William Shatner filmography explained

William Shatner
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Film:	65
Television Series:	111
Advertising:	6
Others:	8

William Shatner (born 1931) is a Canadian actor who has had a career in film and television for seven decades. Shatner's breakthrough role was his portrayal of James T. Kirk in Star Trek.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1951	data-sort-value="Butler's Night Off, The"	The Butler's Night Off	Crook
1957	Oedipus the King	Chorus
1958	data-sort-value="Brothers Karamazov, The"	The Brothers Karamazov	Alexey Karamazov
1961	data-sort-value="Explosive Generation, The"	The Explosive Generation	Peter Gifford
	Judgment at Nuremberg	Captain Harrison Byers
1962	data-sort-value="Intruder, The"	The Intruder	Adam Cramer
1963	Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great
1964	data-sort-value="Outrage, The"	The Outrage	Preacher
1965	Incubus	Marc
1968	White Comanche	Johnny Moon / Notah
1974	Impulse	Matt Stone
	Big Bad Mama	William J. Baxter
	West Point on the Hudson	Narrator	Documentary
1975	data-sort-value="Devil's Rain, The"	The Devil's Rain	Mark Preston
	Patent Pending	Narrator	data-sort-value="documentary film about patents, A"	Documentary film about patents	^[1]
1976	data-sort-value="Whale of a Tale, A"	A Whale of a Tale	Dr. Jack Fredericks
1977	Kingdom of the Spiders	Rack Hansen
1978	Land of No Return	Curt Bunell
	data-sort-value="Third Walker, The"	The Third Walker	Munro Maclean
1979		James T. Kirk
1980	data-sort-value="Kidnapping of the President, The"	The Kidnapping of the President	Jerry O'Connor
1982	Visiting Hours	Gary Baylor
		James T. Kirk
		Commander Buck Murdock
1984		James T. Kirk
1986
1989			Also director and co-writer
1991
1993	Loaded Weapon 1	General Mortars
1994	Star Trek Generations	James T. Kirk
1995	Trinity and Beyond	Narrator	Documentary
1998	Land of the Free	Aidan Carvell
	Free Enterprise	Bill
2000	Miss Congeniality	Stan Fields
	Falcon Down	Major Robert Carson
2001	Osmosis Jones	Mayor Phlegmming	Voice	^[2]
	Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime	Co-host	Documentary Direct-to-video, also producer
2002	Shoot or Be Shot	Harvey Wilkes
	Showtime	Himself
	American Psycho 2	Robert Starkman
	Groom Lake	John Gossner	Also director and co-writer
2004		Dodgeball Chancellor
2005	Lil' Pimp	Tony Gold	Voice, direct-to-video
		Stan Fields
2006	data-sort-value="Wild, The"	The Wild	Kazar	Voice
	Over the Hedge	Ozzie	Voice
	Stalking Santa	Narrator
2008	Gotta Catch Santa Claus	Santa Claus	Voice
2009	Fanboys	Himself
	data-sort-value="True History of Puss 'N Boots, The"	The True History of Puss 'N Boots	Puss 'N Boots	Voice
	William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet	Himself
2010		Core	Voice
	Horrorween	Himself
2011	data-sort-value="Captains, The"	The Captains	Host	Documentary Also director and producer
2012	Get A Life!	Host	Documentary Also writer, director and co-producer
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	General Shanker	Voice
2014	William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge	Host	Documentary Also writer, director and co-producer
2015	data-sort-value="Christmas Horror Story, A"	A Christmas Horror Story	Dangerous Dan
	data-sort-value="Sunday Horse, A"	A Sunday Horse	Kenneth Roubidoux
	When Elephants Were Young	Narrator	Documentary
	Being Canadian	Himself	Documentary
2016	Range 15	Richard Chindler
2017	Batman vs. Two-Face	Harvey Dent / Two-Face	Voice, direct-to-video
	data-sort-value="Truth is in the Stars, The"	The Truth is in the Stars	Narrator Host
