George Takei
Acting • Born 1937-04-20
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 Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.
Filmography
258 credits
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Movie • 1982
Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Movie • 1979
Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Movie • 1984
Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Movie • 1986
Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Movie • 1991
Captain Hikaru Sulu
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Movie • 1989
Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Mulan
Movie • 1998
First Ancestor (voice)
The Green Berets
Movie • 1968
Captain Nim
Mulan II
Movie • 2004
First Ancestor (voice)
New World Order
Movie • 2002
Radio Free World (voice)
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
Movie • 2023
AO the Wise (voice)
Art of Submission
Movie • 2012
Krang
PT 109
Movie • 1963
Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)
A.I. Assault
Movie • 2006
Major Lane
Hell to Eternity
Movie • 1960
George Une
Trekkies
Movie • 1997
Self
Walk Don't Run
Movie • 1966
Police Captain
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
Movie • 2009
Old Man Samurai (voice)
Ice Palace
Movie • 1960
Wang
The Eavesdropper
Movie • 2004
Dr. Hsieh
Roddenberry on Patrol
Movie • 2003
Narrator
These Amazing Shadows
Movie • 2011
Self
Oblivion 2: Backlash
Movie • 1996
Doc Valentine
Ninja Cheerleaders
Movie • 2008
Hiroshi
Blood Oath
Movie • 1990
Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi
The Curse of the Dragon
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
Josie's Castle
Movie • 1971
Ken Tanaka
Bug Buster
Movie • 1998
Dr. Hiro Fujimoto
Return from the River Kwai
Movie • 1989
Lieutenant Tanaka
Larry Crowne
Movie • 2011
Dr. Matsutani
Who’s on Top?
Movie • 2020
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
Movie • 2024
Self
Strange Frame
Movie • 2012
Tamadamsa (voice)
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Movie • 2003
Norman Mineta
Free Birds
Movie • 2013
S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
Toyo's Camera
Movie • 2009
Self
You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
Movie • 2009
Self
Live by the Fist
Movie • 1993
Uncle Coronado
To Be Takei
Movie • 2014
Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Movie • 2022
Self - Host
One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Holograms All the Way Down
Movie
Hikaru Sulu
The Missing Scarf
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Kissinger and Nixon
Movie • 1995
Le Duc Tho
King Kong vs. Godzilla
Movie • 1963
Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
Movie • 2013
Elder (voice)
Who's Who
Movie • 1986
Eat With Me
Movie • 2014
George
Red Line 7000
Movie • 1965
Kato
An American Dream
Movie • 1966
Attorney Ord Long
The Great Buck Howard
Movie • 2008
George Takei
Never So Few
Movie • 1959
Soldier in Hospital
Which Way to the Front?
Movie • 1970
Yamashita
Space Milkshake
Movie • 2012
Gary (voice)
Bring Back... Star Trek
Movie • 2009
Self
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
Movie • 2006
Self - Roaster
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
Movie • 2017
Elder Masook (voice)
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
Movie • 2019
Dream World George
Entourage
Movie • 2015
George Takei
Roddenberry's Trek
Movie • 2015
himself
Who Gets the House?
Movie • 1999
Elliott
The Best Bad Thing
Movie • 1997
Mr. Yamanaka
Message From Hiroshima
Movie • 2015
Narrator
Do I Sound Gay?
