George Takei

George Takei

Acting

Born April 20, 1937 · 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 U…

Known for

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Avatar: The Last Airbender

2024

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Acting(252)

2026Hunky Jesus

2025The Gettysburg AddressSelf

2025Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star TrekSelf

2025Reclaim the FlagSelf

2025Beam Me Up, SuluSelf

2025Coroner to the StarsSelf

2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: VoyagerSelf

2024Avatar: The Last AirbenderKoh (voice)

2023BLUE EYE SAMURAISeki (voice)

2023One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation CenterNarrator

2023Star Trek: very Short TreksSulu (voice)

2023Gremlins: Secrets of the MogwaiNoggin (voice)

2023The Keepers of the 5 KingdomsAO the Wise (voice)

2022ONI: Thunder God's TaleMr. Tengu (voice)

2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankOhga (voice)

2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction MoviesSelf - (archive footage)

2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander HeritageSelf - Host

2022Yorktown: A Time to HealLt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

2022The Shuttlepod ShowSelf

2021Marvel's Hit-MonkeyShinji (voice)

2021Jellystone!SoSo (voice)

2021Woman in MotionSelf

2021Resident AlienThe Gray (voice)

2021Call Me KatGeorge Takei

2020The Soul of AmericaSelf

2020Who’s on Top?

2020Star Trek: Lower DecksHikaru Sulu (voice)

2020Aliens Stole My BodyPhil the Plant (voice)

2020Visible: Out on TelevisionSelf

2020Love MonsterElder Panda (voice)

2019Cool Cat's Crazy DreamDream World George

2019True Terror with George TakeiSelf - Host

2019Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?George Takei (voice)

2018Star Trek: Short TreksHikaru Sulu (voice) (archive footage)

2018The TerrorNobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san

2017Yamasong: March of the HollowsElder Masook (voice)

2017And Then They Came for Ushimself

2016AllegianceSam Kimura / Ojii-Chan

2016Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault

2016Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry VaultSelf

2016For the Love of SpockSelf

2016Kubo and the Two StringsHosato (voice)

2016Elena of AvalorKing Toshi (voice)

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Message From HiroshimaNarrator

2015Do I Sound Gay?Self

2015Roddenberry's Trekhimself

2015EntourageGeorge Takei

2015StarTalk with Neil deGrasse TysonSelf

2015Tab Hunter ConfidentialSelf

2015Hopeful Romantic

2015Fresh Off the BoatBernard

2014Eat With MeGeorge

2014Penn Zero: Part-Time HeroSylvester Kobayashi (voice)

2014To Be TakeiSelf

2014BoJack HorsemanAudiobook Narrator (voice)

2014The 7DDr. Sweet Tooth (voice)

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2013Free BirdsS.T.E.V.E. (voice)

2013Through the KeyholeSelf

2013Axel: The Biggest Little HeroElder (voice)

2013The Missing ScarfNarrator

2012Space MilkshakeGary (voice)

2012Art of SubmissionKrang

2012The New NormalSam

2012Backyard BlockbustersSulu (archive footage)

2012Strange FrameTamadamsa (voice)

2012Marvel's Ultimate Spider-ManMaster of K'un L'un (voice)

20128William Tam

2011Dark VengeanceTanaka

2011Larry CrowneDr. Matsutani

2011The Problem SolverzMr. Konishi (voice)

2011Bubble GuppiesMajor Bummer (voice)

2011These Amazing ShadowsSelf

2011Supah NinjasHattori 'Hologramps' Fukanaga

2010Transformers: PrimeAlpha Trion (voice)

2010ConanSelf - Guest

2010Pound PuppiesMr. Julius (voice)

2010Hawaii Five-0Uncle Choi

2010Lost GirlEngelram

2010Regular ShowDaisuke (voice)

2010Fish HooksBird / Robot (voice)

2010Scooby-Doo! Mystery IncorporatedMr. Wang / White Wizard (voice)

2010Hot in ClevelandReverend Matsuda

2010The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the InternmentHimself

2010Adventure TimeRicardio (voice)

2009The Pool BoysMaitre D (Joon)

2009CommunityGeorge Takei (voice)

2009ArcherMr. Moto (voice)

2009Live from Studio FiveSelf

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2009Bring Back... Star TrekSelf

2009Annul VictorySelf

2009Toyo's CameraSelf

2009Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai SwordOld Man Samurai (voice)

2009Party DownGeorge Takei

2009You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo StorySelf

2008Futurama: Bender's GameGeorge Takei (voice)

2008Star Wars: The Clone WarsLok Durd (voice)

2008The Suite Life on DeckRome Tipton

2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanGeorge Takei

2008Ninja CheerleadersHiroshi

2008All Star Mr & Mrs

2008Secret Talents of the Stars

2008The Great Buck HowardGeorge Takei

2007Transformers: AnimatedYoketron (voice)

2007ChowderFoie Gras (voice)

2007The Big Bang TheoryGeorge Takei

2007Phineas and FerbPositive Re-enforcement Machine (voice)

2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the WorldMayor Screwsum / Police Chief (voice)

2007Thank God You're HereSelf

2007El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest

2007Star Trek: Beyond the Final FrontierSelf

2007Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce LeeMan in Black (Voice)

