George Takei
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Takei, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Apr 20, 1937 In Los Angeles - California - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 97
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Gigantis, the Fire Monster 1959-05-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Self | 2025-11-19 |
| Series | Avatar the Last Airbender | Koh | 2024-02-22 |
| Movie | The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms | AO the Wise (voice) | 2023-02-21 |
| Series | BLUE EYE SAMURAI | Seki (voice) | 2023-11-03 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage | Self - Host | 2022-05-27 |
| Movie | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Ohga (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
| Movie | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-16 |
| Movie | Woman in Motion | Self | 2021-02-02 |
| Series | Visible: Out on Television | Self | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | Aliens Stole My Body | Phil the Plant (voice) | 2020-08-04 |
| Series | Love Monster | Elder Panda (voice) | 2020-01-27 |
| Movie | Who’s on Top? | 2020-09-11 | |
| Movie | The Soul of America | Self | 2020-10-22 |
| Movie | Cool Cat's Crazy Dream | Dream World George | 2019-07-26 |
| Series | The Terror | Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san | 2018-03-26 |
| Movie | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Elder Masook | 2017-09-10 |
| Movie | For the Love of Spock | Self | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | Kubo and the Two Strings | Hosato (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | Self | 2016-12-05 |
| Movie | Allegiance | Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan | 2016-12-13 |
| Movie | Tab Hunter Confidential | Self | 2015-03-15 |
| Movie | Entourage | George Takei | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Roddenberry's Trek | himself | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Do I Sound Gay? | Self | 2015-07-10 |
| Movie | To Be Takei | Self | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Eat With Me | George | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Ava & Lala | 2014-10-01 | |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Elder | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Free Birds | S.T.E.V.E. (voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Backyard Blockbusters | Sulu (archive footage) | 2012-08-31 |
| Movie | Strange Frame | Tamadamsa (voice) | 2012-05-03 |
| Movie | Art of Submission | Krang | 2012-09-21 |
| Movie | Space Milkshake | Gary (voice) | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | These Amazing Shadows | Self | 2011-01-22 |
| Series | Supah Ninjas | Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga | 2011-01-17 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | Dr. Matsutani | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | Dark Vengeance | Tanaka | 2011-10-10 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Old Man Samurai (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
| Movie | Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | The Pool Boys | Maitre D (Joon) | 2009-09-30 |
| Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Movie | The Great Buck Howard | George Takei | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | Ninja Cheerleaders | Hiroshi | 2008-05-10 |
| Series | Secret Talents of the Stars | 2008-04-08 | |
| Movie | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | George Takei | 2008-06-05 |
| Movie | Futurama: Bender's Game | George Takei (voice) | 2008-11-03 |
| Movie | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Man in Black (Voice) | 2007-01-21 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier | Self | 2007-02-19 |
| Movie | 40 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Movie | A.I. Assault | Major Lane | 2006-09-11 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Self - Roaster | 2006-08-20 |
| Movie | How William Shatner Changed The World | Self | 2005-11-13 |
| Movie | Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | Birth of a Timeless Legacy | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | Mulan II | First Ancestor (voice) | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | The Eavesdropper | Dr. Hsieh | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | Norman Mineta | 2003-09-07 |
| Movie | Roddenberry on Patrol | Narrator | 2003-11-22 |
| Movie | New World Order | Radio Free World (voice) | 2002-01-13 |
| Movie | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Mr. Fixx (voice) | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Who Gets the House? | Elliott | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | Bug Buster | Dr. Hiro Fujimoto | 1998-01-18 |
| Movie | Mulan | First Ancestor (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | Trekkies | Self | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | The Best Bad Thing | Mr. Yamanaka | 1997-05-05 |
| Movie | Oblivion 2: Backlash | Doc Valentine | 1996-04-02 |
| Movie | William Shatner's Star Trek Memories | Self | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Kissinger and Nixon | Le Duc Tho | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | Oblivion | Doc Valentine | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | The Curse of the Dragon | Narrator (voice) | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Live by the Fist | Uncle Coronado | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1991-09-28 |
| Movie | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Captain Hikaru Sulu | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Blood Oath | Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi | 1990-07-26 |
| Movie | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1989-06-09 |
| Movie | Return from the River Kwai | Lieutenant Tanaka | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | Who's Who | 1986-08-13 | |
| Movie | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Sulu | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1984-06-01 |
| Movie | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1982-06-04 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1979-12-07 |
| Movie | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Doctor | 1977-12-16 |
| Series | Star Trek | Hikaru Sulu (voice) | 1973-09-08 |
| Movie | Josie's Castle | Ken Tanaka | 1971-06-01 |
| Movie | Which Way to the Front? | Yamashita | 1970-09-03 |
| Movie | The Green Berets | Captain Nim | 1968-07-04 |
| Movie | The Big Mouth | Diamond Jeweler (uncredited) | 1967-07-12 |
| Movie | Walk Don't Run | Police Captain | 1966-06-29 |
| Movie | An American Dream | Attorney Ord Long | 1966-08-31 |
| Series | Star Trek | Sulu | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Red Line 7000 | Kato | 1965-11-09 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Movie | PT 109 | Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Movie | Hell to Eternity | George Une | 1960-08-01 |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Wang | 1960-01-02 |
| Movie | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda (voice) | 1959-05-21 |
| Movie | Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959-12-07 |