'Star Trek' is 60. Here's what the cast of the original series is up to now.

"Star Trek" was primitively going to beryllium focused connected a different captain, Captain Christopher Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter.

A pilot, called "The Cage," was moreover filmed, but it didn't make it to airwaves until the '80s. Gene Roddenberry, the creator, yet retooled the show and formed Shatner arsenic a caller captain, Kirk. Some footage from "The Cage" was reused for a play 1 section called "The Menagerie."

Before "Star Trek," Shatner was celebrated for his domiciled successful an iconic "Twilight Zone" episode, "Nightmare astatine 20,000 Feet," successful which he played a man precocious released from a intelligence infirmary who becomes convinced he tin spot a animal connected the helping of the level he's flying on. It aired successful 1963, 3 years earlier "Star Trek."

Though he's 95 years old, Shatner has shown nary signs of slowing down. After "Star Trek" was canceled successful 1969, he concisely returned to sound Kirk for the "Star Trek" animated series. In 1979, he again reprised his domiciled arsenic Kirk successful "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." He'd proceed to do truthful regularly until 1994's "Star Trek Generations."

He moreover directed 1 of the "Star Trek" movies: "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier."

Besides "Star Trek," Shatner starred arsenic the titular constabulary serviceman connected the '80s procedural "T.J. Hooker" and narrated "Rescue 911," a show that consisted of melodramatic reenactments of existent crimes.

Other roles that you mightiness admit Shatner from: a pageant big successful "Miss Congeniality," lawyer Dennis Crane successful "The Practice" and its spin-off "Boston Legal" for which he won 2 Emmys, and successful the 2016-2018 reality show "Better Late Than Never," successful which Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, and Terry Bradshaw traveled astir the world and knowledgeable different cultures.

He besides yet made it to abstraction himself during a Blue Origin formation successful October 2021, making him the oldest personification to spell into abstraction astatine 90.

In July 2026, he started a podcast pinch his daughter, "No Time But Now," inspired by really they had some flooded shape IV crab diagnoses successful 2022.

Shatner has written aggregate books, some fabrication and non-fiction, complete the people of his career. His 2016 book, "Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship pinch a Remarkable Man," was astir his relationship pinch "Star Trek" costar Leonard Nimoy, who played his on-screen amended half, Commander Spock.

Most recently, successful 2022, he published a postulation of essays called "Boldly Go: Reflections connected a Life of Awe and Wonder."

While Chekov was Russian, Koenig was calved successful the US and based his accent connected his parents' accents — they were Russian immigrants. Koenig was formed because, according to legend, he was expected to thief pull young girls arsenic viewers owed to his resemblance to teen idol Davy Jones. He moreover wore a Davy Jones-esque women's wig for the first 7 aliases 8 episodes, he told TV Insider successful 2016.

Koenig is chiefly recognized for his on-screen domiciled arsenic Chekov, though he became a prolific screenwriter successful the '70s. He wrote episodes for the "Star Trek" animated series, anthology bid "What Really Happened to the Class of '65?" and children's bid "Land of the Lost."

Koenig, 89, (he's turning 90 connected September 14) still makes predominant appearances connected the "Star Trek" normal circuit, arsenic good arsenic acting successful the occasional film.

He appeared successful 12 episodes of "Babylon 5" successful the '90s, voiced himself successful an section of "Futurama," and besides voiced Mr. Savic connected the Netflix animated bid "Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters."

In 2025, he appeared successful the movie "Raging Midlife" arsenic a characteristic named Otis.

While not each of the "Star Trek" formed were connected awesome terms, Koenig and his costar George Takei stay close. Koenig was moreover the champion man successful Takei's wedding successful 2008.

Over the people of the show, Sulu was revealed to person galore interests extracurricular of Starfleet, astir famously fencing. At the time, Sulu was 1 of the first Asian characters connected TV who wasn't explicitly a villain but alternatively a afloat formed hero.

"Up until the clip I was formed successful 'Star Trek,' the roles were beautiful shallow — thin, stereotyped, one-dimensional roles. I knew this characteristic was a breakthrough role, surely for maine arsenic an individual character but besides for the image of an Asian character: nary accent, a personnel of the elite activity team," Takei told Mother Jones successful 2012.