2018	Aliens Ate My Homework	Phil the Plant	Voice
2019		Lord Ogmha
	To Your Last Death	The Overseer	Voice
	Devil's Revenge	Hayes	Also co-writer
2021	Senior Moment	Victor Martin
2022	Fireheart	Jimmy Murray	Voice
2024		Himself	Documentary Narrator and main role	^[3] ^[4]
	765874 – Unification	James T. Kirk	Short film	^[5]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	data-sort-value="Canadian Howdy Doody Show, The"	The Canadian Howdy Doody Show	Ranger Bob
1955	Encounter	Lucky / Billy Budd	2 episodes
1957	Studio One	Dr. David Coleman / Kenneth Preston / Dr. Franck	5 episodes, including The Defender
	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Jim Whitely	Season 3 Episode 1: "The Glass Eye"
1958	data-sort-value="Town Has Turned to Dust, A"	A Town Has Turned to Dust	Jerry Paul	Playhouse 90 television play by Rod Serling
1958	data-sort-value="Ed Sullivan Show, The"	The Ed Sullivan Show	Robert Lomax	November 16, 1958 episode; portrayed Robert Lomax on an in-show portrayal of The World of Suzie Wong	^[6]
1959	Nero Wolfe	Archie Goodwin	Pilot episode: "Count the Man Down"	^[7] ^[8]
1960	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	John Crane	Season 5 Episode 26: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?"
	One Step Beyond	Carl Bremer	Episode: "The Promise"
1960–1963	data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The"	The Twilight Zone	Bob Wilson / Don Carter	2 episodes
1961	Thriller	Paul Graves / Gil Thrasher
1961–1965	data-sort-value="Defenders, The"	The Defenders	Various	5 episodes
1962	Naked City	Maung Tun / Roger Barme	2 episodes
1963	Premiere - Presented by Fred Astaire	Doctor Lloyd	Episode: "Million Dollar Hospital"
	data-sort-value="Nurses, The"	The Nurses	Dr. Adam Courtlandt	Episode: "A Question of Mercy"
	Route 66	Menemsha Faxon	Episode: "Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea"
1964	data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The"	The Outer Limits	Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton	Episode: "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"
	data-sort-value="Man from U.N.C.L.E., The"	The Man from U.N.C.L.E.	Michael Donfield	Episode: "The Project Strigas Affair"
	Burke's Law	Arthur Reynolds	Episode: "Who Killed Carrie Cornell?"
1965	data-sort-value="Fugitive, The"	The Fugitive	Tony Burrell	Episode: "Stranger in the Mirror"
	For the People	David Koster	13 episodes
	Twelve O'Clock High	Major Kurt Brown	Episode: "I Am the Enemy"
1965–1969	data-sort-value="Virginian, The"	The Virginian	Henry Swann / Luke Milford	2 episodes
1966	data-sort-value="Big Valley, The"	The Big Valley	Brett Skyler	Episode: "A Time to Kill"
	Gunsmoke	Fred Bateman	Episode: "Quaker Girl"
	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Carl Noyes / Toby Cunningham, M.D.	6 episodes
1966–1969		James T. Kirk	Main role; 3 seasons
1969	Medical Center	Dr. Eli Neily	Episode: "The Combatants"
1970	Sole Survivor	Lt. Col. Josef Gronke	Television film
	data-sort-value="F.B.I., The"	The F.B.I.	Artie	Episode: "Antennae of Death"
	data-sort-value="Andersonville Trial, The"	The Andersonville Trial	Lt. Col. Chipman	Television film
1970–1974	Ironside	Bill Parkins / Don Brand / Marty Jessup	4 episodes
1971	Vanished	Dave Paulick	Two-part made-for-TV movie (NBC)
1971–1972		Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship	2 episodes
	Mission: Impossible	Joe Conrad / Tommy Kroll
1972	data-sort-value="Hound of the Baskervilles, The"	The Hound of the Baskervilles	George Stapleton	Television film
