Episode 1625
William Shatner
Thu, 2021-Oct-14 01:18 UTC
Length - 2:48
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With 285,917 views on Wednesday, 13 October 2021 our article of the day is William Shatner.
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, singer and space tourist. In his seven decades of acting, he is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. He has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Shatner also appeared in two episodes of the television detective series Columbo almost two decades apart. He also appeared in seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun as the alien "Big Giant Head" to which the main characters reported.
From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane both in the final season of the legal drama The Practice and in its spinoff series Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards, one on each series. He appeared in both seasons of the comical NBC real-life travelogue with other male companions "of a certain age" in Better Late Than Never, from 2016 to 2018. Shatner has also pursued a career in music and spoken word recordings since the late 1960s, having released eight albums.
On October 13, 2021, Shatner flew to space aboard NS-18, a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule, alongside three other people. At the age of 90 years, 6 months and 22 days, he became the oldest person to fly in space.
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