Takei has been with his husband, Brad Altman, since 1988, having met at a gay and lesbian running and walking club. After attending the Shakespeare Institute in England and the Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, he returned to the States where he studied acting at the Desilu Workshop. He earned a bachelor of arts in theater from UCLA in 1960, followed by a master of arts in theater four years later. He attended the University of California in Berkeley but transferred to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), where he began studying theater. Takei was educated at Mount Vernon Junior High School (where he served as student body president) and Los Angeles High School. I know the value of my American citizenship because I'm aware of the incredibly high price that has been paid for it.
I still marvel at that amazing generation of Japanese Americans who put on the uniforms of their jailer to fight with such extraordinary valor for the fundamental ideals of this country. To be imprisoned in barbed wire camps by your own government for no other reason than that you are descended from a nation with which your country is at war was one of the most trying and enraging experiences anyone could go through. World War II for Americans of Japanese ancestry was one of the most anguishing tests of the meaning of citizenship. Takei discussed this experience in a 1996 interview, stating: They were later sent to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in California and returned to Los Angeles after World War II. In 1942, Takei and his family were interned by the United States at the Rohwer War Relocation Center in Arkansas, along with many other Japanese-Americans. According to Takei on the 9 January 2006 airing of The Howard Stern Show, he was named after King George VI, who had just become king of the United Kingdom.
Takei was born in Los Angeles, California, on 20 April 1937. (X) subsequently confirmed this to be false. The magazine claimed that Takei would be featured in a "flash forward sequence" with Leonard Nimoy. Issue 356 of Starburst Magazine stated that Takei would be appearing in 2009's Star Trek, directed and produced by J.J. Stuntman Tom Morga worked as fencing coach for Takei while stunt coordinator Leslie Hoffman served as his personal assistant. The episode was directed by Marc Scott Zicree and written by Zicree and Michael Reaves. Takei most recently played Sulu in an episode of the fan films Star Trek: New Voyages entitled "World Enough and Time", which premiered in 2007 and featured fellow Trek performers Grace Lee Whitney, Majel Barrett Roddenberry, James Cawley, Jeffery Quinn, and John Carrigan. He did, however, appear as Captain Sulu in Star Trek: Voyager's 30th anniversary episode, " Flashback".
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Due to the fact that Sulu did not appear in the episode " The Trouble with Tribbles" (he was filming The Green Berets at the time), Takei was the only Original Series star not to appear in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 30th anniversary episode " Trials and Tribble-ations". He has both narrated and recorded dialogue as Sulu in numerous audio novels and interactive games. His image also appeared in Star Trek Generations in a photograph in Kirk's cabin in the Nexus and again more prominently in Star Trek Beyond in a photograph that was among Spock's possessions bequeathed to his alternate reality counterpart. He then reprised the role in the first six Star Trek motion pictures, and the Star Trek: Voyager third season episode " Flashback". He later voiced Sulu in Star Trek: The Animated Series and displayed his vocal talents playing other guest characters. In total, he appeared in 51 of the 79 original series episodes. He debuted as Sulu in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode " Where No Man Has Gone Before", with his character making the transition from the physics department to the helm by the next episode, " The Corbomite Maneuver".
George Hosato Takei ( born 20 April 1937 age 85), pronounced "Ta-Kay", is a Japanese-American actor best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise. Hikaru Sulu (primary character see additional appearances for more)