William Shatner filmography

William Shatner (born 1931) is a Canadian actor. He has had a career in movies and television for seven decades. Shatner is best known for was his portrayal of James T. Kirk in _Star Trek_.

## Movies

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1951|_The Butler's Night Off_|Crook|||||
|1957|_Oedipus the King_|Chorus|||||
|1958|_The Brothers Karamazov_|Alexey Karamazov|||||
|rowspan=2|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|||||
|1971|_Vanished_|Dave Paulick|Two-part made-for-TV movie (NBC)||||
|1972|_Four Economic Functions of Capitalism_|William Shatner|Four-part made-for-TV documentary (Phillips Petroleum)||||
|1973|_Pioneer Woman_|Johnny Sergeant|||||
|rowspan=2|1974|_Impulse_|Matt Stone||||
|_Big Bad Mama_|William J. Baxter||||||
|rowspan=2|1975|_The Devil's Rain_|Mark Preston||||
|_Patent Pending_|Narrator|A documentary movie about patents.|||||
|1976|_A Whale of a Tale_|Dr. Jack Fredericks|||||
|1977|_Kingdom of the Spiders_|Rack Hansen|||||
|rowspan=2|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|||||
|rowspan=3|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_|rowspan=4|James T. Kirk||||
|1986|_Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home_||||||
|1989|_Star Trek V: The Final Frontier_|Also director and 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|||||
|rowspan=2|1998|_Land of the Free_|Aidan Carvell||||
|_Free Enterprise_|Bill||||||
|rowspan=2|2000|_Miss Congeniality_|Stan Fields||||
|_Falcon Down_|Major Robert Carson||||||
|rowspan=2|2001|_Osmosis Jones_|Mayor Phlegmming|Voice|||
|_Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime_|Co-host|Direct-to-video, also producer|||||
|rowspan=4|2002|_Shoot or Be Shot_|Harvey Wilkes||||
|_Showtime_|Himself||||||
|_American Psycho 2_|Starkman||||||
|_Groom Lake_|John Gossner|Also director and co-writer|||||
|2004|_DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story_|Dodgeball Chancellor|||||
|rowspan=2|2005|_Lil' Pimp_|Tony Gold|Voice; Direct-to-video|||
|_Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous_|Stan Fields||||||
|rowspan=3|2006|_The Wild_|Kazar|Voice|||
|_Over the Hedge_|Ozzie|Voice|||||
|_Stalking Santa_|Narrator||||||
|2008|_Gotta Catch Santa Claus_|Santa Claus|Voice||||
|rowspan=3|2009|_Fanboys_|Himself||||
|_The True History of Puss 'N Boots_|Puss 'N Boots|Voice|||||
|_William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet_|Himself||||||
|rowspan=2|2010|_Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey_|Core|Voice|||
|_Horrorween_|Himself||||||
|2011|_The Captains_|Host|Also director and producer||||
|2012|_Get A Life!_ (A Documentary About Star Trek Fandom)|Host|Also writer, director and co-producer||||
|2013|_Escape from Planet Earth_|General Shanker|Voice||||
|2014|_William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge_ (A Documentary About the Conception and Creation of Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Host|Also writer, director and co-producer||||
|rowspan=4|2015|_A Christmas Horror Story_|Dangerous Dan||||
|_A Sunday Horse_|Kenneth Roubidoux||||||
|_When Elephants Were Young_|Narrator||||||
|_Being Canadian_|Himself|Documentary|||||
|2016|_Range 15_|Richard Chindler|||||
|rowspan=2|2017|_Batman vs. Two-Face_|Harvey Dent / Two-Face|Voice; Direct-to-video|||
|_The Truth is in the Stars_|Narrator Host||||||
|2018|_Aliens Ate My Homework_|Phil the Plant|Voice||||
|rowspan=3|2019|_Creators: The Past_|Lord Ogmha||||
|_To Your Last Death_|The Overseer|Voice|||||
|_Devil's Revenge_|Hayes|Also co-writer|||||
|rowspan=2|2021|_Senior Moment_|Victor Martin||||
|_Shatner in Space_|Himself|Made-for-TV documentary (Amazon)|||||
|2022|_Fireheart_|Jimmy Murray|Voice||||

