Leonard Nimoy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1931
- Died
- February 27, 2015 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player
Movie · as Self
The Universe & I
TV · as Sherlock Holmes · 1 ep
Sally
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Piece by Piece
Movie · as Spock (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie · as Self - (archive footage)
765874: Unification
TV · as Spock · 4 eps
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Movie · as Sigmund Freud (voice)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps
Star Trek: Prodigy
TV · as Spock (voice) · 1 ep
Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
My Brother Vincent
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: Discovery
TV · as Spock (archive footage) · 1 ep
50 Years of Star Trek
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Movie · as (archive footage)
For the Love of Spock
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Star Trek Beyond
Movie · as Ambassador Spock (archive footage)
The Shannara Chronicles
TV · as Spock (archive footage) · 1 ep
To Be Takei
Movie · as Self
Leonard Nimoy's Boston
Movie · as Self
Star Trek Into Darkness
Movie · as Ambassador Spock
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
Movie · as Levi Eshkol (voice)
Leonard Nimoy's Oral History
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Star Trek: The True Story
Movie · as Self
Zambezia
Movie · as Sekhuru (voice)
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Movie · as Self
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Movie · as Spock (archive footage)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Movie · as Sentinel Prime (voice)
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Movie
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Movie · as Self
Star Trek
Movie · as Ambassador Spock
The Evolution of the Enterprise
Movie · as Self
Bring Back... Star Trek
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: Evolutions
Movie · as Narrator
Land of the Lost
Movie · as The Zarn (voice)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Star Trek: Evolutions
TV · 16 eps
Fringe
TV · as Dr. William Bell · 87 eps
The Real Story
TV · as Himself · 1 ep
Shatner's Raw Nerve
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Pixar Story
Movie · as Spock (archive footage)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Movie · as Self - Host
Cinemaville
Movie · as Self
The Big Bang Theory
TV · as Mr. Spock (voice) · 1 ep
William Shatner in Concert
Movie · as Self
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
Movie · as Self
40 Years of Star Trek
Movie · as Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Movie · as Self
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
Movie · as Rambam (voice)
Bring Back...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Reflections on Spock
Movie
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Movie
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Movie
The Perils Of Peacemaking
Movie · as Self
Comedy Central Roasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
Movie · as Self
HypaSpace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
After They Were Famous
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Movie · as Atlantean King (voice)
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
Movie · as Self
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
Movie · as Akron/ Baraba/ King Chandra
Forging Greatness: Lincoln in Indiana
Movie · as Narrator
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
Movie · as Narrator
Y2K Family Survival Guide
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
The Story of Computer Graphics
Movie · as Narrator
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Movie · as Rashi (voice)
Futurama
TV · as Leonard Nimoy's Head (Voice) · 2 eps
The Lost World
Movie · as Angus McArdle
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Movie · as Narrator
Brave New World
Movie · as Mustapha Mond
Armageddon: Target Earth
Movie · as Host
Becker
TV · as Professor Emmett Fowler · 1 ep
Invasion America
TV · as General Konrad (voice) · 13 eps
David
Movie · as Samuel
Trekkies
Movie · as Self
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Great Pyramids
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
David
TV · as Samuel · 2 eps
Star Trek Story
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie · as Self
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Movie · as Self
Jellies & Other Ocean Drifters
Movie · as Narrator
Mystical World of Ancient Greece
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years
Movie
The Daily Show
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Muppets Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Movie · as Self
Bonanza: Under Attack
Movie · as Frank James
Symphony to the Planets: Mysteries Beyond Our Reach
Movie · as Narrator
Mysterious Spirits of the Mayans
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Virtuosity
Movie · as Spock (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Outer Limits
TV · as Thurman Cutler · 1 ep
The Pagemaster
Movie · as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (voice)
Destiny in Space
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
Movie
William Shatner: Captain's Log
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot
Movie · as Host
Duckman
TV · as Leonard Nimoy · 1 ep
Ancient Mysteries
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
The Halloween Tree
Movie · as Mr. Moundshroud (voice)
Symphony to the Planets: A Star to Call Home
Movie · as Narrator
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
TV · as Mr. Spock · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Top Ten List Presenter · 1 ep
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Titanica
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Twenty-Five Year Mission Tour
Movie · as Self
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Spock (archive footage) · 1 ep
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Movie · as Captain Spock
Never Forget
Movie · as Mel Mermelstein
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie · as Self - Host
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Movie · as Spock
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
TV · as Host · 3 eps
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Movie · as Captain Spock
The Simpsons
TV · as Leonard Nimoy (voice) · 2 eps
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Movie · as Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Spock · 2 eps
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Movie · as Captain Spock
The Transformers: The Movie
Movie · as Galvatron (voice)
Super Duper Bloopers
Movie · as Self
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Movie · as The Evil Moroccan Magician
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Planets of the Sun
Movie · as Narrator
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Movie · as Captain Spock / Elevator Voice
Lights
Movie · as Greek Nobleman
The Sun Also Rises
TV · as Count Mippipopolous · 2 eps
Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories
Movie · as Host
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Movie · as Captain Spock
A Woman Called Golda
Movie · as Morris Meyerson
Night of 100 Stars
Movie · as Self
T. J. Hooker
TV · as Lt. Paul McGuire · 1 ep
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as The Evil Moroccan Magician · 1 ep
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Marco Polo
TV · as Achmet · 3 eps
A Woman Called Golda
TV · as Morris Meyerson · 2 eps
Vincent
Movie · as Theo van Gogh
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
Movie · as Dr. Richard Connought
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Movie · as Spock
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Movie · as Dr. David Kibner
In Search of...
