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Leonard Nimoy

Nimoy signing autographs at a Star Trek convention, c. 1980
Born Leonard Simon Nimoy
March 26, 1931 (1931-03-26) (age 77)
Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation Television, film actor, film director
Years active 1951 – present
Spouse(s) Sandra Zober (1954-1987)
Susan Bay (1988-present)

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Early life

Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants from Russia. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending [1][2] His mother, Dora (née Spinner), was a homemaker, and his father, Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop. [3][4] Nimoy began acting at the age of 8 but his first major role was Ralphie in Clifford Odets's "Awake and Sing," at 17. [5] He studied photography at UCLA, but never completed his degree. The University of California Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Westwood Los Angeles, California, United He graduated from Boston College in 1953 and has an MA in education and an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. A Master of Arts ( Latin: Magister Artium) is a Postgraduate academic Master's degree awarded by universities in a large Antioch University is a six-campus American university with campuses in four states He received his high school education at Boston Latin School. The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts, making it the Nimoy spent much of his early career doing small parts in B-movies, TV shows such as Dragnet, and serials such as Republic Pictures' Zombies of the Stratosphere in 1952. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Dragnet, aka LA Dragnet (new title in USA is a long-running radio and television Police procedural drama about the cases of a dedicated Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were Short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a Feature Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution Zombies of the Stratosphere ( Republic Studios, 1952) was intended as the second serial featuring "new hero" Commando Cody He fondly recalls playing in pinochle tournaments and selling his body for medical experiments to pay for tap dance lessons. Pinochle (sometimes Pinocle, or Penuchle) is a Trick-taking game typically for two three or four players and played with a 48 card deck In 1961 he had a minor role in The Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy". The Twilight Zone is an American Television series created by Rod Serling. "A Quality of Mercy" is an episode of the American Television anthology series The Twilight Zone. His Bostonian upbringing can be heard in his pronunciation, for example his pronunciation of the word "rather" in Star Trek episodes. The Boston accent is found not only in the city of Boston Massachusetts itself but also much of eastern Massachusetts

Nimoy served in the U.S. Army Reserve, receiving final discharge in November 1955 as a Sergeant. The United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most militaries police forces and other uniformed organizations around the world According to the National Archives and Records Administration, Nimoy's U. The United States National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government charged S. Army service record was destroyed in the 1973 National Archives Fire. The 1973 National Archives Fire, a severe blow to the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States, was a disastrous fire that occurred at the

Career

Stage and screen

The handprints of Leonard Nimoy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.
The handprints of Leonard Nimoy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. The Great Movie Ride is an attraction at Walt Disney World 's Disney's Hollywood Studios Theme park. Walt Disney World Resort is the most visited and largest recreational resort in the world containing four Theme parks two Water parks twenty-three themed hotels Disney's Hollywood Studios is a Theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort.

Nimoy's most famous role is the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock from Star Trek, The Original Series, which ran from 1966 to 1969. Vulcans are a Humanoid species in the fictional Star Trek universe who hail from the planet Vulcan, and are noted for their attempt Spock (sometimes referred to as Mr Spock) is a main character in the original Star Trek TV series Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through He earned three Emmy nominations for playing this character.

As a foretaste of what was to come, Nimoy and William Shatner (who would go on to play Spock's commanding officer, Captain James T. Kirk) found themselves on the opposite side of the Iron Curtain in the 1964 episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Project Strigas Affair". William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian double Emmy - Golden Globe - and Saturn Award -winning The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end The Man from UNCLE is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January With his saturnine looks, Nimoy was predictably the villain, with Shatner playing a reluctant U. N. C. L. E. recruit. Nimoy went on to reprise Spock's character in a voice-over role in Star Trek: The Animated Series, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in six Star Trek motion pictures featuring the original cast. Star Trek The Animated Series (also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry 's Star Trek) is an Emmy Award winning Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry He will perform an older Spock in the upcoming Star Trek movie directed by J.J. Abrams. Star Trek is a Science fiction film directed by J J Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Jeffrey Jacob "JJ" Abrams (born in 1966 is an American Emmy Award -winning film and Television producer, writer actor composer director

