George Takei
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
The Gettysburg Address as Self
2025Reclaim the Flag as Self
2025Beam Me Up, Sulu as Self
2025Coroner to the Stars as Self
2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager as Self
2024Avatar the Last Airbender as Koh (voice)
2023BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Seki (voice)
2023One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center as Narrator
2023Star Trek: very Short Treks as Sulu (voice)
2023Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai as Noggin (voice)
2023The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms as AO the Wise (voice)
2022ONI: Thunder God's Tale as Mr. Tengu (voice)
2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as Ohga (voice)
2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage as Self - Host
2022Yorktown: A Time to Heal as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
2022The Shuttlepod Show as Self
2021Marvel's Hit-Monkey as Shinji (voice)
2021Jellystone! as SoSo (voice)
2021Woman in Motion as Self
2021Resident Alien as The Gray (voice)
2021Call Me Kat as Self
2020The Soul of America as Self
2020Who’s on Top?
2020Star Trek: Lower Decks as Hikaru Sulu (voice)
2020Aliens Stole My Body as Phil the Plant (voice)
2020Visible: Out on Television as Self
2020Love Monster as Elder Panda (voice)
2019Cool Cat's Crazy Dream as Dream World George
2019True Terror with George Takei as Self - Host
2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? as George Takei (voice)
2018Star Trek: Short Treks as Hikaru Sulu (voice) (archive footage)
2018The Terror as Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san
2017Yamasong: March of the Hollows as Elder Masook (voice)
2017And Then They Came for Us as himself
2016Allegiance as Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan
2016Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault as Self
2016For the Love of Spock as Self
2016Kubo and the Two Strings as Hosato (voice)
2016Elena of Avalor as King Toshi (voice)
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015Message From Hiroshima as Narrator
2015Do I Sound Gay? as Self
2015Roddenberry's Trek as himself
2015Entourage as George Takei
2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self
2015Tab Hunter Confidential as Self
2015Hopeful Romantic
2015Fresh Off the Boat as Bernard
2014Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero as Sylvester Kobayashi (voice)
2014Eat With Me as George
2014Ava & Lala
2014BoJack Horseman as Audiobook Narrator (voice)
2014To Be Takei as Self
2014The 7D as Dr. Sweet Tooth (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2013Free Birds as S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
2013Through the Keyhole as Self
2013Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Elder (voice)
2013The Missing Scarf as Narrator
2012Space Milkshake as Gary (voice)
2012Art of Submission as Krang
2012The New Normal as Sam
2012Backyard Blockbusters as Sulu (archive footage)
2012Strange Frame as Tamadamsa (voice)
2012Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as Master of K'un L'un (voice)
20128 as William Tam
2011Dark Vengeance as Tanaka
2011Larry Crowne as Dr. Matsutani
2011The Problem Solverz as Mr. Konishi (voice)
2011Bubble Guppies as Major Bummer (voice)
2011Bubble Guppies as Master Rakunuki (voice)
2011These Amazing Shadows as Self
2011Supah Ninjas as Hattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga
2010Transformers: Prime as Alpha Trion (voice)
2010Pound Puppies as Mr. Julius (voice)
2010Pound Puppies as Mr. Julius / Monsieur Mitch (voice)
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Uncle Choi
2010Lost Girl as Engelram
2010Regular Show as Daisuke (voice)
2010Fish Hooks as Bird / Robot (voice)
2010Fish Hooks as Mr. K (voice)
2010Fish Hooks as Mr. Bird (voice)
2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mr. Wang / White Wizard (voice)
2010Hot in Cleveland as Reverend Matsuda
2010The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment as Himself
2010Adventure Time as Ricardio (voice)
2009The Pool Boys as Maitre D (Joon)
2009Archer as Mr. Moto (voice)
2009Community as George Takei (voice)
2009Live from Studio Five as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Bring Back... Star Trek as Self
2009Annul Victory as Self
2009Toyo's Camera as Self
2009Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword as Old Man Samurai (voice)
2009Party Down as George Takei
2009You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story as Self
2008Futurama: Bender's Game as George Takei (voice)
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Lok Durd (voice)
2008The Suite Life on Deck as Rome Tipton
2008You Don't Mess with the Zohan as George Takei
2008Ninja Cheerleaders as Hiroshi
2008All Star Mr & Mrs
2008Secret Talents of the Stars
2008The Great Buck Howard as George Takei
2007Transformers: Animated as Yoketron (voice)
2007Chowder as Foie Gras (voice)
2007The Big Bang Theory as Self
2007Phineas and Ferb as Positive Re-enforcement Machine (voice)
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World as Mayor Screwsum / Police Chief (voice)
2007Thank God You're Here as Self
2007El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier as Self
2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee as Man in Black (Voice)
2007Cory in the House as Ronald
2006Heroes as Kaito Nakamura
2006A.I. Assault as Major Lane
2006Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner as Self - Roaster
2006Psych as George Takei
2006The Howard Stern Interview as Self
