Spock's Voyage Home: Farewell To Leonard Nimoy

February 28, 2015 11:07

When Leonard Nimoy titled his 1975 autobiography I Am Not Spock, some Star Trek fans took it as an insult, thinking Nimoy was trying to distance himself from the role that made him famous.

Nothing could have been further from the truth. Rarely does an actor get a chance to play a character as memorable as the starship Enterprise's Mr Spock: a superior intellect with a cool demeanor, a casual courage, and a fierce sense of loyalty.

Nimoy appreciated the opportunity when he was cast in the original Star Trekpilot back in 1964, and it was his performance as Spock over the next five years -- playing the half-Vulcan scientist with confidence and a deadpan wit -- that made Spock such a pop culture icon.

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