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 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.

* Shatner Animation Contest Finals Voting Page, one entry has an homage to the tux clad lounge singer

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.

Original songs like " Ska-La-Carte ", " Nude Beach " and " William Shatner " became cult favorites due to the offbeat lyrics and quirky vocal stylings of bandleader Richard " Sammy " Brooks and trombonist Buford O ' Sullivan.

In 1977, Bixby appeared with Donna Mills, Richard Jaeckel, and William Shatner in the last episode, entitled " The Scarlet Ribbon ", of NBC's western series The Oregon Trail, starring Rod Taylor and Andrew Stevens.

In a parody sketch titled " The Restaurant Enterprise ", on an episode of Saturday Night Live, Kirk ( guest host William Shatner ) directs McCoy ( Phil Hartman ) to help a man who's choking.

Not only did he take inspiration from Roddenberry's suggestion of Hornblower, but Shatner also based Kirk on Alexander the Great – " the athlete and the intellectual of his time ", whom Shatner played for an unsold television pilot two years earlier – and himself because " the fatigue factor weeks of daily filming is such that you try to be as honest about yourself as possible ".

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.

Slate, which called Pine " a jewel ", described his performance as " channel " Shatner without being an impersonation.

In 2004, Jackson performed a cover of Pulp's " Common People ", with William Shatner for Shatner's album Has Been.

Massive fans blew dusty fake snow that, according to Shatner, got into " every orifice ", as well as into the camera.

* In Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, Jim Carrey's character, Ace, starts a parody gag of The Twilight Zone's " Nightmare at 20, 000 Feet ", impersonating William Shatner and insisting that ' there is something on the wing.

Producer Gene Roddenberry, who worked with Bridges on " Sea Hunt ", reportedly offered Bridges the role of Captain Kirk on Star Trek before the part went to William Shatner.

However, this first release was widely mocked and parodied for its unusual style ; at the end of " Mr. Tambourine Man ", for example, Shatner suddenly shouts the song's title in a tortured voice.

I just thought he was this huge man ", while comparing the film to American Psycho 2 in which she co-starred with William Shatner.

Cohen describes him as being " half Captain Kirk, half actual William Shatner ", and that the initial premise for the character was " What if the real William Shatner was the captain of the Enterprise instead of Kirk ?".

The complete introductory sequence, narrated by William Shatner at the beginning of every episode of Star Trek except " The Cage " and " Where No Man Has Gone Before ", is:

Alan Shore ( Spader ) tells Denny Crane ( William Shatner ), " Denny, you're pretty in pink ", as they are both dressed in pink flamingos for a Halloween party.

Tapping is also working with William Shatner on a 2011 animated webisode series " The Zenoids ", written by Alan Dean Foster.

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 ".

In 1977, Jaeckel appeared with Donna Mills, Bill Bixby, and William Shatner in the last episode, entitled " The Scarlet Ribbon ", of NBC's western series The Oregon Trail, starring Rod Taylor and Andrew Stevens.

According to the " Shatnerverse ", a Star Trek timeline where Captain James T. Kirk still lives after the events of Star Trek Generations, written by William Shatner and co-written by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, the NX-01 was sent to a museum on Pluto after its decommissioning, upon reminiscence by Captain Picard in Captain's Glory.

The album was produced and arranged by Ben Folds and most of the songs are co-written by Folds and Shatner, with Folds creating arrangements for Shatner's prose-poems, and feature guest appearances from Joe Jackson ( on a cover of Pulp's " Common People "), Folds and Aimee Mann ( backup vocals on " That's Me Trying "), Lemon Jelly ( on " Together "), Henry Rollins and Adrian Belew ( on " I Can't Get Behind That "), and Brad Paisley ( on " Real ", which he wrote specifically for Shatner ).

William Shatner released a space-travel themed album in 2011 entitled Seeking Major Tom, which included covers of " Space Oddity ", Peter Schilling's " Major Tom ( Coming Home )", K. I. A's " Mrs. Major Tom ", and Elton John's " Rocket Man ".