who is the actor who plays captain kirk
Chris Pine In 2011, Pine sat down with the actor who originated the role of Captain Kirk more than forty years earlier, William Shatner, for the feature length documentary The Captains, which Shatner wrote and directed. The film sees Shatner interview Pine about his career and how it felt to take the role of Kirk for the 2009 movie. Their interview features a scene where the pair arm wrestles; pictures of this incident "went viral" leading to Internet headlines such as "Kirk v. Kirk" and others.[32]
Mark Lenard Mark Lenard (October 15, 1924 â€“ November 22, 1996) was an American actor, primarily in television. His most famous roles were with the science fiction Star Trek franchise, in which he portrayed two separate characters with the most popular being Spock's father, Sarek in both the original and animated series. He also played a Klingon in Star Trek The Motion Picture and then later played Sarek in three of the six movies featuring the original cast and finally in Star Trek:The Next Generation in two episodes.