Shatner's screen acting career could be divided into several phases.
In 1956, Shatner gained attention with his Broadway debut in Sir Tyrone Guthrie's production of "Tamburlaine the Great." He initially turned down a movie contract to remain with the repertory company, but once moving to NYC, the actor quickly became busy in television. After graduating in 1949, Shatner reneged on his promise to join his father's clothing firm and joined the Canadian Repertory Company in Ottawa instead.
To please his father, Shatner majored in business at McGill University, but never gave up his dream. Even at that tender young age, Shatner knew he wanted to be a professional actor, but his father's disapproval of the profession temporarily sidelined his ambitions. Shatner's career began as a child in CBC radio productions. The son of Jewish-Canadian clothier Joseph Shatner and his wife, Anne, William Shatner was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 22, 1931. Naturally, he received acclaim for his Emmy-winning role as the eccentric attorney Denny Crane on the hit drama "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08), which underscored his uncanny ability to confound critics and exceed expectations of his delighted fans. Hooker" (ABC, 1982-85 CBS, 1985-87) and later in his career, did a series of commercials for travel website Priceline. In the 1980s, he enjoyed a successful television run as "T.J. Eventually, however, he made peace with his famous alter ego and even learned to embrace Kirk. After "Trek" went off the air, Shatner became haunted by the persistent spirit of the Enterprise captain, despite starring in seven "Star Trek" features, most notably "The Wrath of Khan" (1982) and "The Voyage Home" (1986). Breaking into show business during television's golden age of drama in the 1950s, Shatner became a regular face on the guest star circuit before landing the role that would forever immortalize him that of the dashing, supremely confident Captain James T. By turning his amiable persona into a one-man, multi-million dollar cottage industry, Shatner's legacy in show business survived for more than five decades. By the twilight of his career, however, Shatner successfully managed to transmogrify into something more. A pop culture legend and one of American television's most enduring stars, the multi-talented William Shatner started out as simply an actor.
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