George Takei Biography (1937-)

Full name, George Hosato Takei; born April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, CA; sonof Takekuma Norman (in real estate) and Fumiko Emily (maiden name, Nakamura)Takei; married. Addresses: Agent: c/o Gerler/Stevens, 3349 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Suite 1, Los Angeles, CA 90068.; Contact: Hosato Enterprises, Inc.,419 N. Larchmont Blvd., Suite 41, Los Angeles, CA 90004.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor, writer
Birth Details: April 20, 1937; Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Mr. Sulu, Star Trek, NBC, 1966-1969
Mr. Sulu, Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Adventures, and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1973-1975
Diem, General Hospital, 1985
Also appeared as voice of Ptolemy, the astronomy teacher, Hercules(animated; also known as Disney's Hercules), ABC and syndicated.
Movies
Mr. Sulu, Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before, 1966
Fred Eng, Year of the Dragon, 1975
Le Duc Tho, Kissinger and Nixon, 1995
Mr. Yamanaka, The Best Bad Thing, 1997
Voice of Mr. Fixx, Batman Beyond: The Movie (animated), The WB, 1999
Episodic
Toma Sakai, "The Case of the Blushing Pearls," Perry Mason, 1959
Hiroshi Kawagani, "Sword of the Samurai," Hawaiian Eye, 1960
"Jade Song," Hawaiian Eye, 1960
Larry Chang, "The Manchu Formula," Hawaiian Eye, 1961
Thomas Jefferson Chu, "Thomas Jefferson Chu," Hawaiian Eye, 1961
Taro, "The Encounter," The Twilight Zone, 1964
"Goldbrickers," The Wackiest Ship in the Army, NBC, 1965
Major Chang, "The Silent Saboteurs," Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1965
Won Tsun, "Hong Kong Story," My Three Sons, 1965
"My Father's Keeper," The Wackiest Ship in the Army, 1966
Roger Lee, "The Carriers," Mission: Impossible, 1966
Jimmy Ito, "A Blueprint for Dying," Felony Squad, 1967
"To Catch a Roaring Lion," It Takes a Thief, 1968
Mr. Sato, "Gentleman Friend," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, 1969
"King of the Mountain," Kung Fu, 1972
Voice of Megan, "The Magicks of Megas-Tu," Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Adventures, and StarTrek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1973
Voice of amusement park computer, "Once Upon a Planet," Star Trek(animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Adventures,and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1973
Voices of First Klingon and Commander Kuri, "The Time Trap," Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Adventures, and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1973
Chin Lang, "The Coward," The Six Million Dollar Man, 1974
Voices of Huron helmsman and Orion lieutenant, "The Pirates of Orion," Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The AnimatedAdventures, and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, 1974
Nathanial Blake, "Death's Name Is SAM," Hawaii Five-O, 1975
Yoshi Akimura, "Mister Butterfly," Chico and the Man, 1975
Major Kato, "Up for Grabs," Baa Baa Black Sheep, 1976
Medical examiner, "Ghost of Ripper," Vega$, 1979
"The Rock and the Hard Place," Matt Houston, 1983
Dr. Shen Wei, "The Wish Child," MacGyver, 1986
Bert Tanaka, "The Bottom Line Is Murder," Murder, She Wrote, 1987
Kenneth Togaru, "By Hooker by Crook," Miami Vice, 1987
Frank Tanaka, "To Better Days," Adderly, 1987
Voice of Akira, "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish," The Simpsons, Fox, 1991
General Seng, "M.I.A.: Parts 1 & 2," Lightning Force, 1992
The Howard Stern Show, 1994
Colonel Ong, "The Return of Sing Ling," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 1995
Voice, "The Emperor's New Clothes," Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (animated), HBO, 1995
Shank, "Spung at Heart," Space Cases, 1996
Simms, "The Ungrateful Dead, Minor Adjustments, 1996
Voices of Wong and Monk, "Sins of the Father: Part 1: Dr. Strange," Spider-Man, 1996
Captain Hikaru Sulu, "Flashback," Star Trek: Voyager, 1996
Himself, "Hotel Dick," 3rd Rock from the Sun, 1996
Voice of Phoebe's dad, "Phoebe Cheats," Hey Arnold! (animated), 1997
Himself, "The Adventures of Ratman and Gerbil or, Holy Homeboys in OuterSpace," Homeboys in Outer Space, 1997

