William Shatner Filmography

Born:: March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: For an actor almost universally associated with a single character -- Captain James Tiberius Kirk of the U.S.S. Enterprise -- William Shatner has found diverse ways to stay active in the public eye, even spoofing his overblown acting style in a way far more hip than desperate. Years after he last...Read More

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Fanboys

Actors: Jay Baruchel, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Kristen Bell, Jaime King

Synopsis: A fanatical group of Star Wars devotees travel across the country on a mission to steal a print of Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace from Skywalker Ranch and become the first fans to see the film in a rowdy, sci-fi-flavored road comedy starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel Read More

1/1/08
Boston Legal: Season 04

Actors: William Shatner, James Spader, Candice Bergen, John Larroquette

2007
Fast Cars & Superstars [TV Series]

Actors: Kenny Mayne, Brad Daugherty

2007
Over the Hedge

Actors: Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner

Synopsis: A group of feisty forest critters awaken following the winter freeze to discover that not only has a new neighborhood cropped up during the cold months, but living in close proximity to humans may have its benefits in this computer-animated comedy-adventure for all ages featuring the voices of Bruce Willis Read More

5/19/06
The Wild

Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Belushi, Eddie Izzard, Janeane Garofalo, William Shatner

Synopsis: A handful of zoo animals leave behind their well-protected environment for the streets of the big city in this computer-animated comedy. Sampson (voice of Kiefer Sutherland) is the king of a make-believe jungle far from the African plains -- he's a lion on display at a zoo in New York City's Read More

4/14/06
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

Actors: William Shatner

Synopsis: Star Trek star William Shatner settles into the celebrity hot seat, opening the floodgates for a series of relentless barbs by eager friends and colleagues in this installment of the popular Comedy Central Roast series. The tranya flows, the band rocks, and the insults fly as a series of Read More

2006
Show Me the Money [TV Series]

2006
Boston Legal: Season 03

2006
Stalking Santa

Actors: Christopher Clark, Daryn Tufts, Lisa Clark, William Shatner

Synopsis: A devoted "Santaologist" in search of the world's greatest living mystery attempts to cut through government conspiracy, big business hush-ups, and countless phony look-a-likes in order to prove the existence of the world's most instantly recognizable Yuletide merrymaker in a poker-faced Read More

2006
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Actors: Sandra Bullock, Regina King, Enrique Murciano Jr., William Shatner, Ernie Hudson

Synopsis: FBI agent-turned-reluctant beauty queen Gracie Hart (played by Sandra Bullock) is taking on both bad guys and high glamour again in this sequel to the comedy smash Miss Congeniality. After her undercover mission at the Miss United States pageant becomes public knowledge, Gracie becomes something Read More

3/24/05
Invasion Iowa [TV Series]

Crew: Executive Producer

Actors: William Fichtner, William Shatner, Eddie Cibrian, Garz Chan, Lisa Sheridan, Ernie Grunwald, Kari Matchett, Desi Lydic, Michael J. O'Hara, Tyler Labine

Synopsis: As anyone with even a nodding acquaintance with Star Trek can tell you, the (future) birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk is Riverside, Iowa. But how many of those people could tell that there really is a Riverside, Iowa, population 928? It is this cozy little farming community that serves as the Read More

2005
Boston Legal: Season 02

Actors: James Spader, William Shatner

2005
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Actors: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor, Justin Long, Stephen Root

Synopsis: Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story revolves around amiable underachiever Peter LaFleur (Vince Vaughn), whose rundown gym, Average Joe's, is populated by a less-than-average clientele including a self-styled pirate, an ultra-obscure sports aficionado, and a pining Read More

6/18/04
Boston Legal: Season 01

Actors: James Spader, William Shatner

2004
Lil' Pimp

Actors: Mark Brooks

Synopsis: Based on an Internet cartoon, Lil' Pimp is the first feature-length film made with Macromedia Flash animation. Co-creators Mark Brooks and Peter Gilstrap are also the directors, screenwriters, and voices for the main cast. The story involves a little white boy with freckles named Lil' Pimp (voice Read More

