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Name: Leonard Nimoy
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Date of Birth:
March 26, 1931
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Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mini-bio:
Raised in a Boston tenement, acting in community theaters since age eight, Leonard
Nimoy didn't make his Hollywood debut he was 20, a bit part in Queen for a Day
(1951) and another as a ballplayer i
...( read more)n the perennial Rhubarb (1951). After two years
in army he was still getting small, often uncredited parts - an army telex operator
in Them! (1954), for example - but 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 of "Star Trek" (1966) one of TV'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: The Voyage
Home (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 TV series "In Search
of..." (1976) and "Ancient Mysteries" (1996), authored several volumes of poetry
and guest-starred on two episodes of "The Simpsons" (1989). He recently played
Mustafa Mond in NBC's telling of Brave New World (1998) (TV).