Before his success in Star Trek, Nimoy had acted in more than 50 movies or television shows. Although most of these were popular TV shows, he also appeared in The Balcony, an adaptation of a play by Jean Genet. The Balcony is a French play ( Le Balcon) by Jean Genet that was first produced in 1956 Jean Genet (ʒɑ̃ ʒəˈnɛ in French ( –) was a prominent controversial French writer and later political activist. Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, Nimoy immediately joined the cast of the spy series Mission: Impossible, which was seeking a replacement for Martin Landau. Mission Impossible (often referred to as Mission Impossible The Original Series) is an American Television series that chronicles Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an Academy Award -winning American Film and television Actor. Nimoy was cast as an IMF agent who was an ex-magician/ make-up expert, "The Great Paris. " He played the role from 1969 to 1971, on the fourth and fifth seasons of the show. (As noted by Patrick White in The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, Landau had been an early choice to play Spock. ) It was during the run of the show that Nimoy fell ill with a stomach ulcer. A peptic ulcer, also known as PUD or peptic ulcer disease, is an Ulcer (defined as mucosal erosions equal to or greater than 0

He co-starred with Yul Brynner and Richard Crenna in the Western movie Catlow (1971). Yul Brynner (July 11 1920 – October 10 1985 was a Russian born Actor of stage and film, perhaps best known for his portrayal of the Richard Donald Crenna ( November 30, 1926 – January 17, 2003) was an American Film, Television and The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Catlow is a 1971 Western movie based on a 1969 Western novel written by Louis L'Amour. Nimoy also appeared in various made for television films in this period, such as Assault On The Wayne (1970), Baffled (1972), The Alpha Caper (1973), The Missing Are Deadly (1974), Seizure: The Story Of Kathy Morris (1980), Marco Polo (1982) and he received an Emmy award nomination for best supporting actor for the TV film A Woman Called Golda (1982). A Woman Called Golda is a 1982 Made-for-television film Biopic of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. Nimoy also appeared in two popular television series, 1972 episode of Night Gallery called "She'll Be Company for You", and in 1973 on an episode of Columbo called "A Stitch In Crime". Night Gallery is Rod Serling 's follow-up series to The Twilight Zone that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973 He played a murderous doctor and was one of the few criminals at whom Columbo ever really became angry. In the late 1970s, he hosted and narrated the television series In Search of..., which investigated paranormal or unexplained events or subjects. In Search of. is a TV documentary series that was broadcast weekly from 1976 to 1982 Paranormal is an Umbrella term used to describe unusual Phenomena or experiences that lack an obvious Scientific explanation He also has a memorable character part as a mad scientist-type New Age psychologist in Philip Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers. New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature Mental health professional A psychologist is a practitioner of Psychology, the systematic investigation of the mind including Behavior, Cognition, Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American Film director and Screenwriter from Chicago Illinois. Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a 1978 Science fiction film based on the novel The Body Snatchers by Jack Finney. It was during this time that Nimoy won acclaim for a series of stage roles as well. He has appeared in such plays as Vincent, Fiddler On The Roof, The Man in the Glass Booth, Oliver!, Six Rms Riv Vu, Full Circle, Camelot, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The King And I, Caligula, The Four Poster, Twelfth Night, Sherlock Holmes, Equus and My Fair Lady. Surnames A Vincent Alex Vincent Angela Vincent, biologist Ava Vincent, porn star Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set The Man in the Glass Booth is a 1975 American Drama film directed by Arthur Hiller. Oliver! is a British musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner (book and lyrics and Frederic Loewe (music One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is a play that premiered in 1963, one year after Ken Kesey 's bestselling novel of the same name was published The King and I is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Caligula (performed 1945 written 1938 is a play by Albert Camus. Twelfth Night Or What You Will is a Comedy by William Shakespeare, based on the Short story "Of Apolonius and Silla" by Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Equus is a play by Peter Shaffer written in 1973 telling the story of a Psychiatrist who attempts to treat a young man who has a pathological religious/ My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner When a new Star Trek series was planned in the late 1970s, Nimoy was to be in only two out of every eleven episodes, but when the show was elevated to a feature film, he agreed to reprise his role.

