William Shatner filmography

William Shatner (born 1931) is a Canadian actor who has had a career in film and television for seven decades.^[1][2] Shatner's breakthrough role was his portrayal of James T. Kirk in Star Trek.

William Shatner filmography

Film	65
Television series	111
Advertising	6
Others	8

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1951	The Butler's Night Off	Crook		[3]
1957	Oedipus the King	Chorus
1958	The Brothers Karamazov	Alexey Karamazov
1961	The Explosive Generation	Peter Gifford
	Judgment at Nuremberg	Captain Harrison Byers
1962	The Intruder	Adam Cramer
1963	Alexander the Great	Alexander the Great
1964	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	The Devil's Rain	Mark Preston
	Patent Pending	Narrator	Documentary film about patents	[4]
1976	A Whale of a Tale	Dr. Jack Fredericks
	Mysteries of the Gods	Host/narrator	Documentary
1977	Kingdom of the Spiders	Rack Hansen
1978	Land of No Return	Curt Bunell
	The Third Walker	Munro Maclean
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	James T. Kirk
1980	The Kidnapping of the President	Jerry O'Connor
1982	Visiting Hours	Gary Baylor
	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	James T. Kirk
	Airplane II: The Sequel	Commander Buck Murdock
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	James T. Kirk
1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1989	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier		Also director and story co-writer
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
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	[5]
	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: A True Underdog Story	Dodgeball Chancellor
2005	Lil' Pimp	Tony Gold	Voice, direct-to-video	[5]
	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Stan Fields
2006	The Wild	Kazar	Voice	[5]
	Over the Hedge	Ozzie		[5]
	Stalking Santa	Narrator
2008	Gotta Catch Santa Claus	Santa Claus	Voice	[5]
2009	Fanboys	Himself
	The True History of Puss 'N Boots	Puss 'N Boots	Voice	[5]
	William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet	Himself
2010	Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey	Core	Voice	[5]
	Horrorween	Himself
2011	The Captains	Host	Documentary; Also director and producer
2012	Get A Life!		Documentary; Also writer, director and co-producer
2013	Escape from Planet Earth	General Shanker	Voice	[5]
2014	William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge	Host	Documentary; Also writer, director and co-producer
2015	A Christmas Horror Story	Dangerous Dan
	A Sunday Horse	Kenneth Roubidoux
	When Elephants Were Young	Narrator	Documentary
	Being Canadian	Himself
2016	Range 15	Richard Chindler
2017	Batman vs. Two-Face	Harvey Dent / Two-Face	Voice, direct-to-video	[5]
	The Truth is in the Stars	Narrator Host
2018	Aliens Ate My Homework	Phil the Plant	Voice	[5]
2019	Creators: The Past	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	[5]
2024	William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill	Himself	Documentary; Narrator and main role	[6][7]
	765874 – Unification	James T. Kirk	Short film	[8]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref(s)
1954	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	A Town Has Turned to Dust	Jerry Paul	Playhouse 90 television play by Rod Serling
1958	The Ed Sullivan Show	Robert Lomax	November 16, 1958 episode; portrayed Robert Lomax on an in-show portrayal of The World of Suzie Wong	[9][10]
1959	Nero Wolfe	Archie Goodwin	Pilot episode: "Count the Man Down"	[11][12]
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	The Twilight Zone	Bob Wilson / Don Carter	2 episodes
1961	Thriller	Paul Graves / Gil Thrasher
1961–1965	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"
	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	The Outer Limits	Brig. Gen. Jeff Barton	Episode: "Cold Hands, Warm Heart"
	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	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	The Virginian	Henry Swann / Luke Milford	2 episodes
1966	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	Star Trek: The Original Series	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
	The F.B.I.	Artie	Episode: "Antennae of Death"
	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	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship	2 episodes
	Mission: Impossible	Tommy Kroll / Joe Conrad
1972	The Hound of the Baskervilles	George Stapleton	Television film
	The People	Dr. Curtis
	Hawaii Five-O	Sam Tolliver	Episode: "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps"
	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	Star Trek: The Animated Series	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
	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
	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	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	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"
	The Bastard	Paul Revere	Television film
	Crash	Carl Tobias
1979	Riel	The Barker
	Disaster on the Coastliner	Stuart Peters
1980	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"
	The Vegetarian World	Himself: host & narrator	Documentary	[13][14]
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	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	The Larry Sanders Show	Himself	Episode: "The Promise"
1993	Family of Strangers	Earl	Television film
	SeaQuest DSV	President Milos Teslo	Episode: "Hide and Seek"
	A Celebration of Horses: The American Saddlebred	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.	[15]
1996	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	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
	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Himself	Episode: "Eye, Tooth"
1998	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	A Carol Christmas	Dr. Bob / Ghost of Christmas Present	2 episodes
	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed"
2004	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
	Star Trek: Enterprise	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	[16]
2007; 2021	WWE Hall of Fame	Himself	2007: Inducted Jerry Lawler. 2021: Class of 2020 inductee.	[15]
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
	The Captains Close Up	Host/James T. Kirk	Documentary; Also actor, interviewer, and director	[17][18]
2014	The Shatner Project	Himself	6 episodes	[19]
	Chaos on the Bridge	Interviewer	Documentary; Also writer and director	[20]
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	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic	Grand Pear	Voice, episode: "The Perfect Pear"	[5]
2017, 2019	Private Eyes	Norm Glinski	2 episodes
2017	The Indian Detective	David Marlowe	4 episodes
2019	The Big Bang Theory	Himself	Episode: "The D&D Vortex"	[21]
	Star Trek: Short Treks	James T. Kirk	Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "Eraphim and Dot"
2019–present	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)	[22]
2022	The Masked Singer	Knight	Eliminated in first episode
2023	Stars on Mars	Himself	Presenter
2024	Masters of the Universe: Revolution	King Keldor / Skeletor	Voice; Main role
TBA	The Elevator	Ben	Completed

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes
1994	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary	James T. Kirk	CD-ROM version[5]
1995	Star Trek: Judgment Rites
	Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
	William Shatner's Tekwar	Walter Bascom
1997	Star Trek Generations	James T. Kirk
2006	Star Trek: Legacy
	Star Trek: Encounters		Narrator
	Star Trek: Tactical Assault
2007	The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures	Vance Shepherd	[5]

Commercials

Year	Title	Role	Ref(s)
1970s	Promise Margarine	Spokesman	[23]
1980s	Commodore Computers	VIC-20 spokesman	[24]
1985	Western Airlines	Himself	[25]
1997–present	Priceline.com	Chief Negotiating Officer
2007	World of Warcraft	Himself	[26]
2007–present	Hupy and Abraham Law Firm		[27]
2013	Star Trek video game commercial		[28]

See also

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