Born in the West End of Boston on March 26, 1931, Leonard Simon Nimoy was the son of Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine. Nimoy's father Max escaped from Ukraine by walking over the border into Poland.
Born: March 26, 1931, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Nimoy, the second son of Jewish immigrants from Izyaslav, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine), grew up in a tenement in Boston's West End neighbourhood. As a child, he began acting in community theatre productions.
Born in Boston on March 26, 1931, Leonard Simon Nimoy was the second son of Max and Dora Nimoy, Ukrainian immigrants and Orthodox Jews. His father worked as a barber. From the age of 8, Leonard acted in local productions, winning parts at a community college, where he performed through his high school years.
Spock's mixed human–Vulcan heritage serves as an important plot element in many of the character's appearances. Along with Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy (DeForest Kelley), he is one of the three central characters in the original Star Trek series and its films.
Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants.
He was born in Boston, but his parents came from a village in what is now Ukraine, where his father worked as a barber. “My first language was English,” Nimoy told the interviewer in Yiddish, “but I needed to speak Yiddish with my grandparents.”
Uhura's first name was not used in Star Trek canon until Abrams's 2009 film. The mystery regarding Uhura's first name is the subject of a running joke in the film, as Captain Kirk repeatedly tries to find out what it is, before finally hearing Spock call her "Nyota" in a moment of intimacy.
LLAP' – Leonard Nimoy. The beloved Star Trek actor delivered this final thought to the Twittersphere a few days before his death in 2015. 'LLAP' is shorthand for 'Live long and prosper', the classic catchphrase of Nimoy's TV alter-ego, Spock.
Leonard Nimoy appeared as a guest star on numerous TV series before landing the role of Spock on "Star Trek." Here, he describes a role as an Indian on the Western series "Gunsmoke."
Leonard Nimoy, known for his role as Spock, did play the piano in the Star Trek episode "Requiem for Methuselah." Join our Quora Space on Celebrities and Their Musical Talents to explore instances of actors showcasing their musical abilities.
His mother was an American from Washington, D.C., with Breton French and Ukrainian Jewish ancestry, while his father was an Italian immigrant from Gioia del Colle who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. His younger brother is actor and musician Frank Stallone.
Though the details of Nimoy's will remained private after his death, it is thought that his two children from his first marriage, Adam and Julie, will have benefitted from his estate. His second wife Susan Bay is also thought to have inherited some of Nimoy's fortune, after his ex-wife passed away before him in 2011.
Spock, said Nimoy, was a “wandering Jew.” He explained that “I knew what it meant to be part of a minority, in some cases an outcast minority.” The only place where the half-Vulcan could feel accepted, he said, was the starship, because it was a “meritocracy.
Spock's Vulcan physiology makes him many times stronger than a human while Khan was enhanced with superior physical abilities. Khan's boosted intellect is also comparable to Spock's Vulcan intelligence.
A quick note: I know Spock isn't literally neurodivergent in the episode. However, many viewers with autism and other forms of neurodivergence identify with him, given his different way of feeling and expressing emotions, his inquisitive demeanor, and his struggles to fit in with all the non-Vulcans around him.
A small number of people are capable of conversing in Klingon. Because its vocabulary is heavily centered on Star Trek-Klingon concepts such as spacecraft or warfare, it can be hard for everyday use because of the lack of words for a casual conversation.
Because his hair was too short, had to wear a wig in his first appearance on Star Trek (1966). Walter Koenig and his wife Judy Levitt appear together in the Babylon 5 (1993) episode "A Race Through Dark Places" which aired in 1995.
“Spock's full name is S'chn T'gai Spock. From memory-beta: Spock's full name was revealed in TOS novel: Ishmael. In TOS episode: "This Side of Paradise", Spock said that his full name was unpronounceable to Humans.”
Shatner reportedly started going bald at age 9, and by the time he'd been cast as Kirk in the original Star Trek series, he was regularly wearing toupees or "the merkins of the head," as nobody calls them.
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.
Leonard Nimoy was an #actor, #director, #writer & a singer. But he will always be remembered most as Mr Spock on #StarTrek on both TV and films. He was 83 when he died. His cremated ashes are buried in LA by a brook with a rock headstone.
Leonard Nimoy, who died on Friday at 83, was known the world over as Spock, the Vulcan logician and cool counterpoint to William Shatner's hotheaded Captain Kirk on “Star Trek.” Mr. Nimoy, a classically trained actor, had a complicated relationship with his most famous creation, at least in the early days.
