William Shatner

William Shatner is a Canadian actor whose screen career runs from early Canadian film and television productions to guest roles on American series and then to international fame as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise from 1966 to 1994. He played Kirk in the original television series, in the animated series and in the first seven Star Trek feature films. Beyond Star Trek he starred as a police sergeant in T. J. Hooker, hosted the reality-based series Rescue 911, and won two Emmy Awards for playing the attorney Denny Crane in The Practice and Boston Legal. He has also written books about his Star Trek years, co-written the TekWar science fiction novels that were adapted for television, recorded spoken word albums beginning with The Transformed Man in 1968, and in 2021 flew to space aboard Blue Origin NS-18.