	data-sort-value="People, The"	The People	Dr. Curtis
	Hawaii Five-O	Sam Tolliver	Episode: "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps"
	data-sort-value="Sixth Sense, The"	The Sixth Sense	Edwin Danbury	Episode: "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?"
	Four Economic Functions of Capitalism	William Shatner	Four-part made-for-TV documentary (Phillips Petroleum)
1973–1974		James T. Kirk	Voice
	Taylor's Inner Space	Narrator	Television series by Ron and Valerie Taylor
1973	Incident on a Dark Street	Deaver G. Wallace	Television film
	data-sort-value="Horror at 37,000 Feet, The"	The Horror at 37,000 Feet		Paul Kovalik
	Barnaby Jones	Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams	Episode: "To Catch a Dead Man"
	Mannix	Adam Langer	Episode: "Search For a Whisper"
	Go Ask Alice	Sam	Television film
	Pioneer Woman	Johnny Sergeant
1974	Indict and Convict	Sam Belden
	Pray for the Wildcats	Warren Summerfield
	data-sort-value="Six Million Dollar Man, The"	The Six Million Dollar Man	Josh Lang	Episode: "Burning Bright"
	Flick Flack	Host
	Police Story	Sgt. Bill Keitlinger	Episode: "Love, Mabel"
	Kung Fu	Captain Brandywine Gage	Episode: "A Small Beheading"
1975–1976	Barbary Coast	Jeff Cable	14 episodes
1976	data-sort-value="Tenth Level, The"	The Tenth Level	Professor Stephen Turner	Television film
1976; 1994	Columbo	Ward Fowler / Fielding Chase	Episode: "Fade in to Murder" and "Butterfly Shades of Grey"
1977	data-sort-value="Oregon Trail, The"	The Oregon Trail	Master Sgt. Buford Cole	Episode: "The Scarlet Ribbon"
	Testimony of Two Men	Adrian Ferrier	Television film
	Mysteries of the Gods	Narrator	Documentary
1978	How the West Was Won	Captain Harrison	Miniseries
	Little Women	Professor Friedrich Bhaer	Episode: "Pilot"
	data-sort-value="Bastard, The"	The Bastard	Paul Revere	Television film
	Crash	Carl Tobias
1979	Riel	The Barker
	Disaster on the Coastliner	Stuart Peters
1980	data-sort-value="Babysitter, The"	The Babysitter	Dr. Jeff Benedict
1982	Police Squad!	Poisoned Man	Episode: "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)"
	Madame's Place	Self	Episode: "No Fun Without Practice"
	data-sort-value="Vegetarian World, The"	The Vegetarian World	Himself: host & narrator	Documentary	^[9] ^[10]
1982–1986	T. J. Hooker	Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "T. J." Hooker	Main role; 5 seasons
1984	Secrets of a Married Man	Chris Jordan	Television film
1985	data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The"	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Charles Underhill	Episode: "The Playground"
1987	The Search for Houdini	Host	Live TV Special
1988	Broken Angel	Chuck Coburn	Television film
1989–1996	Rescue 911	Host	7 seasons & 2 specials
1992	data-sort-value="Larry Sanders Show, The"	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "The Promise"
1993	Family of Strangers	Earl	Television film
	SeaQuest DSV	President Milos Teslo	Episode: "Hide and Seek"
	data-sort-value="Celebration of Horses: The American Saddlebred, A"		Himself	Television special
1994–1996	TekWar	Walter H. Bascom	18 episodes
1995, 2010	WWE Raw	Himself	Celebrity guest appearance for three episodes; two in 1995 and one in 2010.	^[11]
1996		Captain James T. Kirk	Archive footage used in episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"
	Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.	Michael Gatewick	Television film
	Dead Man's Island	Chase Prescott
	data-sort-value="Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The"	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Himself	Episode: "Eye, Tooth"
