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Leonard Nimoy was an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series 1966–1969, multiple films, television and video game sequels. Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in Kid Monk Baroni. In 1953, he served in the United States Army. In 1965, he made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot, "The Cage", and would go on to play the character of Mr. Spock until 1969, followed by seven further films and a number of guest slots in various sequels. His character of Spock generated a significant cultural impact and three Emmy Award nominations; TV Guide named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters. Nimoy also had a recurring role in Mission: Impossible and a narrating role in Civilization IV, as well as several well-received stage appearances. Nimoy's fame as Spock is such that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock (1977) and I Am Spock (1995) detail his existence as being shared between the character and himself. Nimoy was born to Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine. His father, Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of the city. His mother, Dora Nimoy (née Spinner), was a homemaker. Nimoy began acting at the age of eight in children's and neighborhood theater. His parents wanted him to attend college and pursue a stable career, or even learn to play the accordion—which, his father advised, Nimoy could always make a living with—but his grandfather encouraged him to become an actor. His first major role was at 17, as Ralphie in an amateur production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing!. Nimoy took Drama classes at Boston College in 1953 but failed to complete his studies, and in the 1970s studied photography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has an MA in Education and an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio. Nimoy served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1953 through 1955, alongside fellow actor Ken Berry and architect Frank Gehry.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1931-03-26
- event Death Date 2015-02-27
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 13.2
- info Birth Place Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Leonard Nimoy
7.5
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982-06-04
6.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979-12-07
6.6
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
7.2
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
5.7
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989-06-09
7.1
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
1975-03-24
0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
1985-01-01
7.1
The Transformers: The Movie
1986-08-08
6.6
David
1997-03-23
6
The Lost World
1998-08-01
7.1
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
2001-06-02
4.5
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
1998-08-25
0
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
2011-01-01
7.3
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978-12-20
6.7
Star Trek: The Captains' Summit
2009-04-12
7.2
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
2001-11-06
5.5
Brave New World
1998-04-19
7.5
Star Trek
2009-05-06
6.4
The Pagemaster
1994-11-23
7.2
Destiny in Space
1994-01-17
6.3
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
2011-06-28
6.3
Trekkies
1997-10-18
5.6
Titanica
1992-10-12
6.6
The Halloween Tree
1993-10-02
6.2
Kid Monk Baroni
1952-05-01
3.5
The Evolution of the Enterprise
2009-08-09
7.4
Star Trek Into Darkness
2013-05-05
5.3
Catlow
1971-10-01
5
Star Trek: The Cage
1965-02-01
4.4
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
2000-03-24
8.2
A Woman Called Golda
1982-04-26
3
Assault on the Wayne
1971-01-12
5
Never Forget
1991-04-08
6.3
Zambezia
2012-06-05
7
Hava Nagila: The Movie
2012-07-19
5
Baffled!
1972-12-17
7.4
To Be Takei
2014-08-22
4.5
Deathwatch
1966-03-02
6
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
1980-01-09
7.5
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
2013-10-18
0.8
Star Trek Story
1996-08-26
0
Leonard Nimoy's Oral History
2013-10-15
0
The Alpha Caper
1973-10-06
7.6
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
5.7
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991-09-28
0
Super Duper Bloopers
1986-01-01
9
Vincent
1981-02-01
5.8
Francis Goes to West Point
1952-07-01
3.5
Bring Back... Star Trek
2009-05-09
6.9
Them!
