# William Shatner filmography

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 | The Butler's Night Off | Crook | |
| 1957 | Oedipus the King | Chorus | |
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Alexey Karamazov | |
| 1961 | The Explosive Generation | Peter Gifford | |
| 1961 | 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 | |
| 1974 | Big Bad Mama | William J. Baxter | |
| 1974 | West Point on the Hudson | Narrator | Documentary |
| 1975 | The Devil's Rain | Mark Preston | |
| 1975 | Patent Pending | Narrator | Documentary film about patents |
| 1976 | A Whale of a Tale | Dr. Jack Fredericks | |
| 1977 | Kingdom of the Spiders | Rack Hansen | |
| 1978 | Land of No Return | Curt Bunell | |
| 1978 | 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 | |
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | James T. Kirk | |
| 1982 | 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 | James T. Kirk | |
| 1989 | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | James T. Kirk | Also director and co-writer |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | James T. Kirk | |
| 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 | |
| 1998 | Free Enterprise | Bill | |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Stan Fields | |
| 2000 | Falcon Down | Major Robert Carson | |
| 2001 | Osmosis Jones | Mayor Phlegmming | Voice |
| 2001 | Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime | Co-host | Documentary; Direct-to-video, also producer |
| 2002 | Shoot or Be Shot | Harvey Wilkes | |
| 2002 | Showtime | Himself | |
| 2002 | American Psycho 2 | Robert Starkman | |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Stan Fields | |
| 2006 | The Wild | Kazar | Voice |
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Ozzie | Voice |
| 2006 | Stalking Santa | Narrator | |
| 2008 | Gotta Catch Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Voice |
| 2009 | Fanboys | Himself | |
| 2009 | The True History of Puss 'N Boots | Puss 'N Boots | Voice |
| 2009 | William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet | Himself | |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Core | Voice |
| 2010 | Horrorween | Himself | |
| 2011 | 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 | A Christmas Horror Story | Dangerous Dan | |
| 2015 | A Sunday Horse | Kenneth Roubidoux | |
| 2015 | When Elephants Were Young | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2015 | Being Canadian | Himself | Documentary |
| 2016 | Range 15 | Richard Chindler | |
| 2017 | Batman vs. Two-Face | Harvey Dent / Two-Face | Voice, direct-to-video |
| 2017 | The Truth is in the Stars | Narrator Host | |
| 2018 | Aliens Ate My Homework | Phil the Plant | Voice |
| 2019 | Creators: The Past | Lord Ogmha | |
| 2019 | To Your Last Death | The Overseer | Voice |
| 2019 | Devil's Revenge | Hayes | Also co-writer |
| 2021 | Senior Moment | Victor Martin | |
| 2022 | Fireheart | Jimmy Murray | Voice |
| 2024 | William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill | Himself | Documentary; Narrator and main role |
| 2024 | 765874 – Unification | James T. Kirk | Short film |

## Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 1957 | 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 |
| 1959 | Nero Wolfe | Archie Goodwin | Pilot episode: "Count the Man Down" |
| 1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | John Crane | Season 5 Episode 26: "Mother, May I Go Out to Swim?" |
| 1960 | 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 | 2 episodes |
| 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" |
| 1963 | The Nurses | Dr. Adam Courtlandt | Episode: "A Question of Mercy" |
| 1963 | 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" |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Michael Donfield | Episode: "The Project Strigas Affair" |
| 1964 | Burke's Law | Arthur Reynolds | Episode: "Who Killed Carrie Cornell?" |
| 1965 | The Fugitive | Tony Burrell | Episode: "Stranger in the Mirror" |
| 1965 | For the People | David Koster | 13 episodes |
| 1965 | 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" |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Fred Bateman | Episode: "Quaker Girl" |
| 1966 | 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 |
| 1970 | The F.B.I. | Artie | Episode: "Antennae of Death" |
| 1970 | 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 |
| 1971–1972 | Mission: Impossible | Joe Conrad / Tommy Kroll | 2 episodes |
| 1972 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | George Stapleton | Television film |
| 1972 | The People | Dr. Curtis | Television film |
| 1972 | Hawaii Five-O | Sam Tolliver | Episode: "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich, but It Helps" |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | Edwin Danbury | Episode: "Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?" |
| 1972 | 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 |
| 1973–1974 | Taylor's Inner Space | Narrator | Television series by Ron and Valerie Taylor |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Deaver G. Wallace | Television film |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Paul Kovalik | Television film |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Phil Carlyle / Fred Williams | Episode: "To Catch a Dead Man" |
| 1973 | Mannix | Adam Langer | Episode: "Search For a Whisper" |
| 1973 | Go Ask Alice | Sam | Television film |
| 1973 | Pioneer Woman | Johnny Sergeant | Television film |
| 1974 | Indict and Convict | Sam Belden | Television film |
| 1974 | Pray for the Wildcats | Warren Summerfield | Television film |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Josh Lang | Episode: "Burning Bright" |
| 1974 | Flick Flack | Host | |
| 1974 | Police Story | Sgt. Bill Keitlinger | Episode: "Love, Mabel" |
| 1974 | 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" |
| 1977 | Testimony of Two Men | Adrian Ferrier | Television film |
| 1977 | Mysteries of the Gods | Narrator | Documentary |
| 1978 | How the West Was Won | Captain Harrison | Miniseries |
| 1978 | Little Women | Professor Friedrich Bhaer | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1978 | The Bastard | Paul Revere | Television film |
| 1978 | Crash | Carl Tobias | Television film |
| 1979 | Riel | The Barker | Television film |
| 1979 | Disaster on the Coastliner | Stuart Peters | Television film |
| 1980 | The Babysitter | Dr. Jeff Benedict | Television film |
| 1982 | Police Squad! | Poisoned Man | Episode: "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)" |
| 1982 | Madame's Place | Self | Episode: "No Fun Without Practice" |
| 1982 | The Vegetarian World | Himself: host & narrator | Documentary |
| 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 |
| 1993 | SeaQuest DSV | President Milos Teslo | Episode: "Hide and Seek" |
| 1993 | 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. |
| 1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Captain James T. Kirk | Archive footage used in episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations" |
| 1996 | Prisoner of Zenda, Inc. | Michael Gatewick | Television film |
| 1996 | Dead Man's Island | Chase Prescott | Television film |
| 1996 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Himself | Episode: "Eye, Tooth" |
| 1998 | A Twist in the Tale | The Storyteller / Narrator | 15 episodes |
| 1998 | 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 |
| 2003 | 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 | Denny Crane | Main role; 5 seasons |
| 2005 | Atomic Betty | Jim Barrett | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Invasion Iowa | Star | 10 episodes |
| 2005 | Star Trek: Enterprise | James T. Kirk | Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "These Are the Voyages..." |
| 2005 | How William Shatner Changed the World | Host | Television film |
| 2006 | Show Me the Money | Host | 7 episodes |
| 2006 | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Roastee | Television special |
| 2007 | Everest '82 | Norman Kelly | Miniseries |
| 2007 | Fire Serpent | Creator and co-executive producer | Television film |
| 2007 | Mars Rising | Narrator | 12 episodes |
| 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 |
| 2010–2011 | Aftermath with William Shatner | Host | 12 episodes |
| 2010–2012 | Weird or What? | Host | 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" |
| 2012 | Have I Got News for You | Host | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Hot in Cleveland | Sally | Episode: "It's Alive" |
| 2013 | 85th Academy Awards | James T. Kirk | Television special |
| 2013 | Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale | NBC Television Executive | Television special |
| 2013 | The Captains Close Up | Host/James T. Kirk | Documentary; Also actor, interviewer, and director |
| 2014 | The Shatner Project | Himself | 6 episodes |
| 2014 | Chaos on the Bridge | Interviewer | Documentary; Also writer and director |
| 2015 | WWE Breaking Ground | Narrator | WWE Network documentary; 10 episodes |
| 2015 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mark Twain | Episode: "Marked Twain" |
| 2015 | 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 | Himself | 12 episodes |
| 2017 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Grand Pear | Voice, episode: "The Perfect Pear" |
| 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" |
| 2019 | 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" |
| 2021 | My Life Is Murder | Barton Wallwork | Episode: "Sleep No More" |
| 2021 | I Don't Understand with William Shatner | William Shatner | |
| 2021 | Shatner in Space | Himself | Made-for-TV documentary (Amazon) |
| 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 |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Judgment Rites | James T. Kirk | CD-ROM version |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | James T. Kirk | |
| 1995 | William Shatner's Tekwar | Walter Bascom | |
| 1997 | Star Trek Generations | James T. Kirk | |
| 2006 | Star Trek: Legacy | James T. Kirk | |
| 2006 | Star Trek: Encounters | James T. Kirk | Narrator |
| 2006 | Star Trek: Tactical Assault | James T. Kirk | |
| 2007 | The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures | Vance Shepherd | |

## Commercials

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