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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 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

Appearances as themselves (62)
  • 2026The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World — Self
  • 2025Beam Me Up, Sulu — Self
  • 2025Coroner to the Stars — Self
  • 2025Lost Voyages: Phase II and the Rebirth of Star Trek — Self
  • 2025Reclaim the Flag — Self
  • 2025The Gettysburg Address — Self
  • 2024To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager — Self
  • 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage — Self - Host
  • The Shuttlepod Show — Self
  • 2022Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)
  • 2021Woman in Motion — Self
  • 2020The Soul of America — Self
  • Visible: Out on Television — Self
  • True Terror with George Takei — Self - Host
  • 2017And Then They Came for Us — himself
  • 2016For the Love of Spock — Self
  • 2016Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault — Self
  • 2015Do I Sound Gay? — Self
  • 2015Roddenberry's Trek — himself
  • StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson — Self
  • 2015Tab Hunter Confidential — Self
  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
  • Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
  • 2014To Be Takei — Self
  • Through the Keyhole — Self
  • 2011These Amazing Shadows — Self
  • Conan — Self - Guest
  • 2010The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment — Himself
  • 2009Annul Victory — Self
  • 2009Bring Back... Star Trek — Self
  • Live from Studio Five — Self
  • 2009Toyo's Camera — Self
  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
  • 2009You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story — Self
  • 2007Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier — Self
  • Thank God You're Here — Self
  • The Graham Norton Show — Self - Guest
  • 200640 Years of Star Trek — Self
  • 2006Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner — Self - Roaster
  • The Howard Stern Interview — Self
  • Bring Back... — Self
  • 2005How William Shatner Changed the World — Self
  • The Colbert Report — Self - Guest
  • Comedy Central Roasts — Self
  • Real Time with Bill Maher — Self - Guest
  • After They Were Famous — Self
  • I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! — Self
  • The Early Show — Self
  • The View — Self - Guest
  • 1997Trekkies — Self
  • Muppets Tonight — Self
  • 1996Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond — Self
  • The Daily Show — Self - Guest
  • 1996The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations — Self
  • 1996William Shatner's Star Trek Memories — Self
  • 1994Star Trek: A Captain's Log — Self
  • 1994William Shatner: Captain's Log — Self
  • GMTV — Self
  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
  • 1991Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special — Self
  • 1988The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next — Self
  • 1975The Star Trek Dream — Self
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