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George Takei (/ t ə ˈ k eɪ / tə-KAY; born April 20, 1937), born Hosato Takei (Japanese: 武井 穂郷, Hepburn: Takei Hosato), is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
Two men alone in an attic, a young Japanese-American and a seasoned veteran of yesterday's war. It's twenty odd years since Pearl Harbor, but two ancient opponents are moving into position for a battle in an attic crammed with skeletons, souvenirs, mementos, old uniforms, and rusted medals.
Allegiance is a musical with music and lyrics by Jay Kuo and a book by Marc Acito, Kuo and Lorenzo Thione.The story, set during the Japanese American internment of World War II (with a framing story set in the present day), was inspired by the personal experiences of George Takei, who starred in the musical.
George Takei. Net worth: $12 million. Best known as Mr. Sulu in the “Star Trek” series, George Takei is also an LGBTQ activist. He came out as a gay man in a 2005 interview with Frontiers ...
They Called Us Enemy is a 2019 graphic novel that is a collaboration by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony Becker.It is about his experiences during the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II.
For George Takei, who portrayed Hikaru Sulu aboard the USS Enterprise in the “Star Trek” franchise, it’s a story he is determined to keep telling every opportunity he has. “I consider it ...
The film was notable in its casting of George Takei, who was then a regular character on the series Star Trek. As a result of Takei joining the film's cast, he missed filming nearly a third of the episodes of Star Trek season 2. His lines were subsequently rewritten for the character of Pavel Chekov, played by actor Walter Koenig.
Takei describes the filming of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and his attempts to inject more substance into his character of Sulu. When he heard that there was a plan to replace the original Star Trek cast with new crew members for Star Trek V , Takei rallied fans at twelve consecutive Star Trek conventions , and Paramount Studios dropped ...