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Auf los geht's los
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Please Turn the Page
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Captain and Tennille
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Movie · as Self
The Star Trek Dream
Movie · as Self
The Missing Are Deadly
Movie
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited), Self (uncredited)
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
Movie · as Mick
Baffled!
Movie · as Tom Kovack
The Alpha Caper
Movie · as Mitch
Star Trek
TV · as Spock (voice) · 22 eps
Catlow
Movie · as Miller
Assault on the Wayne
Movie · as Comdr. Phil Kettenring
Columbo
TV · as Barry Mayfield · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Movie · as Paris
Night Gallery
TV · as Henry Auden · 1 ep
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Movie · as Paris
The Barbara McNair Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Valley of Mystery
Movie · as Spence Atherton
Space Seed
Movie · as Mr. Spock
Malibu U
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Carol Burnett Show
TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep
Deathwatch
Movie · as Jules LaFranc
Star Trek
TV · as Spock · 79 eps
Mission: Impossible
TV · as Paris · 49 eps
Star Trek: The Cage
Movie · as Spock
Get Smart
TV · as Stryker · 1 ep
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Vladeck · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Oontah · 1 ep
The Hollywood Palace
TV · as Self - Singer · 1 ep
Profiles in Courage
TV · as Burr Jones · 1 ep
The Balcony
Movie · as Roger
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Lawrence Brody, Cowell · 1 ep
You Don't Say!
TV · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Konig, Judson Ellis · 1 ep
The Lieutenant
TV · as Gregg Sanders · 1 ep
Combat!
TV · as Neumann, Pvt. Baum · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Wismer, Benjamin Frome, Keith Bentley · 1 ep
Sam Benedict
TV · as Insp. Joe Shatley · 1 ep
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Ralph Tomek · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Barrow · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Harry · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Tate
TV · 1 ep
The Tall Man
TV · as Deputy Sheriff Johnny Swift · 2 eps
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Hansen · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Anko · 1 ep
The Rebel
TV · as Jim Colburn · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Freddy · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · as Nino Baselicce · 1 ep
The Untouchables
TV · as Packy · 1 ep
The Brain Eaters
Movie · as Professor Cole
Satan's Satellites
Movie · as Narab
The Rough Riders
TV · 1 ep
Steve Canyon
TV · as Control Tower Sgt. · 1 ep
Sea Hunt
TV · as Vince, Tyler, Johnny Brand /Johnny Bronson, Jerry Wiley, Revolutionary Student (uncredited), Liquid Explosives Thief (uncredited), Hoya - Saboteur, Indio Ramirez · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Pete Chennery · 1 ep
26 Men
TV · 2 eps
Harbor Command
TV · as Fred Garrison · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Bernabe Zamora, Cherokee Ned, Joaquin Delgado, Emeterio Vasquez · 1 ep
Tombstone Territory
TV · as Little Hawk · 1 ep
The Man Called X
TV · 1 ep
West Point
TV · as Cadet Tom Kennedy · 1 ep
Broken Arrow
TV · as Winnoa, Nahilzay, Apache · 1 ep
Gunsmoke
TV · as Grice, Holt, Arnie, John Walking Fox · 1 ep
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Highway Patrol
TV · as Harry Wells, Ray · 1 ep
Them!
Movie · as Army Sergeant
Old Overland Trail
Movie · as Chief Black Hawk
Kid Monk Baroni
Movie · as Paul 'Monk' Baroni
Francis Goes to West Point
Movie · as Football Player (uncredited)
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Movie · as Narab
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Bulloti's Henchman (uncredited) · 1 ep
Rhubarb
Movie · as Young Baseball Player (uncredited)
Queen for a Day
Movie · as Chief
Dragnet
TV · as Julius Carver, Leonard Nimoy · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep