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George Takei (/ t ə ˈ k eɪ /, tə-KAY; born Hosato Takei (武井 穂郷, Takei Hosato); April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
Apr 2, 2014 · George Hosato Takei was born on April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. At the age of 5, he and his family were uprooted from their home and forced to live at Japanese internment camps in...
May 15, 2024 · George Takei, who was born April 20, 1937, in Los Angeles, is an American actor, writer, and activist best known for playing the part of Lieutenant Sulu in Star Trek. Takei is also a dedicated activist in the LGBTQ and Asian American communities.
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George Hosato Takei (born 20 April 1937; age 87), pronounced "Ta-Kay", is a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise. He debuted as Sulu in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Where No Man Has Gone Before", with his character...
Jul 16, 2019 · Actor George Takei, 82, spent ages 5 to almost 9 in Japanese American internment camps during World War II. “That experience in the camps gave me my identity,” he says. (Jesse Dittmar...
He was a firm apostle of non-violent social change. I remembered a long ago day in the 60s, when I met Dr. King. I was performing in a civil rights musical titled "Fly Blackbird" in Los Angeles. The cast was asked to sing a few numbers from the show at a huge rally where Dr. King was to be the main speaker.
Jun 15, 2022 · In his sonorous basso, Takei shifted the scene from the celebration of his wedding day to the gravity of a childhood trauma that was also a national one. Born in East Los Angeles to immigrant parents, Takei was four years old when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
