He has done so much over the years - the work he did in the 5 of the six original cast trek films alone deserves recognition he may never get an Academy Award but AFI yes === they do not seem to have a rule of how many films you need to your credit to get the award. To David has the Emmy...
He is such an underatted actor today --- his scenes in the trek films in battle are riveting kind of sad Takei hates him but Shatner shared the stage with Nimoy and Kelley and yes the rest of the cast had their moments but Shatner was the star.
My Pleasure! Why he has not been given the AFI is a shame - tpp bad Spielberg did not use him in the TZ movie to redo his classic appearances on the seriers