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:
- 169
- 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 |
| Movie | Kubo and the Two Strings | Hosato (voice) | 2016-08-18 |
| Movie | For the Love of Spock | Self | 2016-09-09 |
| Series | Elena of Avalor | King Toshi (voice) | 2016-07-22 |
| Movie | Allegiance | Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan | 2016-12-13 |
| Movie | Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | Self | 2016-12-05 |
| 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 | Ava & Lala | 2014-10-01 | |
| Movie | To Be Takei | Self | 2014-08-22 |
| Movie | Eat With Me | George | 2014-12-05 |
| 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 | Tamadamsa (voice) | 2012-05-03 |
| 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 | 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 |
| Series | Party Down | Unknown | 2009-03-20 |
| Movie | You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story | Self | 2009-03-15 |
| Movie | The Pool Boys | Maitre D (Joon) | 2009-09-30 |
| Movie | Toyo's Camera | Self | 2009-04-11 |
| Movie | Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword | Old Man Samurai (voice) | 2009-04-07 |
| Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
| Series | Community | Himself (Voice) | 2009-09-17 |
| Movie | Annul Victory | Self | 2009-05-02 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Suite Life on Deck | Rome Tipton | 2008-09-26 |
| 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 | Chowder | Unknown | 2007-11-02 |
| Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Unknown | 2007-03-03 |
| Movie | 40 Years of Star Trek | Self | 2006-01-01 |
| Series | Psych | lui-même | 2006-07-07 |
| Series | Heroes | Kaito Nakamura | 2006-09-25 |
| Movie | Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner | Self - Roaster | 2006-08-20 |
| Movie | A.I. Assault | Major Lane | 2006-09-11 |
| 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 | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
| Series | According to Jim | Unknown | 2001-10-03 |
| Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Who Gets the House? | Elliott | 1999-06-15 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Bug Buster | Dr. Hiro Fujimoto | 1998-01-18 |
| Series | Will & Grace | Unknown | 1998-09-21 |
| Movie | Mulan | First Ancestor (voice) | 1998-06-18 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Oblivion 2: Backlash | Doc Valentine | 1996-04-02 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
| 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 |
| Series | Early Edition | Unknown | 1996-09-28 |
| 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 |
| Series | Spider-Man | Unknown | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Oblivion | Doc Valentine | 1994-04-01 |
| Movie | William Shatner: Captain's Log | Self | 1994-11-30 |
| Movie | Star Trek: A Captain's Log | Himself | 1994-11-30 |
| Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
| Movie | Moving Memories | 1993-01-01 | |
| Series | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Unknown | 1993-01-27 |
| Movie | The Curse of the Dragon | Narrator (voice) | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Live by the Fist | Uncle Coronado | 1993-07-07 |
| Series | Lightning Force | Unknown | 1991-10-04 |
| 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 | Return from the River Kwai | Lieutenant Tanaka | 1989-04-07 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Movie | Star Trek V: The Final Frontier | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1989-06-09 |
| Movie | The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next | Self | 1988-10-03 |
| Movie | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | Sulu | 1986-11-26 |
| Movie | Who's Who | 1986-08-13 | |
| Series | MacGyver | Unknown | 1985-09-29 |
| Movie | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu | 1984-06-01 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Big Mouth | Diamond Jeweler (uncredited) | 1967-07-12 |
| Series | Ironside | Unknown | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | An American Dream | Attorney Ord Long | 1966-08-31 |
| Movie | Walk Don't Run | Police Captain | 1966-06-29 |
| Series | Felony Squad | Unknown | 1966-09-12 |
| Series | Star Trek | Sulu | 1966-09-08 |
| Series | Mission: Impossible | Unknown | 1966-09-17 |
| Series | Mister Roberts | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Red Line 7000 | Kato | 1965-11-09 |
| Movie | King Kong vs. Godzilla | Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
| Movie | PT 109 | Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited) | 1963-06-26 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Gigantis, the Fire Monster | Commander of Landing Craft Ikeda (voice) | 1959-05-21 |
| Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Movie | Never So Few | Soldier in Hospital | 1959-12-07 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Movie | Rodan! The Flying Monster! | Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / Male Honeymooner (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-11-07 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |