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He was born March 22, 1931as a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, author and film director.
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he potrayed James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969
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Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986
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Afterwards, he hosted the reality-based television series, Rescue 911 from 1989 to 1996, which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series.
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From 2004 to 2008 he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the television dramas The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
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He just recently appeared in the tv show $@#! my dad says as the dad.
