His hobbies: horses, horseback riding, and playing tennis.
His old house on Bag Ave., in Laval, Quebec was bought by a millionaire.
His version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was voted as the worst massacre of a The Beatles song ever in May 2003.
In 2001, he married Elizabeth Shatner (Elizabeth Anderson Martin), 30 years his junior. She is a horse trainer who had lost her husband to cancer in 1997. Their grief (Shatner was a widower) and their love of horses drew them together. They reside in Southern California and in Kentucky.
In his early performing days, Shatner was once required to play the piano in a scene (with music supplied off-camera), then pull a weapon from a drawer to kill another actor. First the piano cue went badly, then the only "weapon" available turned out to be a corkscrew. Shatner carried on, and in his own words, "I screwed him to death!"
In the June 17, 2009 episode of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (2009) it was revealed he cannot perform the Vulcan salute ('live long and prosper') hand gesture.
Is an expert equestrian (horse rider), which was put to good use in Star Trek: Generations (1994). Co-star Patrick Stewart, despite his classical background, had very little experience with horses, so Shatner helped teach him. One of Shatner's tips was to wear pantyhose under his pants, to reduce chafing.
Lt. Lemli, a character from the original "Star Trek" (1966) series, played by Roger Holloway, was named after his three daughters: Elizabeth, Leslie and Melanie.
Money from his dad's Laval, Quebec hardware and furniture business supported him during the actor's job hunt in the U.S.
Nearly ten years after acting in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), whose plot involved rescuing humpback whales, Shatner narrated a television documentary about endangered species (including humpbacks), in which he became emotional to the point of weeping.
Often jogged for charity from 1976-1980. Running to support the Olympics held in his hometown of Montreal and for late Canadian amputee Terry Fox and his cross country marathon.
On August 9, 1999, his third wife, Nerine Kidd, accidentally drowned in the swimming pool at their house in Studio City, California.
Once lived on Giraud Street, in Montreal.
Once performed in Incubus (1966), a movie whose entire dialogue was in Esperanto.
One of his favorite restaurants to eat at while in Montreal is Vichy's.
Overcame his greatest phobia of falling, while directing the Yosemite National Park scenes of Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
Received 2011 Governor General's Lifetime Achievement Award in the Performing Arts. Received an honorary Doctorate from his alma mater, McGill University.
Recorded a special message for the crew of NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-133 that woke up them at 3:23 a.m. (EST), March 7th 2011. The message included the Star Trek theme song along with Shatner's narration: "Space, the final frontier. These have been the voyages of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Her 30 year mission: To seek out new science. To build new outposts. To bring nations together on the final frontier. To boldly go, and do, what no spacecraft has done before.".
Released an album titled 'Has Been' in 2004. The album was produced by Ben Folds who also plays on the album. Other guest performers on the album include Joe Jackson, Aimee Mann, Henry Rollins and Adrian Belew.
Remained friends with Leonard Nimoy during and after "Star Trek" (1966).