George Takei

Career timeline

1. 1937 · Born

   Born in Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1957 · Screen debut

   Perry Mason (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   The Simpsons (TV)

4. 2024 · Latest release

   Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV)

Career in numbers

3 1950s

7 1960s

2 1970s

8 1980s

12 1990s

21 2000s

17 2010s

4 2020s

• Comedy33
• Animation31
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy26
• Drama26
• Action & Adventure23
• Family13

Highest-rated title Avatar: The Last Airbender 2005 8.8 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside George Takei in our catalogue.

Dee Bradley Baker

3 titles together

Raymond Burr

2 titles together

Daniel Dae Kim

2 titles together

Phill Lewis

2 titles together

1. 2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender as Koh (voice) 7.8 TV
2. 2023 BLUE EYE SAMURAI as Seki (voice) 8.5 TV
3. 2021 Resident Alien as The Gray (voice) 7.8 TV
4. 2020 Star Trek: Lower Decks as Hikaru Sulu (voice) 7.6 TV
5. 2018 The Terror as Nobuhiro Yamato / Yamato-san 7.4 TV
6. 2016 Kubo and the Two Strings as Hosato (voice) 7.7 Movie
7. 2016 Elena of Avalor as King Toshi (voice) 6.4 TV
8. 2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson as Self 6.7 TV
9. 2015 Fresh Off the Boat as Bernard 7.2 TV
10. 2014 BoJack Horseman as Audiobook Narrator (voice) 8.5 TV
11. 2014 The 7D as Dr. Sweet Tooth (voice) 6.3 TV
12. 2012 Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as Master of K'un L'un (voice) 7.7 TV
13. 2011 Bubble Guppies as Major Bummer (voice) 7.5 TV
14. 2010 Transformers: Prime as Alpha Trion (voice) 8.1 TV
15. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Uncle Choi 7.7 TV
16. 2010 Lost Girl as Engelram 7.7 TV
17. 2010 Regular Show as Daisuke (voice) 8.6 TV
18. 2010 Fish Hooks as Bird / Robot (voice) 6.4 TV
19. 2010 Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated as Mr. Wang / White Wizard (voice) 8.2 TV
20. 2010 Hot in Cleveland as Reverend Matsuda 7.2 TV
21. 2010 Adventure Time as Ricardio (voice) 8.5 TV
22. 2009 Community as George Takei (voice) 8.0 TV
23. 2009 Archer as Mr. Moto (voice) 7.9 TV
24. 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Lok Durd (voice) 8.5 TV
25. 2008 The Suite Life on Deck as Rome Tipton 7.7 TV
26. 2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan as George Takei 5.7 Movie
27. 2007 Transformers: Animated as Yoketron (voice) 8.0 TV
28. 2007 Chowder as Foie Gras (voice) 8.2 TV
29. 2007 The Big Bang Theory as George Takei 7.9 TV
30. 2007 Phineas and Ferb as Positive Re-enforcement Machine (voice) 7.9 TV
31. 2006 Heroes as Kaito Nakamura 7.4 TV
32. 2006 Psych as George Takei 7.9 TV
33. 2005 Avatar: The Last Airbender as Warden (voice) 8.8 TV
34. 2005 Robot Chicken as Godzilla vs. Jason Narrator / Yakuza (voice) 7.6 TV
35. 2005 American Dad! as George Takei (voice) 7.0 TV
36. 2004 Mulan II as First Ancestor (voice) 6.5 Movie
37. 2002 Kim Possible as Sensei (voice) 7.5 TV
38. 2001 According to Jim as George Takei (voice) 6.5 TV
39. 2001 Scrubs as George Takei 8.2 TV
40. 2001 Samurai Jack as Warrior #4 (voice) 8.4 TV
41. 2000 Jackie Chan Adventures as High Mystic (voice) 8.2 TV
42. 2000 Malcolm in the Middle as George Takei 8.5 TV
43. 1999 Futurama as George Takei's Head (voice) 8.4 TV
44. 1999 Batman Beyond as Mr. Fixx (voice) 8.2 TV
45. 1998 Will & Grace as George Takei 6.9 TV
46. 1998 Mulan as First Ancestor (voice) 7.9 Movie
47. 1996 Hey Arnold! as Phoebe's Father (voice) 8.0 TV
48. 1996 Early Edition as Mr. Lee 7.4 TV
49. 1996 3rd Rock from the Sun as George Takei 7.5 TV
50. 1995 Star Trek: Voyager as Captain Sulu 7.8 TV
51. 1994 Spider-Man as Wong (voice) 8.3 TV
52. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Man In Black 7.1 TV
53. 1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Colonel Ong 6.6 TV
54. 1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Captain Hikaru Sulu 7.1 Movie
55. 1989 The Simpsons as Akira Kurosawa (voice) 8.0 TV
56. 1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu 5.7 Movie
57. 1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu 7.2 Movie
58. 1985 MacGyver as Dr. Shen Wei 7.7 TV
59. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Bert Tanaka 7.5 TV
60. 1984 Miami Vice as Kenneth Togaru 7.5 TV
61. 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu 6.6 Movie
62. 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as Cmdr. Hikaru Sulu 7.5 Movie
63. 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture as Sulu 6.5 Movie
64. 1974 The Six Million Dollar Man as Chin-Ling 7.3 TV
65. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Nathaniel Blake 7.2 TV
66. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
67. 1966 Mission: Impossible as Roger Lee 7.6 TV
68. 1966 Star Trek as Sulu 8.0 TV
69. 1964 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Cheng 7.8 TV
70. 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre TV
71. 1960 My Three Sons as Won Tsun 6.6 TV
72. 1959 Hawaiian Eye TV
73. 1959 The Twilight Zone as Arthur Takamori / Taro 8.5 TV
74. 1957 Perry Mason as Toma Sakai 7.7 TV

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