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George Takei
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American actor, author and activist (born 1937)
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George Takei is an American male artist born on April 20, 1937. His professional career began in 1955. He is recognized for works including *They Called Us Enemy*, *Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 3, Episodes 6 & 7*, *Éramos el enemigo*, *Oh myyy!*, and *Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe*. Takei has been acknowledged in the Hollywood Walk of Fame collection.
His official website is georgetakei.com, which also hosts his blog. On Last.fm, his music is tagged with "riotnerd" and "electronic," with a playcount of 1,232 and 436 listeners. Crossref lists five of his works, while Open Library records eleven. He has 3,466,054 social media followers.
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- United States
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- writer
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- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Award
- Inkpot Award
- Field of work
- activism
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.georgetakei.com
- Image
- George Takei in 2024 (cropped).jpg
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- George Takei
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- George Takei
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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- social media followers
- 40100
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- English language
- ethnic group
- Japanese Americans
- official blog URL
- www.georgetakei.com/blog-posts-2591545364.html
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- George Takei
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- Setsuko Thurlow
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Encyclopedic overview
George Takei (/təˈkeɪ/ tə-KAY; born Hosato Takei, April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author, and activist. He is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
Takei was born to Japanese-American parents, with whom he lived in Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II. He began pursuing acting in college, which led in 1965 to the role of Sulu, to which he returned periodically into the 1990s. Upon coming out as gay in 2005, he became a prominent proponent of LGBTQ rights and active in state and local politics. He has been a vocal advocate of the rights of immigrants, in part through his work on the 2012 Broadway show Allegiance, about the internment experience.
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