William Shatner is a Canadian born actor best known for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series, as well as in seven feature films. Shatner has also been a writer of several non-fiction and fictional books; a singer (he\u2019s released nine albums to date); producer, and director. Other television shows that Shatner has starred in are the 1980s police action-drama T.J. Hooker; in the early 2000s legal drama Boston Legal; and the 1990s reality show Rescue 911 in which he provided narration for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Born on March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Canada, William\u2019s zodiac sign is Aries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
The Shatner household was a practicing Jewish one. Young William Shatner grew up learning about Judaism and attending church while also experiencing anti-semitism from the predominantly Catholic children in his Montreal neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy father and mother had an observant religious life,\u201d Shatner said about his younger years. \u201cThey went to temple every Sabbath, prayed to God, and I was dragged along. I\u2019m not religious, but I\u2019m spiritual. I read avidly on philosophy and animals, plants and trees; how connected all of life is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his 2017 book Spirit of the Horse, Shatner elaborates a little further about his spiritual thoughts. \u201cI\u2019m not religious. I\u2019m spiritual. I probably am an animist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shatner does comment on religious questions he\u2019s asked by fans on his Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s not the fault of the religion; that\u2019s the fault of people interpreting it which is exactly what I said earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 18, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My tweet to Hallmark about pulling the commercial. Seems like some need to put their agenda of hate out on anything that doesn\u2019t fall into the confines of their \u201csafe space\u201d. Instead of blaming their own lack of a moral compass they fall back to blame their religion on their acts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 17, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The term crusade means a war called upon behalf of a religion. So those wars mentioned or referred to in the Bible that were called upon for religion reasons were crusades. It\u2019s a word, define it and move on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 18, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA candle is a small thing. But one candle can light another. And see how its own light increases, as a candle gives its flame to the other. You are such a light.\u201d \u2014 Moshe Davis<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) December 27, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shatner doesn\u2019t use his public platform to discuss personal politics. When he\u2019s asked which party he holds allegiance towards (Shatner holds an American green card) the actor deftly sidesteps the question, as so:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf you could define what Republican and Democrat means now these days I might be able to enter that discussion, but the roles seem to be mixed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Politics is negative and limiting. I\u2019m a free spirit and don\u2019t need to follow party lines or hate someone because they think or believe something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 23, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us give you another example. In 2018 Brandy K. Chambers ran as a Democrat for the Texas House of Representatives. Chambers used a photograph of her and Shatner sitting side-by-side in a political ad. The photo was taken during a visit to a comic convention and Shatner had no idea of how it was to be used \u2014 and so he shut her down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
.@WilliamShatner FYI \u2013 are you endorsing @winemind17 in her run for TX House 112? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014 Marcus Who? (@MarcusWho<\/em>) February 17, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hey @winemind17 using a convention picture in a political ad is NOT ALLOWED That implies endorsement which never will happen. Please remove my photo and destroy all copies of whatever this is immediately. Am I clear? @TX_Ethics <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 William Shatner (@WilliamShatner<\/a>) February 17, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n On May 19th, back in 1983, William Shatner was granted a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Shatner, best known for playing Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, was starring in T.J. Hooker at the time he was honored with the 1,762nd star on the Walk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The iconic star divorced his fourth wife, Elizabeth in 2020. At 90, he appears to be currently single. Elizabeth Shatner is a photographer and Digital Artist, she is 27-years his junior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He’s had a history with younger women. Shatner was previously married to first wife, Gloria Rand, with whom produced three daughters Leslie, Lisabeth, and Melanie. He fathered one son, Peter with Kathy McNeil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His second marriage was to Marcy Lafferty and third marriage to Nerine Kidd -who tragically drowned in the couple\u2019s swimming pool in 1999. She was 40. The autopsy found that Kidd, who was an alcoholic, had taken Valium and been drinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shatner has said that one person who really helped him through what he describes as the \u201csearing pain\u201d of Nerine\u2019s death was his co-star and close friend, Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in Star Trek, and who himself had struggled with alcoholism. Nimoy and Shatner were the same age and both Jewish. In 2018, he opened up about not attending Nimoy’s 2015 funeral saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It was made clear to me that I was not welcome at his funeral. That was painful. I had an easy excuse. My closest friend was Leonard Nimoy. We were born four days apart and raised in Orthodox Jewish homes. We shared so much throughout our careers. I loved Leonard, and he used to refer to me as his brother. Yet at the end of his life and for reasons I still don’t know, he was not my friend. I would call him and he wouldn’t answer the phone or return any messages. He died and I didn’t feel welcome at his funeral”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" William Shatner is a Canadian born actor best known for playing the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series, as well as in seven feature films. 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William Shatner -Wives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
William Shatner -Leonard Nimoy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Shatner revealed in his 2016 book about Nimoy: My Fifty-Year Friendship With a Remarkable Man, that the two friend grew apart towards the end of Nimoy\u2019s life, and he never understood why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n