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:
- 168
- First Appeared:
- In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Gettysburg Address 2025-11-19
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Gettysburg Address | Self | 2025-11-19 |
| Movie | The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms | AO the Wise (voice) | 2023-02-21 |
| Series | Star Trek: Very Short Treks | Hikaru Sulu | 2023-09-08 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | Elena of Avalor | King Toshi (voice) | 2016-07-22 |
| 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 |
| Series | Fresh Off the Boat | Bernard | 2015-02-04 |
| Series | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Himself | 2015-04-20 |
| Movie | Roddenberry's Trek | himself | 2015-06-05 |
| Movie | Do I Sound Gay? | Self | 2015-07-10 |
| Movie | Entourage | George Takei | 2015-06-03 |
| Movie | Message From Hiroshima | Narrator | 2015-08-04 |
| Movie | To Be Takei | Self | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Eat With Me | George | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Ava & Lala | 2014-10-01 | |
| Movie | The Missing Scarf | Narrator | 2013-07-13 |
| Movie | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Elder | 2013-08-02 |
| Movie | Free Birds | S.T.E.V.E. (voice) | 2013-10-30 |
| Movie | Strange Frame: Love & Sax | Tamadamsa (voice) | 2012-05-03 |
| Movie | Backyard Blockbusters | Sulu (archive footage) | 2012-08-31 |
| Movie | Space Milkshake | Gary (voice) | 2012-10-26 |
| Movie | Art of Submission | Krang | 2012-09-21 |
| Series | Supah Ninjas | Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga | 2011-01-17 |
| Movie | These Amazing Shadows | Self | 2011-01-22 |
| Movie | Larry Crowne | Dr. Matsutani | 2011-06-30 |
| Movie | Dark Vengeance | Tanaka | 2011-10-10 |
| Series | Adventure Time | Unknown | 2010-04-05 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Old Man Samurai (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
| Series | Party Down | Unknown | 2009-03-20 |
| Movie | Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story | Self | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| Series | Community | Himself (Voice) | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | The Pool Boys | Maitre D (Joon) | 2009-09-30 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
| Series | All Star Mr & Mrs | Unknown | 2008-04-12 |
| Series | Secret Talents of the Stars | 2008-04-08 | |
| Movie | The Great Buck Howard | George Takei | 2008-01-18 |
| Movie | Ninja Cheerleaders | Hiroshi | 2008-05-10 |
| Series | The Suite Life on Deck | Rome Tipton | 2008-09-26 |
| Movie | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | George Takei | 2008-06-05 |
| Movie | Futurama: Bender's Game | George Takei (voice) | 2008-11-03 |
| Series | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Unknown | 2008-10-03 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Big Bang Theory | Unknown | 2007-09-24 |
| Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Unknown | 2007-03-03 |
| Series | Chowder | Unknown | 2007-11-02 |
| Movie | 40 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Psych | lui-même | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | A.I. Assault | Major Lane | 2006-09-11 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Self - Roaster | 2006-08-20 |
| Series | Heroes | Kaito Nakamura | 2006-09-25 |
| Series | Freddie | Unknown | 2005-10-12 |
| Series | Bring Back... | Unknown | 2005-05-10 |
| Movie | How William Shatner Changed The World | Self | 2005-11-13 |
| Movie | Birth of a Timeless Legacy | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century | 2004-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Eavesdropper | Dr. Hsieh | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Mulan II | First Ancestor (voice) | 2004-11-03 |
| Series | Alienated | Unknown | 2003-07-08 |
| 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 |
| Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
| Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| Series | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
| Series | According to Jim | Unknown | 2001-10-03 |
| Series | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown | 2000-01-09 |
| Series | Son of the Beach | Unknown | 2000-03-14 |
| Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
| Series | Baby Blues | Unknown | 2000-07-28 |
| Movie | Batman Beyond: The Movie | Mr. Fixx (voice) | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | Futurama | Unknown | 1999-03-28 |
| Series | Batman Beyond | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Who Gets the House? | Elliott | 1999-06-15 |
| Movie | Mulan | First Ancestor (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| Movie | Bug Buster | Dr. Hiro Fujimoto | 1998-01-18 |
| Series | Will & Grace | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
| Movie | The Best Bad Thing | Mr. Yamanaka | 1997-05-05 |
| Movie | Trekkies | Self | 1997-10-18 |
| Series | Muppets Tonight | Unknown | 1996-03-08 |
| Series | Space Cases | Unknown | 1996-03-02 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Oblivion 2: Backlash | Doc Valentine | 1996-04-02 |
| Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
| Movie | The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations | Self | 1996-11-04 |
| Series | Hey Arnold! | Unknown | 1996-10-07 |
| Series | Once a Thief | Unknown | 1996-09-29 |
| Movie | William Shatner's Star Trek Memories | Self | 1995-01-01 |
| Series | Star Trek: Voyager | Unknown | 1995-01-16 |
| Movie | Kissinger and Nixon | Le Duc Tho | 1995-12-10 |
| Series | In the House | Unknown | 1995-04-10 |
| Series | Brotherly Love | Unknown | 1995-09-16 |
| Movie | Oblivion | Doc Valentine | 1994-04-01 |
| Series | Spider-Man | Unknown | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | William Shatner: Captain's Log | Self | 1994-11-30 |
| Movie | Star Trek: A Captain's Log | Himself | 1994-11-30 |
| Series | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown | 1993-01-27 |
| Movie | Moving Memories | 1993-01-01 | |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| 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 |
| Series | Lightning Force | Unknown | 1991-10-04 |
| Movie | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | Captain Hikaru Sulu | 1991-12-06 |
| Movie | Blood Oath | Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi | 1990-07-26 |
| Movie | Return from the River Kwai | Lieutenant Tanaka | 1989-04-07 |
| Movie | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1989-06-09 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Who's Who | 1986-08-13 | |
| Movie | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Sulu | 1986-11-26 |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| 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 |
| Series | Matt Houston | Unknown | 1982-09-26 |
| Movie | Star Trek: The Motion Picture | Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1979-12-07 |
| Series | Vega$ | Unknown | 1978-09-20 |
| Movie | Have I Got a Christmas for You | Doctor | 1977-12-16 |
| Movie | The Year of the Dragon | Fred Eng | 1975-01-15 |
| Series | Chico and the Man | Unknown | 1974-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-O | Unknown | 1968-09-20 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | The Big Mouth | Diamond Jeweler (uncredited) | 1967-07-12 |
| Movie | Walk Don't Run | Police Captain | 1966-06-29 |
| Series | Star Trek | Sulu | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | An American Dream | Attorney Ord Long | 1966-08-31 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | Mister Roberts | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Red Line 7000 | Kato | 1965-11-09 |
| Movie | PT 109 | Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Osamu Sakurai (voice) | 1963-06-26 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Series | The Gallant Men | Unknown | 1962-10-05 |
| Movie | Hell to Eternity | George Une | 1960-08-01 |
| Movie | Ice Palace | Wang | 1960-01-02 |
| Series | My Three Sons | Unknown | 1960-09-29 |
| Series | The Islanders | Unknown | 1960-10-02 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Movie | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda (voice) | 1959-05-21 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Movie | Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959-12-07 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |