Leonard McCoy Leonard McCoy Dr. Leonard H. "Bones" McCoy is a character in the American science fiction franchise "Star Trek". First portrayed by DeForest Kelley in the , McCoy also appears in the , six "Star Trek" movies, the pilot episode of "", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Karl Urban assumed the role of the character in the 2009 "Star Trek" film and its sequels: "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). McCoy was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 20, 2227. The son of David, he attended the University of Mississippi and is a divorcé
Cultural influence of Star Trek timeline, was developed with the partial hope to resurrect the franchise. Jeff Jensen of "Entertainment Weekly", in reviewing the new film states that the "Star Trek" franchise had "devolved into a near-irrelevant cultural joke, likely to inspire giggles and unprintable curses from even its most ardent supporters." Leonard Nimoy wondered in 2003 whether or not the franchise "had run its course". Director J. J. Abrams argued "people [may not] even understand what "Star Trek" means anymore", and joked that a parody like "Galaxy Quest" which "mocks the paradigm" made the task of producing a credible "Star Trek" film that much