George Takei
Birthday: 1937-04-20
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Movies
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns t...
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top...
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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's liv...
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew m...
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical ...
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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace su...
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Mulan
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and b...
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The Green Berets
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first i...
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Mulan II
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in ma...
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New World Order
The diary of an occult novelist sends a young college student, on a journey into the paranormal and ...
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The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
A grandfather and curio shop owner in a small town in Arizona, and his granddaughter, are transporte...
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Art of Submission
Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, par...
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PT 109
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boa...
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A.I. Assault
When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a t...
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Hell to Eternity
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-...
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Trekkies
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the ser...
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Walk Don't Run
During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small a...
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Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a ...
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Ice Palace
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountai...
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The Eavesdropper
Fifteen deaf patients took part in an experimental clinical trail aimed at hearing restoration. With...
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Roddenberry on Patrol
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he enco...
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These Amazing Shadows
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treas...
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Oblivion 2: Backlash
In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to a...
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Ninja Cheerleaders
3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, b...
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Blood Oath
On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of...
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The Curse of the Dragon
A 1993 documentary film about Bruce Lee. The film includes interviews from some of his fellow studen...
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Josie's Castle
Three free spirits cut their ties with the old-fashioned square world and shack up in a love commune...
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Bug Buster
After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside...
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Return from the River Kwai
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai ...
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Larry Crowne
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at hi...
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Who’s on Top?
Narrated by Star Trek legend George Takei, “Who’s on Top?” is the emotional story of members of the ...
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To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995)....
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Strange Frame
28th century, 200 years after the Great Earth Exodus. Naia, a feisty, young singer/songwriter, falls...
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air...
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Free Birds
Two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel...
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Toyo's Camera
Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle i...
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You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, ...
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Live by the Fist
A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and fre...
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To Be Takei
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to...
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
Primetime program celebrating the diversity and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of...
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One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
One Fighting Irishman tells the story of San Francisco attorney Wayne M. Collins whose uncompromisin...
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The Missing Scarf
A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and...
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Kissinger and Nixon
A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-...
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King Kong vs. Godzilla
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for a...
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Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he sets out on an adventure-filled quest to find the legen...
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Who's Who
Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who television ...
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Eat With Me
When Emma moves in with her estranged, gay son, the pair must learn to reconnect through food where ...
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Red Line 7000
The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the profes...
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An American Dream
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personali...
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The Great Buck Howard
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs o...
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Never So Few
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II....
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Which Way to the Front?
Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his co...
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Space Milkshake
Four low-ranking astronauts are stuck together on an orbital Sanitation Station after they bring a m...
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Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The C...
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Yamasong: March of the Hollows
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their ...
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Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was i...
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Entourage
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in busi...
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Roddenberry's Trek
The Gene Roddenberry Project is a half hour documentary exploring the genesis of Star Trek through t...
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Who Gets the House?
Don and Rebecca Reece are facing the toughest decision of their lives whether or not to end their ma...
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The Best Bad Thing
After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother want...
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Message From Hiroshima
This documentary provides an inside look at the devastating effects of the first atomic bomb dropped...
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Do I Sound Gay?
What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to un...
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The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations was a documentary which was broadc...
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Kubo and the Two Strings
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami...
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William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
Cast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the series...
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For the Love of Spock
The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty y...
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How William Shatner Changed The World
William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and i...
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Tab Hunter Confidential
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his...
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The Star Trek Dream
A documentary about Star Trek: The Original Series and its fanbase narrated by Bob Wilkins, featurin...
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Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from ...
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Ava & Lala
Ava, a spirited and imaginative girl, meets a curious animal named Lala. Together they go on a wild ...
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8
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcri...
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William Shatner: Captain's Log
William Shatner worked tirelessly to turn the Star Trek television franchise into movies, but the jo...
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Dark Vengeance
A serial killer sows panic in the city of Seattle leaving several victims behind, all chosen under t...
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Allegiance
Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extra...
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Moving Memories
A journey into the 1920s and 1930s featuring restored and edited home movies taken by Japanese Ameri...
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Oblivion
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways...
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Star Trek: A Captain's Log
Star Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994 across t...
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Batman Beyond: The Movie
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he ...
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Birth of a Timeless Legacy
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy doc, which te...
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Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most re...
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And Then They Came for Us
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitution...
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Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history...
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40 Years of Star Trek
The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwit...
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Gigantis, the Fire Monster
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus....
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The Year of the Dragon
Frank Chin's edgy story breaks down the stereotypes of Asian Americans and centers on San Francisco ...
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The Gettysburg Address
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" invest...
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Backyard Blockbusters
For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they ma...
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The Big Mouth
A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertentl...
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstyl...
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The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception wit...
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene R...
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Aliens Stole My Body
The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR...
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Annul Victory
Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election bat...
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Yorktown: A Time to Heal
Having escaped capture by the Klingons, a damaged Starfleet reconnaissance probe crashes undetected ...
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The Soul of America
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers...
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Have I Got a Christmas for You
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors ...
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Woman in Motion
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation'...
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Futurama: Bender's Game
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enter...
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The Pool Boys
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's olde...
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the...
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The Magic Pearl
An animated story derived from a Chinese folk tale. Follows the magical journey of a sister and brot...
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Coroner to the Stars
Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Ange...
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The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
This historical documentary tells the little-known story of Ralph Carr, who was the Governor of Colo...
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Rodan! The Flying Monster
A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a cr...
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Beam Me Up, Sulu
In 1985, Star Trek's George Takei joined a group of dedicated fans to make a student film deep in th...
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Reclaim the Flag
An examination of how the American flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, wit...
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Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest s...
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Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
Documentary on the History of Science Fiction Movies from The Day the Earth Stood Still onward....
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Hopeful Romantic
A musical of one man's emotional journey through love, heartbreak, and healing....
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