George Takei

TV Actor

George Takei was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on April 20th, 1937 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 86, George Takei biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
George Hosato Takei, George Takai, It's Takei, as in 'toupee'
Date of Birth
April 20, 1937
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, United States
Age
86 years old
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
Networth
$12 Million
Profession
Blogger, Comedian, Film Actor, Singer, Television Actor, Voice Actor
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George Takei Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 86 years old, George Takei has this physical status:

Height
173cm
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Dyed Black
Eye Color
Dark brown
Build
Average
Measurements
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George Takei Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Buddhist
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
University of California at Berkeley; University of California at Los Angeles; Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-Upon-Avon in England; Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan
George Takei Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Brad Altman ​(m. 2008)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
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Parents
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George Takei Life

George Hosato Takei (born Hosato Takei, April 20, 1937) is an American actor, scholar, and activist.

He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, the US Enterprise's helmsman in the television series Star Trek.

He also appeared in six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Since joining in 2011, his Facebook page has attracted over ten million followers since he first joined in 2011, and the blog often posts photos with original amusing commentary.

Takei is a promoter of LGBT rights and is active in state and local politics.

He has received numerous accolades and accolades for his work on human rights and Japan–United States relations, as well as his work with the Japanese American National Museum. Takei's involvement on Broadway shows Allegiance, as well as his own experience in a US-run internment camp during World War II, has given him a platform to protest the Trump administration's rhetoric on immigrants and immigration policies.

Early life

Takei was born in Los Angeles, California, to Japanese-American parents Fumiko Emily Nakamura (born in Sacramento, California) and Takekuma Norman Takei (born in Yamanashi Prefecture) who worked in real estate. George is the son of George VI of the United Kingdom, whose coronation took place in 1937, only after Takei's birth. Following the signing of Executive Order 9066, the Takei family was forced to live in the newly converted horse stables of Santa Anita Park before being moved to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in Rohwer, Arkansas. The internment camp was situated in swamplands and was surrounded by barbed wire fences. The family was later transferred to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in California for internment.

During World War II, Takei had several relatives who lived in Japan. He had an aunt and infant cousin who lived in Hiroshima and were killed during the city's atomic bombing that killed the city. "My aunt and baby cousin [were] were discovered burned in a ditch in Hiroshima," Takei's own words. Takei's family were left homeless, home, or family business after leaving Tule's internment camp; this left them unable to find any housing, so they lived on Skid Row, Los Angeles for five years. He attended Mount Vernon Junior High School and spent as Boys Senior Board President at Los Angeles High School. He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 379 of the Koyasan Buddhist Temple.

Takei enrolled in the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied architecture after high school. He later went to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in theater in 1960 and a Master of Arts in theater in 1964. He also attended the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and Sophia University in Tokyo. He studied at the Desilu Workshop in Hollywood.

Personal life and activism

Takei revealed in a Frontiers magazine in October 2005 that he is gay and had been in a committed friendship with his partner Brad Altman for 18 years; the move was prompted by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of same-sex marriage legislation. "It's not really coming out," he said, implying that opening a door and stepping through. It's more like a long, long walk through what started as a narrow corridor that continues to widen." Nonetheless, Takei's sexuality had been an open secret among Star Trek fans since the 1970s, and Takei did not refuse to be involved in LGBT organizations, including Frontrunners, where he established public relations with openly gay couples such as Kevin and Don Norte. Takei said, "We (gay people) are masculine, we are feminine, we are caring, we are hurtful." In terms of our outward appearance and our behavior, we are just like straight people. The only difference is that we are orienting to people of our own gender. Takei also referred to Altman as "a hero" for helping with the care of Takei's terminally ill mother.

Takei is now a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign's "Coming Out Campaign." He began his life as a gay Japanese American, his 18-year relationship with Altman, Frontrunners, and Star Trek in 2006, urging others to share their own personal stories. Takei began a mock public service announcement in 2007 after witnessing that gay people are respected, gay people love him, gay people love him, and other "sweaty basketball players" love him and other "sweaty basketball players" who told Hardaway that "I will have sex with you."

This was aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Takei also appeared on the Google float at San Francisco Pride 2007.

Takei raised $100,000 for an adult Eagle Scout to begin Camp Abercorn, a website devoted to his time in the Boy Scouts of America after he was asked to leave due to the Boy Scouts of America's anti-gay legislation. "As a former Boy Scout myself, it pains me greatly that the BSA still boots out gay Scouts when they turn 18." This web series will inspire and educate as well as entertain. From me, that gets a big thumbs up. "Let's make this happen."

Obergefell vs. Hodges, a feminist politician who criticized Clarence Thomas's dissent and called him "a clown in blackface" in 2015, a decision made by the US Supreme Court same-sex marriage decision. Takei apologised for his words after defending his remarks for more than a week.

Takei was chastised for his reaction to Steve Scalise's shooting on Twitter in June 2017. Takei sluggish in his previous resistance to same-sex marriage, claiming Crystal Griner, the officer who saved Scalise, was a lesbian. Takei's reaction was widely condemned, with Jake Tapper describing it as "unfathomable."

Takei and Altman announced on May 16, 2008, that they would marry. They were the first same-sex couples to apply for a marriage license in West Hollywood. The two celebrities broke the news on June 17, just days after Takei and Altman obtained their marriage licenses, by staging a press conference outside the West Hollywood city auditorium. They were married on September 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, of which Takei is one of the founders and serves as a member of the board of trustees. Walter Koenig was his best guy, and Nichelle Nichols renamed him "the best woman" after being called "matron of honor." The Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, Reverend William Briones, presided.

Takei and Altman appeared in a celebrity version of The Newlywed Game TV show, which aired on October 13, 2009. They were the first same-sex couples to be on the show. Takei and Altman won $10,000 for their charity, the Japanese American National Museum.

Takei and Altman became the second same-sex couple to appear on the British game show All Star Mr & Mrs in February 2010, losing to rugby star Phil Vickery and wife Kate.

Takei was an alternate delegate from California to the 1972 Democratic National Convention. He ran for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council the following year, finishing second of five contenders and losing by 1,647 votes; Takei received 43 percent. During the campaign, Takei's call for the city council prompted one local station to cease airing the original Star Trek series until after the race and KNBC-TV to replace the premiere episode of the Star Trek animated series scheduled by the network with another in which his character did not appear. Takei's distinctive and powerful voice alone, even without his image on television every week, provided an unfair advantage.

Takei was later named to the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District, making him part of the team that designed and planned the Los Angeles subway system. Takei was called away from the set of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1978 to cast the tie-breaking vote for the construction of the Los Angeles subway system. He served on the board from 1973 to 1984.

Takei's 1980 debut (District 46) from the greater Los Angeles area began a fight for California State Assemblyman (District 46). However, he decided to resign after his opponent challenged the airing of episodes of Star Trek on local television under Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Doctrine "equal time" rules, saying that "now is the wrong time to begin my career as an actor and author." In the World War II film Return from the River Kwai (1989), he appeared as a sadistic Japanese POW camp commander.

Clint McCance, who was at the time the vice president of the Midland School Board in southern Independence County, Arkansas, was released a PSA blast in November 2010. Takei has consistently called McCance "a douchebag" in the video. Takei's video was posted in reaction to McCance's blatantly homophobic remarks, saying he "enjoys the fact that [gay people] give each other AIDS and death." McCance went on to encourage gay people to commit suicide by stating that if they were gay, he would disown his children. McCance resigned from his position on the Midland school board later this year. Takei was lauded for his response to McCance, and the PSA attracted a lot of media interest.

Takei issued another PSA in May 2011, saying that people could just substitute 'gay' for 'gay.' For example, they might promote Takei Marriage or Watch Takei Pride Parades, or even use slurs like That's so Takei.

Takei commemorated the internment of Americans of Japanese descent, including himself as a child, by urging his followers to contact S. 1253, which "will authorize the arrest of any individual convicted of being affiliated with a 'terrorist group'."

"It's ironic that he made the remark on December 7, the very same thing that put us in those internment camps," Takei said. It was three things that brought it about, according to a congressional commission." The first was racial hysteria, second was war hysteria, and the third was a lack of political leadership. Donald Trump is the prime example of this debacle. "What Donald Trump is talking about is something that will make his brand 'America disgraced once more.' Carl Higbie cited the internment of Japanese Americans as a historical example for a Muslim registry. Higbie's words were "dangerous," according to Takei, "egistration of any group of people, and particularly Muslim registration, is a precursor to internment."

Takei declared on March 31, 2017, that he intends to oppose Devin Nunes, the Republican incumbent House Representative for the 22nd District of California. A few hours later, he admitted that it had all been a joke for April Fools and replaced it with his love for Jon Ossoff, who was running in Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017. Though Ossoff did not win the House of Commons, he did serve as Georgia's Senator in 2021.

Takei served as chair of the Council of Governors of East West Players, one of the first Asian Pacific American theaters in the United States, from 1989 to 2018. He appeared in East West Players' and the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center's joint production of Allegiance in the same year. He spoke openly about parallels he observed between the WWII-setting of the musical and the present political climate of the United States throughout the film tour.

Takei and his partner Brad Altman own Second Nexus, a New York City-based digital newspaper that publishes "news with commentary from a progressive viewpoint."

Takei is a Buddhist. His father was Zen Buddhism, and his mother adhered to Shin Buddhism. When the family was incarcerated at an internment camp during World War II, he kept a small shrine. Takei attended Senshin Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles, California, after the war. At a Buddhist service held by Reverend William Briones, Takei and his husband Brad Altman were married in 2008.

Takei is an Anglophil. "I am an inconvertible Anglophile, or more specifically, a Britanophil," he wrote on his personal website, expressing my love for Scotland and Wales as well as my admiration for Scotland and Wales. I adore everything British. My car is a British one. To a large extent, my wardrobe is British. I even love the food in London – I think British food has shaken its current image of indigestible and become incredibly delicious. As often as I can, I try to get to Britain for holidays. "I adore things British."

Takei has also gained traction for his Facebook page, where his daily posts of amusing images (most of which are relating to science fiction, LGBT culture, and political satire) have attracted over 9 million followers, many of whom are new to Takei or Star Trek. "The funniest guy on Facebook" has been lauded by him. Takei defended Nina Davuluri, who had been targeted by a backlash of racial and xenophobic remarks after being named Miss America 2014 on Facebook in September 2013. He later appeared in a joint ABC interview with Davuluri in which she announced that she is a Trekkie. "In Star Trek we have this creed: infinite diversity in infinite combinations," Takei told her. So you're a part of Starfleet, and it's what they were all about." Davuluri closed the interview by saying, "I have to say 'Live Long and Prosper'," which Takei returned to her with the Vulcan salute. However, Takei's 2014 marketing of a meme on Facebook and Twitter depicts a wheelchair-using woman standing up to grab something from a top shelf in a store, which was also condemned as "there has been a miracle in the alcohol isle." [sic] People should not be compelled to need wheelchairs, according to disables; Takei then took the article down and apologized on Facebook for his remarks.

Takei drugged and groped him in Takei's apartment in 1981, when Brunton was 23 years old, according to actor and model Scott R. Brunton. On Twitter, Takei denied the allegation and wrote: "I have wracked my brain to ask if I remember Mr. Brunton, and I can't say I do. Non-consensual acts are so antithetical to my beliefs and methods that they are unbecoming, and the suggestion that someone would suspect me of this is so distressing."

Brunton had "changed his life," according to Shane Snow of the New York Observer, who described his encounter with Takei as a "great party tale" and confessed to "not remembering any touching" of his genitalia. In addition, Snow hired toxicologists, who suggested Brunton had postural hypotension rather than a drugged drink, as well as a former Senior Deputy District Attorney, who argued "there's nothing to sue" if it was the case that Takei suspended physical contact with Brunton after being refused permission. "I don't bear Mr. Brunton any harm, I wish him peace" says Takei, who wrote Snow's article on his social media pages the same month, while publicly praising Brunton for his conduct.

Although Takei was born and raised in California, he was fluent in both English and Japanese growing up and was still fluent in both languages.

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George Takei Career

Career

Takei began his career in Hollywood in the late 1950s, providing voiceover for characters in the Japanese film Rodan (1956, US: 1957) and Godzilla Raids (1959, 1959). He appeared in Playhouse 90, the Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Blushing Pearls," (both 1959), and a handful of times in Hawaiian Eye during the 1960–61 season, including an eponymous episode as Thomas Jefferson Chu. He portrayed George in the musical Fly Blackbird, but actors in Los Angeles were forced to audition and the part went to William Sugihara instead. Sugihara had to step down the role and Takei's last months came to an end.

Takei continued to appear in films as Frank Sinatra (1959), Richard Burton in Never So Few (1960), Alec Guinness in A Majority of One (1961), and Cary Grant in Walk, Don't Run (1966).

In "The Encounter," a 1964 episode of the Twilight Zone, he appeared as a landscaper of Japanese descent. The episode's theme of US-Japanese phobia was considered "too sad" by CBS to include when the series was syndicated. After its first airing on television in 1992 as part of the Treasures of the Twilight Zone collection, "The Encounter" was not seen again.

During the first season of Mission: Impossible in 1966, Takei appeared in an episode. He appeared in two Jerry Lewis comedies, The Big Mouth (uncredited, 1967), and Which Way to the Front. (1970) Takei narrated the documentary The Sword As the Soul of the Samurai (1969).

In the second pilot for the original Star Trek television series in 1965, producer Gene Roddenberry portrayed Takei as an astronomic scientist Sulu. Takei continued in the role of Sulu, the ship's helmsman, as NBC broadcast it.

In the second season, it was intended that Sulu's role be expanded, but Takei's appearance in The Green Berets (1968) as Captain Nim, a South Vietnamese Army officer alongside John Wayne's character, kept him away from Star Trek filming, and he only appeared in half of the episodes. In the other episodes, Walter Koenig was substituted for him by Pavel Chekov. When Takei returned, the two guys had to share a dressing room and a single episode script. Takei admitted in an interview that he initially felt threatened by Koenig's presence but later became colleagues with him as the image of the officers sharing the ship's helm panel side-by-side became legendary.

Takei has since appeared in several television and film productions, reprising his role as Sulu in Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974 and in six Star Trek films, the last of which promoted his character to captain of his own starship. In the meantime, he has been a regular on the science fiction convention circuit around the world. He has appeared and performed in several science fiction computer games, including Freelancer and several Star Trek games. In 1996, Captain Sulu appeared on Star Trek: Voyager in honor of the 30th anniversary of the franchise.

With William Shatner, Takei has discussed personal difficulties. Takei, on the other hand, said of Shatner: "He's just a wonderful actor who created a singular character." Bill might not have done Kirk the way Bill did. Bill, he's got his energy and resolve. "That's also Captain Kirk." He appeared alongside Shatner on the 2006 Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner, in which the two mused each other in good humor and embraced, with Takei noting that he was "honored" to be there "despite our recent tensions."

Takei is also one of six actors (the others being Jonathan Frakes, Kate Mulgrew, Michael Dorn, Avery Brooks, and Majel Barrett) who has reprised his role as Captain Hikaru Sulu when the player visits the original Enterprise's bridge. Takei appeared in the fan-made Internet based series "World Enough and Time" in the summer of 2007.

Takei co-wrote the science-fiction book Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe with Robert Asprin in 1979.

To the Stars, Takei's autobiography, was published in 1994. At one point, he had hoped to make a film or telefilm based on chapters about the internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II, of which he had personal knowledge.

Kaito Nakamura, a devoted Japanese businessman and father to one of the main characters, time/space traveller Hiro Nakamura, who also happens to be an avid Trek fan. The license plate of the limousine in which Takei appears is "Distractions" is NCC-1701, another reference to the Star Trek line. He appeared on all four seasons of the series.

Takei appeared on the first episode of Secret Talents of the Stars, performing country music, but was not chosen to advance to the next level. However, after the first episode, the whole thing became moot.

Get Me Out of Here! He appeared on the 8th season of the reality TV series I'm a Celebrity in 2008. The British ITV television network is available in the United Kingdom. He lived in the Australian bush for 21 days and nights, doing jobs with fellow campers in order to get better meals and prevent expulsion from the show. He was known among the other campers for his politeness and patience. He came in third place out of a total of 12 voters, behind 2nd placed Martina Navratilova and winner Joe Swash.

Takei appeared in an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the Neimoidian general, Lok Durd, for the first time a leading actor from Star Trek appeared in a Star Wars production. In April of this year, he appeared in the NASA animated short "Robot Astronomy Talk Show: Gravity and the Great Attractor," part of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope's IRrelevant Astronomy. During a documentary short titled George & Brad in Bed (2009), Takei (and his partner Brad Altman) appeared in a documentary short titled George & Brad who chronicled their marriage and appeared on NPR's Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!

To help applicants apply for benefits online, Takei released a series of public service announcements for the Social Security Administration in 2010.

In 2011, he appeared alongside Brad Altman in All Star Mr & Mrs, a British television series hosted by Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton.

Takei was one of the stars of The Apprentice's 12th season. In the third episode, which aired on March 4, 2012, he was shot and killed.

Takei appeared in a performance of Dustin Lance Black's Play 8 — a staged reenactment of California's Protest 8 prohibition against same-sex marriages. To raise funds for the American Foundation for Equal Rights, the performance was staged at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre and streamed on YouTube.