McCoy Matsumoto, "Art of Death," Once a Thief, 1997
Dr. Vince O'Toole, "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of," In the House, 1997
Mr. Lee, "Blackout," Early Edition, CBS, 1998
Government agent, "Alienated," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 1998
Voice of Mr. Fixx, "Rebirth: Parts 1 & 2," Batman Beyond (animated), The WB, 1999
Voices of game show host, "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo," The Simpsons, Fox, 1999
KOP/himself, "A. I. Highrise," V.I.P., syndicated, 2001
Mr. Shen, "Here There Be Dragons," The Chronicle, Sci-Fi Channel,2001
Voice of waiter, "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love," The Simpsons, Fox,2001
Voice of Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, "Where No Fan Has Gone Before," Futurama, Fox, 2002
Also appeared in episodes of Perry Mason, CBS, Alcoa Premiere, ABC, Mr. Novak, NBC, The John Forsythe Show, I Spy,NBC, Magnum P.I., CBS, and 77 Sunset Strip; in "Made in Japan,"Playhouse 90, CBS; in "What a Difference a Day Makes," Trapper John, M.D., CBS; in " ... and Fanboy Was His Name," Freakazoid (animated); as voice of Bonsai, "Ugly Zoe," Baby Blues (animated); and as voice of Zen master, "Zen and the Art of Milo," Pepper Ann (animated).
Specials
Saturn Awards, 1981
Doctor Who Who's Who, 1986
Stand-up Comics Take a Stand!, The Family Channel, 1989
Himself, Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special, 1991
The Year of the Generals, CBS, 1992
Star Trek: A Captain's Log, CBS, 1994
(In archive footage) Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments,UPN, 1999
Spotlight on George Takei, 2000
Spotlight on Trek, 2001
Television Work
Series
Provided additional voices, Star Trek (animated; also known as The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek, Star Trek: TAS, Star Trek: The Animated Adventures, and Star Trek: The Animated Series), NBC, Spider-Man (animated), and Jonny Quest (animated). Also producer and host of public affairs show, Expressions: East/West, KNBC, late 1960s to early 1970s.
Film Appearances
(Uncredited) Soldier in hospital, Never So Few (also known as Campaign Burma), 1959
Wang, Ice Palace, Warner Bros., 1960
Mr. Asano's son, A Majority of One, Warner Bros., 1962
George, Hell to Eternity, Allied Artists, 1962
Ord Long, An American Dream (also known as See You in Hell, Darling), Warner Bros., 1962
(Uncredited) Helmsman on Japanese destroyer, PT 109, 1963
(Uncredited) Junior officer, Morituri (also known as The Saboteur: Code Name Morituri), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1965
Kato, Red Line 7000, Paramount, 1965
Police captain, Walk, Don't Run, Columbia, 1966
(Uncredited) Tempura, Murderers' Row, 1966
(Uncredited) Diamond jeweler, The Big Mouth, 1967
Captain Nim, The Green Berets, Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
Yamashita, Which Way to the Front?, Warner Bros., 1970
Lieutenant Commander Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Paramount, 1979
Commander Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, Paramount, 1982
Commander Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek III: Search for Spock, Paramount,1984
Commander Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Paramount, 1986
Narrator and host, Space Station, Centre Productions, 1986
Lieutenant Tanaka, Return from the River Kwai, 1988
Commander Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Paramount,1989
Captain Hikaru Sulu, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Paramount, 1991
Vice Admiral Baron Takahashi, Prisoners of the Sun (also known asBlood Oath), Paramount Home Video, 1991
Uncle Coronado, Live by the Fist, Concorde-New Horizons Corporation, 1993
Narrator, Curse of the Dragon (documentary; also known as BruceLee: Curse of the Dragon), 1993
Han Seoung Tae, Vanished (also known as Chongbal), Hap DongFilms, 1994
Doc Valentine, Oblivion, 1994
Doc Valentine, Oblivion 2: Backlash (also known as Backlash: Oblivion 2), 1996
Himself, Trekkies, 1997
Ha Ping, The Magic Pearl, 1997
Voice of first ancestor, Mulan (animated), Buena Vista/Disney, 1998
Dr. Hiro Fujimoto, Bug Buster (also known as Some Things NeverDie), DMG Entertainment, 1998
Elliott, Who Gets the House?, Feature Films for Families, 1999
Noon Blue Apples, 2002
Stage Appearances
Undertow, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1988
Sadao Nakasato, The Wash, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1990, then Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1990-1991
Reciter, Pacific Overtures, Dayton, OH, 2002
Also appeared in productions of Year of the Dragon, American PlaceTheatre, New York City; Fly Blackbird, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, and Metro Theatre, Los Angeles; Snow White (musical), Dome Theatre, Brighton, England; and, as genie, Aladdin, Hexagon Theatre, Reading, England.
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Lieutenant Sulu, Star Trek: Judgment Rites, 1994
Voice of Captain Sulu, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, 1997
Voice of Sulu, Star Trek: Starfleet Command (also known as StarTrek: Starfleet Command: Gold Edition), 1999
Voice of Sulu, Star Trek: Starfleet Command: Volume II: Empires at War, 2000
Videos
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories, 1995
Taped Readings
J. J. Molloy's Star Trek Cacophony: A Captain Sulu Adventure, Simon & Schuster, 1994
Narrated a number of audio books based on Star Trek novels, including Strangers from the Sky and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
Albums
Star Trek 25th Anniversary Audio Collection, Audioworks, 1991
WRITINGS
Fiction
(With Robert Asprin) Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe (science fiction),Playboy (New York), 1979
Nonfiction
To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Pocket Books (NewYork), 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2001
Notable Asian Americans, Gale, 1995

Periodicals

Asian Reporter, December 5, 2000
Starlog, September, 1989, pp. 60-62
Transpacific, May/June, 1990, pp. 26-37, 58

Electronic

George Takei-Official Site, http://www.georgetakei.com, June 6, 2002

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