George Takei

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George Takei (2019)

George Hosato Takei (born April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles , California ) is an American film and television actor and political activist . He became internationally known for the role of Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek television series Raumschiff Enterprise and the subsequent films. The homosexual Japanese American is particularly committed to the LGBT movement , but is also known for his anti-racism .

Life

George Takei was imprisoned as an enemy alien in an internment camp between the ages of five and eight as one of over 120,000 Japanese-born Americans during World War II . An aunt and cousin died when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima . Another cousin survived in a children's camp in the country. His grandmother survived in a collapsed house about 2,000 meters from the epicenter, managed to break free, and lived to be 104 years old. He became politically active shortly after graduating from the University of California . In 1973 he narrowly missed the election to the Los Angeles City Council .

In 1965 he was hired by producer Gene Roddenberry for the role of Lieutenant Sulu in the television series Star Trek . Since he was absent for half of the second season because of an engagement in the film The Green Berets with John Wayne , he was replaced in the relevant episodes by Walter Koenig in the role of Pavel Chekov . In addition to the three seasons of the television series, Takei also played the role of Hikaru Sulu in several film adaptations of Star Trek .

George Takei authored several books. In 1979 he co-wrote the science fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe with Robert Asprin . In 1994 he published his autobiography To the Stars , which appeared in German in 1997 under the title To the Stars . In his 2012 e-book called Oh Myyy! - On Life, The Internet and Everything , Takei turns to his fans with his thoughts and experiences, especially from recent years as a heavy user of social media. In 2020, Takei addressed his time in the internment camp with the comic They Called us Enemy

George Takei at Chicago Gay & Lesbian Pride 2006

Takei has lived with his partner and manager Brad Altman (* 1954, now Brad Takei) since 1987. Takei's mother spent her final years with them and was cared for by both. He came out in October 2005, aged 68, speaking out on his homosexuality (which has long been an open secret among his fans) in Frontiers magazine in support of demands for same-sex marriage . On September 14, 2008, he married Altman in the Japanese-American National Museum in Los Angeles in front of a Buddhist priest, Takei is a Buddhist . It did so after the California Supreme Court lifted the ban on same-sex marriages. Groomsmen were his colleagues Nichelle Nichols ("Lieutenant Uhura") and Walter Koenig ("Navigator Pavel Chekov").

Takei remains committed to the rights of homosexuals. In 2008, Takei took part in the 8th season of the UK edition of the reality television format I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! part, where he took third place behind Martina Navrátilová and the winner Joe Swash .

Takei has also been known since 2011 through his Facebook page, on which he publishes pictures and texts every day, often with references to science fiction, homosexuality or politics. Takei's site had around 1.4 million subscribers in 2012 and over 9 million in October 2015.

honors and awards

Filmography (selection)

Fonts

  • To the stars. The official autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu. Heel Verlag, Königswinter 1997, ISBN 3-89365-581-6 .
  • with Robert Asprin: Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe. Playboy, 1979, ISBN 0-87216-581-7 .
  • They called us Enemy with Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott & Harmony Becker (illustration), Cross Cult Verlag 2020, ISBN (German) 396658039X

Web links

Commons : George Takei  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Takei's take Hiroshima - Part 1: George Takei Remembers Hiroshima. (Video) In: Takei's take… August 3, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
  2. ↑ Takei's take Hiroshima - Part 2: George Takei Remembers Hiroshima. (Video) In: Takei's take… August 14, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
  3. ↑ Takei's take Hiroshima - Part 3: George Takei Reconnects with Family. (Video) In: Takei's take ... August 22, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
  4. ↑ Eric Pfeiffer: George Takei visits Hiroshima and recounts time spent in US internment camp. In: Yahoo News. August 6, 2014, accessed August 7, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Website for the e-book Oh Myyy! . Retrieved October 19, 2012
  6. ↑ https://www.cross-cult.de/titel/they-called-us-enemy-eine-kindheit-im-internierungslager.html
  7. ↑ Carsten Weidemann George Takei always goes to bed with a kiss , queer.de, January 16, 2008
  8. ↑ a b AP / ala: "STAR-TREK" "- WEDDING - Captain Sulu marries partner. Spiegel.de, September 15, 2008
  9. ↑ Alex Altman: Q&A: George Takei on Prop 8 , TIME . November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2010. 
  10. ↑ Lawsuits against prohibition of "gay marriage" in California - Yahoo! News Germany  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , found on November 6, 2008@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / de.news.yahoo.com  
  11. ↑ Alex Knapp: How George Takei Conquered Facebook . In: Forbes , March 23, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2013. 
  12. ↑ Jeremy Cabalona: How George Takei Went From Star Trek to Social Media Superstar . Mashable. April 20, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  13. ↑ Official Facebook page , accessed October 2015
  14. ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) In: The Official Website of George Takei. Hosato Enterprises, archived from the original on September 22, 2001 ; accessed on February 5, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.georgetakei.com
  15. ^ First gay asteroid named. pinknews.co.uk, October 3, 2007
  16. ↑ Game Over for TakeiCoin . Crypto Frenzy (blog) March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Takei, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Takei, Hosato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States