George Takei
Actor
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.
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Blazing Samurai (2017)
As: Ohga
The story revolves around a scrappy young dog who fights to save a town from becoming the litter box of a nefarious feline warlord.
Directed by: Chris Bailey | Mark Koetsier
Stars: Djimon Hounsou | Samuel L. Jackson | Michael Cera | George Takei | Mel Brooks
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
As: Hosato (voice)
Kubo mesmerizes the people in his village with his magical gift for spinning wild tales with origami. When he accidentally summons an evil spirit seeking vengeance, Kubo is forced to go on a quest to solve the mystery of his fallen samurai father and his mystical weaponry, as well as discover his own magical powers.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Travis Knight
Stars: Ralph Fiennes | Rooney Mara | Charlize Theron | Matthew McConaughey | Art Parkinson
For the Love of Spock (2016)
As: Himself
A documentary film about the life of Star Trek's Mr. Spock as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son, Adam Nimoy.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Adam Nimoy
Stars: William Shatner | Simon Pegg | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | J.J. Abrams
Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2015)
As: Elder Masook
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a sinister mechanized army and save the creatures of their world.
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: Sam Koji Hale
Stars: Nathan Fillion | Freida Pinto | Peter Weller | Malcolm McDowell | Abigail Breslin
Entourage (2015)
As: George Takei
Movie star Vincent Chase, together with his boys, Eric, Turtle and Johnny, are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold. Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: Doug Ellin
Stars: Kevin Connolly | Jeremy Piven | Kevin Dillon | Adrian Grenier | Jerry Ferrara
Eat with Me (2014)
As: George
Tired of her bland marriage, Emma moves in with her son Elliot in his downtown LA loft. Elliot is a chef at a lackluster Chinese restaurant facing foreclosure. Also he’s gay – and Emma’s distaste and denial over this has made strangers of mother and son. But now, as Emma indulges herself with the encouragement of a saucy new friend, and Elliot confronts his fears of intimacy, mother and son find ...
Runtime: 95 min.
Directed by: David Au
Stars: Nicole Sullivan | Aidan Bristow | George Takei | Sharon Omi | Teddy Chen Culver
To Be Takei (2014)
As: Himself
Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei journeyed from a World War II internment camp to the helm of the Starship Enterprise, and then to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband, Brad, on a wacky and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Jennifer M. Kroot
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | Walter Koenig | Brad Takei
Free Birds (2013)
As: S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
In this irreverent, hilarious, adventurous buddy comedy for audiences of all ages, directed by Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!), two turkeys from opposite sides of the tracks must put aside their differences and team up to travel back in time to change the course of history - and get turkey off the holiday menu for good.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Jimmy Hayward
Stars: Owen Wilson | Colm Meaney | Amy Poehler | Woody Harrelson | George Takei
The Missing Scarf (2013)
As: Narrator
A black comedy exploring some of life's common fears: fear of the unknown, of failure, rejection and finally the fear of death. Narrated by George Takei.
Runtime: 7 min.
Directed by: Eoin Duffy
Stars: George Takei
Strange Frame: Love & Sax (2013)
As: Tamadamsa (voice)
28th century, 200 years after the Great Earth Exodus. Naia, a feisty, young singer/songwriter, falls in love with the beautiful saxophonist Parker in Ganymede, one of Jupiter's moons. The two form a band - and now they have to not only make it as musicians but also to fight for their freedom. Dramatically rendered in rich, hand drawn animation, Strange Frame brings us into a world of space pirates, ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: G.B. Hajim
Stars: Tara Strong | Cree Summer | Tim Curry | Ron Glass | Claudia Black
Space Milkshake (2012)
As: Gary (voice)
Four low-ranking astronauts are stuck together on an orbital Sanitation Station after they bring a mysterious device aboard their ship and all life on Earth disappears. Little do they know they are about to come under attack by a mutating rubber duck named Gary, who wants to open a portal to his evil dimension and take over the Universe.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Armen Evrensel
Stars: Billy Boyd | George Takei | Amanda Tapping | Kristin Kreuk | Robin Dunne
8 (2012)
As: Dr. William Tam
"8"—a new play by Academy-award winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar)—demystifies the debate around marriage equality by chronicling the landmark trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger. A one time show was done live on youtube with a superstar cast
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Stars: George Clooney | Kevin Bacon | Jamie Lee Curtis | Matt Bomer | Chris Colfer
Larry Crowne (2011)
As: Dr. Matsutani
When he suddenly finds himself without his long-standing blue-collar job, Larry Crowne enrolls at his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of an eclectic community of students and develops a crush on his teacher.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Tom Hanks
Stars: Tom Hanks | Bryan Cranston | Julia Roberts | Cedric the Entertainer | Pam Grier
Dark Vengeance (2011)
As: Tanaka
A serial killer sows panic in the city of Seattle leaving several victims behind, all chosen under the same pattern: young women related to the world of nightclubs and a mysterious ritual of black magic.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Keoni Waxman
Stars: Steven Seagal | Emilie Ullerup | George Takei | Meghan Ory | Alex Mallari Jr.
