George Takei
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
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
- In 1986, George Takei became the first Japanese-American actor to receive a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame .
- In 1987 he and Leonard Nimoy were nominated for a Grammy in the category "Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording" for the audio recording of the novel adaptation of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home .
- In 2004 he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun , 4th grade for his services to US-Japanese relations.
- In 2007 the asteroid Takei was named after him.
- The crypto currency "Takeicoin" named after him existed for a short time .
Filmography (selection)
- 1960: Titans (Ice Palace)
- 1960: Saipan raid party (Hell to Eternity)
- 1961: 1000 miles to Yokohama (A Majority of One)
- 1963: patrol boat PT 109 (PT 109)
- 1964: Twilight Zone (TV series, episode 5x31)
- 1965: Morituri
- 1965: Red Line 7000 (Red Line 7000)
- 1966: Cobra, Take Over ( Mission Impossible , TV Series, Episode 1x10 The Carriers )
- 1966: Not So Fast, My Boy (Walk Don't Run)
- 1966: Second Hand Murder (An American Dream)
- 1966–1969: Spaceship Enterprise ( Star Trek , TV series)
- 1968: The Green Berets (The Green Berets)
- 1970: Where, please, are you going to the front? (Which Way to the Front?)
- 1973–1974: The Enterprise ( Star Trek: The Animated Series , TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1974: The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series, episode 1x16 The Coward )
- 1976: Pazifikgeschwader 214 ( Baa Baa Black Sheep , TV series, episode 1x07 Up for Grabs )
- 1979: Star Trek: The Movie (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)
- 1982: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan)
- 1984: Star Trek III : The Search for Spock (Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- 1986: MacGyver (TV series, episode 2x04 The Wish Child )
- 1986: Star Trek IV: Back to the Present (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)
- 1987: Miami Vice (TV series, episode 3x20 By Hooker by Crook )
- 1989: Return from the River Kwai
- 1989: Star Trek V: On the Edge of the Universe (Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
- 1990: Blood Oath
- 1991: Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- 1993: American Samurai 2 (Live by the Fist)
- 1994: Alien Desperados (Oblivion)
- 1995: Kissinger and Nixon (TV movie)
- 1995: Badlands (Oblivion 2: Backlash)
- 1996: Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, episode 3x02 Flashback )
- 1998: Mulan (voice)
- 1998: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , TV series, episode 6x06 Das Gutachten )
- 2003: DC 9/11: Time of Crisis (TV movie)
- 2003: Roddenberry on Patrol (short film)
- 2003-2007: Kim Possible (TV series, 6 episodes, voice for Sensei )
- 2004: The Eavesdropper
- 2004: Mulan 2 (voice)
- 2004: Scrubs ( Scrubs , TV series, episode 3x22 My Best Friend's Wedding )
- 2006: Malcolm in the Middle ( Malcolm in the Middle , TV series, episode 7x14 The Perfect Dad )
- 2006: Psych (TV series, episode 1x08 Shawn vs. the Red Phantom )
- 2006: Will & Grace (TV series, episode 8x18 Buy, Buy Baby )
- 2007: Again and again Jim ( According to Jim , TV series, episode 6x15 The Grill II, voice)
- 2007–2010: Heroes (TV series, 12 episodes)
- 2008: Ninja Cheerleaders
- 2008: The Red Canvas
- 2008: American Summer
- 2008: Futurama: Bender's Game (voice)
- 2008: The Great Buck Howard (The Great Buck Howard)
- 2008: Do not mess with Zohan (You Do not Mess with the Zohan)
- 2008: Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (computer game)
- 2009: Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series, episode 1x14 Defenders of Peace , voice for Lok Durd )
- 2009: Bloodsport - The Red Canvas (The Red Canvas)
- 2010: Zack & Cody on board ( The Suite Life on Deck , TV series, episode 2x26 Starship Tipton )
- 2010: The Big Bang Theory (TV series, episode 4x04 The Hot Troll Deviation )
- 2011: Larry Crowne
- 2012: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series, episode 3x58 Steve Junior )
- 2011-2013: Supah Ninjas (TV series)
- 2013: Lost Girl (TV series, episode 4x1 Engelram )
- 2014: To Be Takei (documentary)
- 2015: Entourage
- 2016: Kubo - The Brave Samurai ( Kubo and the Two Strings , voice)
- 2017: Fresh Off the Boat (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2019: The Terror (TV series, 10 episodes)
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
- George Takei in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about George Takei in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Takei's take Hiroshima - Part 1: George Takei Remembers Hiroshima. (Video) In: Takei's take… August 3, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
- ↑ Takei's take Hiroshima - Part 2: George Takei Remembers Hiroshima. (Video) In: Takei's take… August 14, 2014, accessed on August 7, 2015 (English).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Eric Pfeiffer: George Takei visits Hiroshima and recounts time spent in US internment camp. In: Yahoo News. August 6, 2014, accessed August 7, 2015 .
- ↑ Website for the e-book Oh Myyy! . Retrieved October 19, 2012
- ↑ https://www.cross-cult.de/titel/they-called-us-enemy-eine-kindheit-im-internierungslager.html
- ↑ Carsten Weidemann George Takei always goes to bed with a kiss , queer.de, January 16, 2008
- ↑ a b AP / ala: "STAR-TREK" "- WEDDING - Captain Sulu marries partner. Spiegel.de, September 15, 2008
- ↑ Alex Altman: Q&A: George Takei on Prop 8 , TIME . November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Alex Knapp: How George Takei Conquered Facebook . In: Forbes , March 23, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
- ↑ Jeremy Cabalona: How George Takei Went From Star Trek to Social Media Superstar . Mashable. April 20, 2012. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
- ↑ Official Facebook page , accessed October 2015
- ↑ 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.
- ^ First gay asteroid named. pinknews.co.uk, October 3, 2007
- ↑ Game Over for TakeiCoin . Crypto Frenzy (blog) March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 11, 2016
personal data | |
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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 |