George Takei
Acting
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.
As actor 252
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Simpsons
1989
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Daily Show
1996
American Dad!
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Regular Show
2010
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Conan
2010
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
Adventure Time
2010
Futurama
1999
The View
1997
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Perry Mason
1957
The Colbert Report
2005
Star Trek
1966
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
Star Trek: Voyager
1995
Robot Chicken
2005
Psych
2006
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2024
Heroes
2006
Kim Possible
2002
Ironside
1967
BoJack Horseman
2014
Miami Vice
1984
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
Community
2009
V.I.P.
1998
Jackie Chan Adventures
2000
Scrubs
2001
The Big Bang Theory
2007
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Mission: Impossible
1966
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
MacGyver
1985
Archer
2009
Will & Grace
1998
Hey Arnold!
1996
Spider-Man
1994
Samurai Jack
2001
GMTV
1993
The Twilight Zone
1959
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
Hot in Cleveland
2010
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
Elena of Avalor
2016
My Three Sons
1960
Transformers: Prime
2010
Resident Alien
2021
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012
The Islanders
1960
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
According to Jim
2001
Batman Beyond
1999
Lost Girl
2010
Bubble Guppies
2011
Fish Hooks
2010
Early Edition
1996
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
Chowder
2007
Mulan
1998
The Terror
2018
The Suite Life on Deck
2008
Party Down
2009
Jellystone!
2021
Transformers: Animated
2007
Pound Puppies
2010
The 7D
2014
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Matt Houston
1982
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
2014
BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai
2023
Vega$
1978
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
Chico and the Man
1974
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
Love Monster
2020
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
2007
Muppets Tonight
1996
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
Felony Squad
1966
In the House
1995
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
2021
Call Me Kat
2021
Mulan II
2004
The Howard Stern Interview
2006
Star Trek
1973
Kubo and the Two Strings
2016
Cory in the House
2007
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
Son of the Beach
2000
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015
Free Birds
2013
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
2002
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
Brotherly Love
1995
Entourage
2015
Once a Thief
1996
The Early Show
1999
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Larry Crowne
2011
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
Through the Keyhole
2013
The Shuttlepod Show
2022
The New Normal
2012
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
Supah Ninjas
2011
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007
Lightning Force
1991
Grosse Pointe
2000
Freddie
2005
Baby Blues
2000
Visible: Out on Television
2020
Bring Back...
2005
The Brak Show
2000
The Gallant Men
1962
Beyond Westworld
1980
Mister Roberts
1965
The Chronicle
2001
ONI: Thunder God's Tale
2022
Futurama: Bender's Game
2008
The Problem Solverz
2011
Watching Ellie
2002
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Never So Few
1959
Space Cases
1996
All Star Mr & Mrs
2008
Space Milkshake
2012
The Green Berets
1968
The Great Buck Howard
2008
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009
After They Were Famous
2002
Trekkies
1997
Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Thank God You're Here
2007
King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
Star Trek: very Short Treks
2023
Hunky Jesus
2026
Walk Don't Run
1966
Bug Buster
1998
For the Love of Spock
2016
Which Way to the Front?
1970
Alienated
2003
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
Dark Vengeance
2011
These Amazing Shadows
2011
New World Order
2002
Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
Hopeful Romantic
2015
Who's Who
1986
The Pool Boys
2009
Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek
2025
Red Line 7000
1965
PT 109
1963
Moving Memories
1993
The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World
2026
A.I. Assault
2006
Star Trek: The Original Series – The Roddenberry Vault
2016
The Big Mouth
1967
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
To Be Takei
2014
Secret Talents of the Stars
2008
Ninja Cheerleaders
2008
The Eavesdropper
2004
Oblivion
1994
The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
2023
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994
The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
Blood Oath
1990
Return from the River Kwai
1989
8
2012
Hell to Eternity
1960
Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
Art of Submission
2012
Live from Studio Five
2009
The Soul of America
2020
Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
Ice Palace
1960
Oblivion 2: Backlash
1996
Rodan! The Flying Monster
1957
The Magic Pearl
1997
An American Dream
1966
Annul Victory
2009
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
Toyo's Camera
2009
Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
Strange Frame
2012
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
Woman in Motion
2021
True Terror with George Takei
2019
Aliens Stole My Body
2020
Reclaim the Flag
2025
Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
Josie's Castle
1971
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996
Ava & Lala
2014
Doctor Who's Who's Who
1985
Bring Back... Star Trek
2009
Who Gets the House?
1999
Who’s on Top?
2020
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996
The Missing Scarf
2013
Kissinger and Nixon
1995
Do I Sound Gay?
2015
Eat With Me
2014
Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003
How William Shatner Changed the World
2005
Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994
Allegiance
2016
One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
2023
You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
2009
Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022
And Then They Came for Us
2017
The Star Trek Dream
1975
Live by the Fist
1993
Roddenberry's Trek
2015
The Best Bad Thing
1997
Backyard Blockbusters
2012
Holograms All the Way Down
The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
2010
Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
Coroner to the Stars
2025
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022
The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai
1969
The Year of the Dragon
1975
Message From Hiroshima
2015