2003
The Rose Parade: A Pageant For Ages

Synopsis: The annual Tournament of Roses Parade, held on New Year's Day in Pasadena, CA, is an American tradition that is truly celebrated by the whole nation, as bands and performers from around the country perform and millions view the grand and colorful floats, all decorated with fresh flowers, on its Read More

2003
A Carol Christmas

Actors: Tori Spelling, Dinah Manoff, William Shatner, Nina Siemaszko, Paula Trickey

Synopsis: It's yet another version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with a gender-bender twist. Tori Spelling stars as Carol Cummings, a fabulously wealthy and enormously successful TV talk show host -- and a first-class shrew. Caring little for anything but the money and the celebrity that her job Read More

2003
Showtime

Actors: Robert De Niro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, Pedro Damien, Mos Def

Synopsis: Robert DeNiro continues to lampoon his tough-guy persona with this spoof of buddy cop movies that teams him with comic co-star Eddie Murphy. DeNiro is L.A.P.D. detective Mitch Preston, a gruff, no-nonsense 28-year veteran whose bust of a drug gang is botched one night by Trey Sellars (Murphy), a Read More

3/15/02
Festival In Cannes

Actors: Jenny Gabrielle, Greta Scacchi, Kim Kolarich, Rachel Bailit, Zack Norman

Synopsis: The romance, intrigue, and industry politics of the world's biggest film festival -- which is also the world's biggest film marketplace -- provides the backdrop for this typically understated comedy-drama from director Henry Jaglom. Alice Palmer (Greta Scacchi) is a well-known American actress who Read More

3/8/02
Man for All Stages: The Life and Times of Christopher Plummer

Actors: Christopher Plummer

2002
100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders [TV Series]

Actors: William Shatner

Synopsis: Based on a series of best-selling books by Wayne Jancik, the cable TV series 100 Greatest One-Hit Wonders was an irreverent but affectionate journey through nearly 50 years of Top Ten lists from the annals of Billboard Magazine. True to its title, the five-part, five-hour series offered Read More

2002
American Psycho 2

Actors: Mila Kunis, William Shatner

Synopsis: American Psycho 2 features Rachel Newman Mila Kunis as the sole escapee of the murderous yuppie from the first film, Patrick Bateman. Since her brush with death, Rachel has found herself unhealthily obsessed with serial killers and their psyches. When former FBI agent Robert Starkman (William Shatner Read More

2002
William Shatner's Spplat Attack

Actors: William Shatner

Synopsis: Paintball and Star Trek come together as one for this historic moment in extreme sports. The Society of Paintball Players and Teams (SPPLAT) get together with actor William Shatner for this pay-per-view event, which turns out to be the largest paintball event in history. Shatner himself leads his Read More

2002
Osmosis Jones

Actors: Bill Murray, Molly Shannon, Chris Rock, Laurence Fishburne, David Hyde Pierce

Synopsis: Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly, the impish impresarios of gross-out comedy, take their body function-inspired humor to new extremes in this mixture of live action and animation. Bill Murray stars as Frank, a zoo worker suffering from the effects of an unknown malady he contracted after eating Read More

8/10/01
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime

Crew: Executive Producer

Synopsis: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy reveal the realities behind the successful duration of the science fiction entertainment phenomenon Star Trek in the documentary Mind Meld. They played Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock on Star Trek on television from 1966 to 1969, and in films during the 1970s and Read More

2001
Iron Chef USA: Showdown in Las Vegas

Synopsis: The Iron Chef became a popular cult television series on The Food Network. This video contains two special battles - American Todd English vs. Frenchman Jean Francois Meteigner and Italian Alessandro Stratta vs. the Asian Iron Chef Roy Yamaguci. Wililam Shatner presides over the culinary clashes. Read More

