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 also provided voiceovers for the Star Trek Online massively multiplayer online game, released in February 2010, as well as Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep as Master Xehanort, the series ' leading villain.

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 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.

Nimoy, raised an Orthodox Jew ( but not a kohen ), used the salute when saying " Live long and prosper.

The Scott character, as conceived, would have been a semi-regular, but with fellow cast members Leonard Nimoy ( Spock ) and DeForest Kelley ( Dr. McCoy ), was elevated in importance to leads alongside William Shatner's Captain James T. Kirk.

Whereas Nimoy had been under certain constraints in filming the previous picture, Paramount gave the director greater freedom for the sequel.

Nimoy's hiring of Meyer was not only beneficial because Meyer knew the material and could write fast ( having produced The Wrath of Khans screenplay in twelve days ), but if Meyer was to direct it would offset any acrimony from Shatner, whose ire would have been aroused if Nimoy returned to direct his third Star Trek feature after The Search for Spock and The Voyage Home.

The film's production acknowledged certain expectations from fans — Nimoy remarked that if Spock had not been resurrected and, instead, " Captain Kirk turn to the camera and ' Sorry, we didn't find him ,' people would throw rocks at the screen.

She had reported that, while still under contract, she was sexually assaulted by an executive associated with the series, and, later, in a public interview, she stated that Leonard Nimoy had been her main source of support during that time.

In his second autobiography, Nimoy explains that the title of the first book had been his idea, over the objections of his publishers.

In an interview with Sondra Marshak, published in Star Trek Lives ( written by Jacqueline Lichtenberg, Sondra Marshak and Joan Winston ), Leonard Nimoy explained that when he complained about the script to producer Fred Freiberger, Freiberger said, " This script is going to be what ' Miri ' should have been.

Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the West End, to Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Soviet Union ( now Ukraine ).

Nimoy created the sign himself from his childhood memories of the way kohanim ( Jewish priests ) held their hand when giving blessings.

Shekhina is a book of photography by Leonard Nimoy of Jewish women, with commentary on Jewish tradition and scripture.

* Shatnoy RPF on LiveJournal. com was created as a community for slash RPF mainly between Star Trek actors Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner and occasionally DeForest Kelley, Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine.

For Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ) director Leonard Nimoy and writer-producer Harve Bennett wanted the Klingons to speak a proper language instead of made-up gibberish and so commissioned Okrand to develop the phrases Doohan had come up with into a full language.

Nimoy was asked to read these verses as part of his narration for Civilization IV.

* Heinlein revealed in the liner notes to the Leonard Nimoy – read album The Green Hills of Earth that he partially based Rhysling's unique abilities on a blind machinist he worked with at the Philadelphia Naval Yards during World War II.

* Jeff Nimoy: U. S. Director of Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, and Digimon Data Squad ( Savers ).

Alexander's background recalls the association of both Nimoy and Patrick Stewart with Shakespeare roles, as well as the film turn by Shakespearean Christopher Plummer as a Klingon.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley declined to appear.

Nimoy turned down the chance to direct the feature as well as reprise the role of Spock.

Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Majel Barrett.

Leonard Nimoy refused to sign up to lend his voice to the series unless Nichelle Nichols and George Takei were added to the cast — claiming that Sulu and Uhura were of importance as they were proof of the ethnic diversity of the 23rd century and should not be recast.

" Exquisite chemistry " among Kelley, William Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy manifested itself in their performances as McCoy, Captain James T. Kirk and science officer Spock, respectively.

Captains: Robert April ( James Doohan, Gene Roddenberry ), Christopher Pike ( Jeffrey Hunter ), James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), Willard Decker ( Stephen Collins ) ( refit ), Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) ( refit )

The record received good reviews, and the video for " Liverpool " featured Leonard Nimoy, which helped to generate further publicity.

It is included on his first 1967 album Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space.

A very abridged spoken word reading of " There Will Come Soft Rains " and " Usher II " was made in 1975 with Leonard Nimoy as narrator.

According to Shatner, early Star Trek reviews called his performance " wooden ", with most of the show's acting praise and media interest going to Nimoy.

Data is in many ways a successor to the original Star Treks Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), in that the character offers an " outsider's " perspective on humanity.

The 1970 cast from left: Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Lesley Ann Warren, Peter Lupus, and Peter Graves.

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.

According to the DVD commentary of the film, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, actors Leonard Nimoy and Kirstie Alley, portraying Spock and Saavik respectively, spoke their lines in English, and later dubbed in alien dialogue ( at least partially designed by linguist Marc Okrand ) that corresponded with the movements of their mouths in the scene.

The neck pinch itself ( referred to in scripts as ' FSNP ', or ' Famous Spock Neck Pinch ') was created by Leonard Nimoy, who objected to a scene in one early episode that required Spock to knock a guard unconscious by hitting him over the head.

Nimoy thought that such overt violence was uncharacteristic of the strictly-logical Spock, and suggested the neck pinch as a less-emotional alternative.