Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy

actor, director, producer

Leonard Nimoy was born on Mar 26, 1931 in USA. Leonard Nimoy's big-screen debut came with Queen for a Day directed by Arthur Lubin in 1951, strarring Chief (as Leonard Nemoy). Leonard Nimoy is known for Star Trek Into Darkness directed by J.J. Abrams, Leonard Nimoy stars as Spock Prime and Chris Pine as Kirk. Leonard Nimoy has got 9 awards and 18 nominations so far. The most recent award Leonard Nimoy achieved is Behind the Voice Actors Awards. The upcoming new movie Leonard Nimoy plays is Star Trek Into Darkness which will be released on May 16, 2013.

Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit part in Queen for a Day (1951) and another as a ballplayer in the perennial Rhubarb, le chat millionnaire (1951). After two years in the United States Army, he was still getting small, often uncredited parts, like an Army telex operator in Des monstres attaquent la ville (1954). His part as Narab, a Martian finally friendly to Earth, in the closing scene in the corny Republic serial Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952), somewhat foreshadowed the role which would make him a household name: Mr. Spock, the half-human/half-Vulcan science officer on Star Trek (1966) one of television's all-time most successful series. His performance won him three Emmy nominations and launched his career as a writer and director, notably of Star Trek IV : Retour sur Terre (1986), the story of a humpback whale rescue that proved the most successful of the Star Trek movies. Stage credits have included "Fiddler on the Roof", "Oliver", "Camelot" and "Equus". He has hosted the well-known television series In Search of... (1976) and Ancient Mysteries (1994), authored several volumes of poetry and guest-starred on two episodes of Les Simpson (1989). In the latter years of his career, he played Mustafa Mond in NBC's telling of Aldous Huxley's Le Meilleur des mondes (1998), voiced Sentinel Prime in the blockbuster Transformers 3 : La Face cachée de la Lune (2011), and played Spock again in two new Star Trek films, Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013).Leonard Nimoy died on February 27, 2015 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, of end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83.

  • Birthday

    Mar 26, 1931
  • Place of Birth

    Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

Awards

9 wins & 18 nominations

Behind the Voice Actors Awards
2013
Best Vocal Ensemble in a Video Game
Winner - BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
2010
Best Guest Performance in a Television Series
Winner - Saturn Award
2009
Winner - Lifetime Achievement Award
1987
Winner - Life Career Award
1987
Best Actor
Winner - Life Career Award
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