Leonard Nimoy

BirthDate BirthPlace	03/25/1931 Boston, MA

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After a two-year stint in the Army, enrolled at California's Pasadena Playhouse.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
Directed the big-screen outings Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), as well as the hit comedy Three Men and a Baby.
His appearance in an episode of the series The Lieutenant caught the eye of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who cast him in the role of Mr. Spock.
Appeared in his first play, Hansel and Gretel, at the age of 8.
His parents were Yiddish-speaking Jewish immigrants who escaped from Stalinist Russia.
Created the "live long and prosper" Vulcan salute, based on a Jewish blessing he'd seen as a child.