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Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for over 40 years. This includes originating Spock in the original Star Trek series in 1966, then Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 2009 Star Trek film, and Star Trek Into Darkness. Nimoy also directed films, including Star Tre…
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Born 26 March 1931 · Died 27 February 2015 · Q16345
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
Published video “Marionettes, Inc.”.
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Published video “The Veldt”.
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Forbes: Pop Culture Moment: William Shatner And Leonard Nimoy Reunite On ‘T.J. Hooker’
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2024· 4 entries
New York Post: Leonard Nimoy’s son reveals ‘Star Trek’ actor ‘butted heads with everybody’ — but not like ‘Mommie Dearest’
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New York Post: William Shatner shades Leonard Nimoy’s son for claiming ‘Star Trek’ stars feuded: ‘He wasn’t around’
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Yahoo: Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner’s History Explained: A Timeline of the ‘Star Trek’ Stars’ Feud
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Page Six: Leonard Nimoy’s son reveals how tragedy transformed his relationship with ‘Star Trek’ actor
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2023· 8 entries
Published video “Narration (12)”.
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Published video “Narration (6)”.
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Published video “Narration (9)”.
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Published video “Narration (1)”.
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Published video “Narration (11)”.
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Published video “Narration (8)”.
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Published video “Narration (13)”.
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Published video “Narration (10)”.
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2022· 1 entry
collider: Leonard Nimoy Tribute Statue Gets Donation to Begin Construction
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2019· 1 entry
And was succeeded by Christopher Lloyd, who also appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
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2018· 1 entry
CNET: Leonard Nimoy’s family warmly welcomes new Spock to Star Trek
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2017· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shows John Lennon playing the guitar on the hood of a truck with "Star Trek" actor Leonard Nimoy.” False.
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2015· 7 entries
The asteroid 4864 Nimoy was named after him
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Died 2015-02-27.
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Nimoy fell into a coma, and died of complications from COPD at his home in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on the morning of February 27, 2015 at the age of 83
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Having been in and out of hospitals for several months, Nimoy was taken to UCLA Medical Center for chest pains
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Nimoy was replaced in the role of Xehanort by Rutger Hauer
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“he mellowed out. He made his family a priority and his career became secondary.”
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Released album “The Best of Leonard Nimoy”.
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2014· 2 entries
Walter Koenig revealed that Nimoy personally and successfully advocated to the show's producers for equal pay for Nichelle Nichols's work on Star Trek
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The audiobook version of I Am Spock, read by Nimoy, was published
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2013· 1 entry
Nimoy reprised his role as Ambassador Spock in a cameo appearance in Star Trek Into Darkness
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2012· 3 entries
Nimoy narrated a satirical segment about Mitt Romney's life on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Boston University
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Nimoy reprised his role of William Bell in Fringe for the fourth season episodes "Letters of Transit" and "Brave New World" parts 1 and 2
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television for Fringe (2010).
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Nimoy announced that he was retiring from playing Spock, citing both his advanced age and the desire to give Quinto full media attention as the character
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2009· 3 entries
Nimoy was honored by his childhood hometown when the Office of Mayor Thomas Menino proclaimed the date of November 14, 2009, as "Leonard Nimoy Day" in the City of Boston
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Voiced "The Zarn" in the television-based movie Land of the Lost
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In 2009, Nimoy was honored by his childhood hometown when the Office of Mayor Thomas Menino proclaimed the date of November 14, 2009, as "Leonard Nimoy Day" in the City of Boston.
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2007· 2 entries
Remembered him as "a lifelong lover of the arts and humanities, a supporter of the sciences, generous with his talent and his time"
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Produced the play, Shakespeare's Will by Canadian Playwright Vern Thiessen
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2001· 3 entries
In the 2001 documentary film Mind Meld, in which Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner discuss their acting careers and personal lives, Nimoy revealed that he had become an alcoholic while working on Star Trek and ended up in drug rehabilitation.
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Nimoy appeared on the television show Becker, where he played Dr
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Nimoy voiced the Atlantean King Kashekim Nedakh in the Disney animated feature Atlantis: The Lost Empire
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2000· 3 entries
Released album “Star Trek: Spock vs. Q: The Sequel”.