2001
Miss Congeniality

Actors: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson, John DiResta, Candice Bergen

Synopsis: Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) is an FBI agent with a reputation for being aggressive and hard-nosed, who has long wanted to duplicate the career of her deceased mother, also an FBI agent, who died in the line of duty. Her cantankerous nature, though, has made her few friends, excepting her Read More

12/22/00
Shoot or Be Shot

Actors: William Shatner, Harry Hamlin, Scott Rinker

Synopsis: Star Fleet commander-turned-kitsch icon William Shatner stars in this satirical comedy that takes aim at the Dogme 95 filmmaking movement. Shatner plays Harvey Wilkes, an escaped mental patient who also happens to be an aspiring screenwriter. Armed with a pistol, Harvey hijacks a film crew Read More

2000
Falcon Down

Synopsis: A secret project turns out to not have been so secret after all as an air disaster threatens to become an international incident in this action thriller. Peter Stanton is an aviation engineer who is asked by the United States military to design a new super-sized stealth aircraft. Since Stanton's Read More

2000
Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero

Synopsis: Peter Kuran, the award-winning creator of Trinity and Beyond, explores the secret history of U.S. nuclear test sites in his documentary Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero. In a cinematic tour of previously unknown sites from Alaska to Mississippi, the film documents the detonation of over 900 Read More

1999
A Twist in the Tale [TV Series]

1999
Nukes in Space: The Rainbow Bombs

Synopsis: During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union launched and detonated a combined total of more than 20 thermonuclear weapons in the upper atmosphere. After more than 35 years, results of nuclear weapon testing are finally revealed. In Nukes in Space: The Rainbow Bombs, renowned Read More

1999
Free Enterprise

Actors: Rafer Weigel, Eric McCormack, Audie England, Patrick Van Horn, Jonathan Slavin

Synopsis: With a little help from the commander of the Starship Enterprise, two geeky sci-fi buffs venture into the final frontier -- finding a steady girlfriend -- in this satiric comedy. Mark (Eric McCormack) and Rob (Rafer Weigel) are two guys in their late 20s who are emotionally stuck in adolescence; Read More

1998
The Land of the Free

Actors: Jeff Speakman, William Shatner, Chris Lemmon, Lisa Darr

Synopsis: A naive campaign manager receives a bitter wake-up call when he learns that his Senate candidate is not at all the honest man of the people he proclaims to be. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
TV Guide Looks at Science Fiction

Synopsis: William Shatner and Robot B-9 from Lost in Space host this retrospective program from Image Entertainment. TV Guide Looks at Science Fiction takes viewers on a trip through the history of sci-fi on television, from The Outer Limits to The X-Files. Released in 1997, the program runs 45 minutes and Read More

1997
The First Men in the Moon

Actors: Ethan Phillips, Dwight Schultz, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner

1997
Trekkies

Synopsis: Thirty years ago, science-fiction editor Art Saha coined the term "trekkies" when he saw a few fans of Star Trek's first season wearing pointy ears. Today, the word is found in the Oxford dictionary, and aficionados of the long-run series have seen their subculture achieve stratospheric status. In Read More

1997
Prisoner of Zenda, Inc.

Actors: Jonathan Jackson, William Shatner, Richard Lee Jackson, Jay Brazeau, Don S. Davis

Synopsis: When young computer genius Rudy inherits his father's business, he is at first unprepared to do battle with his avaricious uncle, who has him kidnapped and held hostage until the boy signs off all rights to the lucrative enterprise. Not wanting the uncle to control the business following Rudy's Read More

1996
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 103: Trials and Tribble-ations

Synopsis: First telecast November 4, 1996, this Deep Space Nine episode was a harkback to the classic 1967 Star Trek installment "The Trouble with Tribbles." Charlie Brill, a holdover from the original episode, reprises his role as renegade Klingon agent Arne Darvin, who sets the plot in motion by Read More