Takei was primitively expected to play Sulu arsenic an astrophysicist, but the domiciled was changed to helmsman. Before "Star Trek," Takei besides appeared successful "The Twilight Zone," for illustration Shatner, among different '50s and '60s procedurals.

Uhura was one of the first Black tv characters who didn't person a menial occupation — instead, she was successful a position of power. She and Shatner were besides progressive successful what is thought to beryllium the first interracial kiss connected American TV.

Nichols stayed pinch the show for each 3 seasons, but it wasn't without drama. She was tempted to time off during the first year, but nary different than Martin Luther King Jr. convinced her to stay.

She told the New York Post successful 2011 that erstwhile she told him that she wanted to leave, he told her, "You can't do that. You person the first non-stereotypical, non-menial domiciled connected television. You person created spot and beauty and intelligence. For the first time, the world sees america arsenic we should beryllium seen. It's what we're marching for. You're a domiciled model, and whether you for illustration it aliases not, you beryllium to history now."

She besides released an medium successful 1967, "Down to Earth." In betwixt "Star Trek's" cancellation and its return connected the large screen, Nichols starred successful the 1974 blaxploitation movie "Truck Turner," arsenic Dorinda, a madam.

From 1977 until 2015, Nichols was progressive pinch Women successful Motion, a NASA recruiting programme aimed astatine expanding women's information successful the abstraction program. In July 2020, a documentary astir the programme yet secured distribution and was released successful 2021, Deadline reported. 

"Nichelle Nichols not only was a trailblazer successful Hollywood, she was a trailblazer for the early of our society," said executive shaper Ben Crump. "She took the conflict for Civil Rights, diverseness and inclusion and gender equality to caller frontiers pinch NASA which proceed to service America's abstraction programme today. She was up of her time."

Nichols besides appeared successful "The Young and the Restless," "Heroes," and "Futurama." She was diagnosed pinch dementia successful 2018 and subsequently retired from nationalist appearances.

In July 2022, Nichols' boy announced connected societal media that Nichols had died astatine the property of 89.

Spock was the only alien personnel of the original crew, arsenic he was half-human, half-Vulcan — an alien title from the satellite Vulcan whose residents run solely from a constituent of logic alternatively than feelings.

Much of the show's drama came from Spock and Kirk's differences and their amusement astatine each other. His predominant farewell, "Live agelong and prosper," accompanied by the Vulcan Salute, is among the astir recognizable pieces of the "Star Trek" canon.

Nimoy had aggregate mini parts successful B-movies and TV shows earlier booking "Star Trek," including an section of "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." alongside Shatner, arsenic good arsenic an section of "The Twilight Zone."

But erstwhile "Star Trek" premiered, Nimoy would beryllium everlastingly linked pinch his Vulcan counterpart, and he chiefly did sound activity aft the show ended. He besides reunited pinch Shatner for an section of his show, "T.J. Hooker."

Nimoy is the only character from the original bid to look successful JJ Abrams' rebooted films: He appeared successful 2009's "Star Trek" and its 2013 sequel "Star Trek Into Darkness" arsenic an older type of Spock who was trapped successful an alternate universe. It meant he played the domiciled for almost 50 years.

In summation to acting, Nimoy was a photographer, signaling artist, author, and director. He directed 2 "Star Trek" movies ("The Search for Spock" and "The Journey Home"), and "Three Men and a Baby," which became the highest-grossing film of 1987.

Nimoy died successful 2015 astatine the property of 83 owed to chronic obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD).

Bones, arsenic he was affectionately called, was 1 of the oldest members of the crew, and frankincense sewage to beryllium a spot much obnoxious than the remainder of them. His predominant catchphrase, "I'm a doctor, not a ___," is 1 of the astir parodied lines of speech from the show.

Like his character, Kelley was older than the remainder of the cast, and he was a much established actor. Before the show, he had appeared successful Westerns and humanities films for illustration "Gunfight astatine the O.K. Corral," "Warlock," and "Raintree County" successful the '50s.

Kelley fundamentally retired from acting, too playing McCoy, aft the occurrence of "Star Trek." He appeared successful each six films starring the original cast, and he appeared successful an section of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" arsenic McCoy, arsenic well.

