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William Shatner developed an early interest in acting and started working professionally at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before he reached his teens. He found himself drawn to the theatre and eventually joined the Stratford Shakespeare Festival under Sir Tyrone Guthrie. Shatner played Ed Goodson in a series based on the now defunct Twitter feed, Shit My Dad Says. You can watch webisodes of his online series Brown Bag Wine Tasting, available on his website (link below). It seems as if he will always be remembered for being Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the Star Trek TV series and subsequent feature films. That role was capped in October 2021 when it was announced the 90-year-old actor would be part of a four-person crew aboard the second Blue Origin launch on Wednesday October 13, 2021. As many quipped, Captain Kirk will get to go where no older man has gone before. “So now I can say something,” a post on Shatner’s Twitter stated. “Yes, it’s true. I’m going to be a ‘rocket man.’”
Learn more about William Shatner
Official website
Also see: Between the Covers: Books from Canadian actors for Christmas 2023.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
The Explosive Generation (1961)
The Intruder (1961)
The Outrage (1964)
Go Ask Alice (TV-1973)
The Horror at 37,000 Feet (TV-1974)
Big Bad Mama (1974)
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
A Whale of a Tale (1977)
Land of No Return (1978)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Visiting Hours (1982)
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1987)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon (1993)
Tekwar (TV-1994)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Janek: The Silent Betrayal (TV-1994)
Trinity and Beyond (narrator, 1995)
Prisoner of Zenda Inc. (TV-1996)
Dead Man’s Island (TV-1996)
Land of the Free (1997)
Trekkies (1997)
Free Enterprise (1998)
Falcon Down (2000)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
Osmosis Jones (voice, 2001)
Groom Lake (2001)
American Psycho 2: The Girl Who Wouldn’t Die (2001)
A Christmas Carol (TV-2003)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Lil’ Pimp (voice, 2004)
Miss Congeniality 2 (2005)
How William Shatner Changed the World (TV-2005)
The Wild (voice, 2006)
Over the Hedge (voice, 2006)
Live Life (narrator, 2007)
Gotta Catch Santa Claus (TV-2008)
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (voice, 2010)
Horrorween (2010)
Making a Scene (TV-2010)
William Shatner: Bohemian Rhapsody (2011, short)
Escape from Planet Earth (voice, 2013)
At Fenway (VR-2013, short)
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
Baby, Baby, Baby (2015)
The Sunday Horse (2015)
Malevolent (voice, 2017)
Batman vs. Two-Face (voice, VR-2017)
Aliens Ate My Homework (voice, VR-2018)
Creators: The Past (2018)
Devil’s Revenge (2019)
Senior Moment (2021)
TV Series – Cast:
For the People (1960)
Star Trek (1966-1968)
Barbary Coast (1975)
T.J.Hooker (1982 – 1986)
Rescue 911 (1989)
A Twist in the Tale (narrator, 1998)
Full Moon Fright Night (2001)
The Iron Chef (2001)
One Hit Wonders (2002)
Boston Legal (2004-2008)
Invasion Iowa (2005, mini-series)
Everest (2007, mini-series)
S#*! My Dad Says (2010-2011)
Weird or What (2010-2012)
Clangers (narrator, 2015)
The Indian Detective (2017, mini-series)
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