1996
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Eye, Tooth

Synopsis: Will (Will Smith) must find some way to beam William Shatner from a dentist's chair to a scheduled appearance on Hilary's TV talk show. Once this is accomplished, our hero jockeys to become Shatner's personal assistant--and his well-intentioned "assistance" turns out to be worse than the actor's Read More

1996
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Synopsis: This fascinating but academically presented documentary uses recently declassified military documents and footage never seen by the public to offer a more detailed chronicle of the history of the atomic bomb. The film was made to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Read More

1995
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories

Synopsis: William Shatner spent many years as Captain James T. Kirk, the captain of Star Trek's Enterprise and its intrepid crew. This video features Shatner and various other original cast members as they recollect some of the series' most interesting moments. Among the topics covered are the origins of Read More

1995
Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey

Actors: Peter Falk, William Shatner, Molly Hagan, Jack Laufer, Richard Kline

Synopsis: Peter Falk returns as America's favorite rumpled detective. In this episode, the cigar-toting Lt. Columbo investigates a radio-talk-show host suspected of killing a member of his own staff in order to prevent his daughter, who also works at the station, from moving to New York to become a writer. Read More

1994
TekWar

Crew: Book Author, Director

Actors: Greg Evigan

1994
Star Trek Generations

Actors: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner

Synopsis: The seventh Star Trek feature passed the torch to a new crew. Decades after the original "Trek," the skipper of the fourth USS Enterprise is Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart), who investigates a massacre at a science outpost. The only survivor is Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowall), who Read More

1994
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1

Actors: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Jon Lovitz, Tim Curry, Kathy Ireland

Synopsis: The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop genre receives the parody treatment in this low-brow comedy. Emilio Estevez stars as Jack Colt, the Mel Gibson-like loose cannon, while Samuel L. Jackson assumes the Danny Glover role as Wes Luger, his exasperated partner. Together, Colt and Read More

1993
Poetry Hall of Fame, Vol. One

Synopsis: This PBS video is one of a four-part series that presents some of the greatest poets in the annals of literature. Selections from their works are read by Hollywood actors. In this volume, the readings are performed by William Shatner, Vincent Price, Valerie Harper, and LeVar Burton. Among the Read More

1993
Family of Strangers

Actors: Melissa Gilbert

Synopsis: This made-for-television drama is based on the true story of a woman's search for her birth parents. Melissa Gilbert-Boxleitner stars as Julie, a woman about to undergo surgery. Confronted with questions about her medical history, Julie learns for the first time that she in fact was adopted as an Read More

1993
The Larry Sanders Show: The Promise

Synopsis: Guests and visitors test Larry's (Garry Shandling) patience in the second episode of The Larry Sanders Show. Not only has prospective guest David Spade been booked on another talk show, but the appearance of sidekick Hank's (Jeffrey Tambor) fan club has compounded the issue. Special guest stars Read More

1992
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, James Doohan, Walter Koenig

Synopsis: The plot involves a peace conference between the Federation of Planets and the troublesome Klingons. The Klingons are hoping to perform a little damage control after triggering a mining disaster on one of their moons; their spokesman is the seemingly contrite General Chang (Christopher Plummer). Read More

12/6/91
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Bill Sadler, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier

Synopsis: Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey find the two obtuse pals battling The Grim Reaper, God, robots, great philosophical questions, and girls -- although not necessarily in that order. In this loose parody of the Terminator movies, directed by Peter Hewitt, the ultimate has happened -- at Bill and Ted Read More

7/19/91
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

Actors: Leonard Nimoy

Synopsis: This special celebrates the cultural phenomenon that is Star Trek with many of the original cast members, including William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Featured are interviews with the show's creator Gene Roddenberry and excerpts from the television series and feature films as well as a compilation Read More