1954-06-16
0
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
1994-12-13
4.8
The Brain Eaters
1958-09-01
6
Old Overland Trail
1953-02-25
7
Star Trek: Evolutions
2009-09-22
0
My Brother Vincent
2018-11-23
3.7
Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories
1983-01-01
4.3
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995-01-18
4.5
Satan's Satellites
1958-01-01
5.9
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996-10-06
4.3
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995-01-01
7.5
For the Love of Spock
2016-09-09
5
Valley of Mystery
1967-09-29
6.6
50 Years of Star Trek
2016-08-14
4.8
Zombies of the Stratosphere
1952-07-16
5.3
The Balcony
1963-03-21
0
William Shatner in Concert
2006-03-22
1
The Star Trek Dream
1975-09-24
0
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994-11-30
6.6
The Harryhausen Chronicles
1997-01-01
5.5
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994-11-30
0
The Great Pyramids
1997-01-16
5
The Missing Are Deadly
1975-01-08
0
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
2006-05-31
6
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
1986-07-14
6.7
Bonanza: Under Attack
1995-01-15
4
Y2K Family Survival Guide
1999-01-01
5.5
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007-02-19
7.5
Reflections on Spock
2004-01-01
7.5
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
2011-01-01
6.5
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004-01-01
7
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004-01-01
0
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
1974-05-01
4.4
40 Years of Star Trek
2006-01-01
0
Jellies & Other Ocean Drifters
1996-01-01
2.7
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988-10-03
0
Symphony to the Planets: Mysteries Beyond Our Reach
0
Symphony to the Planets: A Star to Call Home
0
The Story of Computer Graphics
1999-08-08
5.5
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
7.3
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
2002-01-29
5.7
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05
0
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
1999-01-01
6.3
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
2005-01-21
5.4
Land of the Lost
2009-06-05
0
Lights
1984-12-18
6.1
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
1995-02-27
0
Forging Greatness: Lincoln in Indiana
2000-01-01
6
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player
0
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
2005-01-01
10
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
1994-12-01
0
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
2000-12-05
0
Planets of the Sun
1985-01-01
0
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021-05-07
6
Queen for a Day
1951-07-07
6
Night of 100 Stars
1982-03-08
0
Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot
1994-01-07
0
Mystical World of Ancient Greece
1996-11-21
5.9
Time Bomb Y2K
2023-03-03
0
Mysterious Spirits of the Mayans
1995-11-24
7.2
Duckman
1994-03-05
7.1
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22
8.1
The Simpsons
1989-12-17
8
Star Trek
1966-09-08
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
8.4
Futurama
1999-03-28
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-09-28
6.3
T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13
5.4
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
6.4
The Daily Show
1996-07-22
6.8
Star Trek
1973-09-08
4
HypaSpace
2002-05-13
8.2
In Search of...
1977-04-17
6.5
Dragnet
1951-12-16
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.7
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
7.2
Becker
1998-11-02
7.9
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
8.5
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982-09-11
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17
7.9
Get Smart
1965-09-18
0
You Don't Say!
1963-04-01
6.6
Invasion America
1998-06-08
8.4
The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02
6
Bring Back...
2005-05-10
6.5
Sea Hunt
1958-01-04
6.4
The Tall Man
1960-09-10
7.7
87th Precinct
1961-09-25
6
Sam Benedict
1962-09-15
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
5.8
Highway Patrol
1955-10-03
6.9
Daniel Boone
1964-09-24
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
1964-01-04
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1967-09-09
7.8
Ancient Mysteries
1994-01-07
5
West Point
1956-10-05
5
Profiles in Courage
1964-11-08
6.3
The Rough Riders
1958-10-02
4.5
Navy Log
1955-09-20
6.2
Lock-Up
1959-09-28
5.3
The Rebel
1959-10-04
4.5
Tate
1960-06-08
1
Malibu U
1967-07-21
4.5
Wogan
1982-05-04
0
The Barbara McNair Show
1969-09-13
0
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968-09-15
5.4
Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27
7.8
The Outer Limits
1995-03-26
4.2
26 Men
1957-11-01
0
Man Called X
1956-01-27
4
Harbor Command
1957-10-11
5.5
The Captain and Tennille
1976-09-20
7
Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11
7.7
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992-06-10
5
West Point
1956-10-05
8.1
Columbo
1971-09-15
8.2
Fringe
2008-09-09
6.8
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021-11-05
8.2
In Search of...
1977-04-17
0
The Real Story
2008-08-27
7.6
Combat!
1962-10-02
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.5
The Virginian
1962-09-19
7.5
Star Trek: Prodigy
2021-10-28
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963-09-16
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963-09-16
7.5
The Sun Also Rises
1984-12-09
5.4
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963-10-10
8
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
1991-05-15
7.8
Ancient Mysteries
1994-01-07
4
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008-12-02
6
After They Were Famous
2002-03-30
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
6.4
Wagon Train
1957-09-18
5
Broken Arrow
1956-09-25
4.9
The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11
6
The Lieutenant
1963-09-14
0
The Universe & I
7.6
The Carol Burnett Show
1967-09-11
0
Auf los geht's los
1977-01-22
6.4
The Tall Man
1960-09-10
0
Comedy Central Roasts
2003-08-10
7.1
Star Trek: Discovery
2017-09-24
6.8
Marco Polo
1982-12-05
7.2
Muppets Tonight
1996-03-08
6
Bitte umblättern
1977-04-20
8
The Big Bang Theory
2007-09-24
6
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-03-02
7
The Shannara Chronicles
2016-01-05
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
7
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
7
Holy Matrimony
1994-04-08
7
3 Men and a Baby
1987-11-27
7
Vincent
1981-02-01
7
Funny About Love
1990-09-21
7
The Good Mother
1988-11-04
7
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
7
Vincent
1981-02-01
7
Never Forget
1991-04-08
7
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
7
Star Trek Beyond
2016-07-07
7
Deathwatch
1966-03-02
7
T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13
7
Deadly Games
1995-09-05
7
Night Gallery
1970-12-16
7
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982-09-17