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Literally almost no career as an actor after Ds9 ...
But hey let's all show the internet that we care.
If you've been to conventions you'd see that plenty of people still cared, he had lots of fans. As for his life afterwards he was a photographer, which was his personal decision.
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How many Trek stars were widely known after their voyages were over? Shatner, of course, and Patrick Stewart. Jonathan Frakes and Roxann Dawson have done a lot of work behind the camera. Walter Koenig’s run on B5 was notable, as was Alexander Siddig’s limited work in GoT and LeVar Burton’s time on Reading Rainbow. Connor Trineer and Robert Picards were well-liked in their extended guest roles on Stargate Atlantis. Jeri Ryan was on Boston Commons. Tim Russ did that one CollegeHumor video about Star Wars...uh...Kate Mulgrew had that role on OITNB, too, I suppose. And Scott Bakula had that starring role in an NCIS clone. I haven’t consulted IMDB yet, but I would be somewhat surprised if any of the other major Trek stars were that busy with on-camera work as opposed to the convention circuit.
I would argue that the only real Trek actor to have a robust post-Trek career on camera is Patrick Stewart. For the rest, even the beloved Leonard Nimoy, it’s a sea of guest appearances, voiceover work, limited starring roles, and a fair number of directorial opportunities. Why complain now? Even if people didn’t go nuts for him when the show aired, there’s a whole new generation of viewers who have had an opportunity to appreciate Aron Eisenberg’s performance (particularly in the later seasons), who did so before his passing by the way. Why complain?
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I remain a big fan of Patrick Stewart's, and I thought he and Ian McKellen made the first two X-Men movies what they were. But I think you're selling Shatner short with those comments, as well as Scott Bakula and, to a lesser extent, Kate Mulgrew.
Shatner's fourth Star Trek film made more $$ in the US than any other until JJ Abrams' era of inflated prices. Stewart's fourth film was such a dud it nearly killed the franchise.
Shatner also starred in two additional hit TV series -- TJ Hooker (after TOS but before the ST movies) and Boston Legal (after the ST movies were well and done). He won both an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his work on the latter in 2005, more than a decade after his last appearance in a Star Trek film. Some of my friends, however, remember him best as the Priceline Negotiator.
You can knock Bakula's work on NCIS, but he's starred in more episodes of that show than he did of either ENT or Quantum Leap, and it's still going. Those three roles alone would make for an impressive television career, but he's also had a bevy of recurring guest appearances on shows like Desperate Housewives, too.
Mulgrew's work on Orange is the New Black, like Shatner's on Boston Legal, ran for multiples seasons, was critically acclaimed, and earned her an Emmy nomination.
Really, the only of the captains to fail to have a post-Star Trek on-camera career was Avery Brooks.
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And Anson Mount. What has he done since playing Captain Pike?
Much to my personal shame, I did totally forget about Boston Legal. Great show and a perfect role for William Shatner’s particular talents - mostly comedic, of course, but that last Thanksgiving episode really tugged on the heartstrings as well.
I don’t watch any of the NCIS clones and never had any interest in OITNB, so...oops on that front.
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Hehe. I know you were joking but I checked his imdb and it turns out he did two movies since Discovery that are now in post production.