William Shatner biography
William Shatner is a Canadian actor (born 1931), born on 22 March 1931 in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
William Shatner's screen career began in 1951 with The Butler's Night Off, playing Crook.
William Shatner has appeared in 93 films and 186 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Raisin Bran Will Shat Super Bowl commercial (2026), 765874 , Unification (2024), William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill (2023).
William Shatner is best known for Star Trek series, T. J. Hooker, The Practice.
Honours include Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Theatre World Award and Officer of the Order of Canada.
Coming up next: The Elevator.
- Also known as
- Bill Shatner
- Born
- 22 March 1931 (age 95)
- Birthplace
- Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
- Work
- Television actor, Film actor, Singer, Film director, Actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1951 to present
- Known for
- Star Trek series, T. J. Hooker, The Practice
- Awards
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award
- Theatre World Award
- Officer of the Order of Canada
- Canada's Walk of Fame
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
William Shatner filmography
93 films and 187 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Raisin Bran Will Shat Super Bowl commercial | Will Shat - Bran Ambassador | ||
| 2024 | 765874 , Unification | James T. Kirk | Short film | |
| 2023 | William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill | English | ||
| 2022 | Fireheart | Jimmy Murray | Voice | |
| 2021 | Senior Moment | Victor Martin | ||
| 2019 | Creators: The Past | Lord Ogmha | ||
| 2019 | To Your Last Death | The Overseer | Voice | |
| 2019 | Devil's Revenge | Hayes | Also co-writer | |
| 2018 | Aliens Ate My Homework | Phil the Plant | Voice | |
| 2017 | The Truth is in the Stars | Narrator Host | ||
| 2017 | Batman vs. Two-Face | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2016 | For the Love of Spock | English | ||
| 2016 | Range 15 | Richard Chindler | ||
| 2015 | Just in Time for Christmas | English | ||
| 2015 | A Christmas Horror Story | Dangerous Dan | ||
| 2015 | When Elephants Were Young | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2015 | A Sunday Horse | Kenneth Roubidoux | ||
| 2014 | William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge | Host | Documentary; Also writer, director and co-producer | |
| 2013 | Escape from Planet Earth | Gen. William T. Shanker | Voice | |
| 2012 | Get A Life! | Host | Documentary; Also writer, director and co-producer | |
| 2011 | The Captains | Host | Documentary; Also director and producer | |
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | Interviewee | Documentary | |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Core | Voice | |
| 2010 | Horrorween | English | ||
| 2009 | William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet | English |
Show all 93 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Fanboys | English | ||
| 2009 | The True History of Puss 'N Boots | Puss 'N Boots | Voice | |
| 2008 | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Voice | |
| 2007 | The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures | Vance Shepherd | ||
| 2006 | The Wild | Kazar | Voice | |
| 2006 | Star Trek: Tactical Assault | James T. Kirk | ||
| 2006 | Star Trek: Legacy | James T. Kirk | ||
| 2006 | Star Trek: Encounters | James T. Kirk | Narrator | |
| 2006 | Stalking Santa | Narrator | ||
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Ozzie | Voice | |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Stan Fields | ||
| 2005 | Lil' Pimp | Tony Gold | Voice, direct-to-video | |
| 2004 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | Dodgeball Chancellor | ||
| 2002 | American Psycho 2 | Robert Starkman | ||
| 2002 | Showtime | English | ||
| 2002 | Shoot or Be Shot | Harvey Wilkes | ||
| 2002 | Groom Lake | John Gossner | Also director and co-writer | |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Mayor Phlegmming | Voice | |
| 2001 | Festival in Cannes | English | ||
| 2001 | Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime | Co-host | Documentary; Direct-to-video, also producer | |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Stan Fields | ||
| 2000 | Falcon Down | Major Robert Carson | ||
| 1999 | Atomic Filmmakers: Behind the Scenes | English | ||
| 1998 | Free Enterprise | Bill | ||
| 1998 | Land of the Free | Aidan Carvell | ||
| 1997 | Star Trek Generations | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1997 | Priceline.com | Chief Negotiating Officer | ||
| 1995 | William Shatner's Tekwar | Walter Bascom | ||
