William Shatner
Canadian actor
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| 2025 | Scheduled to receive a Special Lifetime Achievement Saturn Award. |
| March 2025 | George Takei publicly wished Shatner well on his 94th birthday, marking a potential thawing of their long-standing interpersonal conflicts. |
| 2022 | Shatner competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as 'Knight', where he was eliminated in the first episode. |
| December 4 2022 | Shatner made a star guest appearance at the L.A. Comic Con. |
| 2021 | William Shatner received the C.J. Cronan Sportsmanship Award from the American Saddlebred Horse Association. |
| October 13 2021 | William Shatner participated in Blue Origin's second sub-orbital human spaceflight, Blue Origin NS-18, becoming the oldest person to fly into space at the age of 90. |
| August 26 2021 | Shatner announced his tenth album 'Bill', which was later released on September 24. |
| July 12 2021 | Scheduled to host a science documentary show on RT (Russia Today), but withdrew on March 2, 2022, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| March 2021 | Shatner starred in the film Senior Moment, which was released on the same week he turned 90. |
| 2020 | William Shatner revealed that he suffers from swollen joints and various age-related aches and pains, for which he uses cannabidiol oil as a treatment. |
| October 2020 | The documentary was released on Blu-ray by Shout Factory. |
| October 2 2020 | Shatner released his album 'The Blues', which reached number one on the Billboard Blues Chart shortly after its release. |
| January 2020 | Shatner's divorce from Elizabeth Anderson Martin was finalized. |
| 2019 | Shatner began hosting and executive producing The UnXplained on History, a role he held until 2023. |
| 2019 | He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada by Canadian Governor General Julie Payette. |
| 2019 | Shatner filed for divorce from Elizabeth Anderson Martin. |
| 2019 | William Shatner won a world championship with his Standardbred road horse Track Star while showing at the Kentucky State Fair World's Championship Horse Show in Louisville. |
| 2018 | William Shatner was awarded the National Reining Horse Association Lifetime Achievement Award in the National Reining Horse Association Hall of Fame. |
| October 2018 | A holiday collection album titled 'Shatner Claus' was released, featuring collaborations with various artists including Iggy Pop and Henry Rollins. |
| August 2018 | Shatner released 'Why Not Me', his first venture into the country music genre, partnered with Jeff Cook of the band Alabama. |
| May 2018 | William Shatner was granted an honorary Doctorate of Letters by the New England Institute of Technology. |
| 2017 | He acted as the honorary captain of a ship hosting 'Star Trek: The Cruise', celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of Star Trek's original pilot episode. |
| 2017 | He lent his voice to the character Grand Pear in the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. |
| December 11 2017 | A preview episode for the second season of Better Late Than Never aired, with the official season premiere on January 1, 2018. |
| 2016 | William Shatner revealed that he and Leonard Nimoy had not spoken to each other in the five years leading up to Nimoy's death. |
| 2016 | Shatner launched Shatner Singularity, a publishing company for comic books. |
| September 2016 | Shatner was a special guest at the Salt Lake Comic Con. |
| August 23 2016 | The NBC reality miniseries Better Late Than Never premiered, featuring Shatner and other aging celebrities on a tour around Asia. |
| 2015 | Following Leonard Nimoy's death, William Shatner expressed his affection for him, stating, 'I loved him like a brother. We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love.' |
| 2015 | He portrayed Mark Twain in an episode of the Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries and Croatoan in the final episodes of Haven. |
| August 2015 | Shatner produced, scripted, and directed the documentary William Shatner Presents: Chaos on the Bridge, a sequel to The Captains. |
| 2014 | William Shatner was awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award NASA gives a non-government employee. |
| April 24 2014 | Shatner performed an autobiographical one-man show on Broadway, with a portion of the revenue going to charity. |
| 2013 | William Shatner reprised his role as Captain Kirk for a comedic interlude at the Academy Awards, hosted by Seth MacFarlane. |
| 2013 | In an interview in London, George Takei reiterated that he still held hostility towards William Shatner, calling him a 'cantankerous old fossil.' |
| October 2013 | Shatner's album 'Ponder the Mystery' was released, featuring contributions from various musicians, with music produced by Billy Sherwood. |
| April 1 2013 | Netflix created an April Fool's Day prank by generating a new genre 'Surreal Ballets Based on a William Shatner Album' and listed the film 50 times in each user's account. |
| 2012 | Shatner served again as a Grand Marshal at the 102nd Calgary Stampede in Canada. |
| 2012 | The documentary won a Telly Award. |
| September 25 2012 | He appeared in a music video as a home plate umpire for Brian Evans's baseball-themed song 'At Fenway'. |
| July 28 2012 | Shatner starred in the documentary film Get a Life!, which focused on Star Trek fandom, airing on the premium cable channel Epix. |
| May 2012 | He guest-presented on the British satirical television quiz show Have I Got News for You, coining the term 'pensioneer'. |
| February 2012 | William Shatner appeared on Broadway in a one-man show titled Shatner's World: We Just Live in It, which toured throughout the United States after its initial three-week run. |
| 2011 | Shatner starred in the CBS sitcom $#*! My Dad Says, which was cancelled in May 2011, three months after the first broadcast of its final episode. |
| 2011 | Shatner acknowledged the resentment expressed by co-stars George Takei, Walter Koenig, and James Doohan regarding their working relationships. |
| 2011 | Shatner directed and starred in the documentary The Captains, where he interviewed the five actors who played principal roles in the Star Trek sequels. |
| 2011 | Walter Koenig appeared on William Shatner's interview series Shatner's Raw Nerve, signifying a reconciliation after previous animosities. |
| 2011 | He guest-starred in an episode of the USA Network's Psych titled 'In for a Penny', reprising the role in the show's 2012 season. |
| 2011 | McGill University awarded William Shatner an honorary Doctorate of Letters. |
| October 2011 | Shatner released the album 'Seeking Major Tom', which included contributions from notable musicians and covers of iconic songs like David Bowie's 'Space Oddity'. |
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