## Television

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1954|_The Canadian Howdy Doody Show_|Ranger Bob|||||
|1955|_Encounter_|Lucky / Billy Budd1974|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||||
|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|rowspan=2|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 28, Season 2: "Million Dollar Hospital"||||
|1963|_The Nurses_|Dr. Adam Courtlandt|Episode 24, Season 1: "A Question of Mercy"||||
|1963|_Route 66_|Menemsha Faxon|Episode: "Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea"||||
|rowspan=3|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?"|||||
|rowspan=3|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||||
|rowspan=3|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"||||
|rowspan=3|1970|_Sole Survivor_|Lt. Col. Josef Gronke|Television movie|||
|_The F.B.I._|Artie|Episode: "Antennae of Death"|||||
|_The Andersonville Trial_|Colonel Chipman|Television movie|||||
|1970–1974|_Ironside_|Bill Parkins / Don Brand / Marty Jessup|4 episodes||||
|rowspan=2|1971–1972|_Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law_|Gary / District Attorney Dave Blankenship|2 episodes|||
|_Mission: Impossible_|Joe Conrad / Tommy Kroll|2 episodes|||||
|rowspan=4|1972|_The Hound of the Baskervilles_|George Stapleton|rowspan=2|Television movie||
|_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?"|||||
|1973–1974|_Star Trek: The Animated Series_|James T. Kirk|Voice role||||
|rowspan=5|1973|_Incident on a Dark Street_|Deaver G. Wallace|Television movie|||
|_The Horror at 37,000 Feet_|Paul Kovalik|Television movie|||||
|_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 movie|||||
|rowspan=6|1974|_The Six Million Dollar Man_|Josh Lang|Episode: "Burning Bright"|||
|_Flick Flack_|Host||||||
|rowspan="2"|_Kung Fu_|rowspan="2"|Captain Brandywine Gage|rowspan="2"|1 episode||
|_Pray for the Wildcats_|Warren Summerfield|rowspan=2|Television movie||||
|_Indict and Convict_|Sam Belden||||||
|1975–1976|_Barbary Coast_|Jeff Cable|14 episodes||||
|1976|_The Tenth Level_|Professor Stephen Turner|Television movie||||
|1976; 1994|_Columbo_|Ward Fowler / Detective Lucerne, Fielding Chase|Episode: "Fade in to Murder" and "Butterfly Shades of Grey"||||
|rowspan=3|1977|_The Oregon Trail_|Master Sgt. Buford Cole|Episode: "The Scarlet Ribbon"|||
|_Testimony of Two Men_|Adrian Ferrier|Television movie|||||
|_Mysteries of the Gods_|Narrator|Documentary|||||
|rowspan=4|1978|_How the West Was Won_|Captain Harrison|Miniseries|||
|_Little Women_|Professor Friedrich Bhaer|Episode: "Pilot"|||||
|_The Bastard_|Paul Revere|rowspan=4|Television movie||||
|_Crash_|Carl Tobias||||||
|rowspan=2|1979|_Riel_|The Barker||||
|_Disaster on the Coastliner_|Stuart Peters||||||
|1980|_The Babysitter_|Dr. Jeff Benedict|||||
|rowspan=3|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|||||
|1982–1986|_T. J. Hooker_|Sergeant Thomas Jefferson "T. J." Hooker|Main role; 5 seasons||||
|1984|_Secrets of a Married Man_|Chris Jordan|Television movie||||
|1985|_The Ray Bradbury Theater_|Charles Underhill|Episode: "The Playground"||||
|1988|_Broken Angel_|Chuck Coburn|||||
|1989–1996|_Rescue 911_|Host|7 seasons & 2 specials||||
|1992|_The Larry Sanders Show_|Himself|Episode: "The Promise"||||
|rowspan=3|1993|_Family of Strangers_|Earl|Television movie|||
|_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.||||
|rowspan=4|1996|_Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_|Captain James T. Kirk|Archive footage used episode: "Trials and Tribble-ations"|||
|_Prisoner of Zenda, Inc._|Michael Gatewick|rowspan=2|Television movie||||
|_Dead Man's Island_|Chase Prescott||||||
|_The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air_|Himself|Episode: "Eye, Tooth"|||||
|rowspan=2|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"||||
|rowspan=2|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_|rowspan="2"|Denny Crane|Recurring role, 5 episodes in season 8|||
|2004–2008|_Boston Legal_|Main role; 5 seasons|||||
|rowspan="4"|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_|rowspan="2"|Host|Television movie||||
|rowspan=2|2006|_Show Me the Money_|7 episodes||||
|_Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner_|Roastee|Television special|||||
|rowspan=3|2007|_Everest '82_|Norman Kelly|Miniseries|||
|_Fire Serpent_|Creator and co-executive producer|Television movie|||||
|_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||||
|rowspan=2|2010–2011|_$#*! My Dad Says_|Dr. Edison "Ed" Milford Goodson|18 episodes|||
|_Aftermath with William Shatner_|rowspan="2"|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||||
|rowspan=2|2012|_Rookie Blue_|Henry McLeod|Episode: "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life"|||
|_Have I Got News for You_|Host|1 episode|||||
|rowspan=3|2013|_Hot in Cleveland_|Sally|Episode: "It's Alive"|||
|_85th Academy Awards_|James T. Kirk|rowspan=2|Television special||||
|_Kelly Clarkson's Cautionary Christmas Music Tale_|NBC Television Executive||||||
|rowspan=2|2014|_The Shatner Project_|Himself|6 episodes|||
|_Chaos on the Bridge_|Interviewer|Documentary Also writer and director|||||
|rowspan=3|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_|rowspan=2|Himself|Episode: "The One With William Shatner"|||
|2016–2018|_Better Late Than Never_||||||
|2017|_My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_|Grand Pear|Voice; Episode: "The Perfect Pear"||||
|2017, 2019|_Private Eyes_|Norm Glinski|Episodes: "The P.I. Code", "Glazed and Confused"||||
|2017|_The Indian Detective_|David Marlowe|4 episodes||||
|rowspan="3"|2019|_The UnXplained_|Host||||
|_The Big Bang Theory_|Himself|Episode: "The D&D Vortex"|||||
|_Star Trek: Short Treks_|James T. Kirk|Voice; Archive audio used in episode: "Eraphim and Dot"|||||
|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|Episode: "Sleep No More"||||
|2022|_The Masked Singer_|Knight|Eliminated in first episode||||
|2023|_Stars on Mars_|Himself|Presentor||||
|TBA|_The Elevator_|Ben||Completed|||