These Amazing Shadows (2011)
As: himself
Documentary about the National Film Registry, featuring clips of films that have been included in the registry, as well as interviews with members of the National Film Registry Board.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Kurt Norton | Paul Mariano
Stars: Jeff Adachi | Charles Burnett | James H. Billington | Robin Blaetz | Brooks Boliek
Toyo's Camera (2009)
As: Himself
Even though bringing in cameras to the internment camps was prohibited, one man managed to smuggle in his own camera lens and build a camera to document life behind barbed wires, with the help of other craftsmen in the camp. That man was Toyo Miyatake, a successful issei (first generation immigrant) photographer and owner of a photo-shop in the Los Angeles Little Tokyo district, and of one of the ...
Directed by: Junichi Suzuki
Stars: George Takei | Daniel Inouye
Money Fight (2009)
As: Krang
Johnny Sanchez has a troubled past which manifests in the dissonance between him and his family, particularly with his father and son. As Johnny gets released from prison, his father's garage is going to be shut down. The only way to save it is to fight in the Red Canvas tournament, an MMA event. Amidst preparing for an opponent who can't be defeated, Johnny must deal with the turmoil of his family and ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Adam Boster | Kenneth Chamitoff
Stars: Ving Rhames | John Savage | George Takei | Sara Downing | Ernie Reyes, Jr.
Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword (2009)
As: Old Man Samurai (voice)
The gang of Mystery Inc. take a trip to Japan and find themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancient blade fabled to possess extraordinary supernatural powers.
Runtime: 74 min.
Directed by: Christopher Berkeley
Stars: Casey Kasem | Frank Welker | Mindy Cohn | Kelly Hu | Grey DeLisle
Ninja Cheerleaders (2008)
As: Hiroshi
3 college cheerleaders use their martial arts know-how to save their Sensei from mafia kidnappers, but must keep their extra curricular activities a secret in order to make it into an Ivy League school.
Runtime: 81 min.
Directed by: David Presley
Stars: George Takei | Ginny Weirick | Maitland McConnell | Trishelle Cannatella | Michael FitzGibbon
The Great Buck Howard (2008)
As: George Takei
When a law school dropout answers an advertisement to be a personal assistant he unknowingly signs on to work for a belligerent has-been magician struggling to resurrect his career. This leads to a journey across the country staging the comeback of a lifetime.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Sean McGinly
Stars: John Malkovich | Emily Blunt | Steve Zahn | Colin Hanks | Ricky Jay
A.I. Assault (2006)
As: Major Lane
When a plane carrying a pair of top secret military robots crashes on a deserted Pacific island, a team of Navy seals must find them and turn them off as soon as possible for the longer they are activated, the smarter they become.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Jim Wynorski
Stars: Lisa LoCicero | Hudson Leick | Blake Gibbons | Joe Lando | Joshua Cox
How William Shatner Changed The World (2005)
As: Himself
William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and inspired today's technologies, including: cell phones, medical imaging, computers and software, SETI, MP3 players and iPods, virtual reality, and spaceship propulsion.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Julian Jones
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Jonathan Frakes | Walter Koenig | Bruce Damer
Mulan II (2004)
As: First Ancestor
Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever after, the Emperor assigns them a secret mission, to escort three princesses to Chang'an, China. Mushu is determined to drive a wedge between the couple after he learns that he will lose his guardian job if Mulan marries into the Li family.
Runtime: 79 min.
Directed by: Darrell Rooney | Lynne Southerland
Stars: Lucy Liu | Harvey Fierstein | Ming-Na Wen | BD Wong | Mark Moseley
The Eavesdropper (2004)
As: Dr. Hsieh
Fifteen deaf patients took part in an experimental clinical trail aimed at hearing restoration. Within days, fourteen of the fifteen participants in the trial become violently psychotic, ultimately taking their lives to stop violent side effects brought on by the treatment. This is the story of the sole survivor of the experiment, Patient #14 - Liza Raines, who participation in the experiment ...
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Andrew Bakalar
Stars: John de Lancie | Costas Mandylor | George Takei | John J. York | Lucy Jenner
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (2003)
As: Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
Runtime: 128 min.
