George Takei

Acting

116 Movies 146 TV Shows

Born

April 20, 1937

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

IMDb Instagram X / Twitter Facebook

Biography

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 J…

Known For

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

1989

American Dad!

2005

The Daily Show

1996

Hawaii Five-0

2010

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Filmography

Hunky Jesus

2026

The Gettysburg Address

2025

Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek

2025

Reclaim the Flag

2025

Beam Me Up, Sulu

2025

Coroner to the Stars

2025

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager

2024

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

2023

The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms

2023

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

2022

Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies

2022

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

2022

Yorktown: A Time to Heal

2022

Woman in Motion

2021

The Soul of America

2020

Who’s on Top?

2020

Aliens Stole My Body

2020

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream

2019

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

2017

And Then They Came for Us

2017

Allegiance

2016

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

2016

For the Love of Spock

2016

Kubo and the Two Strings

2016

Message From Hiroshima

2015

Do I Sound Gay?

2015

Roddenberry's Trek

2015

Entourage

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

2015

Hopeful Romantic

2015

Eat With Me

2014

Ava & Lala

2014

To Be Takei

2014

Free Birds

2013

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero

2013

The Missing Scarf

2013

Space Milkshake

2012

Art of Submission

2012

Backyard Blockbusters

2012

Strange Frame

2012

Dark Vengeance

2011

Larry Crowne

2011

These Amazing Shadows

2011

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

2010

The Pool Boys

2009

Bring Back... Star Trek

2009

Annul Victory

2009

Toyo's Camera

2009

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword

2009

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story

2009

Futurama: Bender's Game

2008

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

Ninja Cheerleaders

2008

The Great Buck Howard

2008

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier

2007

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

2007

A.I. Assault

2006

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner

2006

40 Years of Star Trek

2006

How William Shatner Changed the World

2005

Mulan II

2004

The Eavesdropper

2004

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

2004

Birth of a Timeless Legacy

2004

Roddenberry on Patrol

2003

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003

New World Order

2002

Who Gets the House?

1999

Batman Beyond: The Movie

1999

Mulan

1998

Bug Buster

1998

Trekkies

1997

The Best Bad Thing

1997

The Magic Pearl

1997

The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations

1996

Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond

1996

Oblivion 2: Backlash

1996

William Shatner's Star Trek Memories

1996

Kissinger and Nixon

1995

William Shatner: Captain's Log

1994

Star Trek: A Captain's Log

1994

Oblivion

1994

Live by the Fist

1993

The Curse of the Dragon

1993

Moving Memories

1993

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special

1991

Blood Oath

1990

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

1989

Return from the River Kwai

1989

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next

1988

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986

Who's Who

1986

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

Have I Got a Christmas for You

1977

The Star Trek Dream

1975

The Year of the Dragon

1975

Josie's Castle

1971

Which Way to the Front?

1970

The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai

1969

The Green Berets

1968

The Big Mouth

1967

An American Dream

1966

Walk Don't Run

1966

Red Line 7000

1965

PT 109

1963

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1963

Hell to Eternity

1960

Ice Palace

1960

Never So Few

1959

Gigantis, the Fire Monster

1959

Rodan! The Flying Monster

1957

Holograms All the Way Down