Person

George Takei

Acting · 1937-04-20 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (69)

Year	Film	As
2025	Beam Me Up, Sulu	Self
2025	Coroner to the Stars	Self
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Ohga (voice)
2021	Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII	Self - Actor & Activist
2020	Who's on Top?	Narrator
2020	Aliens Stole My Body	Phil the Plant
2019	Woman in Motion	Self
2017	Yamasong: March of the Hollows	Elder Masook
2017	NASA Presents: AMS - The Fight for Flight	Narrator
2017	Never Give Up! Minoru Yasui and the Fight for Justice	Narrator
2017	From the Bridge	Self
2017	From the Bridge	Host
2016	For the Love of Spock	Self
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Hosato (voice)
2016	Roddenberry's Trek	Self
2015	Message from Hiroshima	Self
2015	Tab Hunter Confidential	Self
2015	Entourage	George Takei
2014	To Be Takei	Self
2014	Do I Sound Gay?	Self
2014	Eat with Me	George
2013	Free Birds	S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
2013	Axel: The Biggest Little Hero	Elder
2013	Married and Counting	Narrator
2012	Money Fight	Krang
2012	Space Milkshake	Gary
2011	Larry Crowne	Dr. Matsutani
2010	The Simpsons: Mischief & Mayhem	Self
2010	The Simpsons: Celebrity Friends	Self
2009	You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story	Self
2009	Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword	Old Man Samurai (voice)
2009	Space Travelers	writer
2009	Toyo's Camera	Self
2009	Space Travelers	Self
2008	The Great Buck Howard	George Takei
2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	George Takei
2008	Futurama: Bender's Game	George Takei (voice)
2008	Ninja Cheerleaders	Hiroshi
2004	Mulan II	First Ancestor (voice)
2004	The Eavesdropper	Dr. Hsieh
2002	New World Order	Radio Free World
2000	Conscience and the Constitution	Resister
1999	Who Gets the House?	Elliott
1999	Batman Beyond: The Movie	Mr. Fixx (voice)
1998	Mulan	First Ancestor (voice)
1998	Bug Buster	Dr. Hiro Fujimoto
1997	Frank Lloyd Wright and Japanese Art	Narrator
1997	The Magic Pearl	Ha Ping
1996	Oblivion 2: Backlash	Doc Valentine
1994	Vanished	Han Seoung Tae
1994	Oblivion	Doc Valentine
1993	Live by the Fist	Uncle Coronado
1993	The Curse of the Dragon	Narrator
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Captain Hikaru Sulu
1990	Blood Oath	Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi
1989	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1989	Return from the River Kwai	Lieutenant Tanaka
1988	The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next	Self
1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Sulu
1971	Josie's Castle	Ken Tanaka
1968	The Green Berets	Captain Nim
1966	Walk Don't Run	Police Captain
1965	Red Line 7000	Kato
1963	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
1959	Never So Few	Soldier in Hospital
1959	Gigantis, the Fire Monster	Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)