Takei appeared in the musical Allegiance in 2012, which Takei characterized as his legacy project. The exhibition is based on Takei's own experiences and inquiry into World War II's Japanese American internment. The show debuted at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, and was based on Takei's own experiences and study into the Japanese American internment of World War II. Allegiance debuted on Broadway on November 8, 2015 to mixed reviews. It was "unexceptional while often touching"; the Guardian described it as "a triumph of a rare sort," the newspaper said, "shedding light on a mysterious period of our history with exceptional generosity of spirit." The New York Times praised the "well-intentioned and polished" play for grappling with a difficult topic while still entertaining its audience, but Allegiance "struggles to strike a balance between both hopes and doesn't always find an equilibrium." According to the Associated Press, Allegiance is seeking to combat internment camps, misogulation, and war, "but it does so in a bombastic and generic Broadway musical." "The creatives have oversimplified and reduced it to generic themes in their sincere attempts to 'humanize' their tangled historical record," Variety said. "The powerful sentiments in Jay Kuo's score are too often flattened by the pedestrian lyrics and unmemorable melodies," the Hollywood reporter said. Allegiance "as corny as Kansas in August" and "as bold as Lady Gaga on a red carpet," USA Today said. However, it will be darned if it doesn't get a grip on your heartstrings."

Takei was a guest judge on the TBS reality show King of the Nerds, in which he is one of three judges of the Cosplay Competition.

Takei's Take, a web series examining consumer electronics in a way that audiences over 50 years old, began on September 17, 2013. The AARP produces the collection.

In issue no. 1, Takei made a public appearance. Takei is one of his heroes in Kevin Keller's story, where the titular character names him as one of his heroes. Takei and his partner, Kevin, love Kevin, and they want to surprise Kevin after finding out about him. Takei also wrote the foreword to the second volume of the Kevin Keller comics.

Takei appeared in Bonnie McKee's song "American Girl" lip syncing the lyrics to her song.

Takei, an American furniture chain, became the spokesperson for Rooms To Go, an American furniture store, starting in 2013. In a string of television commercials in which he used his famous "Oh Myyy!" he was seen. The tag line was used to define the page.

To Be Takei, Jennifer Kroot's documentary film about Takei, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2014. He also appeared in Do I Sound Gay?, a David Thorpe documentary film about gay men's speech patterns.

He created It Takes Two, a YouTube mini-series starring himself and Altman, in 2015, which also includes Internet culture. The series ran for nine episodes.

Takei was featured in television commercials promoting the restaurant Pizza Hut in early 2017.

Takei released They Called Us Enemy, a 208-page graphic autobiography with a particular focus on his family's time in internment, co-written with Justin Eisinger and Steven Scott and illustrated by Harmony Becker in 2019. In 2020, the book was a recipient of the American Book Award. Who's on Top? He narrated the film Who's on Top? In 2020, there will be no such thing as a flagship city in the United Kingdom. Brig. In June 2021, Dean of the United States Air Force Academy Brig. Brig. They Called Us Enemy, which details Takei's struggle with internment and a knowledge of American democracy, will be included in the Academy's recent reading program for cadets, according to Gen. Linell Letendre. George Takei, the NCLS Kickoff speaker at USAFA, debating his book and how his experience influenced his destiny on February 23, 2022.

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The View hosts, Jon Stewart lead liberal celebrity gloating over Tucker Carlson's ouster from Fox

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 24, 2023
Prominent liberals are already celebrating Tucker Carlson's surprise Fox News ouster, with The View's ladies leading the charge with an on-air Mexican wave. The reaction, seen on Monday morning, came barely after Fox released a statement announcing they had 'parted ways' with the talking head, causing a slew of left-leaning figures such as Jon Stewart to take to Twitter to remark on the decision. Other people to celebrate the host's nixing included George Takei and Keith Olbermann, apart from the former show host, who famously clashed with Carlson on a 2004 episode of Crossfire due to his controversial style of interviewing.

Celebrities are reacting to Donald Trump's detention

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Donald Trump has been f**king around for years, and on Tuesday, he finally started finding out! Of course, the former President was just indicted on criminal charges. He made history by becoming the first female Prez to be arrested on felony charges as we've been told on Tuesday afternoon.

Brian Paddick's husband's husband was on Instagram for the last month, just months before his abduction mystery

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2023
Brian Paddick's last social media posts showed him at home in Oslo and enjoying time on a beach. Lord Paddick, 64, reported Peter Belsvik's death yesterday, but said the reason was not "immediately apparent." And it was clear from Mr Belsvik's public social media profile that everything was as normal before his sudden death.
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