George Takei

Known for: Acting
Born: April 20, 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
Movies: 116

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.

Upcoming George Takei Movies

The Con of Wrath: The Craziest Convention Ever!

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Best-Known Movies

7.9

Mulan

1998

5.7

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

7.6

Kubo and the Two Strings

2016

6.5

Mulan II

2004

7.4

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982

6.5

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

7.2

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

1986

6.6

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984

7.0

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991

6.0

Larry Crowne

2011

Filmography

2026	The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World	Self
2026	Hunky Jesus
2025	The Gettysburg Address	Self
2025	Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek	Self
2025	Reclaim the Flag	Self
2025	Beam Me Up, Sulu	Self
2025	Coroner to the Stars	Self
2024	To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager	Self
2023	One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center	Narrator
2023	The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms	AO the Wise (voice)
2022	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	Ohga (voice)
2022	Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies	Self - (archive footage)
2022	Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage	Self - Host
2022	Yorktown: A Time to Heal	Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
2021	Woman in Motion	Self
2020	The Soul of America	Self
2020	Who’s on Top?
2020	Aliens Stole My Body	Phil the Plant (voice)
2019	Cool Cat's Crazy Dream	Dream World George
2017	Yamasong: March of the Hollows	Elder Masook (voice)
2017	And Then They Came for Us	himself
2016	Allegiance	Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan
2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	Self
2016	For the Love of Spock	Self
2016	Kubo and the Two Strings	Hosato (voice)
2015	Message From Hiroshima	Narrator
2015	Do I Sound Gay?	Self
2015	Roddenberry's Trek	himself
2015	Entourage	George Takei
2015	Tab Hunter Confidential	Self
2015	Hopeful Romantic
2014	Eat With Me	George
2014	Ava & Lala
2014	To Be Takei	Self
2013	Free Birds	S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
2013	Axel: The Biggest Little Hero	Elder (voice)
2013	The Missing Scarf	Narrator
2012	Space Milkshake	Gary (voice)
2012	Art of Submission	Krang
2012	Backyard Blockbusters	Sulu (archive footage)
2012	Strange Frame	Tamadamsa (voice)
2012	8	William Tam
2011	Dark Vengeance	Tanaka
2011	Larry Crowne	Dr. Matsutani
2011	These Amazing Shadows	Self
2010	The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment	Himself
2009	The Pool Boys	Maitre D (Joon)
2009	Bring Back... Star Trek	Self
2009	Annul Victory	Self
2009	Toyo's Camera	Self
2009	Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword	Old Man Samurai (voice)
2009	You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story	Self
2008	Futurama: Bender's Game	George Takei (voice)
2008	You Don't Mess with the Zohan	George Takei
2008	Ninja Cheerleaders	Hiroshi
2008	The Great Buck Howard	George Takei
2007	Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier	Self
2007	Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee	Man in Black (Voice)
2006	A.I. Assault	Major Lane
2006	Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner	Self - Roaster
2006	40 Years of Star Trek	Self
2005	How William Shatner Changed the World	Self
2004	Mulan II	First Ancestor (voice)
2004	The Eavesdropper	Dr. Hsieh
2004	Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004	Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2003	DC 9/11: Time of Crisis	Norman Mineta
2002	New World Order	Radio Free World (voice)
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	Trekkies	Self
1997	The Best Bad Thing	Mr. Yamanaka
1997	The Magic Pearl	Ha Ping (voice)
1996	The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations	Self
1996	Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond	Self
1996	Oblivion 2: Backlash	Doc Valentine
1996	William Shatner's Star Trek Memories	Self
1995	Kissinger and Nixon	Le Duc Tho
1994	William Shatner: Captain's Log	Self
1994	Star Trek: A Captain's Log	Self
1994	Oblivion	Doc Valentine
1993	Live by the Fist	Uncle Coronado
1993	The Curse of the Dragon	Narrator (voice)
1993	Moving Memories
1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Captain Hikaru Sulu
1991	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self
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
1986	Who's Who
1985	Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China	Narrator
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
1977	Have I Got a Christmas for You	Doctor
1975	The Star Trek Dream	Self
1975	The Year of the Dragon	Fred Eng
1971	Josie's Castle	Ken Tanaka
1970	Which Way to the Front?	Yamashita
1969	The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai	Narrator
1968	The Green Berets	Captain Nim
1967	The Big Mouth	Diamond Jeweler (uncredited)
1966	An American Dream	Attorney Ord Long
1966	Walk Don't Run	Police Captain
1965	Red Line 7000	Kato
1963	PT 109	Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)
1963	King Kong vs. Godzilla	Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
1960	Hell to Eternity	George Une
1960	Ice Palace	Wang
1959	Never So Few	Soldier in Hospital
1959	Gigantis, the Fire Monster	Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
1957	Rodan! The Flying Monster	Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)

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