Movie • 2015
Self
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
Movie • 1996
Self
Kubo and the Two Strings
Movie • 2016
Hosato (voice)
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Movie • 1996
Self
For the Love of Spock
Movie • 2016
Self
How William Shatner Changed The World
Movie • 2005
Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie • 2015
Self
The Star Trek Dream
Movie • 1975
Self
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Movie • 2022
Ohga (voice)
Ava & Lala
Movie • 2014
8
Movie • 2012
William Tam
William Shatner: Captain's Log
Movie • 1994
Self
Dark Vengeance
Movie • 2011
Tanaka
Allegiance
Movie • 2016
Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan
Moving Memories
Movie • 1993
Oblivion
Movie • 1994
Doc Valentine
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Movie • 1994
Himself
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Movie • 1999
Mr. Fixx (voice)
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
Movie • 2004
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
Movie • 2004
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
Movie • 2007
Self
And Then They Came for Us
Movie • 2017
himself
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
Movie • 1991
Self
40 Years of Star Trek
Movie • 2006
Self
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
Movie • 1959
Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
The Year of the Dragon
Movie • 1975
Fred Eng
The Gettysburg Address
Movie • 2025
Self
Backyard Blockbusters
Movie • 2012
Sulu (archive footage)
The Big Mouth
Movie • 1967
Diamond Jeweler (uncredited)
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
Movie • 2008
George Takei
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
Movie • 1988
Self
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Movie • 2016
Self
Aliens Stole My Body
Movie • 2020
Phil the Plant (voice)
Annul Victory
Movie • 2009
Self
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Movie • 2022
Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
The Soul of America
Movie • 2020
Self
Have I Got a Christmas for You
Movie • 1977
Doctor
Woman in Motion
Movie • 2021
Self
Futurama: Bender's Game
Movie • 2008
George Takei (voice)
The Pool Boys
Movie • 2009
Maitre D (Joon)
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Movie • 2007
Man in Black (Voice)
The Magic Pearl
Movie • 1997
Ha Ping (voice)
Coroner to the Stars
Movie • 2025
Self
The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
Movie • 2010
Himself
Rodan! The Flying Monster
Movie • 1957
Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)
Beam Me Up, Sulu
Movie • 2025
Self
Reclaim the Flag
Movie • 2025
Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
Movie • 1996
Self
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Movie • 2022
Self - (archive footage)
Hopeful Romantic
Movie • 2015
The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai
Movie • 1969
Narrator
Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
Movie • 2025
Self
Hunky Jesus
Movie • 2026
In the House
TV • 1995
Son of the Beach
TV • 2000
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Mr. Fixx (voice)
Freddie
TV • 2005
Martin
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Akira Kurosawa (voice)
The Gallant Men
TV • 1962
Spider-Man
TV • 1994
Wong (voice)
Jackie Chan Adventures
TV • 2000
High Mystic (voice)
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Sulu
The Big Bang Theory
TV • 2007
Self
Futurama
TV • 1999
George Takei's Head (voice)
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Colonel Ong
Space Cases
TV • 1996
Heroes
TV • 2006
Kaito Nakamura
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Captain Sulu
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Kenneth Togaru
Early Edition
TV • 1996
Mr. Lee
According to Jim
TV • 2001
George Takei (voice)
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Nathaniel Blake
Chico and the Man
TV • 1974
Star Trek
TV • 1973
Hikaru Sulu (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
George Takei
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
KOP's Voice / Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Dr. Shen Wei
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Toma Sakai
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV • 2008
Lok Durd (voice)
Hawaiian Eye
TV • 1959
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Roger Lee
Mister Roberts
TV • 1965
Secret Talents of the Stars
TV • 2008
The Islanders
TV • 1960
Yung
Brotherly Love
TV • 1995
George Takei
Will & Grace
TV • 1998
George Takei
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
TV • 2007
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Doctor
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Arthur Takamori / Taro
Bring Back...
