William Shatner in other acting roles besides Star Trek. The actor played Captain James T. Kirk in the original series TV shows for some years.

Star Trek Actors Other Roles in Movies and TV Shows

Star Trek: TOS - William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk)
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TekWar (1994) (TV)
- Starring as Walter H. Bascom
- Based on William Shatner's novels, Jake Cardigan (Greg Evigan) is an ex-cop who was sentenced to a cryo-prison for a crime he didn't commit. Released early on parole to Walter Bascomb, a wealthy mystery man who runs an advanced security company, to fight Tek dealers and clear his name.
- Walter H. Bascomwas the crafty and oft times mysterious head of COSMOS Detective Agency.


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SeaQuest DSV (1994) (TV)
- Starring as Milos Tezlof in episode "Hide and Seek"
- Set in the year 2018, mankind tries to colonize earth's oceans. A submarine known as SeaQuest DSV is sent underwater for protection. The ship's team has Captain Nathan Bridger (Roy Scheider), Lucas (Jonathan Brandis), and even a genius dolphin.
- In this episode, Milos Tezlo is invited onto the ship and the Europeans threaten to destroy them if Seaquest doesn't give Milos to them. All Milos cares about is using Darwin the dolphin to cure his mentally disturbed child. Milos gives up, but only after he knows his kid is cured.
- Milos Tezlo is the direct descendant of Vlad the impaler, the scurge of western Europe and an old friend of the Captain's.


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Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
- Starring as General Curtis Mortars
- National Lampoon spoofs several box office hits including of course, the Lethal Weapon movies. Sgt. Jack Colt (Emilio Estevez) and Sgt. Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson) are teamed up to crack the case where someone is lacing Wilderness Girls cookies with cocaine.
- General Mortars and Mr. Jigsaw (Tim Curry) are the masterminds of this dastardly deed and of course the General ends up paying the ulimate price for his criminal activities when he is shot by Wes Luger.


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Rescue 911 (1989) (TV)
- Starring as himself / Host
- Rescue 911 features dramatic re-enactments of situations resulting from emergency calls to 9-1-1.

 

The Canadian Conspiracy (1985) (TV Movie)
- Starring as himself
-In the film, a massive Canadian conspiracy is exposed. It seems that Canada has conspired to infiltrate American culture by gaining prominent employment in the entertainment industry. During this investigation, we see many stars who were born in Canada and gained fame in the US.
-William Shatner is one of the Canadian born actors interviewed.


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Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
- Starring as Commander Buck Murdock
- This time the doomed aircraft is now a moon-bound space shuttle departing on its maiden voyage. Ted Striker (Robert Hays) is once again asked to land the vehicle with lots of sight gags and one liners on the way.
- Buck Murdock is a former pilot who flew with Ted in the war and stationed on the moon. He talks Striker in to a not so perfect landing, and he keeps talking long afterwards.


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T.J. Hooker (1982) (TV)
- Starring as Sgt. Thomas J. 'T.J.' Hooker
- This is a crime drama that premiered in 1982 about an undercover officer whose partner's death spurs him to return to the beat in order to rid the streets of crime, and he is also assigned to train new recruits like his partner who is also a very young officer.
- Hooker is a tough-talking, no-nonsense LA cop that the story revolves around.


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Police Squad! (1982) (TV)
- Starring as himself in "Revenge and Remorse (The Guilty Alibi)"
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Mork & Mindy (February 1982) (TV)
- Starring as himself in "Mork, Mindy, and Mearth Meet MILT"
- Mork & Mindy was a spin-off from an episode of Happy Days, in which an alien from the planet Ork landed on Earth and attempted to kidnap Richie. Robin Williams was so popular that he was given his own series in 1978, and it became a huge hit.
- William Shatner accidentally beams into Mork's living room and as he beams out, Mork yells at him "Wait! I have to know if Spock dies in this next movie." Referring to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.


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These roles do not include voice only, and only well known movies or TV shows are listed here. Our research was eased using The Internet Movie Database.