History Creator / LeonardNimoy

* IntergenerationalFriendship: His "Prime" Spock had this kind of relationship with Creator/ZacharyQuinto's Spock. This crossed to some extent to real life, too; the latter was approved by Nimoy himself to be the successor to the role of Spock.

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->''[[https://twitter.com/therealnimoy/status/569762773204217857 "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"]]''
-->-- '''Leonard Nimoy's final tweet'''

He also recorded several albums in the late 1960s. Surprisingly, he isn't as bad as you would think--or at least, not as campy as Creator/WilliamShatner; he was a decent baritone who generally stuck to ballads or FolkMusic material, though he also did his fair share of Shatner-esque recitations. Nimoy appeared on many of the ''Golden Throats'' collections issued by Creator/RhinoRecords. The earlier albums are especially great for a laugh, especially when he actually ''was'' portraying Spock. He's also fairly well-known for his {{Camp}} classic FilkSong "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" (from his second album), a jaunty re-telling of Tolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit''.

He also recorded several albums in the late 1960s. Surprisingly, he isn't as bad as you would think--or at least, not as campy as Creator/WilliamShatner; he was a decent baritone who generally stuck to ballads or FolkMusic material, though he also did his fair share of Shatner-esque recitations. Nimoy appeared on many of the ''Golden Throats'' collections issued by Rhino. The earlier albums are especially great for a laugh, especially when he actually ''was'' portraying Spock. He's also fairly well-known for his {{Camp}} classic FilkSong "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" (from his second album), a jaunty re-telling of Tolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit''.

He also recorded several albums in the late 1960s. Surprisingly, he isn't as bad as you would think -- or at least, not as campy as Creator/WilliamShatner. Nimoy appeared on many of the ''Golden Throats'' collections issued by Rhino. The earlier albums are especially great for a laugh, especially when he actually ''was'' portraying Spock. He's also fairly well-known for his [[CampStraight campy]] song "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins," which is a jaunty re-telling of Tolkien's ''Literature/TheHobbit''.

* Made a FilkSong of ''Literature/TheHobbit'' titled [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGF5ROpjRAU "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins"]].

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 -- February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director who is best known for playing Mr. 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]]''.

* Master Xehanort in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'', specifically in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' and ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance''.

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* ''Vincent''

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

-->-- '''Leonard Nimoy's [[FamousLastWords final tweet]]'''

* HollywoodNewEngland: Born and raised in Boston, his accent sneaked in from time to time.
** This was portrayed in the [[https://www.youtube.com/embed/MHK2-BVfUzs introduction of the Mugar Omni Theater at the Boston Museum of Science.]]

Beginning with ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', Nimoy started up a low key directing career that included ''Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome'' and ''Three Men and a Baby''. As detailed below, he had a distinguished stage career in both modern and classical plays. As well, his distinctive voice led to several roles in animation and video games.

* ''Disney/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' (2001): as King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)

!!Tropes associated with his work include:

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Nimoy imbued Spock with this by basing the Vulcan salute and its accompanying greetings "Live long and prosper" and "Peace and long life" on the hand gesture ''Kohanim''[[note]]Members of the ancient Jewish priestly class, descended from Aaron[[/note]] used when delivering the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestly_Blessing Priestly Blessing.]]

->''"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"''

* VillainOfTheWeek, Doctor Barry Mayfield, in ''Series/{{Columbo}}: "A Stitch in Crime"'' (1973).

In memory of his father, his son, Adam Nimoy, produced a documentary about his father, ''For the Love of Spock'', which was released in 2016. Adam would later marry [[ItRunsInTheFamily fellow Trek alum]] Creator/TerryFarrell on March 26th, 2018, what would have been [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming his father's 87th birthday.]]

In memory of his father, his son, Adam Nimoy, produced a documentary about his father, ''For the Love of Spock'', which was released in 2016. Adam would later marry [[ItRunsInTheFamily fellow Trek alum]] Creator/TerryFarrell on March 26th, 2018, what would have been [[SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming his father's 86th birthday.]]

* BigBeautifulWoman: He did a series of photographs [[http://www.rmichelson.com/artist_pages/nimoy/pages/MaxBeaut.htm featuring a group of burlesque dancers called "The Fat Bottom Revue" nude.]]

In memory of his father, his son, Adam Nimoy, produced a documentary about his father, ''For the Love of Spock'', which was released in 2016.

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 led to several roles in animation and video games.

Leonard Simon Nimoy (March 26, 1931 -- February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director who is best known for playing Commander 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]]''.

* Spock (of course) in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline''.
* Spock in the Star Trek section of ''Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff'', released the month after he died.