William Shatner

William Shatner

Director & Actor (b. 1931)
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The ThumbScore for William Shatner (72.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 25 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of William's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

26
Movies
72.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Action
Top Genre

Audiences rate William Shatner’s films higher than 57% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

Free to watch now (26 Oct): Judgment at Nuremberg (YouTube, Tubi) · Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Philo, Kanopy) · Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Kanopy) · Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (Tubi, Kanopy) · National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi, Kanopy) · Star Trek: Generations (Kanopy) and 11 more.

Frequent Collaborators

Leonard Nimoy (8)James Doohan (8)George Takei (8)Nichelle Nichols (8)DeForest Kelley (7)

William Shatner, OC (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994). Shatner began his screen acting career in Canadian films and television productions before moving into guest-starring roles in various American television shows. He appeared as James Kirk in all the episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series, 21 of the 22 episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the first seven Star Trek movies. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences before, during and after his time in a Starfleet uniform.

He has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe and a series of science fiction novels, the TekWar sequence, that were adapted for television. Outside Star Trek, Shatner played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986), hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), guest starred on the detective series Columbo, and acted in the comedy film Miss Congeniality (2000). After his last appearance as Captain Kirk, Shatner's television career has embraced comedy, drama and reality shows. In seasons 4 and 5 of the NBC series 3rd Rock from the Sun, he played the alien "Big Giant Head", to which the main characters reported. From 2004 until 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the final season of the legal show The Practice and in its spinoff Boston Legal, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards, one for his contribution to each series.

Born 1931-03-22 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

On ThumbScore, William Shatner appears in 26 films with an average audience score of 72.3%, most frequently in the Action genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every William Shatner movie, ranked by audience score

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
👍 90%
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
👍 86%
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality
2000
👍 83%
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
👍 83%
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
👍 81%
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
1993
👍 81%
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
👍 80%
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
👍 79%
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek: Generations
1994
👍 79%
The Intruder
The Intruder
1962
👍 79%
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
👍 76%
The Devil’s Rain
The Devil’s Rain
1975
👍 76%
Osmosis Jones
Osmosis Jones
2001
👍 75%
Over the Hedge
Over the Hedge
2006
👍 73%
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen
2011
👍 72%
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
👍 71%
Kingdom of the Spiders
Kingdom of the Spiders
1977
👍 70%
Visiting Hours
Visiting Hours
1982
👍 70%
Fireheart
Fireheart
2022
👍 67%
For the Love of Spock
For the Love of Spock
2016
👍 64%
The Wild
The Wild
2006
👍 63%
A Christmas Horror Story
A Christmas Horror Story
2015
👍 63%
Batman vs. Two-Face
Batman vs. Two-Face
2017
👍 61%
Showtime
Showtime
2002
👍 59%
American Psycho II: All American Girl
American Psycho II: All American Girl
2002
👍 26%
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026
No Score