And I think it is going to be a long long time.
Leonard Simon Nimoy (born March 26, 1931) is 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 feature 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 had some voice roles during his Carrer. Such as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde in The Pagemaster, Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (alongside Kirk Thornton and Richard Epcar), King Kashekim Nedakh in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Galvatron in The Transformers: The Movie, and Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark Of the Moon.
Triva[]
- Nimoy is married to Susan Bay who is first cousin to director Michael Bay, and apparently it was due to their considerable donations to Griffith Observatory that Michael was allowed to film parts of Transformers there.
- Nimoy guest-starred in several episodes of Fringe, which was created, executive-produced and written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
- According to Orci, he was at one point considered for the role of The Fallen in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Nimoy himself was waiting to be in Transformers once more since his role in The Transformers: The Movie. This is what happens when you don't ask the people you're hiring if they actually want to be in the movie.
- That alien he played (over a span of 45 years)? It was the inspiration for Shockwave.
- He has a huge knowledge of the Marvel Universe.