Directed by: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Stars: Timothy Bottoms | Mary Gordon Murray | John Cunningham | Stephen Macht | Gregory Itzin
Who Gets the House? (1999)
As: Elliott
Don and Rebecca Reece are facing the toughest decision of their lives whether or not to end their marriage of nearly 20 years. The Reeces agree to a trial separation. The kids get the house; Mom and Dad will shuttle back and forth.
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Timothy J. Nelson
Stars: Ricky Mabe | Sophie Lorain | Elisha Cuthbert | Carl Marotte | Fatuma Kayembe
Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999)
As: Mr. Fixx (voice)
Fueled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis revives the role of Batman. Under supervision of an elderly Bruce Wayne, he fights crime in a harsh futuristic Gotham.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Curt Geda | Dan Riba | Yukio Suzuki | Butch Lukic
Stars: Linda Hamilton | Kevin Conroy | Michael Ansara | Sherman Howard | Will Friedle
Mulan (1998)
As: First Ancestor (voice)
A tomboyish girl disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. With help from wise-cracking dragon Mushu, Mulan just might save her country -- and win the heart of handsome Captain Li Shang.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Barry Cook | Tony Bancroft
Stars: Eddie Murphy | Jackie Chan | Ming-Na Wen | BD Wong | Lea Salonga
Bug Buster (1998)
As: Dr. Hiro Fujimoto
After the mayor uses a potentially dangerous substance to protect the local plantation, the lakeside town of Mountview, in California, is attacked by a lethal species of large cockroach. After some of the town's inhabitants are killed, the mayor enlists the help of eccentric pest exterminator General George S. Merlin in order to prevent further harm to the local dwellers.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Lorenzo Doumani
Stars: Brenda Epperson | George Takei | Randy Quaid | Katherine Heigl | James Doohan
Trekkies (1997)
As: Himself
A hilarious look at the universe's most fervent fans.
Runtime: 86 min.
Directed by: Roger Nygard
Stars: Denise Crosby | James Doohan | Majel Barrett | DeForest Kelley | Barbara Adams
Oblivion 2: Backlash (1996)
As: Doc Valentine
In the alien-western world of Oblivion, a suave, yet lethal bounty hunter named Sweeney arrives to arrest the seductive outlaw Lash on multiple charges, including murder. Lash, who just "inherited" a mine of Derconium (the most valuable mineral in the universe) from Crowley in a game of cards, meets up with Redeye's brother, Jaggar, who wants the mine for himself to rule the galaxy. It's a fight over ...
Runtime: 83 min.
Directed by: Sam Irvin
Stars: Andrew Divoff | Richard Joseph Paul | Meg Foster | Isaac Hayes | Jackie Swanson
Kissinger and Nixon (1995)
As: Le Duc Tho
A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Daniel Petrie
Stars: Beau Bridges | Ron White | Ron Silver | George Takei | Kenneth Welsh
Oblivion (1994)
As: Doc Valentine
The alien outlaw, Redeye, murders the town sheriff and then he and his gang terrorize the town. It's up to the sheriff's son, an empath, and his native american sidekick, to rescue the town and exact revenge for his father's murder.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Sam Irvin
Stars: Andrew Divoff | Richard Joseph Paul | Meg Foster | Isaac Hayes | Jackie Swanson
Live by the Fist (1993)
As: Uncle Coronado
A man is unjustly convicted of a brutal crime. In prison he must fight for survival, justice and freedom.
Runtime: 77 min.
Directed by: Cirio H. Santiago
Stars: George Takei | Vic Diaz | Jerry Trimble | Ted Markland | Laura Albert
The Curse of the Dragon (1993)
As: Narrator
A 1993 documentary film about Bruce Lee. The film includes interviews from some of his fellow students and opponents who worked alongside him in his movies.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Fred Weintraub | Tom Kuhn
Stars: George Takei | Robert Wall | Chuck Norris | Bruce Lee | Linda Lee Cadwell
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
As: Hikaru Sulu
On the eve of retirement, Kirk and McCoy are charged with assassinating the Klingon High Chancellor and imprisoned. The Enterprise crew must help them escape to thwart a conspiracy aimed at sabotaging the last best hope for peace.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Blood Oath (1990)
As: Vice-Admiral Baron Takahashi
On an obscure Pacific Island just north of Australia, the Japanese Empire has operated a prisoner of war camp for Australian soldiers. At the close of World War II, the liberated POWs tell a gruesome tale of mass executions of over eight hundred persons as well as torture style killings of downed Australian airmen. In an attempt to bring those responsible to justice, the Australian Army establishes a War ...