| 1995 | Trinity and Beyond | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1995 | Star Trek: Judgment Rites | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1994 | Star Trek Generations | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1994 | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | General Mortars | ||
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1990 | National Power and PowerGen | Captain Kirk | ||
| 1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | James T. Kirk | Also director and story co-writer | |
| 1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1986 | Blood Sport | |||
| 1985 | The Canadian Conspiracy | English | ||
| 1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1982 | Visiting Hours | Gary Baylor | ||
| 1982 | Airplane II: The Sequel | Commander Buck Murdock | ||
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Jerry O'Connor | ||
| 1980 | Commodore Computers | VIC-20 spokesman | ||
| 1979 | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | James T. Kirk | ||
| 1978 | Land of No Return | Curt Bunell | ||
| 1978 | The Third Walker | Munro Maclean | ||
| 1977 | Kingdom of the Spiders | Rack Hansen | ||
| 1977 | Mysteries of the Gods | Host/narrator | Documentary | |
| 1976 | A Whale of a Tale | Dr. Jack Fredericks | ||
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain | Mark Preston | ||
| 1975 | Patent Pending | Narrator | Documentary film about patents | |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama | William J. Baxter | ||
| 1974 | West Point on the Hudson | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 1974 | Impulse | Matt Stone | ||
| 1970 | Promise Margarine | Spokesman | ||
| 1968 | White Comanche | Johnny Moon / Notah | ||
| 1965 | Incubus | Marc | ||
| 1964 | The Outrage | Preacher | ||
| 1962 | The Longest Day | English | ||
| 1962 | The Intruder | Adam Cramer | ||
| 1961 | The Explosive Generation | Peter Gifford | ||
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Captain Harrison Byers | ||
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Alexey Karamazov | ||
| 1957 | Oedipus the King | Chorus | ||
| 1951 | The Butler's Night Off | Crook |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elevator | Ben | Completed | ||
| 2024 | Masters of the Universe: Revolution | King Keldor / Skeletor | Voice; Main role | |
| 2022 | The Masked Singer | Knight | Eliminated in first episode | |
| 2021 | WWE PPV | William Shatner | Episode: "WrestleMania 37" | |
| 2021 | My Life Is Murder | Barton Wallwork | Episode: "Sleep No More" | |
| 2021 | I Don't Understand with William Shatner | William Shatner | ||
| 2019 | The UnXplained | Host | ||
| 2019 | Star Trek: Short Treks | James T. Kirk | Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "Ephraim and Dot" | |
| 2017 | The Indian Detective | David Marlowe | 4 episodes | |
| 2017 | Private Eyes | Norm Glinski | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Grand Pear | Voice, episode: "The Perfect Pear" | |
| 2015 | WWE Breaking Ground | Narrator | WWE Network documentary; 10 episodes | |
| 2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mark Twain | Episode: "Marked Twain" | |
| 2015 | Haven | Croatoan | 4 episodes | |
| 2015 | Clangers | Narrator | Voice; English dub | |
| 2014 | Chaos on the Bridge | Interviewer | Documentary; Also writer and director | |
| 2013 | The Captains Close Up | Host/James T. Kirk | Documentary; Also actor, interviewer, and director | |
| 2013 | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | NBC Television Executive | Television special | |
| 2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Sally | Episode: "It's Alive" | |
| 2012 | Rookie Blue | Henry McLeod | Episode: "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life" | |
| 2012 | Have I Got News for You | Host | 1 episode | |
| 2011 | Psych | Frank O'Hara | 2 episodes | |
| 2011 | Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen | Roaster | Television special | |
| 2010 | Aftermath with William Shatner | Host | 12 episodes | |
| 2010 | Weird or What? | Host | 30 episodes |
Show all 187 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $#! My Dad Says | Dr. Edison "Ed" Milford Goodson | 18 episodes | |
| 2008 | Shatner's Raw Nerve | Host | 39 episodes | |
| 2007 | Mars Rising | Narrator | 12 episodes | |
| 2007 | Fire Serpent | Creator and co-executive producer | Television film | |
| 2007 | Everest '82 | Norman Kelly | Miniseries | |
| 2006 | Show Me the Money | Host | 7 episodes | |
| 2006 | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Roastee | Television special | |
| 2005 | How William Shatner Changed the World | Host | Television film | |
| 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | James T. Kirk | ||
| 2005 | Invasion Iowa | Star | 10 episodes | |
| 2005 | Atomic Betty | Jim Barrett | 2 episodes | |
| 2004 | The Practice | Denny Crane | Recurring role, 5 episodes in season 8 | |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Denny Crane | Main role; 5 seasons | |
