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George Takei
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American actor, author and activist (born 1937)
George Takei is an American actor, author, and activist best known for playing Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu in the original Star Trek television series. He has become an influential public figure who uses his platform to advocate for social justice causes, particularly LGBTQ+ rights and Asian-American representation in media.
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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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