William Shatner

William Shatner (born in Montreal, Quebec, March 22, 1931) is an actor, writer and musical performer. Shatner is most famous for his starring role as Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven of the subsequent movies. Shatner has written three books chronicling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of the Star Trek franchise.

Trivia

• Prior to Star Trek, Shatner appeared together with Leonard Nimoy in the first season of The Man from U.N.C.L.E..
• His Trek character was originally named "James R. Kirk", although some fans have suggested an alternate explanation: That his best friend, Gary Mitchell (Gary Lockwood), simply erred when he created a tombstone for Kirk in the episode Where No Man has Gone Before. The middle name "Tiberius" (derived from the name of the Roman Emperor) was established in Star Trek: The Animated Series (Episode: Bem), furthered in Star Trek novels, and officially validated in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
• In 1965, Shatner starred in the Esperanto-language film Incubus.
• Shatner appeared in two episodes of The Twilight Zone.
• Shatner has recently been noted for his role in the Priceline.com commercials.
• Shatner appeared with Leonard Nimoy in a famous advertising campaign for Western Airlines.
• Shatner has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (for Television work) at 6901 Hollywood Blvd.
• The Student Society Building at Montreal's McGill University was unofficially named after William Shatner after a student referendum, and contains a ceiling mounted sign in the lobby bearing his name. The University administrators have never officially accepted this name.
• Shatner has been leading charity Paintball Scenario Games to raise money for his favorite charity, handicapped children.
• Shatner has starred in a series of Kellogg's All-Bran cereal commercials in the UK and Canada.
• Shatner's latest invention has been Invasion Iowa, a fake movie shot for a reality tv series on SpikeTV.
• Fans of the horror movie Halloween might know that Michael Myers wears a William Shatner mask that is painted white.
• When James Doohan died on July 20, 2005, Shatner became the oldest living ' cast member at age 74, four days older than Leonard Nimoy (Nichelle Nichols was 72, George Takei 68, and Walter Koenig 68).
• During separate appearances on the Howard Stern Show, Takei and Doohan both admitted to despising Shatner.
• Shatner has also made about ten appearances on the Howard Stern Show, including a visit to the fictional "homo room" with Howard. Shatner consistently was a good sport during these appearances.
• In episode #166 of the TV sitcom Night Court, the bald bailiff Bull resorts to wearing a toupee, "The Shatner 2000."