--- title: Leonard Nimoy Dead: Star Trek Spock Actor Was 83 description: "In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds," he once wrote canonical: https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-27T17:30:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T16:24:08.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Leonard Nimoy, Who Played Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 og:description: "In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds," he once wrote og:url: https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, "Spock's Brain." which aired on Sept. 20, 1968. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leonard Nimoy, Who Played Spock on 'Star Trek,' Dies at 83 twitter:description: "In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds," he once wrote twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Leonard Nimoy, Who Played Spock on _Star Trek_, Dies at 83 > Sponsored content. 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Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, "Spock's Brain." which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.CBS/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:24 PM UTCPublished: Feb 27, 2015 5:30 PM UTC Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Spock on _Star Trek_, [died Friday](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?smid=tw-bna). [He was 83 and had lung disease](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FOBIT%5FLEONARD%5FNIMOY?SITE=PASCR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT), and [his family confirmed his death](https://twitter.com/TheRealNimoy/status/571373655793532928). Nimoy was most famous for his role as the Vulcan Spock on the _Star Trek_ TV show in 1966\. He would also later appear in J.J Abrams’ _Star Trek_ reboot movies. “He was an extraordinary man, husband, grandfather, brother, actor, author—the list goes on—and friend,” [his granddaughter Dani said in a statement.](http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n%5F1skuhq6) “I loved him like a brother,” William Shatner, who starred in _Star Trek_ alongside Nimoy as Captain Kirk, said in a statement. “We will all miss his humor, his talent, and his capacity to love.” ### See Leonard Nimoy's Long and Prosperous Life in Photos  Leonard Nimoy in The Outer Limits in 1964. ABC/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy with wife Sandra Zober attend an event in Los Angeles,Calif. in 1966. Michael Ochs Archives—Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy, circa 1968. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock and William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in season 3 of Star Trek in 1968. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy as Paris and Lee Meriwether as Tracey in Mission Impossible in 1969. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in Catlow, 1971. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy in The Alpha Caper in 1973 Everett  NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from Star Trek in 1976\. From left: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher; DeForest Kelley, who portrayed Dr. "Bones" McCoy on the series; George Takei (Mr. Sulu); James Doohan (Chief Engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott); Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura); Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock); series creator Gene Roddenberry; an unnamed NASA official; and, Walter Koenig (Ensign Pavel Chekov). NASA  Leonard Nimoy hosts The Unexplained in 1976. Everett  Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984. Paramount/Everett  Leonard Nimoy guest stars in The Big Bang Theory. CBS/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars on Fringe Fox  Leonard Nimoy and Luke Wilson, presenters during 5th Annual TV Land Awards - Show at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. in 2007. Chris Polk—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Leonard Nimoy guest stars as Mr. Spock in Star Trek in 2009. Paramount Nimoy [announced he had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,](http://time.com/5588/leonard-nimoy-spock-smoking-lung-disease/) or COPD, on Twitter a little over a year ago. He urged fans to quit smoking immediately, so they wouldn’t get sick as well. He signed all his tweets with “LLAP,” an abbreviation of “live long and prosper,” his signature _Star Trek_ line. But _Star Trek_ wasn’t Nimoy’s only claim to fame. He was also a prolific poet and photographer, and performed onstage as Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ and directed numerous movies including the 1987 comedy _Three Men and a Baby._ He was also nominated for an Emmy for his role as Golda Meir’s husband in the 1982 movie _A Woman Called Golda._ “He was a true force of strength and his character was that of a champion,” Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura on _Star Trek_, said in a statement. “Leonard’s integrity and passion as an actor and devotion to his craft helped transport _Star Trek_ into television history. His vision and heart are bigger than the universe.” Nimoy once [said in an interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkDOzjfSSY) that the famous split-finger Vulcan salute was his idea, inspired by gestures made during Jewish religious ceremonies (he was an observant Jew.) “He affected the lives of many,” his son Adam Nimoy told the [Associated Press](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FOBIT%5FLEONARD%5FNIMOY?SITE=PASCR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT). “He was also a great guy and my best friend.” **MORE:** [How Leonard Nimoy Almost Wasn’t Spock](http://time.com/3726316/leonard-nimoy-dead-spock-history/) Over the course of his life, he wrote two autobiographies, “I Am Not Spock” (1975) and “[I Am Spock](http://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Spock-Leonard-Nimoy/dp/142335835X)” (1995.) “In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds: to be widely accepted in public approval and yet be able to continue to play the insulated alien through the Vulcan character,” he once wrote of playing the role. ### See the Cast of Star Trek Then and Now  From left: Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto as Mr. Spock CBS/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: William Shatner and Chris Pine as James T. Kirk Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: DeForest Kelley and Karl Urban as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy CBS/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: James Doohan and Simon Pegg as Scotty CBS/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: Nichelle Nichols and Zoe Saldana as Nyota Uhura CBS/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: George Takei and John Cho as Hikaru Sulu CBS/Getty Images; Paramount  From left: Walter Koenig and Anton Telchin as Pavel Chekov CBS/Getty Images; Paramount ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/"},"headline":"Leonard Nimoy, Who Played Spock on Star Trek, Dies at 83","datePublished":"2015-02-27T17:30:18.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T16:24:08.000Z","description":"\"In Spock, I finally found the best of both worlds,\" he once wrote","url":"https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/","keywords":["remembrance","Leonard Nimoy"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5569f372be94e29/6987817335ba6f7748c07533/leonard-nimoy2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, \"Spock's Brain.\" which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.","caption":"Leonard Nimoy as Mr. Spock in the STAR TREK episode, \"Spock's Brain.\" which aired on Sept. 20, 1968.","creditText":"CBS/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/remembrance/","name":"remembrance"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3726304/leonard-nimoy-spock-dead/","name":"Leonard Nimoy, Who Played Spock on Star Trek, Dies at 83"}}]}] ```