William Shatner (Captain Kirk) turns 90!

Mental Floss ^ | March 22, 2021 | Jake Rossen

[White Lives Matter]

Born March 22, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, William Shatner has been an indelible part of popular culture for a good portion of a century. Though he’s most recognizable as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek film and television franchise, Shatner’s career has encompassed everything from the earliest days of television to spoken-word recordings to his own sci-fi book series (TekWar).

The nonagenarian will have a birthday celebration the weekend of July 23, 2021, in Ticonderoga, New York, when he attends a gathering at a replica Enterprise set. In the meantime, we’ve compiled 90 of the more compelling facts and details of the actor’s life and career

[White Lives Matter]

This is hard to believe. Glad he's bodly still going!

[ClearCase_guy]

[BBB333]

Rocketman:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hARDXYz2io

[frank ballenger]

And in all these years he never broke out his inner emotions. Always the cool, calm, understated actor who let the script do the work on the set.

If we didn’t have him around to kid, what a poorer world it would be.
Happy Birthday.

[ShadowAce]

Mad Cow Disease hasn’t gotten him yet?

[White Lives Matter]

Why should it?

[dead]

People think I'm joking when I claim William Shatner had one of the best songs of the 90s, then I play it for them:

Common People - William Shatner, Ben Folds, Joe Jackson

[Huskrrrr]

Recently watched the Brothers Karamazov. I had no idea he was in that movie 🍿. He really got around.

[Magnum44]

Mad Cow Disease hasn’t gotten him yet?

He probably does have a few inter-galactic STD's...

[Celtic Conservative]

Swine flu, maybe. Hams don’t get mad cow!

CC

[ShadowAce]

Are you not a fan of Boston Legal?

[knarf]

I THINK this is a recent photo

If this is 89 .... ! !

[RC one]

For half a second, I thought I was about to read something different and then, logically, I was pleased to see that it was his birthday.

[Carriage Hill]

“Thank God for guns!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DEpOoiWk_c

[libh8er]

Once upon a time a joke could be told :

Why did Kirk and Spock go to the women's bathroom ?

Answer: ǝɹoɟǝq ǝuoɓ pɐɥ uɐɯ ou ǝɹǝɥʍ ǝɔɐๅd ɐ oʇ oɓ oꓕ

But not any more.

[The Klingon]

James T Kirk was my favorite hero as a kid....this might be why...I had always thought it was the Captain’s chair.....may have been confused :)

[Fiddlstix]

Happy

Birthday

[White Lives Matter]

I saw a few episodes with him in it, especially the one where he pulls out all those guns he’s carrying.

[ShadowAce]

Maybe one of my favorite scenes.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Twilight Zone.