James Doohan
James Doohan
James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohanwas a Canadian character actor and voice actor best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, for which he also made several contributions behind the scenes; for example, he contributed to developing the Klingon and Vulcan languages. Many of the characterizations, mannerisms, and expressions that...
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth3 March 1920
CityVancouver, Canada
What shocked me, my manager called me up one day and told me that I was going to do a video on "Cold Fusion: Fire from Water" and I couldn't believe it. I couldn't wait to get there and start working on it.
It's the greatest feeling in the world and I do it about 30 to 35 to 40 times a year.
Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek,
It was a fluke that between Christmas and New Year's of 1945 and 1946, I put my books down, turned on the radio and heard the worst drama I had ever heard, ever. It got my dander up because I had done some speaking and a little bit of acting.
Well, I was always... I used to get 100% in physics and chemistry and mathematics (well, maybe a couple of points off in mathematics), and that was in high school.
I really didn`t have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It`s like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.
The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.