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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 26, 1931
Died
February 27, 2015
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Leonard Simon Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
1.9 Popularity
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
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Sally
2025
7.3
Spock (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
Piece by Piece
2024
7.0
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
2024
0.0
Spock (Archival Footage & Face)
765874: Memory Wall
2022
0.0
Spock
765874: Unification
2022
6.9
Self (archive footage)
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
2021
7.3
Spock (voice)
Star Trek: Prodigy
2021
0.0
Sigmund Freud (voice)
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
2021
0.0
Self
My Brother Vincent
2018
7.0
Spock (archive footage)
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
Credits
Sally
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Piece by Piece
as Spock (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
2024
7.3
Tolkien: The True Story of the Rings
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
7.0
765874: Memory Wall
as Spock (Archival Footage & Face)
2022
0.0
765874: Unification
as Spock
2022
0.0
The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.9
Star Trek: Prodigy
as Spock (voice)
2021
7.3
Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
as Sigmund Freud (voice)
2021
0.0
My Brother Vincent
as Self
2018
0.0
Star Trek: Discovery
as Spock (archive footage)
2017
7.0
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as (archive footage)
2016
6.8
50 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2016
6.4
The Shannara Chronicles
as Spock (archive footage)
2016
7.0
To Be Takei
as Self
2014
7.3
🎬
Leonard Nimoy's Boston
as Self
2014
0.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Unification
2013
0.0
The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers
as Levi Eshkol (voice)
2013
7.5
🎬
Leonard Nimoy's Oral History
as Self - Interviewee
2013
0.0
Star Trek Into Darkness
as Ambassador Spock
2013
7.3
Hava Nagila: The Movie
as Self
2012
7.0
Zambezia
as Sekhuru (voice)
2012
6.2
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
as Sentinel Prime (voice)
2011
6.2
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
as Spock (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
2011
7.5
Star Trek: Evolutions
as Narrator
2009
7.2
The Evolution of the Enterprise
as Self
2009
5.7
Land of the Lost
as The Zarn (voice)
2009
5.4
🎬
Bring Back... Star Trek
as Self
2009
3.5
Star Trek
as Ambassador Spock
2009
7.4
Star Trek: The Captain's Summit
as Self
2009
6.7
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2009
6.1
Shatner's Raw Nerve
as Self
2008
4.0
Fringe
as Dr. William Bell
2008
8.1
The Real Story
as Himself
2008
10.0
The Big Bang Theory
as Mr. Spock (voice)
2007
7.9
The Pixar Story
as Spock (archive footage)
2007
7.6
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
as Self - Host
2007
5.4
The Once and Future Griffith Observatory
as Self
2006
0.0
🎬
William Shatner in Concert
as Self
2006
0.0
40 Years of Star Trek
as Self
2006
4.3
Bring Back...
as Self
2005
6.0
Ringers: Lord of the Fans
as Self
2005
6.3
Rambam - The Story of Maimonides
as Rambam (voice)
2005
0.0
Reflections on Spock
2004
7.5
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004
7.0
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
6.5
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
7.0
🎬
HypaSpace
as Self
2002
4.0
After They Were Famous
as Self
2002
6.0
The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'
as Self
2002
7.3
Mind Meld: Secrets Behind the Voyage of a Lifetime
as Himself
2001
7.2
Atlantis: The Lost Empire
as King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
2001
7.0
The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect
as Narrator
2000
0.0
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists
as Akron/ Baraba/ King Chandra
2000
4.5
🎬
Forging Greatness: Lincoln in Indiana
as Narrator
2000
0.0
The Story of Computer Graphics
as Narrator
1999
0.0
Futurama
as Leonard Nimoy's Head (Voice)
