Shatner William: Biography, Creativity

Canadian Shatner William became famous and became known to most television viewers as the captain of the starship in the series and the feature film "Star Trek". However, in addition to his acting career, he is known as the author of novels, musician, producer, director and advertiser. For one of the roles in the movie, he was awarded Emmy and Golden Globe.

The article offers a brief biography, information about the personal life, career of the actor. And also describes the biography of his main character - James Kirk.

short biography

Shatner William was born in Montreal, Canada. He was born on April 22, 1931. His mother is Anna (before the marriage of Garmez), the father is Joseph, the manufacturer of clothes. In addition to William, there were two other children in the family - the girls Joy and Farla.

The grandfather and grandmother along the line of the father were Jewish immigrants from the Austrian empire. After moving to Canada, their name Shattner was recorded as Shatner. Raised children in the spirit of Judaism.

The Canadian actor and writer studied at the time in the following educational institutions:

• Ullingdon Primary School.
• Baron Bina High School.
• Secondary school West Hill.
• Montreal Children's Theater.
• McGill University.

Personal life

During his life, Shatner William was married four times. At one time his companions of life were:

• Gloria Rand - gave birth to the actor's three daughters;
• Marcie Lafferty;
• Nerin Kidd - died in marriage;
• Elizabeth Martin is his wife to this day.

Career

Since Shatner William was trained in a classical Shakespearean actor, he was a participant in the festival in Stratford (Canada). He performed roles in the plays "King Oedipus", "Henry the Fifth", "Tamerlane the Great".

Also the actor played on Broadway. His work on the image of Lomax in the production of Mir Suzy Wong in 1959 received good reviews. Two years later, he won the main role in the play "Shot in the Dark".

His debut role in the movie, he sang in 1951. It was a Canadian film. But the first characteristic role was the image of Alesha Karamazov, which he successfully embodied in the film "Brothers Karamazov" in 1958.

The most famous work in film:

• Western "Out of the Law";
• The television series "Trilayer";
• The film "Invader";
• "The Nuremberg process";
• The TV series "Twilight Zone";
• Television series "Reporter";
• "Police woman";
• "Abduction of the President";
• "The show begins";
• The TV series "The Man from the Uncle";
• The series "Star Trek";
• "Mission Impossible";
• "Underwater Odyssey";
• "Ti Jay Hooker";
• "Practice";
• "Boston's lawyers";
• The series "Colombo";
• "Miss Congeniality" (1st, 2nd part).

This is only a small list of works in which William took part. Some roles were basic, others - episodic.

In addition to acting, William acted as a director, producer, screenwriter. He also wrote novels and publicistic works, comics. Most of them are devoted to a series of "Star Trek", although there are a series of novels about the war.

The Role of James Kirk

The series "Star Trek" made the Canadian actor famous throughout the world. Together with Leonard Nemoy, they played the role of protagonists for many years. Whom did Shatner personify?

Kirk was born in Riverside (Iowa). According to the plot of the new full-length film, he was born in a rescue capsule. The same confusion with the date of birth. There is no contradiction only with the year of the appearance of Kirk in the world - 2233 year.

For a time he lived on Tarsus Four, studied at the Academy of Starfleet, passed an internship on the spaceship "Republic", was an instructor at the Academy. By 2254 he received the rank of lieutenant and appointment to the spaceship Farragut.

It is not for certain established what happened in Kirk's life from 2254 to 2263. Presumably he became a lieutenant commander. At the same time, he began his service on the spaceship Enterprise. On it, he served for about ten years under the command of Christopher Pike. When Pike was promoted, James Tiberius Kirk became captain of the spaceship.

As commander of the Enterprise, he accomplished a historic five-year mission to explore the cosmos. A few years after the end of the expedition, James was promoted to Rear Admiral. He took up the post in the operation of the Starfleet.

In 2271, he again took command of the Enterprise, but temporarily. Then until 2284 his fate is unknown until he again returned to the service. In 2285, he was accused of stealing a spaceship, which he took to save Spock. Kirk was demoted to the captain.

In 2293, the hero was sentenced to imprisonment in a colony-mine for the killing of the Klingon chancellor. But his friend Spock proved Kirk's innocence, which was soon released. At the same time, he participated in the testing of the new spaceship Enterprise, and after that disappeared without a trace. As it turned out, he fell into a temporary anomaly.

After the TV series ended, the actor who played Kirk, in collaboration with other writers, created several works in which he returned his hero to life.

In memory of Spock

James Tiberius Kirk and Klingon Spock were best friends. According to the plot, they were ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of saving the comrade. The actors who played these characters also communicated behind the set.

Shatner, in memory of his deceased colleague, created his portrait using the selfie fans. They portrayed the welcome gesture of the Vulcans in the form of a hand in which the index and middle finger are separate from the ring finger and little finger. This gesture means "Live long and prosper". On the received portrait actor Leonard Nemoj also is represented with this gesture.

In the collage was involved six thousand shots, which the fans of the series sent to the actor until August 1. The original portrait was sent by a Canadian artist to the Guinness Book of Records Administration.

"This is strange!"

Of the latest works of the actor is worth noting the 2010 series "That's strange!" With William Shatner. Ryan Marley was the director. The length of each issue of the documentary series is 43 minutes.

In each series, the actor explains the inexplicable facts and events that occur with ordinary people. All non-standard incidents are considered by science and mysticism. Witnesses are interviewed to learn all the nuances. The goal of each issue is to understand whether science can achieve the truth in current events or whether it only remains to say: "This is strange!"