After directing a few television show episodes, Nimoy broke into film directing in 1984 with the successful third installment of the Star Trek film series (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock). Star Trek III The Search for Spock ( Paramount Pictures, 1984) is the third feature Film based on the Star Trek Nimoy would go on to direct the most successful (critically and financially) film in the franchise to date, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and move beyond the Trek universe with Three Men and a Baby, the highest grossing film of 1987. Star Trek IV The Voyage Home ( Paramount Pictures, 1986) is the fourth feature Film based on the Star Trek Science fiction Three Men and a Baby is a 1987 Comedy film starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson. Nimoy also did occasional work as a voice actor in animated feature films including the character of Galvatron in Transformers: The Movie in 1986 and The Pagemaster in 1994. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Galvatron is the name of several fictional Transformers most often the recreated version of Megatron, the Decepticon Supreme Commander The Transformers The Movie is a 1986 animated feature film based on the animated series of the same name. The Pagemaster, a Live action / Animated film released by 20th Century Fox on November 23, 1994 is based on an illustrative

Literary works

Nimoy has written two autobiographies, the first one called I Am Not Spock (1977). An autobiography, from the Greek αὐτός autos "self" βίος bios "life" and γράφειν graphein "to write" I Am Not Spock is Leonard Nimoy 's first Autobiography. Published in 1977 between the end of Star Trek The Original Series The title of this book was controversial, as many fans incorrectly assumed that Nimoy was distancing himself from the Spock character; however, Nimoy's stated intention was merely to remind the public at large that Spock and Nimoy were not one and the same. A Book is a set or collection of written printed illustrated or blank sheets made of Paper, Parchment, or other material usually fastened together In the book, Nimoy conducts dialogues between himself and Spock.

His second autobiography was entitled I Am Spock (1995), and this title was meant to communicate that he finally realized that his years of portraying the Spock character had led to a much greater identification between the fictional character and the real person. I Am Spock is the second autobiography written by Leonard Nimoy. Over the years, Nimoy had much input into how Spock would act in certain situations, and, conversely, Nimoy's contemplation of how Spock acted gave him cause to think about things in a way that he never would have thought if he had not portrayed this character. As such, in this autobiography Nimoy maintains that in some meaningful sense, he really is now Spock, and Spock is he, while at the same time maintaining the distance between fact and fiction.

Nimoy has also written several volumes of poetry, some published along with a number of his photographs. A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an Image created by Light falling on a light-sensitive surface usually Photographic film or an electronic His latest effort is entitled A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life (2002). His poetry can be found in the Contemporary Poets index of The HyperTexts. [6] In the mid 1970s Nimoy wrote and starred in a one man play called Vincent based on the play Van Gogh by Phillip Stephens. Surnames A Vincent Alex Vincent Angela Vincent, biologist Ava Vincent, porn star

In 1995, Nimoy was involved in the production of Primortals, a comic book series published by Tekno Comix that involved a first contact situation with aliens that had arisen from discussion between him and Isaac Asimov. Primortals (or typecased PriMortals) was a Comic book series published by Tekno-Comix (later Big Entertainment from 1995 to 1997 Tekno Comix was an American publishing company that produced Comic books from 1995 to 1997 Isaac Asimov (c January 2 1920 &ndash April 6 1992 ˈaɪzək ˈæzɪmʌv originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as, was a Russian There was a novelization by Steve Perry. Steve Perry (born August 31, 1947) is an American television writer and Science fiction Author.

Music career

During and following Star Trek, Nimoy also released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records, including Trek-related songs and cover versions of popular tunes, notably, "Highly Illogical". Star Trek is a Science fiction Television series created by Gene Roddenberry that aired from September 8, 1966 through Dot Records was an American Record label and company that was active between 1950 and 1977. In Popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition ( Performance or Recording) of a previously recorded commercially released The albums were extremely popular and resulted in numerous live appearances and promotional record signings that attracted crowds of fans in the thousands. The early recordings were produced by Charles Grean, who may be best known as the composer of "Quentin's Theme" for the mid-sixties goth soap opera, Dark Shadows. Charles Randolph Grean ( October 1, 1913 &ndash December 20, 2003) was a producer and composer Dark Shadows is a Gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network from June 27, 1966 to These recordings are generally regarded as unintentionally camp, though his tongue-in-cheek performance of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" received a fair amount of airplay when Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were released. Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humor in which a statement or an entire fictional work is not meant to be taken seriously but its lack of seriousness is subtle " The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins " is a Song composed by Charles Randolph Grean and performed by Leonard Nimoy, telling the story of Bilbo Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001

In addition to his own music career he directed a 1985 music video for The Bangles' "Going Down to Liverpool". The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade He makes a brief cameo appearance in the video as their driver. This came about because his son Adam Nimoy (now a frequent television director) was a friend of Bangles lead singer Susanna Hoffs from college. Adam B Nimoy (born August 9, 1956 in Los Angeles California) is the son of actor Leonard Nimoy and his first wife actress Sandra Zober The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles through much of the decade Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American Vocalist, Guitarist and Actress best known as a member of

He released a version of country music legend Johnny Cash's song I Walk the Line. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Johnny Cash (born J R Cash; February 26 1932 - September 12 2003 was a Grammy Award -winning American country Singer-songwriter. For the 1964 album see I Walk the Line (album. For the 1970 soundtrack album see I Walk the Line (soundtrack album.

