Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1931
Died
Feb 27, 2015
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
231 titles
Leonard Nimoy
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
Filmography
Sally
Self (archive footage)
Piece by Piece
Spock (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
Self - Actor (archive footage)
765874: Memory Wall
Spock (Archival Footage & Face)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Self - (archive footage)
765874: Unification
Spock
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Self (archive footage)
Star Trek: Prodigy
Spock (voice)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Sigmund Freud (voice)
My Brother Vincent
Self
Star Trek: Discovery
Spock (archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
(archive footage)
For the Love of Spock
Self (archive footage)
50 Years of Star Trek
Self
Star Trek Beyond
In Memory Of
The Shannara Chronicles
Spock (archive footage)
To Be Takei
Self
Leonard Nimoy's Boston
Self
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
Levi Eshkol (voice)
Leonard Nimoy's Oral History
Self - Interviewee
Star Trek Into Darkness
Ambassador Spock
Star Trek: The True Story
Self
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Self
Zambezia
Sekhuru (voice)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Sentinel Prime (voice)
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Spock (archive footage)
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Star Trek: Evolutions
Star Trek: Evolutions
Narrator
The Evolution of the Enterprise
Self
Land of the Lost
The Zarn (voice)
Bring Back... Star Trek
Self
Star Trek
Ambassador Spock
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Self
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
Fringe
Dr. William Bell
The Real Story
Himself
The Big Bang Theory
Mr. Spock (voice)
The Pixar Story
Spock (archive footage)
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Self - Host
Cinemaville
Self
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
Self
William Shatner in Concert
Self
40 Years of Star Trek
Self
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
Bring Back...
Self
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Self
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
Rambam (voice)