Biography
George Hosato Takei Altman 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. Description above from the Wik...
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Gettysburg Address
2025
as Self
In the midst of the Civil War, President Lincoln went to Gettysburg. "The Gettysburg Address" investigates the five extant copies of Lincoln's famous ...
Reclaim the Flag
2025
as Self
An examination of how the American flag can be reclaimed as a symbol of unity for all Americans, with a focus on the LGBTQ community.

Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025
as Self
In 1985, George Takei helped a group of young Trekkies make a fan film—then the footage vanished. Nearly 40 years later, the search to recover it open...

Coroner to the Stars
2025
as Self
Coroner to the Stars chronicles the extraordinary journey of Dr. Thomas Noguchi, the former Los Angeles County Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner whose gr...

To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
2024
as Self
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995).

One Fighting Irishman: Wayne M. Collins and the Tule Lake Segregation Center
2023
as Narrator
One Fighting Irishman tells the story of San Francisco attorney Wayne M. Collins whose uncompromising defense of the Constitution drove him to spend t...

The Keepers of the 5 Kingdoms
2023
as AO the Wise (voice)
A grandfather and curio shop owner in a small town in Arizona, and his granddaughter, are transported to a mystical land through a portal stone and ha...

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Ohga (voice)
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from a ruthless villain's wicked plot to wipe their vil...

Soul of a Nation Presents: Together As One: Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage
2022
as Self - Host
Primetime program celebrating the diversity and recognizing the accomplishments and contributions of the vibrant Asian American, Native Hawaiian and P...

Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022
as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
Having escaped capture by the Klingons, a damaged Starfleet reconnaissance probe crashes undetected on the planet Pahl III. Hikaru Sulu, serving as fi...

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires...

Woman in Motion
2021
as Self
Nichelle Nichols' daunting task to launch a national blitz for NASA, recruiting 8,000 of the nation's best and brightest, including the trailblazing a...

The Soul of America
2020
as Self
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers his timely and invaluable insights into the count...

Who’s on Top?
2020
Narrated by Star Trek legend George Takei, “Who’s on Top?” is the emotional story of members of the LGBTQ community who challenge stereotypes about ge...

Aliens Stole My Body
2020
as Phil the Plant (voice)
The Galactic Patrol is back - but they've lost Deputy Rod Allbright's body. It's been stolen by B'KR, the most fiendish villain in the galaxy, which l...

Cool Cat's Crazy Dream
2019
as Dream World George
Cool Cat, the coolest cat in the world, tells his friends, the audience, a crazy dream, how he was invited to a celebrity party and meets many celebri...

Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Elder Masook (voice)
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 ...

And Then They Came for Us
2017
as himself
Seventy-five years ago, Executive Order 9066 paved the way to the profound violation of constitutional rights that resulted in the forced incarceratio...

Allegiance
2016
as Sam Kimura / Ojii-Chan
Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story fol...

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
as Self
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovere...

For the Love of Spock
2016
as Self
The life of Mr. Spock, as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played him for almost fifty years, written and directed by his son: Adam.

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 seek...

Message From Hiroshima
2015
as Narrator
This documentary provides an inside look at the devastating effects of the first atomic bomb dropped, as depicted in testimonials from survivors, and ...

Do I Sound Gay?
2015
as Self
What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to unravel a linguistic mystery.
Roddenberry's Trek
2015
as himself
The Gene Roddenberry Project is a half hour documentary exploring the genesis of Star Trek through the personal insight of its creator.Directed by Tru...

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....

Tab Hunter Confidential
2015
as Self
Throughout the 1950s, Tab Hunter reigned as Hollywood’s ultimate male heartthrob. But throughout his years of stardom, Tab had a secret. Tab Hunter wa...

Eat With Me
2014
as George
When Emma moves in with her estranged, gay son, the pair must learn to reconnect through food where words fail, and face the foreclosure of the family...

Ava & Lala
2014
Ava, a spirited and imaginative girl, meets a curious animal named Lala. Together they go on a wild and magical adventure, where they encounter new an...

To Be Takei
2014
as Self
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 ...

Free Birds
2013
as S.T.E.V.E. (voice)
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 ...

Axel: The Biggest Little Hero
2013
as Elder (voice)
A young boy becomes an unlikely hero when he sets out on an adventure-filled quest to find the legendary Bonta oasis.

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 Tak...

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...

Art of Submission
2012
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 ...

Backyard Blockbusters
2012
as Sulu (archive footage)
For years, people have been making home movies, many times using pop culture properties that they may not own, but love. In recent years, these types ...

Strange Frame
2012
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 ...

8
2012
as William Tam
Live chronicle of the landmark federal trial of California's Prop. 8 using the actual court transcripts and first-hand interviews.

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 ...

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 p...

These Amazing Shadows
2011
as Self
Tells the history and importance of The National Film Registry, a roll call of American cinema treasures that reflects the diversity of film, and inde...

The Untold Story of Ralph Carr and the Japanese: The Fate of 3 Japanese-Americans and the Internment
2010
as Himself
This historical documentary tells the little-known story of Ralph Carr, who was the Governor of Colorado from 1939-1943. Governor Carr was a passionat...

The Pool Boys
2009
as Maitre D (Joon)
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Bring Back... Star Trek
2009
as Self

Annul Victory
2009
as Self
Annul Victory is a documentary on the fight for marriage equality and the Proposition 8 election battle. The film documents the roller coaster ride of...

Toyo's Camera
2009
as Self
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 docume...

Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009
as Old Man Samurai (voice)
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black S...

You Don't Know Jack: The Jack Soo Story
2009
as Self
The film tells actor Jack Soo's story through a montage of film and television clips, rare footage, interviews with family members, friends, co-worker...

