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William Shatner—the captain who was the biggest poser in the Alpha Quadrant before Riker ever showed up. This guy is basically Denny Crane in real life; he’s the kind of legend who, apparently taking a page out of Steve Guttenberg's book, actually edited his own IMDb bio to include "handsome actor" in the very first sentence. 😁 He's a poet, a singer, an author, a screenwriter, an actor, the face of countless bizarre commercials, and the king of wild quotes. To put it in Denny Crane terms: he's a total multi-talented kook for Koko Puffs. 😁
Shatner, who is actually Canadian, was already landing decent film and TV roles back in the '50s, way before Star Trek took off. One standout from that era was his role in the MGM adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov.
But his real big break happened when he landed the lead in the second Star Trek pilot, "Where no man has gone before," after Jeffrey Hunter passed on the main role in Star Trek.
After grinding through three seasons of Star Trek—where he basically introduced the world to the martial art known as Kirk-fu—Shatner hit some pretty rough patches in the following years. After his divorce in the '70s, there was even a period where he was living out of an RV. 😁
Thankfully, a new era of Kirk-fu followed, featuring seven Star Trek films, those classic moments of leaning on the hood in T. J. Hooker, and, of course, providing more true stories on Rescue 911. I'm William Shatner, obviously. 😁
By the '90s, he moved into writing screenplays and books (meaning someone else probably came up with most of the plot and the actual script while Shatner just signed his name to it 😁), and he even produced his own sci-fi series, TekWar. But his real comeback happened when he started playing himself. He did this alongside Denny Crane, first appearing on Justice for All and then sticking around for five seasons of Boston Legal.
Shatner is still going strong today, and he especially loves calling George Takei a psychotic idiot. 😬
As for me, I'm casting my votes for The Original Series, T. J. Hooker, Wrath of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!, search for Spock (that Klingon son of a bitch, you killed my son!), and, naturally, Boston Legal.
Shatner, who is actually Canadian, was already landing decent film and TV roles back in the '50s, way before Star Trek took off. One standout from that era was his role in the MGM adaptation of The Brothers Karamazov.
But his real big break happened when he landed the lead in the second Star Trek pilot, "Where no man has gone before," after Jeffrey Hunter passed on the main role in Star Trek.
After grinding through three seasons of Star Trek—where he basically introduced the world to the martial art known as Kirk-fu—Shatner hit some pretty rough patches in the following years. After his divorce in the '70s, there was even a period where he was living out of an RV. 😁
Thankfully, a new era of Kirk-fu followed, featuring seven Star Trek films, those classic moments of leaning on the hood in T. J. Hooker, and, of course, providing more true stories on Rescue 911. I'm William Shatner, obviously. 😁
By the '90s, he moved into writing screenplays and books (meaning someone else probably came up with most of the plot and the actual script while Shatner just signed his name to it 😁), and he even produced his own sci-fi series, TekWar. But his real comeback happened when he started playing himself. He did this alongside Denny Crane, first appearing on Justice for All and then sticking around for five seasons of Boston Legal.
Shatner is still going strong today, and he especially loves calling George Takei a psychotic idiot. 😬
As for me, I'm casting my votes for The Original Series, T. J. Hooker, Wrath of KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!, search for Spock (that Klingon son of a bitch, you killed my son!), and, naturally, Boston Legal.