LEONARD NIMOY (The King of Atlantis) was born in Boston and worked in local theatre before moving west to join the Pasadena Playhouse troupe. He made his motion picture debut in 1951's "Queen For a Day" and has appeared in more than 100 television programs and stage productions, including the Broadway productions of "Equus" and "Full Circle." Other stage appearances include tours of "Oliver!," "Fiddler On the Roof" and "Sherlock Holmes."
He achieved great fame in the 1960s for his role as Mr. Spock in the "Star Trek" television series, for which he would receive three Emmy nominations. He reprised the role in six "Star Trek" motion pictures, and took the director's chair for two films in the series: "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." Nimoy also co-authored the stories for "Star Trek IV" and "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country."
Nimoy was also a regular for two years on "Mission: Impossible" and appeared in the miniseries "Marco Polo." In 1982, he received his fourth Emmy nomination for his performance in the telefilm "A Woman Called Golda" opposite Ingrid Bergman and Judy Davis. In addition, he hosted the syndicated series "In Search Of..." and the children's show "Standby...Lights! Camera! Action!"
Nimoy began his directing career with television series episodes of "T.J. Hooker," "The Powers of Matthew Star" and "Rod Serling's Night Gallery." In addition to several episodes of television and two "Star Trek" films, Nimoy has directed the feature films "Funny About Love," "The Good Mother," "Three Men and a Baby," and "Holy Matrimony." In 1996, he made his Broadway directing debut with "The Apple Doesn't Fall." He also wrote, directed and starred in the one-man show "Vincent: The Story of a Hero," with which he toured 35 cities and videotaped for A&E and Paramount Home Video.
For Walt Disney World, Mr. Nimoy directed a film attraction called "Body Wars," a visual journey through the human body. He is the author of six books of poetry and has recorded five musical and five narrative record albums. In 1996, he and fellow "Trek" alumnus John de Lancie founded Alien Voices, a multimedia company dedicated to creating audio versions of classic science fiction stories.