## Video games

|Year|Title|Voice role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|_Star Trek: 25th Anniversary_|rowspan=3|James T. Kirk|CD-ROM version|
|rowspan=3|1995|_Star Trek: Judgment Rites_|CD-ROM version||
|_Star Trek: Starfleet Academy_|||||
|_William Shatner's Tekwar_|Walter Bascom||||
|1997|_Star Trek Generations_|rowspan=4|James T. Kirk||
|rowspan=3|2006|_Star Trek: Legacy_|||
|_Star Trek: Encounters_|Narrator||||
|_Star Trek: Tactical Assault_|||||
|2007|_The Tuttles: Madcap Misadventures_|Vance Shepherd|||

## Commercials

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1970s|Promise Margarine|Spokesman|||
|1980s|Commodore Computers|VIC-20 spokesman|||
|1997–present|_Priceline.com_|Chief Negotiating Officer|||
|2007|_World of Warcraft_|Himself|||
|2007–present|_Hupy and Abraham Law Firm_|rowspan="2"|Himself||
|2013|_Star Trek_ video game commercial||||

## Other websites

- William Shatner's Official Website

## Infobox (filmography list)

- **name**: William Shatner
- **image**: William Shatner by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **image upright**: 1.2
- **alt**: Photograph of William Shatner
- **movies**: 65
- **television series**: 111
- **advertising**: 6
- **others**: 8