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
TheatersThe Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026 · Movie
Hunky Jesus
2026 · Movie
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Movie
Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
2025 · Movie
Reclaim the Flag
2025 · Movie
Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025 · Movie
Coroner to the Stars
2025 · Movie
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024 · Movie
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2024 · Series
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023 · Series
One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
2023 · Movie
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023 · Series
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023 · Series
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
2023 · Movie
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022 · Series
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022 · Movie
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Movie
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022 · Movie
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022 · Movie
The Shuttlepod Show
2022 · Series
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021 · Series
Jellystone!
2021 · Series
Woman in Motion
2021 · Movie
Resident Alien
2021 · Series
Call Me Kat
2021 · Series
The Soul of America
2020 · Movie
Who’s on Top?
2020 · Movie
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020 · Series
Aliens Stole My Body
2020 · Movie
Visible: Out on Television
2020 · Series
Love Monster
2020 · Series
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019 · Movie
True Terror with George Takei
2019 · Series
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 · Series
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018 · Series
The Terror
2018 · Series
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017 · Movie
And Then They Came for Us
2017 · Movie
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Series
Allegiance
2016 · Movie
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Movie
For the Love of Spock
2016 · Movie
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016 · Movie
Elena of Avalor
2016 · Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Message From Hiroshima
2015 · Movie
Do I Sound Gay?
2015 · Movie
Roddenberry's Trek
2015 · Movie
Entourage
2015 · Movie
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Series
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015 · Movie
Hopeful Romantic
2015 · Movie
Fresh Off the Boat
2015 · Series
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014 · Series
Eat With Me
2014 · Movie
Ava & Lala
2014 · Movie
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Series
To Be Takei
2014 · Movie
The 7D
2014 · Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
Free Birds
2013 · Movie
Through the Keyhole
2013 · Series
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013 · Movie
The Missing Scarf
2013 · Movie
Space Milkshake
2012 · Movie
Art of Submission
2012 · Movie
The New Normal
2012 · Series
Backyard Blockbusters
2012 · Movie
Strange Frame
2012 · Movie
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012 · Series
8
2012 · Movie
Dark Vengeance
2011 · Movie
Larry Crowne
2011 · Movie
The Problem Solverz
2011 · Series
Bubble Guppies
2011 · Series
These Amazing Shadows
2011 · Movie
Supah Ninjas
2011 · Series
Transformers: Prime
2010 · Series
Conan
2010 · Series
Pound Puppies
2010 · Series
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · Series
Lost Girl
2010 · Series
Regular Show
2010 · Series
Fish Hooks
2010 · Series
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010 · Series
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Series
The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
2010 · Movie
Adventure Time
2010 · Series
The Pool Boys
2009 · Movie
Community
2009 · Series
Archer
2009 · Series
Live from Studio Five
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
Bring Back... Star Trek
2009 · Movie
Annul Victory
2009 · Movie
Toyo's Camera
2009 · Movie
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009 · Movie
Party Down
2009 · Series
You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
2009 · Movie
Futurama: Bender's Game
2008 · Movie
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008 · Series
The Suite Life on Deck
2008 · Series
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Movie
Ninja Cheerleaders
2008 · Movie
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008 · Series
Secret Talents of the Stars
2008 · Series
The Great Buck Howard
2008 · Movie
Transformers: Animated
2007 · Series
Chowder
2007 · Series
The Big Bang Theory
2007 · Series
Phineas and Ferb
2007 · Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007 · Series
Thank God You're Here
2007 · Series
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007 · Movie
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007 · Movie
Cory in the House
2007 · Series
Heroes
2006 · Series
A.I. Assault
2006 · Movie
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
The Howard Stern Interview
2006 · Series
40 Years of Star Trek
2006 · Movie
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005 · Movie
The Colbert Report
2005 · Series
Freddie
2005 · Series
Bring Back...
2005 · Series
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005 · Series
Robot Chicken
2005 · Series
American Dad!
2005 · Series
Mulan II
2004 · Movie
The Eavesdropper
2004 · Movie
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004 · Movie
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004 · Movie
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003 · Movie
Comedy Central Roasts
2003 · Series
Alienated
2003 · Series
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Series
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002 · Series
Kim Possible
2002 · Series
After They Were Famous
2002 · Series
Watching Ellie
2002 · Series
New World Order
2002 · Movie
According to Jim
2001 · Series
Scrubs
2001 · Series
Samurai Jack
2001 · Series
The Chronicle
2001 · Series
The Brak Show
2000 · Series
Grosse Pointe
2000 · Series
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000 · Series
Baby Blues
2000 · Series
Son of the Beach
2000 · Series
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Series
The Early Show
1999 · Series
Who Gets the House?
1999 · Movie
Futurama
1999 · Series
Batman Beyond
1999 · Series
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Will & Grace
1998 · Series
Mulan
1998 · Movie
Bug Buster
1998 · Movie
Trekkies
1997 · Movie
The View
1997 · Series
The Best Bad Thing
1997 · Movie
The Magic Pearl
1997 · Movie
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996 · Movie
Hey Arnold!
1996 · Series
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 · Movie
Once a Thief
1996 · Series
Early Edition
1996 · Series
The Daily Show
1996 · Series
Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996 · Movie
Muppets Tonight
1996 · Series
Space Cases
1996 · Series
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996 · Movie
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996 · Series
Kissinger and Nixon
1995 · Movie
Brotherly Love
1995 · Series
In the House
1995 · Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Series
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994 · Movie
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994 · Movie
Spider-Man
1994 · Series
Oblivion
1994 · Movie
Diagnosis: Murder
1993 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Live by the Fist
1993 · Movie
The Curse of the Dragon
1993 · Movie
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993 · Series
GMTV
1993 · Series
Moving Memories
1993 · Movie
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Movie
Lightning Force
1991 · Series
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991 · Movie
Blood Oath
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989 · Movie
Return from the River Kwai
1989 · Movie
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988 · Movie
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Movie
Who's Who
1986 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Miami Vice
1984 · Series
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Movie
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Movie
Beyond Westworld
1980 · Series
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Movie
Vega$
1978 · Series
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977 · Movie
The Star Trek Dream
1975 · Movie
The Year of the Dragon
1975 · Movie
Chico and the Man
1974 · Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Series
Star Trek
1973 · Series
Josie's Castle
1971 · Movie
Which Way to the Front?
1970 · Movie
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969 · Series
The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Green Berets
1968 · Movie
The Big Mouth
1967 · Movie
Ironside
1967 · Series
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Series
Felony Squad
1966 · Series
Star Trek
1966 · Series
An American Dream
1966 · Movie
Walk Don't Run
1966 · Movie
Red Line 7000
1965 · Movie
Mister Roberts
1965 · Series
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963 · Movie
PT 109
1963 · Movie
The Gallant Men
1962 · Series
The Islanders
1960 · Series
My Three Sons
1960 · Series
Hell to Eternity
1960 · Movie
Ice Palace
1960 · Movie
Never So Few
1959 · Movie
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · Series
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Series
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959 · Movie
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Holograms All the Way Down
Movie