1999
8.4
Y2K Family Survival Guide
as Self - Host / Narrator
1999
4.0
🎬
Rashi: A Light After The Dark Ages
as Rashi (voice)
1999
1.0
Becker
as Professor Emmett Fowler
1998
7.1
A Life Apart: Hasidism in America
as Narrator
1998
4.5
🎬
The Lost World
as Angus McArdle
1998
6.0
Invasion America
as General Konrad (voice)
1998
6.6
Brave New World
as Mustapha Mond
1998
5.4
Armageddon: Target Earth
as Host
1998
0.0
Trekkies
as Self
1997
6.4
David
as Samuel
1997
0.0
David
as Samuel
1997
6.5
🎬
Davide
as Samuel
1997
0.0
The Great Pyramids
as Narrator (voice)
1997
0.0
The Harryhausen Chronicles
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1997
6.8
Mystical World of Ancient Greece
as Narrator (voice)
1996
0.0
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
as Self
1996
5.8
Star Trek Story
as Self
1996
0.8
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
🎬
Carpati: 50 Miles, 50 Years
1996
0.0
Muppets Tonight
as Self
1996
7.4
Jellies & Other Ocean Drifters
as Narrator
1996
0.0
Mysterious Spirits of the Mayans
as Narrator (voice)
1995
0.0
Virtuosity
as Spock (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
5.5
The Outer Limits
as Thurman Cutler
1995
7.7
The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
as Self
1995
4.2
Bonanza: Under Attack
as Frank James
1995
6.5
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
as Self
1995
4.3
Symphony to the Planets: Mysteries Beyond Our Reach
as Narrator
1995
0.0
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown
1994
0.0
The Making of 'The Pagemaster'
as Self (archive footage)
1994
6.0
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
as Himself
1994
5.5
🎬
William Shatner: Captain's Log
as Self
1994
0.0
The Pagemaster
as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde (voice)
1994
6.4
Duckman
as Leonard Nimoy
1994
7.1
Destiny in Space
as Narrator (voice)
1994
7.2
🎬
Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot
as Host
1994
0.0
Ancient Mysteries
1994
7.4
Ancient Mysteries
as Narrator
1994
7.4
The Halloween Tree
as Mr. Moundshroud (voice)
1993
6.7
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Mr. Spock
1993
7.9
Symphony to the Planets: A Star to Call Home
as Narrator
1993
0.0
Titanica
as narrator
1992
5.9
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Spock (archive footage)
1992
8.1
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as Spock
1991
7.0
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self - Host
1991
5.9
🎬
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories
as Host
1991
8.0
Never Forget
as Mel Mermelstein
1991
4.2
The Simpsons
as Leonard Nimoy (voice)
1989
8.0
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
as Captain Spock
1989
5.7
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
as Self
1988
2.6
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Spock
1987
8.4
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
as Spock
1986
7.2
The Transformers: The Movie
as Galvatron (voice)
1986
7.1
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
as The Evil Moroccan Magician
1986
5.8
Super Duper Bloopers
as Self
1986
6.0
Planets of the Sun
as Narrator
1985
0.0
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
1985
0.0
Lights
as Greek Nobleman
1984
0.0
The Sun Also Rises
as Count Mippipopolous
1984
7.5
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
as Captain Spock / Elevator Voice
1984
6.6
Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories
as Host
1983
3.6
Marco Polo
as Achmet
1982
6.8
Faerie Tale Theatre
as The Evil Moroccan Magician
1982
8.1
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Spock
1982
7.4
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
A Woman Called Golda
as Morris Meyerson
1982
0.0
A Woman Called Golda
as Morris Meyerson
1982
7.7
T. J. Hooker
as Lt. Paul McGuire
1982
6.4
Night of 100 Stars
as Self
1982
6.7
Vincent
as Theo van Gogh
1981
9.0
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
as Dr. Richard Connought
1980
6.0
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
as Mr. Spock
1979
6.5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
as Dr. David Kibner
1978
7.2
🎬
Please Turn the Page
as Self
1977
6.0
In Search of...
