With the 2005 Emmy Win, Spader became one of the few actors ( along with co-star William Shatner as Denny Crane ) to win an Emmy award while playing the same character in two different series.

* 2003's Captain's Blood, one of many collaborative works between Star Trek lead William Shatner and husband-and-wife team Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, focused on the involvement of Kirk in preventing a Romulan civil war in the aftermath of Star Trek: Nemesis.

Despite the show's recognition of Kelley as one of its stars he was frustrated by the greater attention that Shatner received as its lead actor, and Nimoy received because of " Spockamania " among fans.

Shatner described The Voyage Homes comic quality as one " that verges on tongue-in-cheek but isn't, it's as though the characters within the play have a great deal of joy about themselves, a joy of living you play it with the reality you would in a kitchen-sink drama written for today's life.

Judgment at Nuremberg provided key early roles for two actors who would later become prominent in TV and film during the 1960s: Werner Klemperer as Emil Hahn, one of the judges on trial, and William Shatner as Captain Byers.

In his appearance on the " Where No Fan Has Gone Before " episode of the animated science-fiction TV series Futurama, aired on April 21, 2002, Shatner recited Eminem's hit " The Real Slim Shady " during a feast, both raising and answering the question of how one can perform a spoken word rendition of a rap song.

In his memoir Star Trek: Memories, William Shatner called this one of the series ' worst episodes — in the full general autobiography Up Till Now, he called the episode's plot a " tribute " to NBC executives who slashed the show's budget and placed it in a bad time slot.

This is when Smigel began to write more memorable sketches, including one where host William Shatner urged worshipful attendees at a Star Trek convention to " get a life.

* The President is an unnamed President of the United States, voiced in one episode by William Shatner.

The actors and actresses include, but are not limited to: Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Culp, James Doohan, Carroll O ' Connor, Slim Pickens, Anne Francis, Richard Kiel, Roger Carmel, William Marshall and, in one episode (" The Project Strigas Affair "), William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, who never appeared together in any of their scenes.

Being identified so closely with one role left the show's cast with mixed emotions ; Shatner called it " awesome and irksome ", and Walter Koenig called it " bittersweet " but admitted that there was " a certain immortality in being associated with Star Trek ".

The Hollywood connection works both ways: actors today who own Saddlebreds include William Shatner, who, reprising his role as James T. Kirk in Star Trek Generations, rode one of his own Saddlebreds during scenes shot with Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) set in the alternative universe of the " Nexus.

Produced by Paramount for the NBC Network, Roddenberry ’ s original 1964 pilot for Star Trek, called " The Cage " and starring Jeffrey Hunter as Captain Christopher Pike, was regarded as being too intellectual and slow-moving by the network: however, they had sufficient faith in the ideas behind the program to commission a second pilot, which replaced the character of Pike and all but one of the rest of his crew with the new crew commanded by Captain James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner.

At one point during negotiations, the idea was brought up of having Spock kiss Uhura instead, but William Shatner insisted that they stick with the original script.

*" The Corbomite Maneuver ," a season one episode of Star Trek: The Original Series – He briefly reprised the character he played, Balok, on Comedy Central's roast of William Shatner

* The Twilight Zone: " Nightmare at 20, 000 Feet " ( Sept 1963 ) William Shatner pulls out a pack of Morleys and almost lights one until his wife ( Christine White ) points out the ' NO SMOKING ' sign illuminated on the plane.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country was filming in a nearby studio, and Garry Marshall arranged for the actors William Shatner ( James T. Kirk ) and Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) to appear fully costumed, out of camera shot, behind a door in one scene in order to elicit genuine surprise from Al Pacino when he opened it.

Kreski went on to co-write three best-selling autobiographies with William Shatner, and one with baseball pitcher David Wells.

At one point during negotiations, the idea was brought up of having Spock kiss Uhura instead, but William Shatner insisted that they stick with the original script.

At the end of the episode, after Meg accidentally hits and kills Shatner with the Griffin family car, the group of people looking over includes the actor who played " Ensign Ricky " stating " Wow, I did not see that one coming.

Sebastian Steinberg has recorded and / or toured with David Byrne, Dixie Chicks, Neil Finn, Phil Selway, William Shatner, Lisa Germano, Beth Orton, and Yerba Buena.

He has remained good friends with co-star William Shatner ( also of Ukrainian-Jewish descent ) and was best man at Shatner's third marriage in 1997.

