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:
- 98
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Dark Vengeance
- Latest Project:
- Series Avatar: The Last Airbender 2024-02-22
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Dark Vengeance | Tanaka | 2025 |
| Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Koh | 2024-02-22 |
| Movie | The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms | AO the Wise (voice) | 2023-02-21 |
| Movie | Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank | Ohga (voice) | 2022-07-14 |
| Movie | Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage | Self - Host | 2022-05-27 |
| Movie | Boulevard! A Hollywood Story | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-16 |
| Movie | Woman in Motion | Self | 2021-02-02 |
| Series | Love Monster | Elder Panda (voice) | 2020-01-27 |
| Series | Visible: Out on Television | Self | 2020-02-14 |
| Movie | The Soul of America | Self | 2020-10-22 |
| Movie | Aliens Stole My Body | Phil the Plant (voice) | 2020-08-04 |
| Movie | Who’s on Top? | 2020-09-11 | |
| 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 | Allegiance | Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan | 2016-12-13 |
| Movie | Kubo and the Two Strings | Hosato (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | Self | 2016-12-05 |
| Movie | For the Love of Spock | Himself | 2016-09-09 |
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Self | 2015-01-01 |
| Movie | Tab Hunter Confidential | Self | 2015-03-15 |
| Movie | Roddenberry's Trek | himself | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Entourage | George Takei | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Do I Sound Gay? | Self | 2015-07-10 |
| Movie | To Be Takei | Self | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Ava & Lala | 2014-10-01 | |
| Movie | Eat With Me | George | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Free Birds | S.T.E.V.E. (voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Elder | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Strange Frame: Love & Sax | Tamadamsa (voice) | 2012-05-03 |
| Movie | 8 | Dr. William Tam | 2012-03-03 |
| Movie | Backyard Blockbusters | Sulu (archive footage) | 2012-08-31 |
| Movie | Art of Submission | Krang | 2012-09-21 |
| Movie | Space Milkshake | Gary (voice) | 2012-10-26 |
| Series | Supah Ninjas | Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga | 2011-01-17 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | Dr. Matsutani | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | These Amazing Shadows | Self | 2011-01-22 |
| Movie | Dark Vengeance | Tanaka | 2011-10-10 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Old Man Samurai (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
| Movie | The Pool Boys | Maitre D (Joon) | 2009-09-30 |
| Movie | Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Movie | The Great Buck Howard | George Takei | 2008-01-18 |
| Series | Secret Talents of the Stars | 2008-04-08 | |
| Movie | Ninja Cheerleaders | Hiroshi | 2008-05-10 |
| Movie | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | George Takei | 2008-06-05 |
| Movie | Futurama: Bender's Game | Himself (voice) | 2008-11-03 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier | Self | 2007-02-19 |
| Movie | Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee | Man in Black (Voice) | 2007-01-21 |
| 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 | Birth of a Timeless Legacy | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Eavesdropper | Dr. Hsieh | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Mulan II | First Ancestor (voice) | 2004-11-03 |
| Movie | Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | Roddenberry on Patrol | Narrator | 2003-11-22 |
| Movie | DC 9/11: Time of Crisis | Norman Mineta | 2003-09-07 |
| Movie | New World Order | Radio Free World (voice) | 2002-01-13 |
| Movie | Who Gets the House? | Elliott | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Mr. Fixx (voice) | 1999-01-10 |
| Movie | Bug Buster | Dr. Hiro Fujimoto | 1998-01-18 |
| Movie | Mulan | First Ancestor (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | The Best Bad Thing | Mr. Yamanaka | 1997-05-05 |
| Movie | Trekkies | Self | 1997-10-18 |
| Movie | Oblivion 2: Backlash | Doc Valentine | 1996-04-02 |
| Movie | Kissinger and Nixon | Le Duc Tho | 1995-12-10 |
| Movie | William Shatner's Star Trek Memories | Self | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | Oblivion | Doc Valentine | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | Live by the Fist | Uncle Coronado | 1993-07-07 |
| Movie | The Curse of the Dragon | Narrator (voice) | 1993-06-30 |
| 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 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Who's Who | 1986-08-13 | |
| 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 |
| Series | Star Trek | Sulu | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Walk Don't Run | Police Captain | 1966-06-29 |
| Movie | An American Dream | Attorney Ord Long | 1966-08-31 |
| Movie | Red Line 7000 | Kato | 1965-11-09 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Osamu Sakurai (voice) | 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 | Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959-12-07 |
| Movie | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda (voice) | 1959-05-21 |