1998	data-sort-value="Twist in the Tale, A"	A Twist in the Tale	The Storyteller / Narrator	15 episodes
	Hercules	Jason of the Argonauts	Voice; Episode: "Hercules and the Argonauts"
1999–2000	3rd Rock from the Sun	The Big Giant Head	5 episodes
2002	Futurama	Himself	Voice; Episode: "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"
2003	data-sort-value="Carol Christmas, A"	A Carol Christmas	Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present	2 episodes
	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
2004	data-sort-value="Practice, The"	The Practice	Denny Crane	Recurring role, 5 episodes in season 8
2004–2008	Boston Legal	Main role; 5 seasons
2005	Atomic Betty	Jim Barrett	2 episodes
	Invasion Iowa	Star	10 episodes
		James T. Kirk	Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "These Are the Voyages..."
	How William Shatner Changed the World	Host	Television film
2006	Show Me the Money		7 episodes
	Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner	Roastee	Television special
2007	Everest '82	Norman Kelly	Miniseries
	Fire Serpent	Creator and co-executive producer	Television film
	Mars Rising	Narrator	12 episodes	^[12]
2007; 2021	WWE Hall of Fame	Himself	2007 Inducted Jerry Lawler. 2021: Class of 2020 inductee.
2008–2011	Shatner's Raw Nerve	Host	39 episodes
2010–2011	$#*! My Dad Says	Dr. Edison "Ed" Milford Goodson	18 episodes
	Aftermath with William Shatner	Host	12 episodes
2010–2012	Weird or What?		30 episodes
2011–2012	Psych	Frank O'Hara	2 episodes
2011	Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen	Roaster	Television special
2012	Rookie Blue	Henry McLeod	Episode: "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"
	Have I Got News for You	Host	1 episode
2013	Hot in Cleveland	Sally	Episode: "It's Alive"
	85th Academy Awards	James T. Kirk	Television special
	Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale	NBC Television Executive
	data-sort-value="Captains Close Up, The"	The Captains Close Up	Host/James T. Kirk	Documentary Also actor, interviewer, and director	^[13]
2014	data-sort-value="Shatner Project, The"	The Shatner Project	Himself	6 episodes	^[14]
	Chaos on the Bridge	Interviewer	Documentary Also writer and director	^[15]
2015	WWE Breaking Ground	Narrator	WWE Network documentary; 10 episodes
	Murdoch Mysteries	Mark Twain	Episode: "Marked Twain"
	Haven	Croatoan	4 episodes
2015–present	Clangers	Narrator	Voice; English dub
2016	Cutthroat Kitchen	Himself	Episode: "The One With William Shatner"
2016–2018	Better Late Than Never		12 episodes
2017		Grand Pear	Voice, episode: "The Perfect Pear"
2017, 2019	Private Eyes	Norm Glinski	2 episodes
2017	data-sort-value="Indian Detective, The"	The Indian Detective	David Marlowe	4 episodes
2019	data-sort-value="Big Bang Theory, The"	The Big Bang Theory	Himself	Episode: "The D&D Vortex"	^[16]
		James T. Kirk	Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "Eraphim and Dot"
2019–present	data-sort-value="UnXplained, The"	The UnXplained	Host
2021	WWE PPV	William Shatner	Episode: "WrestleMania 37"
	My Life Is Murder	Barton Wallwork	Episode: "Sleep No More"
	I Don't Understand with William Shatner	William Shatner
	Shatner in Space	Himself	Made-for-TV documentary (Amazon)	^[17]
2022	data-sort-value="Masked Singer, The"	The Masked Singer	Knight	Eliminated in first episode
2023	Stars on Mars	Himself	Presenter
2024	Masters of the Universe: Revolution		Voice; Main role
	data-sort-value="Elevator, The"	The Elevator	Ben	Completed

