History Creator / LeonardNimoy

* The villain's put-upon secretary in ''TheManFromUNCLE'' episode "The Project Strigas Experiment." The episode also featured William Shatner, two years before ''Star Trek'', though they don't have any scenes together.

** Judaism almost certainly helped the reconciliation between Nimoy and WilliamShatner: Shatner was raised a Conservative Jew, and credits Nimoy--whose Modern Orthodoxy isn't too far away from Conservative Judaism--with helping him get back in touch with his Jewish roots.

* ''MyFairLady''

* Voiced himself on two episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': season four's "Marge vs. The Monorail" and season eight's "The Springfield Files" (a.k.a "the {{Crossover}} episode with Mulder and Scully from ''Series/{{The X-Files}}''")

'''Leonard Nimoy''' is the actor who is best known for playing [[TheSpock Spock]] on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. He was so much remembered for this role, and little else, that he went on to write an autobiography called ''IAmNotSpock'', a reference to the fact that he didn't like being typecast and taken less seriously as an actor. The title led to a lot of confusion by fans, who assumed he resented Spock as a role, obliging him to write a ''second'' book entitled ''[[IAmNotLeonardNimoy I Am Spock]]''.

* TheAlcoholic - Used to be
* BecomingTheMask - [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in his autobiographies, ''I Am Not [[TheSpock Spock]]'' and ''I Am [[Franchise/StarTrek Spock]]''.
* CoolOldGuy - Especially in the Bruno Mars' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dULOjT9GYdQ Lazy Song]] video.
* FascinatingEyebrow - Hail to the Master.
* GutturalGrowler - Particularly in his more recent villainous roles, his voice has a unique and impressive quality, rumbling and growling like he's older than the Earth itself.
* HollywoodNewEngland - Born and raised in Boston, his accent sneaks in from time to time.
* IAmNotSpock - Later he wrote a follow-up book ''I Am Spock''...
** IAmNotLeonardNimoy - ... which helps him become a TropeNamer.
* UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}} - Nimoy considers himself to be Modern Orthodox.

* YiddishAsASecondLanguage - Literally and justified. He grew up in a Yiddish-speaking household (his parents were Jewish immigrants from Ukraine).

* TheMentor[=/=]IntergenerationalFriendship - To ZacharyQuinto.

* BecomingTheMask - [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in his autobiographies, ''I Am Not [[TheSpock Spock]]'' and ''I Am [[StarTrek Spock]]''.

* TheMentor - To ZacharyQuinto.

Leonard Nimoy is the actor who is best known for playing [[TheSpock Spock]] on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''. He was so much remembered for this role, and little else, that he went on to write an autobiography called ''IAmNotSpock'', a reference to the fact that he didn't like being typecast and taken less seriously as an actor. The title led to a lot of confusion by fans, who assumed he resented Spock as a role, obliging him to write a ''second'' book entitled ''[[IAmNotLeonardNimoy I Am Spock]]''.

* IAmNotSpock - Later he wrote a follow-up book ''IAmSpock''.

*** When he was brought in to do the voiceover work for ''{{Civilization}} IV'', the technology "Priesthood" [[GeniusBonus had the Jewish Priestly Blessing as its quote]]. One can only imagine that Nimoy laughed heartily when he saw this.

** In fact, he based the Vulcan 'Live Long and Prosper' salute on the hand gesture ''Kohanim''[[note]]Members of the ancient Jewish priestly class, claiming descent from Aaron[[/note]] use when delivering the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_Blessing Priestly Blessing]].

* Hosted ''Standby: Lights, Camera, Action!'', a [[TheEighties 1980s]] {{Nickelodeon}} series documenting the making of movies.

* ''Film/{{Deathwatch}}'' (1966)

Beginning with ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', he started up a low key directing career that included ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' and ''Three Men And A Baby''. As well, his distinctive voice has lead to several roles in animation and video games.

** In fact, he based the Vulcan 'Live Long and Prosper' salute on a hand gesture he had seen a rabbi make as part of a blessing.

* He was also the narrator on ''In Search Of'', a paranormal documentary series that came on between 1976 and 1982. Was parodied on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' during its eighth season (on the episode hosted by Ron Howard) with Joe Piscopo as Nimoy.

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