Futurama: Bender's Game
2008
as George Takei (voice)
When Leela is insulted by a group of space-rednecks (like regular rednecks, but in space), she enters the Planet Express ship in a demolition derby. L...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008
as George Takei
An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

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 s...

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 stru...

Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
2007
as Self
This History Channel special examines Christie's 40th Anniversary auction of the franchise's most recognizable film and television memorabilia, and fe...

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
2007
as Man in Black (Voice)
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to...

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...

Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner
2006
as Self - Roaster
It's William Shatner's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast. A parade of Shatner's friends...

40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwith, hosted by Jonathan Llyr and featuring interview...

How William Shatner Changed The World
2005
as Self
William Shatner presents a light-hearted look at how the "Star Trek" TV series have influenced and inspired today's technologies, including: cell phon...

Mulan II
2004
as First Ancestor (voice)
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...

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 t...

Kiss 'N' Tell: Romance in the 23rd Century
2004
The love in Star trek

Birth of a Timeless Legacy
2004
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy some nice thoughts in The Birth of a Timeless Legacy doc, which tells about the way Star Trek came to be.

Roddenberry on Patrol
2003
as Narrator
A very funny short film that parodies Gene Roddenberry's quest to find Star Trek. On the way he encounters several people who help him create the Sc-F...

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
2003
as 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 Sept...

New World Order
2002
as Radio Free World (voice)
The diary of an occult novelist sends a young college student, on a journey into the paranormal and fantastic, evolving into a living nightmare of par...

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 t...

Batman Beyond: The Movie
1999
as Mr. Fixx (voice)
Fuelled by remorse and vengeance, a high schooler named Terry McGinnis becomes the new Batman as he fights crime in the futuristic Neo-Gotham City.

Mulan
1998
as First Ancestor (voice)
To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the pro...

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 ...

Trekkies
1997
as Self
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.

The Best Bad Thing
1997
as Mr. Yamanaka
After her husband's death, Mrs. Hata desperately needs help on her cucumber farm. Rinko' mother wants her to spend the summer helping Mrs. Hata, her l...

The Magic Pearl
1997
as Ha Ping
An animated story derived from a Chinese folk tale. Follows the magical journey of a sister and brother as they travel with their grandmother to a mys...
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996
as Self
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations was a documentary which was broadcast on the Sci-Fi Channel in the US on 4 November ...

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 charge...

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 Vi...

William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995
as Self
Cast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the series and the films, and give their opinions on why the...
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994
as Self
William Shatner worked tirelessly to turn the Star Trek television franchise into movies, but the journey was not without its perils. In this document...

Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994
as Himself
Star Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994 across the network. It consisted of film and video clips m...

Oblivion
1994
as Doc Valentine
On another planet which resembles the Old West, a die-hard pacifist is forced to re-examine his ways after an evil alien bandit and his gang murder hi...

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.

The Curse of the Dragon
1993
as Narrator (voice)
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 m...
Moving Memories
1993
A journey into the 1920s and 1930s featuring restored and edited home movies taken by Japanese American immigrant pioneers.

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Captain Hikaru Sulu
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an...

Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history of Star Trek. We also get to see bloopers from th...

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...

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.

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 Ame...

The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
1988
as Self
This special is hosted by Patrick Stewart and traced the history of Star Trek from its inception with "The Cage" through to Star Trek IV: The Voyage H...

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
as Sulu
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back wha...

Who's Who
1986
Produced for American Public Television, this documentary on the long-running Doctor Who television series features interviews with actors and actress...

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
as Lt. Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take ...

Have I Got a Christmas for You
1977
as Doctor
Members of a town's Jewish community decide to substitute for their Christian friends and neighbors so they can enjoy Christmas. The good folk humorou...

The Star Trek Dream
1975
as Self
A documentary about Star Trek: The Original Series and its fanbase narrated by Bob Wilkins, featuring interviews with cast members and important early...

The Year of the Dragon
1975
as Fred Eng
Frank Chin's edgy story breaks down the stereotypes of Asian Americans and centers on San Francisco Chinatown tour operator Fred Eng. Eng hides his co...

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 ...

Which Way to the Front?
1970
as Yamashita
Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not ta...

The Green Berets
1968
as Captain Nim
Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken ...

The Big Mouth
1967
as Diamond Jeweler (uncredited)
A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort hotel where he meets...

Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before
1966
as Lt. Hikaru Sulu
The original version of the pilot, produced to convince NBC to buy "Star Trek" as a series, runs approximately 5 minutes longer and has a different in...

An American Dream
1966
as Attorney Ord Long
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Debor...

Walk Don't Run
1966
as Police Captain
During the housing shortage of the Summer Olympic Games in 1964, two men and a woman share a small apartment in Tokyo, and the older man soon starts p...

Red Line 7000
1965
as Kato
The lives and passions of a stock car team are revealed against the turbulent backdrop of the professional racing world.

PT 109
1963
as Helmsman on Japanese Destroyer (uncredited)
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese...

King Kong vs. Godzilla
1963
as Osamu Sakurai (voice) (uncredited)
When an underhanded pharmaceutical company goes to a remote tropical island to steal King Kong for advertising purposes, they get more than they barga...

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 fo...

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...

Never So Few
1959
as Soldier in Hospital
A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

Gigantis, the Fire Monster
1959
as Ikeda / Osaka SDF Dispatcher (voice) (uncredited)
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.

Rodan! The Flying Monster!
1957
as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner (voice)
A mining engineer investigates the deaths of his colleagues, discovering prehistoric nymphs and a creature capable of flying - and wreaking havoc - at...
Holograms All the Way Down
N/A
as Hikaru Sulu
It's Holodecktastic.