Leonard Nimoy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1931-03-26
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Leonard Nimoy
Biography
Leonard Simon 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.
Also Known For
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Dec 07, 1979
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Jun 04, 1982
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Jun 01, 1984
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Nov 26, 1986
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Jun 09, 1989
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Dec 06, 1991
Mitzi & 100 Guys
Mar 24, 1975
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Jan 01, 1985
The Transformers: The Movie
Aug 08, 1986
David
Mar 23, 1997
The Lost World
Aug 01, 1998
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Jun 02, 2001
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
Aug 25, 1998
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Jan 01, 2011
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Dec 20, 1978
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
Apr 12, 2009
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
Nov 06, 2001
Brave New World
Apr 19, 1998
Star Trek
May 06, 2009
The Pagemaster
Nov 23, 1994
Destiny in Space
Jan 17, 1994
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jun 28, 2011
Trekkies
Oct 18, 1997
Titanica
Oct 12, 1992
The Halloween Tree
Oct 02, 1993
Kid Monk Baroni
May 01, 1952
The Evolution of the Enterprise
Aug 09, 2009
Star Trek Into Darkness
May 05, 2013
Catlow
Oct 01, 1971
Star Trek: The Cage
Feb 01, 1965
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
Mar 24, 2000
A Woman Called Golda
Apr 26, 1982
Assault on the Wayne
Jan 12, 1971
Never Forget
Apr 08, 1991
Zambezia
Jun 05, 2012
Hava Nagila: The Movie
Jul 19, 2012
Baffled!
Apr 11, 1973
To Be Takei
Aug 22, 2014
Deathwatch
Mar 02, 1966
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
Jan 09, 1980
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
Oct 18, 2013
Star Trek Story
Aug 26, 1996
Leonard Nimoy's Oral History
Oct 15, 2013
The Alpha Caper
Oct 06, 1973
The Pixar Story
Aug 28, 2007
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Sep 28, 1991
Super Duper Bloopers
Jan 01, 1986
Vincent
Feb 01, 1981
Francis Goes to West Point
Jul 01, 1952
Bring Back... Star Trek
May 09, 2009
Them!
Jun 16, 1954
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
Dec 13, 1994
The Brain Eaters
Sep 01, 1958
Old Overland Trail
Feb 25, 1953
Star Trek: Evolutions
Sep 22, 2009
My Brother Vincent
Nov 23, 2018
Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories
Jan 01, 1983
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
Jan 18, 1995
Satan's Satellites
Jan 01, 1958
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Jan 01, 1995
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Oct 06, 1996
For the Love of Spock
Sep 09, 2016
Valley of Mystery
Sep 29, 1967
50 Years of Star Trek
Aug 14, 2016
Zombies of the Stratosphere
Oct 25, 1952
The Balcony
Mar 21, 1963
William Shatner in Concert
Mar 22, 2006
The Star Trek Dream
Sep 24, 1975
William Shatner: Captain's Log
Nov 30, 1994
The Harryhausen Chronicles
Jan 01, 1997
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Nov 30, 1994
The Great Pyramids
Jan 16, 1997
The Missing Are Deadly
Jan 08, 1975
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
May 31, 2006
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
Jul 14, 1986
Bonanza: Under Attack
Jan 15, 1995
Y2K Family Survival Guide
Jan 01, 1999
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Feb 19, 2007
Reflections on Spock
Jan 01, 2004
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
Jan 01, 2011
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Jan 01, 2004
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Jan 01, 2004
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
May 01, 1974
40 Years of Star Trek
Jan 01, 2006
Jellies & Other Ocean Drifters
Jan 01, 1996
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Oct 03, 1988
Symphony to the Planets: A Star to Call Home
Symphony to the Planets: Mysteries Beyond Our Reach
The Story of Computer Graphics
Aug 08, 1999
Rhubarb
Aug 29, 1951
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
Jan 29, 2002
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Dec 05, 2016
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
Jan 01, 1999
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Jan 21, 2005
Land of the Lost
Jun 05, 2009
Lights
Dec 18, 1984
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
Nov 02, 1991
Forging Greatness: Lincoln in Indiana
Jan 01, 2000
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
Jan 01, 2005
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
Dec 01, 1994
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
Dec 05, 2000
Planets of the Sun
Jan 01, 1985
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
May 07, 2021
Queen for a Day
Jul 07, 1951
Night of 100 Stars
Mar 08, 1982
Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot
Jan 07, 1994
Mystical World of Ancient Greece
Nov 21, 1996
Time Bomb Y2K
Mar 03, 2023
Mysterious Spirits of the Mayans
Nov 24, 1995
765874: Memory Wall
Aug 22, 2022
Armageddon: Target Earth
Jan 01, 1998
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
Sep 13, 2024
Star Trek: The Menagerie
Nov 17, 1966
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
Oct 12, 1969
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
Jan 04, 1970
Sally
Jan 28, 2025
Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before
Sep 22, 1966
Duckman
Mar 05, 1994
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sep 22, 1964
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Star Trek
Sep 08, 1966
Cain's Hundred
Sep 19, 1961
Futurama
Mar 28, 1999
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sep 28, 1987
T. J. Hooker
Mar 13, 1982
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Oct 10, 1963
The Daily Show
Jul 22, 1996
Star Trek
Sep 08, 1973
HypaSpace
May 13, 2002
In Search of...
