The gesture actually emulates the initial Shin of the Shema ( Nimoy has also commented that the " sh " could also indicate Shaddai, or the Almighty ; more recently, on William Shatner's Raw Nerve, he associated it with Shekhinah.

Nimoy earned three Emmy nominations for his work on the iconic program that has defined American television science fiction, both for fans of science fiction, and beyond.

Nimoy has also appeared in several popular television seriesincluding Futurama and The Simpsonsas both himself and Spock.

Nimoy has written two volumes of autobiography.

As such, in this autobiography Nimoy maintains that in some meaningful sense he has merged with Spock while at the same time maintaining the distance between fact and fiction.

Nimoy has also written several volumes of poetry, some published along with a number of his photographs.

Nimoy has long been active in the Jewish community, and he can speak and read Yiddish.

Nimoy has been married twice.

Nimoy still has the last pair of Spock's ears he wore on the series, as a memento.

Nimoy has said that many of them, on meeting him, are eager to show him their work and discuss it with him as if he were a scientific peer, as opposed to an actor, photographer, and poet.

He has interviewed singers Crystal Gayle, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Eric Burdon and Gordon Lightfoot, comedian George Carlin, writer Dean Koontz, hard science fiction writer Greg Bear, X-Files Writer / Creator Chris Carter, TV talk host Regis Philbin, Star Trek actor Leonard Nimoy, actor Dan Aykroyd, former Luftwaffe pilot Bruno Stolle, actress Jane Seymour, actress Ellen Muth, actor and TV host Robert Stack, human rights lawyer John Loftus, legendary disc jockey Casey Kasem and frequent guests physicist Michio Kaku and SETI astronomers Seth Shostak and H. Paul Shuch.

De Lancie has produced and acted in several audio dramas based on classic science fiction stories for the production company Alien Voices, which he founded with Leonard Nimoy.

In his autobiography I Am Not Spock, Nimoy wrote that he based it on the Priestly Blessing performed by Jewish Kohanim with both hands, thumb to thumb in this same position, representing the Hebrew letter Shin ( ש ), which has three upward strokes similar to the position of the thumb and fingers in the salute.

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.

On the contrary, Nimoy explains in this book that Spock has always been a part of him.

Throughout the book, Nimoy frequently has conversations with his other half, as he explores the choices and decisions he has made throughout his life, and how those choices have been affected by a certain calm logical voice in the back of his mind.

The majority of the cast has appeared in a role in the Star Trek universe: Patrick Stewart played Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Whoopi Goldberg played Guinan, Leonard Nimoy played Mr. Spock, Christopher Lloyd played Kruge in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Ed Begley, Jr. played Henry Starling in two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager, George Hearn played Dr. Berel in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and B. J.

At the maiden voyage of the monorail, all of Springfield has come out, and Leonard Nimoy is the guest of honor.

For example, " The Great Paris " ( Leonard Nimoy ), Hand's replacement in the fourth and fifth seasons, was also an actor, make-up artist, magician and " master of disguise.

Reportedly, Leonard Nimoy was asked to wear it and refused, so it was passed on to Shatner ; when he also refused, Nimoy reluctantly agreed to wear it.

The six Star Trek movies feature the original Star Trek cast including Nimoy, who also directed one of the films.

During this time, Nimoy also won acclaim for a series of stage roles.

Nimoy also played the Mermelstein role and believes: " If every project brought me the same sense of fulfillment that Never Forget did, I would truly be in paradise.

Nimoy is also a frequent and popular reader for " Selected Shorts ", an ongoing series of programs at Symphony Space in New York City ( that also tours around the country ) which features actors, and sometimes authors, reading works of short fiction.

The contents of this first autobiography also touched on a self-proclaimed " identity crisis " that seemed to haunt Nimoy throughout his career.

During and following Star Trek, Nimoy also released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records, including Trek-related songs such as " Highly Illogical ", and cover versions of popular tunes, such as " Proud Mary ".

Nimoy also appears in the alternate music video for the song " Lazy Song " by pop artist Bruno Mars.

Nimoy also introduced the Vulcan nerve pinch in an early Star Trek episode " The Enemy Within ".

First portrayed by Leonard Nimoy in the original Star Trek series, Spock also appears in the animated Star Trek series, two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, seven of the Star Trek feature films, and numerous Star Trek books, comics, and video games.

Nimoy and Murphy acknowledged his part would attract non-Star Trek fans to the franchise following the rising popularity of Murphy, but it also meant the film might be ridiculed.

Bennett and Nimoy collaborated with effects house Industrial Light & Magic ( ILM ) to develop storyboards and new ship designs ; ILM also handled the film's many special effects sequences.

The track included a vocal sample of Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) from Star Trek, saying " pure energy ," and opened with a sample of Dr. McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), also from Star Trek, saying, " It's worked so far, but we're not out yet!

Shatner's Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy guested in the second season episode " Vengeance is Mine ", as well as directing " The Decoy ", also in the second season.

The Movie also featured guest voices from Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Scatman Crothers as Jazz, Casey Kasem as Cliffjumper, Orson Welles as Unicron and Eric Idle as the leader of the Junkions ( Wreck-Gar, though unnamed in the movie ).

He also guest starred in several episodes of the original Mission: Impossible, including one with Leonard Nimoy, and a two-part episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

* Leonard Nimoy was also in the original episode, but in a different role, that of newspaper reporter Judson Ellis.

Nimoy provided a comprehensive series of voiceovers for the 2005 computer game Civilization IV.

Nimoy provided the voice of Spock as a guest star in a Season 5 episode of the CBS sitcom, The Big Bang Theory.

Frank Welker provided Spock's screams, and Steve Blalock doubled for Nimoy, so that a total of seven actors contributed to the role.

The original cast of Star Trek, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, and Walter Koenig, provided their voices for the CD version of the game.

Welker performed as voice double for Leonard Nimoy in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and provided voices for The Thing in 1986's The Golden Child, Sil in Species, and Malebolgia in 1997's Spawn.

* Narrative voice acting is provided by Leonard Nimoy, who reads a quotation related to a technology when it is discovered.