Leonard Nimoy Biography
Before his success in Star Trek, Nimoy had acted in more than fifty movies or television shows. He appeared as "Sonarman" in two episodes of the 1957-1958 syndicated military drama, The Silent Service, based on actual events of the submarine section of the United States Navy. Although most of these appearances were on television, Nimoy also guest starred in The Balcony, an adaptation of a play by Jean Genet. Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, Nimoy immediately joined the cast of the spy series Mission: Impossible, which was seeking a replacement for Martin Landau. Nimoy was cast as an IMF agent who was an ex-magician/ make-up expert, "The Great Paris." He played the role from 1969 to 1971, on the fourth and fifth seasons of the show. (As noted by Patrick White in The Complete Mission: Impossible Dossier, Landau had been an early choice to play Spock.) It was during the run of the show that Nimoy fell ill with a stomach ulcer.

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Mister Spock

Star Trek 2009 is the eleventh Star Trek film and features the main characters of the original Star Trek series, who are portrayed by a new cast. It explores the back stories of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), before they unite aboard the USS Enterprise to combat Nero (Eric Bana), a Romulan from the future who threatens the United Federation of Planets. This movie will also feature Leonard Nimoy again as Spock although he will be playing a much older Spock.