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Acting

William Shatner

Career: Active from 1953 to 2024, with up to 6 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 93
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: Space Seed
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 163 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

William Shatner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.5, average 5.4
Melancholy
3.3, average 4.7
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Pathos
4.2, average 5.3

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 8
Family-Friendly 6
Fast-Paced 5
Space Exploration 5
Political Intrigue 5
Classic Sci-Fi Adventure 5
Character-Driven 5
Visual Spectacle 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Nostalgic 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Parody 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

247

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

Inner Space

TV show · as Narrator

2020s

5 titles · average score 53

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

69

TV show · as Keldor (voice)

William Shatner: You Can Call Me Bill

65

Executive Producer

Fireheart

62

as Mayor of New York (voice)

Senior Moment

40

as Victor Martin

Creators: The Past

31

as Lord Oghma

2010s

38 titles · average score 59

To Your Last Death

59

as The Overseer (voice)

Devil's Revenge

24

as Hayes

Aliens Ate My Homework

45

as Phillogenus esk Piemondum (Phil) (voice)

The Steam Engines of Oz

45

as Oscar 'Oz' Diggs (voice)

Batman vs. Two-Face

81

as Harvey Dent / Two-Face (voice)

A Sunday Horse

45

as Kenneth Roubidoux

A Christmas Horror Story

61

as Dangerous Dan

Just in Time for Christmas

57

as Coachman Nick

Chaos on the Bridge

69

Writer, Executive Producer

The Captains

62

Executive Producer, Director

$#*! My Dad Says

34

TV show · as Ed Goodson

Weird or What?

67

TV show · Producer

2000s

43 titles · average score 56

Everest

52

TV show · as Norman Kelly

Gotta Catch Santa Claus

as Santa Claus (voice)

Mars Rising

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

Fire Serpent

29

Executive Producer, Creator

Over the Hedge

69

as Ozzie (voice)

The Wild

40

as Kazar (voice)

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

38

as Stan Fields

Boston Legal

80

TV show · as Denny Crane

American Psycho II: All American Girl

27

as Starkman

Showtime

39

as William Shatner

Osmosis Jones

57

as Mayor Phlegmming (voice)

Miss Congeniality

54

as Stan Fields

1990s

36 titles · average score 62

A Twist in the Tale

TV show

Land of the Free

32

as Aidan Carvell

Perversions of Science

62

TV show · as Admiral Kornfeld

Dead Man's Island

50

as Chase Prescott

The Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.

55

as Michael Gatewick

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

75

as Narrator

TekWar

41

TV show · as Walter H. Bascom

TekWar

52

as Walter H. Bascom

TekWar: TekLab

45

as Walter H. Bascom

TekWar: TekLords

54

as Walter H. Bascom

National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

42

as General Mortars

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

75

as Captain James T. Kirk

1980s

17 titles · average score 55

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

40

as Captain James T. Kirk

Broken Angel

36

as Chuck Coburn

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

76

as Admiral James T. Kirk

T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport

as Sgt. T.J. Hooker

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

67

as Admiral James T. Kirk

Secrets of a Married Man

41

as Chris Jordan

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Sgt TJ Hooker

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

79

as Admiral James T. Kirk

Airplane II: The Sequel

52

as Cdr. Buck Murdock

Visiting Hours

32

as Gary Baylor

The Kidnapping of the President

44

as Jerry O'Connor

The Babysitter

56

as Dr. Jeff Benedict

1970s

45 titles · average score 60

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

55

as Admiral James T. Kirk

The Crash of Flight 401

62

as Carl Tobias

Kingdom of the Spiders

52

as Dr. Robert 'Rack' Hansen

Barbary Coast

75

TV show · as Jeff Cable

Big Bad Mama

55

as William J. Baxter

Impulse

52

as Matt Stone

Star Trek

83

TV show · as James T. Kirk (voice)

Go Ask Alice

56

as Sam

The Magician

71

TV show · as Ed Cassidy

The People

56

as Dr. Curtis

The Hound of the Baskervilles

53

as George Stapleton

Columbo

83

TV show · as Ward Fowler / Fielding Chase

1960s

40 titles · average score 66

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Sam Tolliver

White Comanche

44

as Johnny Moon / Notah

Alexander The Great

51

as Alexander

Space Seed

87

as Captain James T. Kirk

Off to See the Wizard

TV show · as Alexander the Great

Star Trek

79

TV show · as James T. Kirk

Incubus

61

as Marc

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Thomas 'Tommy' Kroll / Joseph Conrad

For the People

TV show · as David Koster

The Outrage

36

as Preacher

The Intruder

77

as Adam Cramer

The Explosive Generation

55

as Peter Gifford

1950s

19 titles · average score 73

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Bob Wilson / Don Carter

City Out of Time

as Narrator (voice)

One Step Beyond

67

TV show · as Carl Bremer

The Brothers Karamazov

66

as Alexi Karamazov

A Town Has Turned to Dust

as Jerry Paul

Naked City

69

TV show · as Maung Tun / Roger Barmer

77 Sunset Strip

74

TV show · as Paul DeVinger

The Defender (Studio One)

as Kenneth Preston

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as John Crane / Jim Whitely

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Fred Bateman

Climax!

51

TV show · as Ben Tate

TV show

1940s

3 titles · average score 71

Studio One

65

TV show · as Kenneth Preston / Dr. David Coleman

Lamp Unto My Feet

TV show

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Charles Best