Mark Donaldson is a writer, podcaster, and film programmer specializing in Star Trek and Doctor Who.
Summary William Shatner originated the iconic Captain James T. Kirk, but he's one of five actors to have played the role in Star Trek. Captain Kirk casts a long shadow in the popular imagination when it comes to Star Trek. As a result, William Shatner's Kirk has been ripe for parody, whether it's Jim Carrey's overblown Kirk caricature from In Living Color or Harry Shearer's pitch-perfect Kirk in The Simpsons.
7 William Shatner Is Star Trek's Original Captain Kirk Star Trek: The Original Series to Star Trek Generations Close When NBC originally passed on Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek pilot and rejected Jeffrey Hunter in the role of Captain Christopher Pike, a new Captain of the Enterprise was required. Rather than simply replacing Hunter with William Shatner as Pike, Roddenberry created a completely new character, James T.
While Shatner as Janice plays a more exaggerated version of Kirk rooted in Lester's hatred of him, Sandra Smith takes a different tack. 5 Chris Pine Is Captain Kirk In J.J. Abrams' Star Trek Movies Star Trek , Star Trek Into Darkness , and Star Trek Beyond Close In 2009, J.J. Abrams rebooted Star Trek's movies by having an older Spock and the Romulan villain Nero trigger a chain of events that leads to the death of James T. Kirk's father, Lt. George Kirk , on the USS Kelvin and the creation of Star Trek's Kelvin timeline.
The most remarkable thing about Paul Wesley's Kirk is that he embodies the Starfleet legend we know and love. 2 Paul Wesley Played 2 Other Alternate Reality Kirks In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds - "A Quality of Mercy" and "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow". Close Paul Wesley played two alternate reality versions of Captain James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds before debuting as the Prime Universe version. In Strange New Worlds season 1's finale, "A Quality of Mercy", Wesley's Kirk was the Captain of the USS Farragut.
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