Apr 17, 1977
Dragnet
Dec 16, 1951
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Perry Mason
Sep 21, 1957
Combat!
Oct 02, 1962
Becker
Nov 02, 1998
Night Gallery
Dec 16, 1970
Faerie Tale Theatre
Sep 11, 1982
Mission: Impossible
Sep 17, 1966
Get Smart
Sep 18, 1965
You Don't Say!
Apr 01, 1963
Invasion America
Jun 08, 1998
The Twilight Zone
Oct 02, 1959
Bring Back...
May 10, 2005
Sea Hunt
Jan 04, 1958
The Tall Man
Sep 10, 1960
87th Precinct
Sep 25, 1961
Rawhide
Jan 09, 1959
Highway Patrol
Oct 03, 1955
Daniel Boone
Sep 24, 1964
The Hollywood Palace
Jan 04, 1964
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Jan 22, 1968
Ancient Mysteries
Jan 07, 1994
West Point
Oct 05, 1956
Profiles in Courage
Nov 08, 1964
The Rough Riders
Oct 02, 1958
Navy Log
Sep 20, 1955
Lock-Up
Sep 28, 1959
The Rebel
Oct 04, 1959
Tate
Jun 08, 1960
Malibu U
Jul 21, 1967
Wogan
May 04, 1982
The Barbara McNair Show
Sep 13, 1969
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Sep 15, 1968
Dr. Kildare
Sep 27, 1961
The Outer Limits
Mar 26, 1995
26 Men
Oct 15, 1957
The Man Called X
Jan 27, 1956
Harbor Command
Oct 11, 1957
The Captain and Tennille
Sep 20, 1976
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Jun 10, 1992
West Point
Oct 05, 1956
Columbo
Sep 15, 1971
Fringe
Sep 09, 2008
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
Nov 05, 2021
The Real Story
Aug 27, 2008
Combat!
Oct 02, 1962
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
The Virginian
Sep 19, 1962
Star Trek: Prodigy
Oct 28, 2021
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
Sep 10, 1955
The Outer Limits
Sep 16, 1963
The Outer Limits
Sep 16, 1963
The Sun Also Rises
Dec 09, 1984
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Oct 10, 1963
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
May 15, 1991
Ancient Mysteries
Jan 07, 1994
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Dec 02, 2008
After They Were Famous
Mar 30, 2002
Bonanza
Sep 12, 1959
Wagon Train
Sep 18, 1957
Broken Arrow
Sep 25, 1956
The Mike Douglas Show
Dec 11, 1961
The Lieutenant
Sep 14, 1963
The Universe & I
The Carol Burnett Show
Sep 11, 1967
Auf los geht's los
Jan 22, 1977
The Tall Man
Sep 10, 1960
Comedy Central Roasts
Aug 10, 2003
Star Trek: Discovery
Sep 24, 2017
Marco Polo
Dec 05, 1982
Muppets Tonight
Mar 08, 1996
Please Turn the Page
Apr 20, 1977
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Mar 02, 2009
The Shannara Chronicles
Jan 05, 2016
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Sam Benedict
Sep 15, 1962
David
Apr 06, 1997
Davide
Mar 23, 1997
Honest Trailers
Feb 13, 2012
A Woman Called Golda
Apr 26, 1982