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For the Japanese American National Museum’s board of trustees, he is a chairman emeritus, and he chairs the council of governors for the Asian-American theater organization, East West Players. He was on the board of the Japan-United States Friendship Commission for President Clinton and in 2004 his Majesty the Emperor of Japan granted Takei the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette. Takei has utilized his celebrity status to be an activist for the Japanese-American and LGBTQ communities. Off screen, he starred in Allegiance, a play about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II in 2012. In the 2010s, he played himself on The Big Bang Theory, voiced Grandfather for Supah Ninjas, voiced his head in Futurama, was in Lost Girl, starred in The Terror, and voiced Elder Panda on Love Monster. Highlights from the 2000s included a recurring voice role on Kim Possible, voicing Lok Durd on Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and a recurring role on Heroes.
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Takei has stayed very busy over the last 20 years in both live-action and voice TV work.
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More voice work followed throughout the ‘90s, including in The Simpsons, Spider-Man: The Animated Series as Wong, Mulan as the First Ancestor, and Batman Beyond as Mr. He started voicing Sulu for Star Trek video games in the ‘90s, first with Star Trek: 25th Anniversary, and he reprised the live-action role for an appearance on Star Trek: Voyager. In addition to the Star Trek movies, his ‘80s credits included Beyond Westworld, General Hospital, MacGyver, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, and voice work for The Smurfs. Outside of acting, he was on the board of directors for the Southern California Transit District from ’73 to ’84. After the original series finished, he continued TV work with guest roles in The Courtship of Eddie’s Father, The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, Chico and the Man, and multiple others throughout the ‘70s. While filming Star Trek, Takei was also in The Green Berets with John Wayne. Sulu was promoted to captain and given command of the USS Excelsior before Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Takei was back for Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), and Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
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He returned in ’79 for Star Trek: The Motion Picture where he was promoted to lieutenant commander, then he became a full commander for 1982’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. His mission as Sulu continued by providing his voice for the Star Trek: The Animated Series in 1973. The character would develop into the Enterprise’s third officer whose hobbies include gymnastics, fencing, and botany. Sulu was designed as the chief of the Astro Science Department who would assess unexplored planets to determine if they were safe to explore. When Takei joined Star Trek, he became one of the few Asian actors in a starring role on a TV show. In the early ‘60s, he had guest spots on shows like The Islanders, Hawaiian Eye, The Twilight Zone, My Three Sons, I Spy, and Mission: Impossible. He transferred to UCLA and earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in theater.
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After doing a guest spot on Perry Mason and starring in the movie Ice Palace, Takei decided to make acting his full time focus. His acting career began while he was in college, working on English dubbing of the Japanese kaiju movies Godzilla Raids Again (1955) and Rodan (1956). After World War II, his family returned to LA and later he studied architecture at the University of California at Berkeley.
When he was 5 years old, his family was pulled from their homes and forced to live in Japanese internment camps in northern California and Arkansas. Takei was born in Los Angeles on April 20, 1937.
As Takei’s 84th birthday is this week, we thought it was the perfect time to take a closer look at his life and career. Actor and activist George Takei is known on multiple fronts for playing Lieutenant Sulu on the original Star Trek and the film series, an actor with 228 credits to his name, a prominent figure for LGBTQ and Japanese-American groups, and a popular personality on social media.
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