Nimoy turns 80 today, just four days after Wm Shatner's 80th:
http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/03/happy-80th-birthday-leonard-nimoy/'Fascinating' facts you may not know about Nimoy's achievements:
- He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in the 1950s, alongside actor Ken Berry and famed architect Frank Gehry.
- Nimoy went on to play an Army sergeant in the 1954 classic sci-fi film
Them!- He has been married twice and is father to two children. His current wife, actress Susan Bay, is a cousin to movie director Michael Bay.
- He worked as a singer following the success of Star Trek, releasing five albums.
- He stepped behind the camera in 1985 to direct The Bangles "Going Down To Liverpool" music video which also features a brief appearance from the actor, whose son Adam went to college with singer Susanna Hoffs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWC2-MFwWr8&fmt=6- He has written two autobiographies - I Am Not Spock (1977) and I Am Spock (1995), both in reference to his famous Star Trek character.
- He is a keen poet and has published many of his works, including a collection called A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life in 2002.
- He has remained close friends with William Shatner since their Star Trek days and was best man at Shatner's third wedding in 1997.
