'Star Trek' is 60. Here's what the cast of the original series is up to now.

Walter Koenig died in October 2026, making William Shatner and George Takei the last two living members of the original series' cast. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images "Star Trek" debuted 60 years ago on September 8, 1966. After the show, the cast of the original series remained sci-fi icons. Only two main cast members of "The Original Series" are alive; Walter Koenig died in October 2026. When Gene Roddenberry popularized the Vulcan phrase, "Live long and prosper," he had no way of knowing that he was predicting the future of his little sci-fi show that premiered on NBC 60 years ago. In the six decades since, "Star Trek" has become one of our most enduring franchises, with 13 feature films (plus one direct-to-streaming movie), 13 television shows, and millions of fans all over the world — and perhaps the galaxy. To celebrate "Star Trek's" big anniversary, we're reflecting on the original crew of the USS Enterprise, how they changed the world, and what the surviving cast members are doing now. William Shatner led the crew of the USS Enterprise as Captain James T. Kirk. William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk on the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "Space Seed." Original air date February 16, 1967 CBS/Getty Images "Star Trek" was originally going to be focused on a different captain, Captain Christopher Pike, played by Jeffrey Hunter. A pilot, called "The Cage," was even filmed, but it didn't make it to airwaves until the '80s. Gene Roddenberry, the creator, eventually retooled the show and cast Shatner as a new captain, Kirk. Some footage from "The Cage" was reused for a season one episode called "The Menagerie." Before "Star Trek," Shatner was famous for his role in an iconic "Twilight Zone" episode, "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," in which he played a man recently released from a mental hospital who becomes convinced he can see a creature on the wing of the plane he's flying on. It aired in 1963, three years before "Star Trek." Shatner also acted in "T.J. Hooker" and "Boston Legal," hosted "Rescue 911," and has written numerous books. He made it to space in 2021. William Shatner speaks onstage during FanExpo Chicago 2026 on August 15, 2026 in Rosemont, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen/WireImage/Getty Images Though he's 95 years old, Shatner has shown no signs of slowing down. After "Star Trek" was canceled in 1969, he briefly returned to voice Kirk for the "Star Trek" animated series. In 1979, he again reprised his role as Kirk in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." He'd continue to do so regularly until 1994's "Star Trek Generations." He even directed one of the "Star Trek" movies: "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier." Besides "Star Trek," Shatner starred as the titular police officer on the '80s procedural "T.J. Hooker" and narrated "Rescue 911," a show that consisted of dramatic reenactments of real crimes and emergencies. Other roles that you might recognize Shatner from: a pageant host in "Miss Congeniality," attorney Dennis Crane in "The Practice" and its spin-off "Boston Legal" for which he won two Emmys, and in the 2016-2018 reality show "Better Late Than Never," in which Shatner, Henry Winkler, George Foreman, and Terry Bradshaw traveled around the world and experienced different cultures. He also finally made it to space himself during a Blue Origin flight in October 2021, making him the oldest person to go into space at 90. In July 2026, he started a podcast with his daughter, "No Time But Now," inspired by how they had both overcome stage IV cancer diagnoses in the early 2020s. Shatner has written multiple books, both fiction and non-fiction, over the course of his career. His 2016 book, "Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man," was about his friendship with "Star Trek" costar Leonard Nimoy, who played his on-screen better half, Commander Spock. Most recently, in 2022, he published a collection of essays called "Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder." George Takei played Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, a helmsman on the Enterprise. LOS ANGELES - SEPTEMBER 20: George Takei as Hikaru Sulu in the STAR TREK episode, "Spock's Brain." Original airdate, September 20, 1968. Season 3, episode 1. CBS/Getty Images Over the course of the show, Sulu was revealed to have many interests outside of Starfleet, most famously fencing. At the time, Sulu was one of the first Asian characters on TV who wasn't explicitly a villain but rather a fully formed hero. "Up until the time I was cast in 'Star Trek,' the roles were pretty shallow — thin, stereotyped, one-dimensional roles. I knew this character was a breakthrough role, certainly for me as an individual actor but also for the image of an Asian character: no accent, a member of the elite leadership team," Takei told Mother Jones in 2012. Takei was originally supposed to play Sulu as an astrophysicist, but the role was changed to helmsman. Before "Star Trek," Takei also appeared in "The Twilight Zone," like Shatner, among other '50s