
with other male companions "of a certain age" in Better Late Than
Never, from 2016 to 2018. Shatner has also pursued a career in music
and spoken-word recordings since the late 1960s, having released eight
albums.Shatner was born in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Conservative Jewish household. His
parents were Ann (née Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing
manufacturer. He has two sisters, Joy and Farla. His paternal
grandfather, Wolf Schattner, anglicized the family name to "Shatner."
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