William Shatner | 03/22/31 | 90

William Shatner is a Canadian actor born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. Growing up, Shatner didn’t think about being an actor. Instead, he pursued a degree in economics and graduated from McGill University. After the actor finished his education, he began developing a passion for performing and training as a Shakespearean actor. Shatner started his journey in the early 1950s and mainly did television work.

However, his debut performance was in the 1951 film Butler’s Night. From that point on, Shatner’s career steadily grew, that it didn’t take long for critics and Hollywood executives to take notice. When the 1960s rolled around, Shatner received an offer for a role of a lifetime when he approved the position to play Captain James T. Kirk in the sci-fi classic Star Trek. After wrapping up the series in 1969, Shatner starred in several other high-profile projects and earned many accolades. He is now 90 years old but is still hard at work in Hollywood.