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1994	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary	James T. Kirk	CD-ROM version
1995
	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
	William Shatner's Tekwar	Walter Bascom
1997	Star Trek Generations	James T. Kirk
2006
			Narrator
2007	data-sort-value="Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures, The"	The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures	Vance Shepherd

Commercials

Year	Title	Role
1970s	Promise Margarine	Spokesman	^[18]
1980s	Commodore Computers	VIC-20 spokesman	^[19]
1985	Western Airlines	Himself
1997–present	Priceline.com	Chief Negotiating Officer
2007	World of Warcraft	Himself	^[20]
2007–present	Hupy and Abraham Law Firm		^[21]
2013	Star Trek video game commercial		^[22]

See also

• William Shatner's musical career
• List of awards and nominations received by William Shatner

External links

• • William Shatner's Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Science Books & Films . 1975 .
2. Web site: William Shatner (visual voices guide) . October 6, 2023 . Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. News: Fienberg. Daniel . ‘You Can Call Me Bill’ Review: Pensive Doc Shows a Different Side of William Shatner . 18 March 2024 . Hollywood Reporter.
4. Web site: The Definitive Shatner Doc - In Theaters March 22! . 2024-03-20 . join.legionm.com.
5. https://trekmovie.com/2024/11/18/watch-william-shatners-captain-kirk-returns-in-unification-short-film-from-roddenberry-archive/ Watch: William Shatner's Captain Kirk Returns In "Unification" Short Film From Roddenberry Archive
6. Web site: The World of Suzie Wong Original Broadway Play Cast 1958 Broadway World . 2024-02-29 . www.broadwayworld.com.
7. Web site: Television's Lost Classics Volume 2: Rare Pilots . . 18 October 2018 .
8. 2018 . Television's Lost Classics: Volume Two . DVD . VCI Entertainment . B07D3KSS69 .
9. http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/12044302?q&sort=holdings+desc&_=1448126010362&versionId=42779873 The Vegetarian world / producer and director, Jonathon Kay
10. "Founder of health disciplines board honored" by Zena Cherry, The Globe and Mail (24 Feb, 1983) Retrieved from
11. William Shatner Will Be Inducted Into The WWE Hall of Fame. March 30, 2021. Salvador. Joseph. Sports Illustrated. April 1, 2021.
12. "Red Planet our version of the New World; Edmonton writer and director makes his mark with Mars Rising series" by Jennifer Fong, Edmonton Journal (3 Oct, 2007) [Final Edition] Retrieved from
13. Web site: The Captains Close Up . 2024-03-06 . Tubi . en.
14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160502163137/http://www.scrippsnetworksinteractive.com/newsroom/company-news/Pages/TV-Icon-William-Shatner-Stars-in-DIY-Netork%E2%80%99s-'The-Shatner-Project'.aspx "TV Icon William Shatner Stars in DIY Network's 'The Shatner Project'"
15. https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/william-shatner-presents-chaos-on-the-bridge-review/ "William Shatner Presents: Chaos On The Bridge review"
16. News: Starr. Michael. How 'Big Bang Theory' snared 'Star Trek' legend William Shatner. 24 February 2019. New York Post. February 12, 2019.
17. News: Lowry . Brian Lowry . 'Shatner in Space' joins William Shatner on his trip to the final frontier . 31 December 2021 . CNN.
18. Web site: William Shatner for Promise Margarine 1974 TV commercial. www.youtube.com.
19. Web site: Commodore VIC-20 ad with William Shatner. www.youtube.com.
20. Web site: New WoW ads featuring Shatner and Mr. T . Joystiq . November 20, 2007 . April 13, 2013 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511154059/http://wow.joystiq.com/2007/11/20/new-wow-ads-featuring-shatner-and-mr-t/ . May 11, 2013 .
21. Web site: Introducing Our Hupy and Abraham Spokesperson, William Shatner. Hupy and Abraham, S.C..
22. Web site: Couch . Aaron . March 28, 2013 . William Shatner Fights Lizard-Man in 'Star Trek' Game Ad (Video) . . June 30, 2020.