George Takei in other acting roles. The Star Trek actor played Hikaru Sulu in the original series TV shows and some of the movies.

Star Trek Actors Other Roles in Movies and TV Shows

Star Trek: TOS - George Takei (Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu)
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Nano-Biography for George Takei

Date of Birth - April 20, 1937
Place of Birth - Los Angeles, California, USA

Most Famous Role(s) Other Than Star Trek:
- Recurring appearances as the announcer for The Howard Stern Show.

Trivia About the Actor:
- A favorite of the Howard Stern audience.
- An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter has been renamed 7307 Takei in his honor.

Filmography


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Heroes (2007) (TV)
- Starring as Kaito Nakamura in 5 episodes
- They thought they were like everyone else...until they woke with incredible powers. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can paint the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people, and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be the saving of humankind, but first they must come to grips with their newfound powers.
- Kaito Nakamura is the father of Hiro (has the ability to manipulate space and time) and Kimiko Nakamura. Kaito has implied that he has a power, but has not yet revealed it.


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Freddie (2006) (TV)
- Starring as Martin in "Recipe for Disaster"
- Freddie Moreno (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) is head chef at a trendy Chicago restaurant, and is ready for love, but Freddie has taken in his impulsive sister-in-law (Mädchen Amick), with her 13-year-old daughter and their grandma, who refuses to speak English and only responds in Spanish. All Freddie has to do is figure out how to maintain his thriving bachelor lifestyle in a house overflowing with estrogen.

 


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Will & Grace (2006) (TV)
- Starring as Himself in "Buy, Buy Baby"
- Will Truman (Eric McCormack) is a successful Manhattan lawyer, and Grace Adler (Debra Messing) is a beautiful, self-employed interior decorator. They are best friends and neighbors in this comedy about two people who seem perfect for each other but can never actually find romance together because Will is gay and Grace is straight.

- In this episode, a large corporation takes over Jack's talk showand it is completely revamped with a new co-host. While Jack decides whether he'll stand up to his new bosses, Karen decides she wants a baby of her own and offers to pay a make-up lady to carry one for her.
- George Takei as himself, drops by Jack's show (Jack Talk) for an interview.


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Malcolm in the Middle (2006) (TV)
- Starring as George Takei in "Hal Grieves"
- Malcolm (Frankie Muniz) is the third-oldest child in the family. Francis (Christopher Masterson) went to military school, so Reese (Justin Berfield), Malcolm and Dewey (Erik Per Sullivan) are living in the house with their parents Lois (Jane Kaczmarek) and Hal (Bryan Cranston). It centered on Malcolm and his dysfunctional family.
- In this episode Hal learns that his father has passed away, but acts uncaring because he never even knew him. So he lets the boys do whatever they want until Lois ends up putting a stop to it.
- George Takei comes over for a visit to try to cheer Hal up when his friend Abe notices how depressed Hal has become. Dewey answers the door and Mr. Takei never even sees Hal anyway though.


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Scrubs (2004) (TV)
- Starring as the Priest in "My Best Friend's Wedding"
- The show focuses on the strange experiences of medical resident J.D.
Also at Sacred Heart Hospital are residents Chris Turk - J.D.'s college buddy, beautiful but awkward Elliot Reid, chief of medicine Dr. Bob Kelso, Dr. Perry Cox; and Nurse Carla Espinosa, plus J.D.'s nemesis, the janitor.
- The big day for Turk and Carla has finally arrived, but a patient holds up Turk. With Elliot still angry at him, J.D. attempts to reconcile her with Sean as a way to make everything right again in their friendship.
- The Priest resides at the Holy Trinity church and Turk thinks he looks like Captain Sulu. He doesn't actually perform Turk and Carla's wedding as he has another one scheduled.


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Futurama (2002) (TV)
- Starring as Himself in "Where No Fan Has Gone Before"

- Futurama is a futuristic comedy cartoon created by Matt Groening, the same creator as The Simpsons. Futurama takes place in the year 3000, after a pizza delivery boy named Fry, is cryogenically frozen for 1,000 years. In the future he befriends Turanga Leela, the Cyclops mutant, and Bender, a drinking, swearing and stealing bending robot.
- In this episode, Fry is on trial for traveling to Omega 3 to retrieve all 79 episodes of "Star Trek". He sets out on his mission with Leela, Bender and Leonard Nimoy's head in a jar, only to discover William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei and Walter Koening are living on Omega 3 under the watchful eye of Melllvar, an evil energy creature that's also their biggest fan.


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The Chronicle (2001) (TV)
- Starring as Mr. Shen in "Here There Be Dragons"
- Tucker Burns is a qualified reporter who applies for a job at the World Chronicle. It turns out that all the stories the Chronicle reports are true, but written as tabloid articles. Aided by photographer Wes and alien abductee/reporter Grace, and backed by his mysterious boss Donald Stern, Tucker investigates, ghosts, aliens, and other supernatural phenomena.
- In this episode, tucker investigates reports of a fiery dragon beneath chinatown, and thinks it might be a human interest story.

 
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These roles do not include voice only, and only well known movies or TV shows are listed here. Our research was eased using The Internet Movie Database.