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name: "George Takei"
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# George Takei

Actor. Born 20 April 1937 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 April 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** George Takai, 武井乔治, ジョージ・タケイ, 武井穂郷, جورج تاكاي, Джордж Такей

## Biography

George Takei is an American actor best known for playing Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise, in the television series *Star Trek* (1966) and the first six feature films in the franchise.

Born Hosato Takei on 20 April 1937 in Los Angeles, California, to Japanese-American parents, he studied theatre at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned a BA in 1960 and an MA in 1964. He has appeared in numerous other television series and films, including voice roles in *The Simpsons*, *Futurama* and *Avatar: The Last Airbender*.

Takei came out as gay in 2005 and has been active in LGBTQ rights advocacy and Japanese-American community issues. He married Brad Altman in 2008.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, as Sulu — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also known for

- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), George Takei
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Akira Kurosawa (voice), Wink - The Game Show Host (voice), Waiter (voice), Sushi Chef (voice), George Takei (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Mulan* (1998), First Ancestor (voice)
- *Avatar: The Last Airbender* (2005), Warden (voice)
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), George Takei
- *You Don't Mess with the Zohan* (2008), George Takei
- *Kubo and the Two Strings* (2016), Hosato (voice)
- *Futurama* (1999), George Takei's Head (voice)

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