2007Cory in the HouseRonald

2006HeroesKaito Nakamura

2006A.I. AssaultMajor Lane

2006Comedy Central Roast of William ShatnerSelf - Roaster

2006PsychGeorge Takei

2006The Howard Stern InterviewSelf

200640 Years of Star TrekSelf

2005How William Shatner Changed the WorldSelf

2005The Colbert ReportSelf - Guest

2005FreddieMartin

2005Bring Back...Self

2005Avatar: The Last AirbenderWarden (voice)

2005Robot ChickenGodzilla vs. Jason Narrator / Yakuza (voice)

2005American Dad!George Takei (voice)

2004Mulan IIFirst Ancestor (voice)

2004The EavesdropperDr. Hsieh

2004Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century

2004Birth of a Timeless Legacy

2003Roddenberry on PatrolNarrator

2003DC 9/11: Time of CrisisNorman Mineta

2003Comedy Central RoastsSelf

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf - Guest

2002I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!Self

2002Kim PossibleSensei (voice)

2002After They Were FamousSelf

2002Watching EllieGeorge Takei

2002New World OrderRadio Free World (voice)

2001According to JimGeorge Takei (voice)

2001ScrubsGeorge Takei

2001Samurai JackWarrior #4 (voice)

2001The ChronicleMr. Shen

2000The Brak ShowTV Executive (voice) (uncredited)

2000Grosse PointeJapanese Ad Executive (uncredited)

2000Jackie Chan AdventuresHigh Mystic (voice)

2000Son of the Beach

2000Malcolm in the MiddleGeorge Takei

1999The Early ShowSelf

1999Who Gets the House?Elliott

1999FuturamaGeorge Takei's Head (voice)

1999Batman Beyond: The MovieMr. Fixx (voice)

1999Batman BeyondMr. Fixx (voice)

1998V.I.P.KOP's Voice / Self

1998Will & GraceGeorge Takei

1998MulanFirst Ancestor (voice)

1998Bug BusterDr. Hiro Fujimoto

1997TrekkiesSelf

1997The ViewSelf - Guest

1997The Best Bad ThingMr. Yamanaka

1997The Magic PearlHa Ping (voice)

1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ationsSelf

1996Hey Arnold!Phoebe's Father (voice)

1996Star Trek: 30 Years and BeyondSelf

1996Once a Thief

1996Early EditionMr. Lee

1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest

1996Oblivion 2: BacklashDoc Valentine

1996Muppets TonightSelf

1996Space Cases

1996William Shatner's Star Trek MemoriesSelf

19963rd Rock from the SunGeorge Takei

1995Kissinger and NixonLe Duc Tho

1995Brotherly LoveGeorge Takei

1995In the House

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildKeiji (voice)

1995Star Trek: VoyagerCaptain Sulu

1994William Shatner: Captain's LogSelf

1994Star Trek: A Captain's LogSelf

1994Spider-ManWong (voice)

1994OblivionDoc Valentine

1993Diagnosis: MurderMan In Black

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Live by the FistUncle Coronado

1993The Curse of the DragonNarrator (voice)

1993Kung Fu: The Legend ContinuesColonel Ong

1993Moving Memories

1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryCaptain Hikaru Sulu

1991Lightning ForceGeneral Seng

1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1990Blood OathVice-Admiral Baron Takahashi

1989The SimpsonsAkira Kurosawa (voice)

1989Star Trek V: The Final FrontierCmdr. Hikaru Sulu

1989Return from the River KwaiLieutenant Tanaka

1988The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the NextSelf

1986Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeCmdr. Hikaru Sulu

1985MacGyverDr. Shen Wei

1985Doctor Who's Who's WhoSulu

1984Murder, She WroteBert Tanaka

1984Miami ViceKenneth Togaru

1984Star Trek III: The Search for SpockCmdr. Hikaru Sulu

1982Matt HoustonSam Shima

1982Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanCmdr. Hikaru Sulu

1980Beyond WestworldDoctor Marcus

1979Star Trek: The Motion PictureLt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu

1977Have I Got a Christmas for YouDoctor

1975The Star Trek DreamSelf

1975The Year of the DragonFred Eng

1974Chico and the Man

1974The Six Million Dollar ManChin-Ling

1973Star TrekHikaru Sulu (voice)

1971Josie's CastleKen Tanaka

1970Which Way to the Front?Yamashita

1969The Courtship of Eddie's FatherMr. Sato

1969The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the SamuraiNarrator

1968Hawaii Five-ONathaniel Blake

1968The Green BeretsCaptain Nim

1967The Big MouthDiamond Jeweler (uncredited)

1966Mission: ImpossibleRoger Lee

1966Felony Squad

1966Star TrekSulu

1966An American DreamAttorney Ord Long

1966Walk Don't RunPolice Captain

1965Red Line 7000Kato

1965Mister Roberts

1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaCheng

1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963PT 109Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)

1963King Kong vs. GodzillaOsamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)

1962The Gallant Men

1960The IslandersYung

1960My Three SonsWon Tsun

1960Hell to EternityGeorge Une

1960Ice PalaceWang

1959Never So FewSoldier in Hospital

1959Hawaiian Eye

1959The Twilight ZoneArthur Takamori / Taro

1959Gigantis, the Fire MonsterIkeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)

1957Rodan! The Flying MonsterDr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)

1957Perry MasonToma Sakai

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDoctor

Holograms All the Way DownHikaru Sulu

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