He has also helped launch the careers of actors including Jack Nicholson, William Shatner, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Talia Shire and Robert De Niro.

He has also collaborated with musicians such as William Shatner, Regina Spektor and " Weird Al " Yankovic and undertaken experimental songwriting projects with authors such as Nick Hornby and Neil Gaiman.

Cigar Aficionado has regularly used cigar-smoking celebrities on its covers, such as this issue featuring actor William Shatner.

Shimerman has appeared as judge Brian Hooper in the third season of Boston Legal, joining fellow Star Trek actors William Shatner, Rene Auberjonois, and Ethan Phillips ; Shatner played Captain Kirk on Star Trek, Auberjonois played Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Phillips played Neelix on Star Trek: Voyager.

William Shatner has yielded a unique, much-criticized, and much-parodied body of work during his musical career.

Shatner has defended his " stylings ", refusing to acknowledge it as an experiment that went wrong, and insisting instead that it was an acting performance from the perspective of an LSD user ; the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds has often been abbreviated to LSD.

Shatner has occasionally spoofed his earlier musical career.

My Dad Says, where Shatner has a lead role, his character Ed Goodson makes a Karaoke performance of Right Said Fred's " I'm Too Sexy ", also in spoken-word.

Shatner has announced that he plans to release a new album in 2011.

The original Star Trek series features a voice-over by Enterprise captain, James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), which describes the mission of Enterprise as " to explore strange new worlds ; to seek out new life and new civilizations ; to boldly go where no man has gone before ".

* This episode was parodied during Comedy Central's Roast of William Shatner, with Balok appearing as a guest via video as an older adult ( with Clint Howard reprising his role ), stating " I've grown quite a bit, and so has my thirst for tranya!

* William Shatner (" Kirk ") recalls standing too close to a stage prop explosion during the filming of the episode, causing tinnitus which he has suffered with to this day.

The diverse range of artists that Chamberlain has contributed his drumming to the tours and albums of include Peter Gabriel, The Wallflowers, Fiona Apple, Sam Phillips, Kanye West, Weapon of Choice, David Torn, Tori Amos, Chris Isaak, Macy Gray, Stevie Nicks, Dave Navarro, Kevin Max, Master Musicians of Jajouka, Stone Gossard, Martina McBride, Garbage, Elton John, Natalie Merchant, Anika Moa, David Bowie, Brad Mehldau, Keith Urban, Liz Phair, John Mayer, Finn Brothers, William Shatner, Jon Brion, Robbie Williams, Shakira, Morrissey, Indigo Girls, Sean Lennon, Sarah McLachlan, Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, Dido, Lisa Marie Presley, Elvis Costello, Bruce Hornsby, and Regina Spektor.

* Coincidentally, Shatner starred in a 1971 episode of Mission: Impossible titled " Encore " as an aged gangster who thinks he has been transported back in time to the 1930s.

Eugene Myers ranked this as a superior example of " several bodyswap / alien possession episodes of the series " in terms of acting: Shatner has a " nuanced performance, walking jerkily as though unaccustomed to legs after eons without a body ," while " Nimoy, of course, clearly enjoyed the opportunity to stretch his acting — and facial — muscles, playing out of character ... to smirk, smile, and scheme his way through his scenes.

Several actors and writers from the television series have written books: William Shatner has written a series with the Reeves-Stevenses featuring a revived Captain Kirk in the 24th century, and John de Lancie, Andrew J. Robinson, J. G. Hertzler, and Armin Shimerman have written or co-written books featuring their respective characters.

For years, Priceline's official spokeman has been William Shatner, who agreed to do the spots for free in exchange for stock in the company.

The arrangement turned out to be quite profitable for Shatner, who sold much of the stock shortly before its value plummeted in the dot-com bust and has since made approximately $ 600 million from Priceline. com.

She also has appeared in country music singer Brad Paisley's music video " Celebrity " in 2003 with Alexander, Little Jimmy Dickens, and William Shatner.

To date, Comedy Central has aired roasts of Drew Carey, Jerry Stiller, Rob Reiner, Hugh Hefner, Emmitt Smith, Gene Simmons, Chevy Chase, Denis Leary, Jeff Foxworthy, Pamela Anderson, William Shatner, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget, Larry the Cable Guy, Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff, Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen, and Roseanne Barr.