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| children = | website = }} Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, film director, photographer, author, singer, and songwriter. He was known for his role as Mr. Spock of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, a character he portrayed in television and film from a pilot episode shot in late 1964 to his final film performance released in 2013.〔 Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role in ''Kid Monk Baroni''. Foreshadowing his fame as a semi-alien, he played Narab, one of three Martian invaders in the 1952 movie serial ''Zombies of the Stratosphere''. In December 1964, he made his first appearance in the rejected ''Star Trek'' pilot "The Cage", and went on to play the character of Spock until the end of the production run in early 1969, followed by eight feature films and guest slots in the various spin-off series. The character has had a significant cultural impact and garnered Nimoy three Emmy Award nominations; ''TV Guide'' named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters. After the original ''Star Trek'' series, Nimoy starred in ''Mission: Impossible'' for two seasons, hosted the documentary series ''In Search of...'', narrated ''Civilization IV'', and made several well-received stage appearances. He also had a recurring role in the science fiction series ''Fringe''. Nimoy's profile as Spock was such that both of his autobiographies, ''I Am Not Spock'' (1975) and ''I Am Spock'' (1995), were written from the viewpoint of sharing his existence with the character.〔Nimoy (1975), pp. 1–6〕〔Nimoy (1995), pp. 2–17〕 On June 2, 2015, an asteroid, discovered in 1988, was named 4864 Nimoy in his honor.〔("Leonard Nimoy, Honored: Asteroid 4864 Nimoy Named After Actor Who Played ‘Star Trek’s’ Spock" ), ''Inquisitr'', June 6, 2015〕 == Early life == Leonard Simon Nimoy was born on March 26, 1931 in the West End of Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine. His parents left Iziaslav separately—his father first walking over the border into Poland—and reunited in the United States. His mother, Dora (née Spinner), was a homemaker, and his father, Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of Boston. He had an elder brother, Melvin. Nimoy began acting at the age of 8 in a children's and neighborhood theater.〔 His parents wanted him to attend college and pursue a stable career, or even learn to play the accordion—with which, his father advised, Nimoy could always make a living—but his grandfather encouraged him to become an actor. His first major role was at 17, as Ralphie in an amateur production of Clifford Odets' ''Awake and Sing!,''〔 which dealt with the struggles of a matriarchal Jewish family similar to his during the Great Depression. "Playing this teenage kid in this Jewish family that was so much like mine was amazing," he said. "The same dynamics, the same tensions in the household."〔Pogrebin, Abigail. ''Stars of David'', Broadway Books (2005) p. 197〕 The role "lit a passion" that led him to pursue an acting career. "I never wanted to do anything else." Nimoy took drama classes at Boston College and, after saving $600 from selling vacuum cleaners, at the Pasadena Playhouse,〔 Adapted from ''Legends of Boston College'' (2004); Boston, MA: New Legends Press. ISBN 978-0-975-55070-0. .〕 where he became a devotee of Konstantin Stanislavsky's Method acting concepts. Nimoy said that the stage allowed him to explore the "psychological, emotional, and physical territories of life that can't be done anywhere else," which he said led him into acting.〔 He took method actor Marlon Brando as a role model, and like him, wore jeans and T-shirt. Between studies, to have some income, he took a job at an ice cream parlor on the Sunset Strip.〔 In 1953, Nimoy enlisted in the United States Army Reserve at Fort McPherson Georgia, serving for 18 months until 1955, leaving as a sergeant. Part of Nimoy's time in the military was spent with the Army Special Services, putting on shows which he wrote, narrated, and emceed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Military.com )〕〔("Nimoy, Leonard, SSG" ). Army: Together We Served. Retrieved February 28, 2015.〕〔Curthoys, Kathleen (February 27, 2015). ("Leonard Nimoy, a former soldier, dies at 83" ). ''Army Times''.〕 During that period, he also directed and starred in ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', with the Atlanta Theater Guild.〔 After two years of part-time study, in 1977 Nimoy earned a MA in Education from Antioch College.. He received an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio, awarded for activism in Holocaust remembrance, the arts, and the environment, and an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Boston University. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard Nimoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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