While he wasn't overmuch of a sci-fi fan, Kelley was proud of his "Star Trek" legacy. When asked what he thought his bequest would be, he explained that his characteristic inspired group to participate the aesculapian field.

He told The Houston Chronicle successful 1998, "These group [fans] are doctors now, each kinds of doctors who prevention lives. That's thing that very fewer group tin opportunity they've done. I'm proud to opportunity that I have.''

He died successful 1999 astatine the property of 79 owed to tummy cancer.

Barrett was primitively formed successful the first type of "Star Trek" arsenic Pike's first officer, but erstwhile that section was scratched, truthful was her character. However, owed to her romanticist narration pinch "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry (whom she later married), she was brought backmost arsenic Nurse Chapel, a divisive character.

Before the show, Barrett had various spot parts successful '50s and '60s shows, but her large break was "Star Trek," successful which she stayed progressive for the remainder of her life.

Barrett reprised her domiciled arsenic Chapel successful "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home."

She besides appeared successful "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" arsenic Lwaxana Troi, the mother of Deanna Troi, a main characteristic successful "Next Generation." Her different engagement successful the bid was the sound of the machine successful galore of the different "Star Trek" films: "Generations," "First Contact," "Nemesis," and 2009's reboot.

Her engagement pinch each "Star Trek" bid led fans to telephone her the first woman of "Star Trek."

She died successful 2008 astatine the property of 76 owed to leukemia. 

Contrary to celebrated belief, the building "Beam maine up, Scotty" is ne'er really uttered successful the original bid — and the man connected the different extremity of that command, Scotty, was played by Doohan, who was Canadian successful existent life, not Scottish.

Before "Star Trek," Doohan served successful the Canadian subject and was moreover connected the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. He was a aviator arsenic well.

After the war, he began acting and became a successful power actor. Like his costars, he besides appeared successful an section of "The Twilight Zone," and different celebrated procedurals. 

In the animated series, Doohan proved indispensable, acknowledgment to his talent for sound acting and accents. He voiced complete 50 characters during the show's run.

Doohan didn't find overmuch occurrence extracurricular of the world of "Star Trek," and frankincense embraced his domiciled arsenic Scotty. He appeared successful the movie "Generations" arsenic good arsenic an section of "The Next Generation." 

However, his effect connected the section of engineering cannot beryllium overstated. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Milwaukee School of Engineering "after half the students location said that Scotty had inspired them to return up the subject," according to the BBC.

Doohan suffered from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, and he retired from nationalist life successful 2004. He died the pursuing year, astatine 85, owed to complications from pneumonia.

Rand appeared successful 8 episodes of the show's first 15-episode play arsenic a clerical and administrative worker aboard the ship, earlier Whitney was released from her contract.

At the time, the communicative was that the show didn't person capable money to support everyone, but years later successful her autobiography, Rand accused an unnamed executive producer, whom she called "The Executive," of sexually assaulting her.

"I tried to do what he wanted maine to, truthful I could get it complete with. I knew, heavy down inside, that I was vanished connected 'Star Trek.' At that moment, however, I didn't attraction astir that. Nothing other mattered — not my tarnished virtue, not my career, not my domiciled connected 'Star Trek.' The only point that mattered was getting retired of that room alive," she wrote.

After getting written disconnected the show, Whitney struggled pinch her profession and alcoholism. She credited costar Leonard Nimoy pinch helping her get backmost connected her feet and progressive pinch "Star Trek" erstwhile again. She reprised her domiciled successful 4 of the original "Star Trek" films and successful an section of "Star Trek: Voyager" alongside George Takei.

She died successful 2015 owed to earthy causes astatine the property of 85.

Gabbi Shaw is simply a newsman connected Business Insider's editorial partnerships team. She covers entertainment, travel, food, and manner for Business Insider, and Insider Inc.'s partners, including MSN, Apple News, and Yahoo.She graduated from Tulane University successful 2017 pinch a grade successful nationalist wellness and now lives successful New York City. She tin beryllium reached connected X aliases LinkedIn.Please nonstop each inquiries, comments, aliases tips to [email protected].Selected stories:

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