Nimoy appeared in Hearts of Space program number 142 - "Whales alive"

Current work

Starting in 1994, Nimoy began to narrate the Ancient Mysteries series on A&E including "The Sacred Water of Lourdes" and "The Last Days of the Romanovs". Hearts of Space is an American weekly syndicated Public radio show featuring music of a contemplative nature drawn largely from the ambient Ancient Mysteries is an A&E documentary Television series that was originally broadcast on A&E from 1994 until 1997. Lourdes ( Occitan: Lorda) is a town and commune situated in the southwest of the Hautes-Pyrénées department, lying in the first Pyrenean The House of Romanov (Рома́нов rʌˈmanəf was the second and last imperial Dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country from 1613 to 1917 He also appeared in advertising in the United Kingdom for the computer company Time Computers in the late 1990s. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Time UK is a Computer retailer set up by the people behind the failed Time Computer Systems. He had a central role in Brave New World (film), a 1998 TV-movie version of Aldous Huxley's novel where he played a character wonderfully reminiscent of Spock in his philosophical balancing of unpredictable human qualities with the need for control. Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 &ndash 22 November 1963 was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Nimoy has also appeared in several popular television series--including Futurama and The Simpsons--as both himself and Spock. Futurama is an Emmy Award -winning animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and

In 2003, he announced his retirement from acting in order to concentrate on his photography, such as his recent exhibit for nude pictures of BBW women and models, but has subsequently appeared in several popular television commercials with William Shatner for Priceline.com. " Big Beautiful Woman " (commonly abbreviated as BBW) is a Neologism most frequently used in the context of affirmation of or Sexual attraction A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced William Alan Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian double Emmy - Golden Globe - and Saturn Award -winning Pricelinecom ( is company that operates a commercial Website that helps users obtain Discount rates for Travel -related items such as Airline He also appeared in a commercial for Aleve, an arthritis pain medication, which aired during the 2006 Super Bowl. Naproxen ( INN) (nəˈprɒksən is a Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID commonly used for the reduction of moderate to severe Pain, Fever Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation plural arthritides is a group of conditions involving damage to the Joints of the body Super Bowl XL featured the American Football Conference (AFC champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC champion Seattle Nimoy also provided a comprehensive series of voiceovers for the 2005 computer game Civilization IV. A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather Sid Meier's Civilization IV ( Civilization 4 or Civ4) is a Turn-based strategy computer game released in He also did the TV series Next Wave where he interviewed people about technology. He is the host in the documentary film The Once and Future Griffith Observatory currently running in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater located at the recently reopened Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California. Griffith Observatory is located in Los Angeles California, United States. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In January 2007, he granted an interview to Fat free film where he discussed his early career and the benefits of being typecast. [7]

On July 26, 2007, it was revealed at Comic-Con that Nimoy would return to reprise his famous role as Spock one more time in the upcoming movie Star Trek, while Zachary Quinto will play his younger self. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Comic-Con International San Diego, commonly known as Comic-Con or the San Diego Comic-Con, is an annual multigenre Fan convention founded as the Golden Star Trek is a Science fiction film directed by J J Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American Television Actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on [8]

Personal life

Nimoy has long been active in the Jewish community, as a teen he was active in BBYO, the Jewish youth organization, and recently won their award for distinguished alumni. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The B'nai B'rith Youth Organization (BBYO is an independent Jewish youth group for teenagers in high school PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ He speaks and reads Yiddish. Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High One of his better-known roles was that of Tevye the milkman, in the musical Fiddler on the Roof, based on the series of short stories by Yiddish author Sholom Aleichem. Tevye the dairyman ( Yiddish טבֿיה דער מילכיקער Tevye der milkhiker) is the protagonist of several of Sholem Aleichem 's stories Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High Sholem Aleichem (שלום־עליכם Шолом-Алейхем &ndash May 13, 1916) was the Pen name of Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich the popular In 1997 he narrated the documentary A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc from the Hebrew: he '''''חסידות''''', Chassidus, meaning "piety" from the Hebrew In October 2002 Nimoy published The Shekhina Project, a photographic study exploring the feminine aspect of God's presence, inspired by Kabbalah (esoteric Jewish mysticism). God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. Kabbalah (קַבָּלָה lit "receiving" is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mystical aspect of Judaism. His photographs, which show nude women draped in tefillin (phylacteries), which are typically worn by Jewish males, aroused considerable controversy in the Jewish community. Tefillin, ( תפילין) also called phylacteries, are a pair of black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with biblical verses