200640 Years of Star Trek as Self
2005How William Shatner Changed The World as Self
2005Freddie as Martin
2005Bring Back... as Self
2005Avatar: The Last Airbender as Warden (voice)
2005Robot Chicken as Godzilla vs. Jason Narrator / Yakuza (voice)
2005Robot Chicken as Hikaru Sulu / Purple Crayon Narrator (voice)
2005American Dad! as George Takei (voice)
2004Mulan II as First Ancestor (voice)
2004Star Trek: New Voyages as Hikaru Sulu
2004Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004The Eavesdropper as Dr. Hsieh
2004Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2003Roddenberry on Patrol as Narrator
2003DC 9/11: Time of Crisis as Norman Mineta
2003Comedy Central Roasts as Self
2003Alienated
2003Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
2002I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! as Self
2002Kim Possible as Sensei (voice)
2002After They Were Famous as Self
2002New World Order as Radio Free World (voice)
2001According to Jim as George Takei (voice)
2001Scrubs as George Takei
2001Samurai Jack as Warrior #4 (voice)
2001The Chronicle as Mr. Shen
2000The Brak Show as TV Executive (voice) (uncredited)
2000Grosse Pointe as Japanese Ad Executive (uncredited)
2000Jackie Chan Adventures as High Mystic (voice)
2000Baby Blues
2000Son of the Beach
2000Malcolm in the Middle as George Takei
1999The Early Show as Self
1999Who Gets the House? as Elliott
1999Futurama as George Takei's Head (voice)
1999Batman Beyond as Mr. Fixx (voice)
1999Batman Beyond: The Movie as Mr. Fixx (voice)
1998V.I.P. as KOP's Voice / Self
1998Will & Grace as George Takei
1998Mulan as First Ancestor (voice)
1998Bug Buster as Dr. Hiro Fujimoto
1997Trekkies as Self
1997The View as Self - Guest
1997The Best Bad Thing as Mr. Yamanaka
1997The Magic Pearl as Ha Ping (voice)
1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations as Self
1996Hey Arnold! as Phoebe's Father (voice)
1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond as Self
1996Once a Thief
1996Early Edition as Mr. Lee
1996The Daily Show as Self
1996Oblivion 2: Backlash as Doc Valentine
1996Muppets Tonight as Self
1996Space Cases
19963rd Rock from the Sun as George Takei
1995Kissinger and Nixon as Le Duc Tho
1995Brotherly Love as George Takei
1995In the House
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Keiji (voice)
1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Change / Peddler (voice)
1995Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Sulu
1995William Shatner's Star Trek Memories as Self
1994Star Trek: A Captain's Log as Himself
1994William Shatner: Captain's Log as Self
1994Spider-Man as Wong (voice)
1994Oblivion as Doc Valentine
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Man In Black
1993Live by the Fist as Uncle Coronado
1993The Curse of the Dragon as Narrator (voice)
1993Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Colonel Ong
1993GMTV as Self
1993Moving Memories
1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Sulu
1991Lightning Force as General Seng
1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special as Self
1990Blood Oath as Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi
1989The Simpsons as Akira Kurosawa (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Wink - The Game Show Host (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Waiter (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Sushi Chef (voice)
1989The Simpsons as George Takei (voice)
1989Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1989Return from the River Kwai as Lieutenant Tanaka
1988The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next as Self
1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Sulu
1986Who's Who
1985MacGyver as Dr. Shen Wei
1985Doctor Who's Who's Who as Sulu
1984Murder, She Wrote as Bert Tanaka
1984Miami Vice as Kenneth Togaru
1984Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1982Matt Houston as Sam Shima
1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1980Beyond Westworld as Doctor Marcus
1979Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
1978Vega$
1977Have I Got a Christmas for You as Doctor
1975The Star Trek Dream as Self
1975The Year of the Dragon as Fred Eng
1974Chico and the Man
1974The Six Million Dollar Man as Chin-Ling
1973Star Trek as Hikaru Sulu (voice)
1971Josie's Castle as Ken Tanaka
1970Which Way to the Front? as Yamashita
1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Mr. Sato
1968Hawaii Five-O as Nathaniel Blake
1968The Green Berets as Captain Nim
1967The Big Mouth as Diamond Jeweler (uncredited)
1967Ironside
1966Mission: Impossible as Roger Lee
1966Felony Squad
1966Star Trek as Sulu
1966An American Dream as Attorney Ord Long
1966Walk Don't Run as Police Captain
1965Red Line 7000 as Kato
1965Mister Roberts
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Cheng
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963PT 109 as Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)
1963King Kong vs. Godzilla as Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
1962The Gallant Men
1960The Islanders as Yung
1960My Three Sons as Won Tsun
1960Hell to Eternity as George Une
1960Ice Palace as Wang
1959Never So Few as Soldier in Hospital
1959Hawaiian Eye
1959The Twilight Zone as Arthur Takamori / Taro
1959Gigantis, the Fire Monster as Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1957Rodan! The Flying Monster as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)
1957Perry Mason as Toma Sakai
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Doctor
—Holograms All the Way Down as Hikaru Sulu