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Takei Takei

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George Hosato Takei Altman, also known as Takei Altman (Japanese: Takei Hogo/Takei Hosato, Romanized: Takei Hosato (born April 20, 1937) is a famous Japanese-American actor, director, writer and activist. He is famous for his role as Captain Light Sulu, the helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the American TV series "Star Trek". His surname is often mistranslated as "Takei", but when he returned to Hiroshima, Japan, he took out a family photo album with "Takei" written in Chinese characters.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
United States
Born
1937-04-20
Wikidata
Q110154
Occupations comediansingervoice actorBloggermovie actortelevision actoractordirectorOpinion reporterwriter
Aliases George Hosato TakeiGeorge Hosato Takei AltmanGeorge TakeiTakei TakeiGeorge TakeiTakei SuixiangGeorge Takei

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