Leonard Simon Nimoy was an American actor, filmmaker photographer, author, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for playing Spock in the Star Trek franchise for almost 50 years, from a pilot episode shot in 1964 to his final film performance in 2013 including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991). Nimoy directed films including Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and the 1987 comedy Three Men and a Baby. For his role as Spock, Nimoy was nominated three times for Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series and is currently the only Star Trek actor to be nominated for an Emmy. Nimoy`s public profile as Spock was so strong that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock (1975) and I Am Spock (1995), were written from the viewpoint of sharing his existence with the character. In 2015, after Nimoy`s death, an asteroid was named 4864 Nimoy in his honor. The documentaries For the Love of Spock (2016) and Remembering Leonard Nimoy (2017) were produced by his son and daughter respectively; they cover his life, career, and later his illness.