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Received an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio, awarded for activism in Holocaust remembrance, the arts, and the environment
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Provided on-camera hosting and introductions for 45 half-hour episodes of the anthology series Our 20th Century on the AEN TV Network
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1999· 2 entries
Released album “Star Trek: Spock vs. Q”.
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Voiced the narration of the English version of the Sega Dreamcast game Seaman and promoted Y2K educational films
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1998· 2 entries
“In the same book (I Am Not Spock), I said if I was given a chance to identify with any character on television, I would choose Spock. I admire him, I like him and I respect him. I would rather be identified with Spock than any other character on television. But the mistake I made was in using that title, 'I Am Not Spock,' as the title of the book. People assumed I was rejecting Spock and Star Trek but they didn't read the book. If you read the book, you'll find quite the opposite.”
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Had a leading role as Mustapha Mond in Brave New World, a TV-movie version of Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Spaced Out: The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner”.
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Narrated the documentary A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews
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Played the prophet Samuel, alongside Nathaniel Parker, in The Bible Collection movie David
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1995· 1 entry
Nimoy was involved in the production of Primortals, a comic book series published by Tekno Comix about first contact with aliens, which had arisen from a discussion he had with Isaac Asimov
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1994· 1 entry
Directed his last feature film, Holy Matrimony
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1993· 1 entry
Released album “Highly Illogical”.
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1991· 1 entry
Nimoy starred in Never Forget, which he co-produced with Robert B
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1988· 1 entry
In the Solar System's main asteroid belt
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1986· 1 entry
Nimoy lent his voice to the character Galvatron in the animated film The Transformers: The Movie
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1984· 1 entry
With Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the third in the film series
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1981· 1 entry
Nimoy starred in Vincent, a one-man show which he wrote and published as a book in 1984
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1977· 3 entries
Released album “The Green Hills of Earth”.
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Studied at Antioch College, Master of Arts (1975–1977).
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Nimoy earned an MA in education from Antioch College
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1975· 4 entries
Nimoy's renditions of Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" and "Usher II", both from The Martian Chronicles (1950), were released on Caedmon Records
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Nimoy toured with and played the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Sherlock Holmes
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Nimoy filmed an opening introduction to Ripley's World of the Unexplained museum located at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and Fisherman's Wharf at San Francisco, California
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Released album “The Martian Chronicles”.
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1974· 1 entry
One year prior to its release as a feature film, with Jack Nicholson in the same role
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1973· 1 entry
With the "Death on a Barge" segment for an episode of Night Gallery during its final season
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1972· 1 entry
Released album “Space Odyssey”.
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1971· 1 entry
Played the starring role of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, which toured for eight weeks
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1970· 1 entry
Released album “The New World of Leonard Nimoy”.
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1969· 2 entries
Released album “The Touch of Leonard Nimoy”.
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Nimoy immediately joined the cast of the spy series Mission: Impossible, which was seeking a replacement for Martin Landau
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1968· 2 entries
Released album “The Way I Feel”.
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(shortly before the end of the Star Trek series) at the Pheasant Run Playhouse in St
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1967· 2 entries
Released album “The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy”.
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Released album “Presents Mr. Spock’s Music From Outer Space”.
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1966· 2 entries
To the film Star Trek Into Darkness in 2013
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Then Star Trek: The Animated Series, the first six Star Trek films, Star Trek: The Next Generation, the 2009 Star Trek film, and Star Trek Into Darkness
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1961· 1 entry
As Grice, in 1962 as Arnie, and in 1966 as John Walking Fox
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1956· 1 entry
Before the Democratic Convention began on August 13
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1954· 1 entry
Married Sandra Zober (1927–2011), an actress; they had two children: film producer and director Julie, and director Adam
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1953· 1 entry
Nimoy enlisted in the United States Army Reserve at Fort McPherson Georgia, serving for 18 months until 1955, leaving as a staff sergeant
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1931· 2 entries
Born 1931-03-26.
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In an Irish section of the West End of Boston, Massachusetts, to Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine
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