William Shatner

William Shatner OC
Shatner in March 2024
Born	(1931-03-22) March 22, 1931 (age 93) Montréal, Québec, Canada
Education	McGill University (BComm, 1952)
Occupations	Actor author producer director musician
Years active	1951–present
Spouses	Gloria Rand ​ ​ (m. 1956; div. 1969)​ Marcy Lafferty ​ ​ (m. 1973; div. 1996)​ Nerine Kidd ​ ​ (m. 1997; d. 1999)​ Elizabeth Martin ​ ​ (m. 2001; div. 2020)​
Children	3; including Melanie
Awards	People's Choice Award Emmy Award (2) Golden Globe Award Television Hall of Fame Hollywood Walk of Fame Canada's Walk of Fame WWE Hall of Fame
Honours	Officer, Order of Canada
Space career
Space tourist
Selection	Blue Origin 2021
Missions	NS-18
Website	williamshatner.com

William Shatner OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and space tourist. He became famous for playing James Tiberius Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the television show Star Trek from 1966 to 1969 and in seven more movies.

Shatner has written a series of books telling his experiences playing James T. Kirk and being a part of Star Trek. He also played the role as veteran police sergeant T.J. Hooker, from 1982 to 1986. He has since worked as a musician, bestselling author, producer, director, and celebrity pitchman, most notably for Priceline.com.

He played attorney Denny Crane on the television drama Boston Legal, for which he has won an Emmy and a Golden Globe Award.

Shatner is of Jewish descent.

On October 13, 2021, Shatner became the oldest person to go into space, at age 90, on board the Blue Origin NS-18.^[1][2] He went beyond the Kármán line.^[3]

1. ↑ Fisher, Kristin (December 10, 2021). "First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings". CNN. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
2. ↑ Etherington, Darrell (October 4, 2021). "William Shatner to fly on Blue Origin's next human spaceflight on October 12". TechCrunch. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
3. ↑ "Star Trek's William Shatner blasts into space on Blue Origin rocket". BBC News. 2021-10-13. Retrieved 2021-10-13.