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Stephen Wallace
Stars: John Bach | George Takei | Bryan Brown | Toshi Shioya | Terry O'Quinn
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
As: Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Capt. Kirk and his crew must deal with Mr. Spock's half brother who kidnaps three diplomats and hijacks the Enterprise in his obsessive search for God.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: William Shatner
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Return from the River Kwai (1989)
As: Lieutenant Tanaka
A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Andrew V. McLaglen
Stars: Timothy Bottoms | George Takei | Edward Fox | Chris Penn | Denholm Elliott
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
As: Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Fugitives of the Federation for their daring rescue of Spock from the doomed Genesis Planet, Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew begin their journey home to face justice for their actions. But as they near Earth, they find it at the mercy of a mysterious alien presence whose signals are slowly destroying the planet. In a desperate attempt to answer the call of the probe, Kirk and his crew race back ...
Runtime: 119 min.
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
As: Hikaru Sulu
Admiral Kirk and his bridge crew risk their careers stealing the decommissioned Enterprise to return to the restricted Genesis planet to recover Spock's body.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Leonard Nimoy
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
As: Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship the Enterprise on a two week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a life or death struggle when Khan escapes from years of exile and captures the power of creation itself.
Runtime: 113 min.
Directed by: Nicholas Meyer
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
As: Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
When a destructive space entity is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral Kirk resumes command of the Starship Enterprise in order to intercept, examine, and hopefully stop it.
Runtime: 132 min.
Directed by: Robert Wise
Stars: William Shatner | George Takei | Leonard Nimoy | James Doohan | DeForest Kelley
Josie's Castle (1971)
As: Ken Tanaka
Three free spirits cut their ties with the old-fashioned square world and shack up in a love commune. A Seventies cult favorite featuring Star Trek's George Takei (Mr. Sulu).
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Laurence E. Mascott
Stars: George Takei | Tom Holland | Holly Mascott | John Bakos | Barnaby Shackleford
Which Way to the Front? (1970)
As: Yamashita
Brendan Byers III (Jerry Lewis), one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in it's war against Hitler. Byers does not takes "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Jerry Lewis
Stars: Steve Franken | Jerry Lewis | John Wood | Jan Murray | Willie Davis
The Green Berets (1968)
As: Captian Nim
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for a mission in South Vietnam. First off is to build and control a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy the second mission is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General
Runtime: 142 min.
Directed by: John Wayne
Stars: George Takei | Jim Hutton | John Wayne | David Janssen | Jack Soo
An American Dream (1966)
As: Attorney Ord Long
A TV talk-show host who may have killed his wife finds himself being pursued by both the police and a gang of hoods.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Robert Gist
Stars: Janet Leigh | Stuart Whitman | Barry Sullivan | Lloyd Nolan | Eleanor Parker
Walk Don't Run (1966)
As: Police Captain
British industrialist Sir William Rutland - "Bill" to his friends - is in Tokyo on a business trip during the time of the Summer Olympic Games there in 1964. Having actually arrived in Tokyo two days before his original planned arrival, he has problems finding a hotel room because of the Olympics. Spotting an ad posted on a British Embassy message board of a room available to sublet, Bill is able ...
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Charles Walters
Stars: Jim Hutton | Samantha Eggar | Cary Grant | John Standing | Miiko Taka
Red Line 7000 (1965)
As: Kato
The story of three racing drivers and three women, who constantly have to worry for the lives of their boyfriends. Jim Loomis and Mike Marsh drive for Pat Cassarian. Jim expects his fiancée Holly, but before she arrives, he dies in a race. Since she hasn't got the money to travel back, she stays. The young and very ambitious talent Ned Arp joins the team and immediately starts wooing Pat's sister Julie. ...
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Stars: James Caan | Marianna Hill | Charlene Holt | Laura Devon | Gail Hire
Hell to Eternity (1960)
As: George Une
Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his foster family is interned at the Manzanar camp for Japanese Americans, while he enlists in the Marines, where his ability to speak Japanese becomes a vital asset. During the Battle of Saipan, he convinces 800 Japanese ...
Runtime: 131 min.
Directed by: Phil Karlson
Stars: George Takei | Jeffrey Hunter | Sessue Hayakawa | David Janssen | Vic Damone
Ice Palace (1960)
As: Wang
Alaska: America's last great wilderness frontier. A land of primitive grandeur, of glaciers, mountains and ice-fields. And of ambitious cannery tycoon Zeb "Czar" Kennedy (Richard Burton) and rugged activist leader Thor Storm (Robert Ryan), two rough-hewn men whose bitter 40-year rivalry mirrored their powerful land's struggle for statehood.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Vincent Sherman
Stars: George Takei | Richard Burton | Diane McBain | Robert Ryan | Carolyn Jones