| 2003 | Chilly Beach | The President | Voice; Episode: Dale to the Chief | |
| 2003 | A Carol Christmas | Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | The Big Giant Head | 5 episodes | |
| 1998 | Hercules | Jason of the Argonauts | Voice; Episode: "Hercules and the Argonauts" | |
| 1998 | A Twist in the Tale | The Storyteller / Narrator | 15 episodes | |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott | Television film | |
| 1996 | The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc | Michael Gatewick | Television film | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Captain James T. Kirk | Archive footage used in episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations" | |
| 1994 | TekWar | Walter H. Bascom | 18 episodes | |
| 1994 | Butterfly in Shades of Grey | English | ||
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV | President Milos Teslo | Episode: "Hide and Seek" | |
| 1993 | Family of Strangers | Earl | Television film | |
| 1989 | Rescue 911 | Host | 7 seasons & 2 specials | |
| 1988 | Broken Angel | Chuck Coburn | Television film | |
| 1987 | The Search for Houdini | Host | Live TV Special | |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Charles Underhill | Episode: "The Playground" | |
| 1984 | Secrets of a Married Man | Chris Jordan | Television film | |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "T. J." Hooker | Main role; 5 seasons | |
| 1982 | Police Squad! | Poisoned Man | Episode: "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)" | |
| 1980 | The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict | Television film | |
| 1979 | Riel | The Barker | Television film | |
| 1979 | Disaster on the Coastliner | Stuart Peters | Television film | |
| 1978 | Little Women | Professor Friedrich Bhaer | Episode: "Part II" | |
| 1978 | Crash | Carl Tobias | Television film | |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Paul Revere | Television film | |
| 1978 | How the West Was Won | Captain Harrison | Miniseries | |
| 1977 | The Oregon Trail | Master Sgt. Buford Cole | Episode: "The Scarlet Ribbon" | |
| 1977 | Testimony of Two Men | Adrian Ferrier | Television miniseries | |
| 1976 | Fade in to Murder | English | ||
| 1976 | The Tenth Level | Professor Stephen Turner | Television film | |
| 1976 | Columbo | Ward Fowler / Fielding Chase | ||
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Jeff Cable | 14 episodes | |
| 1974 | Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield | Television film | |
| 1974 | Indict and Convict | Sam Belden | Television film | |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Lang | Episode: "Burning Bright" | |
| 1974 | Police Story | Sgt. Bill Keitlinger | Episode: "Love, Mabel" | |
| 1974 | Kung Fu | Captain Brandywine Gage | Episode: "A Small Beheading" | |
| 1974 | Flick Flack | Host | ||
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace | Television film | |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik | Television film | |
| 1973 | Go Ask Alice | Sam | Television film | |
| 1973 | Taylor's Inner Space | Narrator | Television series by Ron and Valerie Taylor | |
| 1973 | Star Trek: The Animated Series | James T. Kirk | Voice | |
| 1973 | Pioneer Woman | Johnny Sergeant | Television film | |
| 1973 | Mannix | Adam Langer | Episode: "Search For a Whisper" | |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams | Episode: "To Catch a Dead Man" | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Edwin Danbury | Episode: "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?" | |
| 1972 | The People | Dr. Curtis | Television film | |
| 1972 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton | Television film | |
| 1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Sam Tolliver | Episode: "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps" | |
| 1972 | Four Economic Functions of Capitalism | William Shatner | Four-part made-for-TV documentary (Phillips Petroleum) | |
| 1971 | Vanished | Dave Paulick | Two-part made-for-TV movie (NBC) | |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship | 2 episodes | |
| 1971 | Mission: Impossible | Tommy Kroll / Joe Conrad | 2 episodes | |
| 1970 | The Andersonville Trial | Lt. Col. Chipman | Television film | |
| 1970 | Sole Survivor | Lt. Col. Josef Gronke | Television film | |
| 1970 | The F.B.I | Artie | Episode: "Antennae of Death" | |
| 1970 | Ironside | Bill Parkins / Don Brand / Marty Jessup | 4 episodes | |
| 1969 | All Our Yesterdays | English | ||
| 1969 | The Savage Curtain | English | ||
| 1969 | The Cloud Minders | English | ||
| 1969 | The Way to Eden | English | ||
| 1969 | Requiem for Methuselah | English | ||
| 1969 | The Lights of Zetar | English | ||