TV • 2005
Self
Ironside
TV • 1967
Muppets Tonight
TV • 1996
Self
Felony Squad
TV • 1966
Vega$
TV • 1978
Once a Thief
TV • 1996
Chowder
TV • 2007
Foie Gras (voice)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Alienated
TV • 2003
Baby Blues
TV • 2000
Adventure Time
TV • 2010
Ricardio (voice)
Lightning Force
TV • 1991
General Seng
Party Down
TV • 2009
George Takei
Diagnosis: Murder
TV • 1993
Man In Black
The New Normal
TV • 2012
Sam
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Won Tsun
All Star Mr & Mrs
TV • 2008
Live from Studio Five
TV • 2009
Self
Supah Ninjas
TV • 2011
Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
TV • 2010
Mr. Wang / White Wizard (voice)
Community
TV • 2009
George Takei (voice)
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
TV • 2023
Seki (voice)
The Chronicle
TV • 2001
Mr. Shen
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Psych
TV • 2006
George Takei
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
TV • 2021
Shinji (voice)
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Sensei (voice)
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Uncle Choi
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
TV • 2023
Noggin (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV • 2015
Self
Elena of Avalor
TV • 2016
King Toshi (voice)
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Mr. Julius (voice)
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Mr. Julius / Monsieur Mitch (voice)
The Suite Life on Deck
TV • 2008
Rome Tipton
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV • 2014
Sylvester Kobayashi (voice)
The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Chin-Ling
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Bird / Robot (voice)
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Mr. Bird (voice)
Fish Hooks
TV • 2010
Mr. K (voice)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
TV • 1969
Mr. Sato
The 7D
TV • 2014
Dr. Sweet Tooth (voice)
Hey Arnold!
TV • 1996
Phoebe's Father (voice)
Jellystone!
TV • 2021
SoSo (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV • 2007
Mayor Screwsum / Police Chief (voice)
Fresh Off the Boat
TV • 2015
Bernard
The Brak Show
TV • 2000
TV Executive (voice) (uncredited)
The View
TV • 1997
Self - Guest
The Howard Stern Interview
TV • 2006
Self
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
TV • 2022
Mr. Tengu (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Positive Re-enforcement Machine (voice)
Doctor Who's Who's Who
TV • 1985
Sulu
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Keiji (voice)
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Change / Peddler (voice)
After They Were Famous
TV • 2002
Self
The Shuttlepod Show
TV • 2022
Self
Transformers: Prime
TV • 2010
Alpha Trion (voice)
Archer
TV • 2009
Mr. Moto (voice)
Resident Alien
TV • 2021
The Gray (voice)
The Problem Solverz
TV • 2011
Mr. Konishi (voice)
The Terror
TV • 2018
Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san
Avatar the Last Airbender
TV • 2024
Koh (voice)
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Daisuke (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TV • 2020
Hikaru Sulu (voice)
Lost Girl
TV • 2010
Engelram
Beyond Westworld
TV • 1980
Doctor Marcus
Grosse Pointe
TV • 2000
Japanese Ad Executive (uncredited)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
TV • 2002
Self
3rd Rock from the Sun
TV • 1996
George Takei
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Sam Shima
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Audiobook Narrator (voice)
True Terror with George Takei
TV • 2019
Self - Host
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Through the Keyhole
TV • 2013
Self
Love Monster
TV • 2020
Elder Panda (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
George Takei (voice)
Transformers: Animated
TV • 2007
Yoketron (voice)
Visible: Out on Television
TV • 2020
Self
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Call Me Kat
TV • 2021
Self
Cory in the House
TV • 2007
Ronald
Star Trek: Short Treks
TV • 2018
Hikaru Sulu (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
TV • 2019
George Takei (voice)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Bert Tanaka
Avatar: The Last Airbender
TV • 2005
Warden (voice)
Star Trek: very Short Treks
TV • 2023
Sulu (voice)
Samurai Jack
TV • 2001
Warrior #4 (voice)
Bubble Guppies
TV • 2011
Major Bummer (voice)
Bubble Guppies
TV • 2011
Master Rakunuki (voice)
Thank God You're Here
TV • 2007
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Wink - The Game Show Host (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Waiter (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Sushi Chef (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
George Takei (voice)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
TV • 1964
Cheng
Hot in Cleveland
TV • 2010
Reverend Matsuda
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Godzilla vs. Jason Narrator / Yakuza (voice)
Robot Chicken
TV • 2005
Hikaru Sulu / Purple Crayon Narrator (voice)
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
TV • 2012
Master of K'un L'un (voice)
Scrubs
TV • 2001
George Takei
Watching Ellie
TV • 2002
George Takei