1977
8.1
In Search of...
as Narrator
1977
8.1
Auf los geht's los
as Self
1977
0.0
The Captain and Tennille
as Self
1976
5.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Star Trek Dream
as Self
1975
1.0
Mitzi & 100 Guys
as Self
1975
0.0
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
5.0
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love
as Mick
1974
0.0
The Alpha Caper
as Mitch
1973
5.5
Star Trek
as Spock (voice)
1973
6.8
Baffled!
as Tom Kovack
1973
5.1
Catlow
as Miller
1971
5.0
Columbo
as Barry Mayfield
1971
8.1
Assault on the Wayne
as Comdr. Phil Kettenring
1971
3.0
Night Gallery
as Henry Auden
1970
7.8
Mission: Impossible - The Falcon
as Paris
1970
0.0
Mission: Impossible - The Controllers
as Paris
1969
0.0
🎬
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
1969
0.0
🎬
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
as Self
1968
0.0
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self (uncredited)
1968
6.6
Valley of Mystery
as Spence Atherton
1967
5.0
The Carol Burnett Show
as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967
7.7
🎬
Malibu U
as Self
1967
1.0
Star Trek: The Menagerie
as Mr. Spock
1966
0.0
Mission: Impossible
as Paris
1966
7.6
Star Trek
as Spock
1966
8.0
Deathwatch
as Jules LaFranc
1966
4.1
Get Smart
as Stryker
1965
7.9
Star Trek: The Cage
as Spock
1965
5.2
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Burr Jones
1964
5.0
Daniel Boone
as Oontah
1964
7.0
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Vladeck
1964
7.1
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer
1964
4.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Lawrence Brody
1963
5.3
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Cowell
1963
5.3
The Outer Limits
as Konig
1963
7.8
The Outer Limits
as Judson Ellis
1963
7.8
The Lieutenant
as Gregg Sanders
1963
6.0
🎬
You Don't Say!
1963
8.0
The Balcony
as Roger
1963
5.0
Combat!
as Neumann
1962
7.7
Combat!
as Pvt. Baum
1962
7.7
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Virginian
as Wismer
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Benjamin Frome
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Keith Bentley
1962
6.4
Sam Benedict
as Insp. Joe Shatley
1962
6.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Dr. Kildare
as Harry
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
as Barrow
1961
7.5
Cain's Hundred
as Ralph Tomek
1961
4.7
The Tall Man
as Deputy Sheriff Johnny Swift
1960
6.3
Tate
1960
4.5
The Untouchables
as Packy
1959
7.8
The Rebel
as Jim Colburn
1959
4.7
The Twilight Zone
as Hansen
1959
8.5
Lock-Up
as Nino Baselicce
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Freddy
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Anko
1959
7.2
The Rough Riders
1958
6.3
Steve Canyon
as Control Tower Sgt.
1958
7.5
The Brain Eaters
as Professor Cole
1958
4.8
Sea Hunt
as Vince
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Tyler
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Johnny Brand /Johnny Bronson
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Jerry Wiley
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Revolutionary Student (uncredited)
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Liquid Explosives Thief (uncredited)
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Hoya - Saboteur
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Indio Ramirez
1958
6.6
Satan's Satellites
as Narab
1958
4.5
Tombstone Territory
as Little Hawk
1957
6.2
26 Men
1957
4.2
Harbor Command
as Fred Garrison
1957
4.0
Perry Mason
as Pete Chennery
1957
7.7
Wagon Train
as Bernabe Zamora
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Cherokee Ned
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Joaquin Delgado
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Emeterio Vasquez
1957
6.6
West Point
as Cadet Tom Kennedy
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Winnoa
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Nahilzay
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Apache
1956
5.0
The Man Called X
1956
0.0
Highway Patrol
as Harry Wells
1955
5.8
Highway Patrol
as Ray
1955
5.8
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Grice
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Arnie
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Holt
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as John Walking Fox
1955
6.6
Them!
as Army Sergeant
1954
6.8
Old Overland Trail
as Chief Black Hawk
1953
6.0
Zombies of the Stratosphere
as Narab
1952
4.8
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Bulloti's Henchman (uncredited)
1952
6.7
Francis Goes to West Point
as Football Player (uncredited)
1952
5.8
Kid Monk Baroni
as Paul 'Monk' Baroni
1952
6.2
Dragnet
as Julius Carver
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Leonard Nimoy
1951
6.4
Rhubarb
as Young Baseball Player (uncredited)
1951
5.3
Queen for a Day
as Chief
1951
6.0
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2
Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player
as Self
N/A
6.0
🎬
The Universe & I
as Sherlock Holmes
N/A
0.0