Nimoy has been married twice. In 1954, he married actress Sandra Zober, whom he divorced in 1987. He had two children with her, director Adam Nimoy and Julie Nimoy, who both appear in an Oldsmobile commercial, with the famous tagline, "This is not your father's Oldmobile". Adam B Nimoy (born August 9, 1956 in Los Angeles California) is the son of actor Leonard Nimoy and his first wife actress Sandra Zober Oldsmobile was a brand of Automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. In 1988, he married actress Susan Bay.

Nimoy introduced the Vulcan nerve pinch in an early TOS episode ("The Enemy Within") where Spock was supposed to KO the evil Kirk in the Engineering room. As used in the fictional Star Trek universe the Vulcan nerve pinch is a technique used mainly by Vulcans to render another lifeform unconscious by pinching He suggested the "pinch" as a non-violent alternative. Nimoy also devised the Vulcan Salute - a raised hand, palm forward with the fingers parted between the middle and ring finger - based on the traditional kohanic blessing, which is performed with both hands, thumb to thumb in this position: a position thought to represent the Hebrew letter shin (ש). The Vulcan salute is a Hand gesture consisting of a raised hand palm forward with the Fingers parted between the middle and Ring A kohen (or cohen, Hebrew כּהן "priest" pl כּהנִים kohanim or cohanim) has a separate status in Judaism. The Hebrew alphabet (אָלֶף-בֵּית עִבְרִי alephbet ’ivri) consists of 22 letters used for writing the Hebrew language. (This letter is often used as a symbol of God in Judaism, as it is an abbreviation for one of God's names, Shaddai. Shaddai was a late Bronze age Amorite city on the banks of the Euphrates river in northern Syria, as well as the name or a signifying Epithet This usage is seen, for example, on every mezuzah. A mezuzah (מזוזה "doorpost" (plural mezuzot (מזוזות is a piece of Parchment (usually contained in a decorative case ) Nimoy says he derived the accompanying spoken blessing, "Live long and prosper" from this source, as the last phrase of the blessing is "May the Lord be forbearing unto you and give you peace" (Numbers 6:24-26). The Vulcan salute is a Hand gesture consisting of a raised hand palm forward with the Fingers parted between the middle and Ring [9] Nimoy was asked to read the verses as part of his narration for Civilization IV.

A political liberal, Nimoy recently contributed the maximum $2300 to 2008 US presidential candidate Barack Obama. Liberalism in the United States is a broad political and philosophical mindset favoring individual Liberty, and opposing restrictions on liberty whether they come from [10]

Filmography

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Discography

See also: Leonard Nimoy discography (includes compilations and re-issues)

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References

  1. ^ Leonard Nimoy - a paladin for the plump / Ex-actor's images sing out in praise of naked plus-size body
  2. ^ http://www.adherents.com/people/pn/Leonard_Nimoy.html Sfgate: Leonard Nimoy -- a paladin for the plump]
  3. ^ Leonard Nimoy Biography (1931-)
  4. ^ Leonard Nimoy Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  5. ^ From 'Spock': The beauty of big women - International Herald Tribune
  6. ^ http://www.thehypertexts.com The HyperTexts
  7. ^ Leonard Nimoy interviewed on the Independent Film Podcast - Fat Free Film
  8. ^ Pascale, Anthony (2007-07-26). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Abrams Confirms Zachary Quinto and Leonard Nimoy. Trekmovie. com.
  9. ^ YouTube - Leonard Nimoy: The Origin of Spock's Greeting
  10. ^ Newsmeat: Leonard Nimoy's Campaign Contributions. http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Leonard_Nimoy.php

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Preceded by
Frank Welker
1984-1986
Original Series and Animated Movie		 Voice of Megatron/Galvatron
1986
Animated Movie		 Succeeded by
Frank Welker
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