| 1969 | The Mark of Gideon | English | ||
| 1969 | Let That Be Your Last Battlefield | English | ||
| 1969 | Medical Center | Dr. Eli Neily | Episode: "The Combatants" | |
| 1968 | Elaan of Troyius | English | ||
| 1968 | The Empath | English | ||
| 1968 | Wink of an Eye | English | ||
| 1968 | Plato's Stepchildren | English | ||
| 1968 | The Tholian Web | English | ||
| 1968 | For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky | English | ||
| 1968 | Is There in Truth No Beauty? | English | ||
| 1968 | And the Children Shall Lead | English | ||
| 1968 | The Paradise Syndrome | English | ||
| 1968 | The Enterprise Incident | English | ||
| 1968 | Bread and Circuses | English | ||
| 1968 | The Ultimate Computer | English | ||
| 1968 | The Omega Glory | English | ||
| 1968 | By Any Other Name | English | ||
| 1968 | Patterns of Force | English | ||
| 1968 | A Private Little War | English | ||
| 1968 | The Immunity Syndrome | English | ||
| 1968 | A Piece of the Action | English | ||
| 1968 | The Gamesters of Triskelion | English | ||
| 1967 | The Trouble with Tribbles | English | ||
| 1967 | Wolf in the Fold | English | ||
| 1967 | The Deadly Years | English | ||
| 1967 | Friday's Child | English | ||
| 1967 | Journey to Babel | English | ||
| 1967 | Metamorphosis | English | ||
| 1967 | I, Mudd | English | ||
| 1967 | Catspaw | English | ||
| 1967 | The Doomsday Machine | English | ||
| 1967 | The Apple | English | ||
| 1967 | Mirror, Mirror | English | ||
| 1967 | Who Mourns for Adonais? | English | ||
| 1967 | The City on the Edge of Forever | English | ||
| 1967 | The Alternative Factor | English | ||
| 1967 | Errand of Mercy | English | ||
| 1967 | The Devil in the Dark | English | ||
| 1967 | This Side of Paradise | English | ||
| 1967 | A Taste of Armageddon | English | ||
| 1967 | Space Seed | English | ||
| 1967 | The Return of the Archons | English | ||
| 1967 | Court Martial | English | ||
| 1967 | Tomorrow Is Yesterday | English | ||
| 1967 | Arena | English | ||
| 1967 | The Galileo Seven | English | ||
| 1966 | Balance of Terror | English | ||
| 1966 | The Conscience of the King | English | ||
| 1966 | The Corbomite Maneuver | English | ||
| 1966 | Dagger of the Mind | English | ||
| 1966 | Miri | English | ||
| 1966 | What Are Little Girls Made Of? | English | ||
| 1966 | Mudd's Women | English | ||
| 1966 | The Enemy Within | English | ||
| 1966 | The Naked Time | English | ||
| 1966 | Where No Man Has Gone Before | English | ||
| 1966 | Charlie X | English | ||
| 1966 | The Big Valley | Brett Skyler | Episode: "A Time to Kill" | |
| 1966 | Star Trek: The Original Series | James T. Kirk | Main role; 3 seasons | |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Fred Bateman | Episode: "Quaker Girl" | |
| 1966 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Carl Noyes / Toby Cunningham, M.D. | 6 episodes | |
| 1965 | Twelve O'Clock High | Major Kurt Brown | Episode: "I Am the Enemy" | |
| 1965 | The Virginian | Henry Swann / Luke Milford | 2 episodes | |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Tony Burrell | Episode: "Stranger in the Mirror" | |
| 1965 | For the People | David Koster | 13 episodes | |
| 1964 | Cold Hands, Warm Heart | English | ||
| 1964 | The Outer Limits | Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton | Episode: "Cold Hands, Warm Heart" | |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E | Michael Donfield | Episode: "The Project Strigas Affair" | |
| 1964 | Burke's Law | Arthur Reynolds | Episode: "Who Killed Carrie Cornell?" | |
| 1963 | The Nurses | Dr. Adam Courtlandt | Episode: "A Question of Mercy" | |
| 1963 | Route 66 | Menemsha Faxon | Episode: "Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea" | |
| 1963 | Premiere - Presented by Fred Astaire | Doctor Lloyd | Episode: "Million Dollar Hospital" | |
| 1963 | Alexander the Great | Alexander the Great | Television pilot | |
| 1962 | Naked City | Maung Tun / Roger Barme | 2 episodes | |
| 1961 | Thriller | Paul Graves / Gil Thrasher | 2 episodes | |
| 1960 | The Twilight Zone | Bob Wilson / Don Carter | 2 episodes | |
| 1960 | One Step Beyond | Carl Bremer | Episode: "The Promise" | |
| 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Crane | Episode: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?" | |
| 1959 | Nero Wolfe | Archie Goodwin | "Count the Man Down" - unsold pilot. | |
| 1958 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Robert Lomax | ||
| 1958 | Playhouse 90 | Jerry Paul | Episode: A Town Has Turned to Dust | |
| 1957 | Studio One | Dr. David Coleman / Kenneth Preston / Dr. Franck | 5 episodes, including The Defender | |
| 1957 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Jim Whitely | Episode: "The Glass Eye" | |
| 1955 | Encounter | Lucky / Billy Budd | 2 episodes | |
| 1954 | The Canadian Howdy Doody Show | Ranger Bob |