1991
Ultimate Survivors - Winning Against Incredible Odds

1991
Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years

Synopsis: Happy Birthday, Bugs: 50 Looney Years is a television special celebrating 50 years of Bugs Bunny cartoons, complete with testimonials from various celebrities and a terrific end-piece "50 Years of Bugs in 3 Minutes," which features a manic collection of highlights compiled by Academy Award-winner Chuck Workman Read More

1990
National Geographic: Amazon, Land of the Flooded Forest

Synopsis: A National Geographic video about the Amazon and its amazing wildlife such as the fruit-eating tambaqui fish and the river dolphin. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1990
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Walter Koenig, James Doohan

Synopsis: Kirk (William Shatner), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) are enjoying a vacation in Yosemite National Park when duty calls. Vulcan cult leader Sybok (Laurence Luckinbill) and his followers have invaded a "planet of peace," where delegates from hostile races co-exist in a sort of Read More

6/9/89
Hypnosis

1989
The Heritage Collection: America in Portrait

Synopsis: This teaching film, aimed at students in grades four through 12, presents an overview of some of America's best-known poets and their works. The film examines influential forces and events that shaped the writers' lives and how they in turn have shaped America's literary heritage. The artists Read More

1989
Hollywood on Horses

1989
Broken Angel

Actors: Roxann Biggs, Susan Blakely, William Shatner

Synopsis: Erika Eleniak is the "broken angel" in this made-for-TV domestic drama. The troubled daughter of William Shatner and Susan Blakely, Erika drops out of sight after a shooting incident at her high school prom. Deducing that his daughter has become involved in drug dealing, Shatner goes on a Read More

1988
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1987
Blood Sport

Actors: William Shatner, Heather Locklear, James Darren, Don Murray, Kim Miyori

Synopsis: Not to be confused with the 1975 TV movie Bloodsport, this 1986 production was a spin-off of the recently cancelled police drama series T.J. Hooker. William Shatner is back as the aforementioned Hooker, a cop on special assignment to Hawaii (where the film was lensed). Accompanied by longtime Read More

1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, James Doohan

Synopsis: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) concludes the story arc begun with Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and continued in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), but on a wholly new, different, and upbeat note. As the movie opens, months have elapsed since the events in Star Trek III; Read More

1986
Saturday Night Live: William Shatner

Actors: William Shatner, Lone Justice, Buster Poindexter

Synopsis: This 1986 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by William Shatner and features musical guests Lone Justice and Buster Poindexter. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1986
North Beach and Rawhide

Synopsis: In this socially conscious drama, an ex-con meets constant opposition from avaricious land owners who want the land on which he has set up a ranch-style juvenile correctional facility. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
T.J. Hooker: Season 05

Actors: William Shatner, Heather Locklear, James Darren, Richard Herd

Synopsis: Canceled by ABC at the end of its fourth season, the weekly, hour-long cop drama T.J. Hooker was picked up by CBS for 19 additional episodes, to be telecast during the 1985-1986 season. Because the series would now be seen in the late night hours rather than in prime time, the producers were Read More

1985
Ray Bradbury Theater, Vol. 1

Synopsis: This first volume of Ray Bradbury's frightful TV tales contains two episodes: in "Marionettes," a husband creates his clone to help out with his marriage problems, and in "The Playground," a dad sees the local playground as a very dangerous place to send his child. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Secrets of a Married Man

Actors: Cybill Shepherd

Synopsis: Previously titled Trick Eyes and Portrait of a John, this lurid made-for-TV movie is the story of Christopher Jordan (William Shatner), an aeronautical engineer who has been happily married for 12 years. Despite his domestic tranquility, Jordan is unable to forsake his kinky sexual compulsions. Read More

1984
T.J. Hooker: Season 04

Actors: William Shatner, Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, James Darren, Richard Herd

Synopsis: Season four of T.J. Hooker opens with the titular police sergeant (William Shatner) and his partner-protégé Officer Vince Romano (Adrian Zmed) agonizing over the fact that their colleague, Officer Stacy Sheridan (Heather Locklear), is in a coma after being shot in the line of duty. Though some Read More