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George Takei

Born 1937-04-20

📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is a proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.

Filmography 254

The Gettysburg Address

Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek

Reclaim the Flag

Beam Me Up, Sulu

Coroner to the Stars

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

Avatar the Last Airbender

BLUE EYE SAMURAI

as Seki (voice)

One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center

Star Trek: very Short Treks

as Sulu (voice)

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai

as Noggin (voice)

The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms

as AO the Wise (voice)

ONI: Thunder God's Tale

as Mr. Tengu (voice)

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

as Ohga (voice)

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

as Self - (archive footage)

Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

The Shuttlepod Show

Marvel's Hit-Monkey

as Shinji (voice)

as SoSo (voice)

Woman in Motion

as The Gray (voice)

The Soul of America

Who’s on Top?

Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Hikaru Sulu (voice)

Aliens Stole My Body

as Phil the Plant (voice)

Visible: Out on Television

as Elder Panda (voice)

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

as Dream World George

True Terror with George Takei

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

as George Takei (voice)

Star Trek: Short Treks

as Hikaru Sulu (voice) (archive footage)

as Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

as Elder Masook (voice)

And Then They Came for Us

as Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan

Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

For the Love of Spock

Kubo and the Two Strings

as Hosato (voice)

Elena of Avalor

as King Toshi (voice)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self - Guest

Message From Hiroshima

Do I Sound Gay?

as George Takei

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Tab Hunter Confidential

Hopeful Romantic

Fresh Off the Boat

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

as Sylvester Kobayashi (voice)

BoJack Horseman

as Audiobook Narrator (voice)

as Dr. Sweet Tooth (voice)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self - Guest

as S.T.E.V.E. (voice)

Through the Keyhole

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

as Elder (voice)

The Missing Scarf

Space Milkshake

as Gary (voice)

Art of Submission

Backyard Blockbusters

as Sulu (archive footage)

as Tamadamsa (voice)

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

as Master of K'un L'un (voice)

as Dr. Matsutani

The Problem Solverz

as Mr. Konishi (voice)

as Major Bummer (voice)

as Master Rakunuki (voice)

These Amazing Shadows

as Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga

Transformers: Prime

as Alpha Trion (voice)

as Self - Guest

as Mr. Julius (voice)

as Mr. Julius / Monsieur Mitch (voice)

as Daisuke (voice)

as Bird / Robot (voice)

as Mr. Bird (voice)

as Mr. K (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

as Mr. Wang / White Wizard (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

as Reverend Matsuda

The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment

as Ricardio (voice)

as Maitre D (Joon)

as George Takei (voice)

as Mr. Moto (voice)

Live from Studio Five

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

as Old Man Samurai (voice)

as George Takei

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

Futurama: Bender's Game

as George Takei (voice)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Lok Durd (voice)

The Suite Life on Deck

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

as George Takei

Ninja Cheerleaders

All Star Mr & Mrs

The Great Buck Howard

as George Takei

Transformers: Animated

as Yoketron (voice)

as Foie Gras (voice)

The Big Bang Theory

as George Takei

Phineas and Ferb

as Positive Re-enforcement Machine (voice)

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World

as Mayor Screwsum / Police Chief (voice)

Thank God You're Here

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

The Graham Norton Show

as Self - Guest

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

as Man in Black (Voice)

Cory in the House

as Kaito Nakamura

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

as Self - Roaster

as George Takei

The Howard Stern Interview

40 Years of Star Trek

How William Shatner Changed The World

The Colbert Report

as Self - Guest

Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Warden (voice)

as Godzilla vs. Jason Narrator / Yakuza (voice)

as Hikaru Sulu / Purple Crayon Narrator (voice)

as George Takei (voice)

as First Ancestor (voice)

The Eavesdropper

Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century

Birth of a Timeless Legacy

Roddenberry on Patrol

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

as Norman Mineta

Comedy Central Roasts

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self - Guest

I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

as Sensei (voice)

After They Were Famous

as George Takei

New World Order

as Radio Free World (voice)

According to Jim

as George Takei (voice)

as George Takei

as Warrior #4 (voice)

as TV Executive (voice) (uncredited)

as Japanese Ad Executive (uncredited)

Jackie Chan Adventures

as 高贤（配音）

Son of the Beach

Malcolm in the Middle

as George Takei

Who Gets the House?

as George Takei's Head (voice)

Batman Beyond: The Movie

as Mr. Fixx (voice)

as Mr. Fixx (voice)

as KOP's Voice / Self

as George Takei

as First Ancestor (voice)

as Dr. Hiro Fujimoto

as Self - Guest

The Best Bad Thing

as Mr. Yamanaka

The Magic Pearl

as Ha Ping (voice)

as Phoebe's Father (voice)

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

as Self - Guest

Oblivion 2: Backlash

as Doc Valentine

Muppets Tonight

William Shatner's Star Trek Memories

3rd Rock from the Sun

as George Takei

Kissinger and Nixon

as George Takei

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Keiji (voice)

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Change / Peddler (voice)

Star Trek: Voyager

as Captain Sulu

Star Trek: A Captain's Log

as Wong (voice)

as Doc Valentine

Diagnosis: Murder

as Man In Black

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Live by the Fist

as Uncle Coronado

The Curse of the Dragon

as Narrator (voice)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

as Captain Hikaru Sulu

Lightning Force

as General Seng

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

as Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi

as Akira Kurosawa (voice)

as Wink - The Game Show Host (voice)

as Waiter (voice)

as Sushi Chef (voice)

as George Takei (voice)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Return from the River Kwai

as Lieutenant Tanaka

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

as Dr. Shen Wei

Doctor Who's Who's Who

Murder, She Wrote

as Kenneth Togaru

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Beyond Westworld

as Doctor Marcus

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

Have I Got a Christmas for You

The Star Trek Dream

The Year of the Dragon

Chico and the Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

as Hikaru Sulu (voice)

Which Way to the Front?

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai

as Nathaniel Blake

The Green Berets

as Diamond Jeweler (uncredited)

Mission: Impossible

An American Dream

as Attorney Ord Long

as Police Captain

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)

King Kong vs. Godzilla

as Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

The Gallant Men

Hell to Eternity

as Soldier in Hospital

The Twilight Zone

as Arthur Takamori / Taro

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

as Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

Rodan! The Flying Monster

as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)

Hallmark Hall of Fame