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George Takei 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.
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entertainment · American actor, author and activist (born 1937) · comedian · singer · voice actor · blogger · film actor · television actor · actor · director · opinion journalist · writer · also George Takei, George Hosato Takei, George Hosato Takei Altman, Takei
Born 20 April 1937 · Q110154
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[A congressional commission] found that it was three things that brought that about. One was racial hysteria, second was war hysteria and third was failure of political leadership. Donald Trump is the perfect example of that failure. ... What Donald Trump is talking about is something that
“[A congressional commission] found that it was three things that brought that about. One was racial hysteria, second was war hysteria and third was failure of political leadership. Donald Trump is the perfect example of that failure. ... What Donald Trump is talking about is something that”
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“In Star Trek we have this creed:”
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“interweaves moments of levity and escape: movie nights,”
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“After some bruising primaries, Democrats came out the other side united and the polls followed. Nate Silver is now giving them a 57% chance of flipping the Senate, with surges showing up in places nobody expected. And the good stories don't stop there. https:// thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p /week-progressive-wins-august-16”
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“Todd Blanche is now Attorney General with free rein at the DOJ and very few political obstacles. What that means for the next two years is worth understanding.”
“This week moved quickly and if you blinked, you might have missed some serious stories. Democratic primaries in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The White House secretly moving Trump off Air Force One. And alarming conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. If you need to catch up, start here.”
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Pakistan Today: George Takei leads Comic-Con salute to 60 years of Star Trek
Yahoo: William Shatner Refuses to ‘Make Peace’ With George Takei Despite Being ‘The Last Two Standing’
Takei was named the honorary chair of the 2025 edition of Banned Books Week
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Top Shelf released Takei's second graphic novel memoir, the 336-page It Rhymes with Takei, in which Takei again collaborated with Scott, Eisinger, and Becker to recount his personal journey from closeted actor to coming
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New York Post: George Takei remembers horrors of Japanese internment camp: ‘We had nothing’
Yahoo: George Takei Says the Secret to His Happy Marriage Is ‘Sharing’ These Two Emotions with Husband Brad (Exclusive)
Crown Publishing released Takei's children's book memoir titled My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story, in which Takei recounts how his family was forced to leave Los Angeles after Japan's attack upon Pe
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Published video “MTG Doesn't Think Trump Needs to Debate | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “Comedy Pet Photography Awards 2023 | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “AI Algorithm Locates Undetected Asteroid | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “Shakespeare is Too Explicit For Florida | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “The Operation Lone Star Atrocity | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “Beyonce paid $100,000 for DC Metro Extension | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “TN Lawmakers Expelled From State House Win Back Their Seats | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “Junk Food That's Good for You | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “Refreshing Watermelon Facts | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Published video “What Is Atheism? | George Takei’s Oh Myyy”.
Takei was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of South Australia in recognition of his distinguished service to the community
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Takei was the NCLS Kickoff speaker at USAFA, elaborating on his book and how his past influences his future
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Released album “Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2: Nocturnes”.
It was announced that Takei would be the final torchbearer for the delayed 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games
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Top Shelf Productions released They Called Us Enemy, a 208-page graphic novel memoir that focused on his family's internment in a World War II concentration camp
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Awarded Inkpot Award (2019).
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The New York Observer's Shane Snow reported that Brunton had "changed his story", describing his encounter with Takei as a "great party story" and confessing to "not remembering any touching" of his genitalia
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Takei announced his intent to challenge Devin Nunes, Republican incumbent House representative for the 22nd District of California
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Awarded California Hall of Fame (2016).
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California State University, Los Angeles presented Takei with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for his contributions
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Following Donald Trump's call to ban all Muslims from traveling to the United States, Takei appeared on MSNBC to denounce him: "It's ironic that he made that comment on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day – the very event that
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“As a former Boy Scout myself, it pains me deeply that the BSA still boots out gay Scouts when they turn 18. This web series will help educate and inform, as well as entertain. That gets a big thumbs up from me. Let”
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Produced a YouTube mini-series It Takeis Two featuring himself and Altman, described as a "parody-scripted reality series" that also includes Internet culture
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For his posting of a meme on Facebook and Twitter which shows a wheelchair-using woman standing up to reach something from the top shelf in a store and is captioned "there has been a miracle in the alcohol isle" [sic]
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Takei raised $100,000 for an adult Eagle Scout to start a web series, titled Camp Abercorn, documenting his experiences in the Boy Scouts of America after he was forced to leave, due to their anti-gay adult policy
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Takei became spokesperson for Rooms To Go, an American furniture retailer
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Takei was a guest judge in the TBS reality show King of the Nerds, in which he is one of three judges of the Cosplay Competition
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Takei starred in the musical Allegiance, which Takei described as his legacy project
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Appeared with husband Brad Altman in All Star Mr & Mrs, a show on ITV in Britain presented by Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton
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Takei recorded a series of public service announcements for the Social Security Administration to help promote applying online for benefits
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Takei appeared in an episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars as the Neimoidian general, Lok Durd, the first time a leading actor from Star Trek worked in a Star Wars production
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Takei and Altman appeared in a celebrity edition of The Newlywed Game TV show, which the GSN cable network aired October 13, 2009.
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At the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, of which Takei is one of the founders and serves as a member of its board of trustees
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Takei announced that he and Altman would be getting married
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Takei appeared on the 8th season of the reality TV series I'm a Celebrity
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On May 16, 2008, Takei announced that he and Altman would be getting married.
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At a Buddhist ritual performed by the Reverend William Briones
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They were married on September 14, 2008, at the Democracy Forum of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, of which Takei is one of the founders and serves as a member of its board of trustees.
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Embarked on a nationwide "Equality Trek" speaking tour sharing his life as a gay Japanese American, his 18-year relationship with Altman, Frontrunners, and Star Trek, encouraging others to share their own personal sto
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At age 68, after which he became an international gay icon
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In October 2005, Takei revealed in an issue of Frontiers magazine that he is gay and had been in a committed relationship with his partner, Brad Altman, for 18 years; the move was prompted by then California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto of same-sex marriage legislation.
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Became a prominent proponent of LGBTQ rights and active in state and local politics
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The government of Japan conferred upon Takei the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, which represents the fourth highest of six classes associated with the award
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In honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek, he played Captain Sulu in an episode of Star Trek: Voyager
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Released album “Star Trek: Cacophony (A Captain Sulu Adventure)”.
As part of the Treasures of the Twilight Zone collection
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Released album “Star Trek: Transformations”.
Takei was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a star at 6681 Hollywood Boulevard for his work in television
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Takei began a campaign for California state assemblyman (District 46) from the greater Los Angeles area
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Takei co-wrote the science fiction novel Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe with Robert Asprin
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To cast the tie-breaking vote for the creation of the Los Angeles subway system
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“I've been working with Bill Shatner yea these 40-plus years. He never seems to get it right. I gave him, "It's Takei, as in way." I even said, "as in gay"… I told him, "It's Takei, rhymes with toupee." I thought that would do it.”
Producer Gene Roddenberry cast Takei as astrosciences physicist Hikaru Sulu in the second pilot for the original Star Trek television series
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To the role of Sulu, to which he returned periodically into the 1990s
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Following the signing of Executive Order 9066, the Takei family was forced to live in the converted horse stables of Santa Anita Park before being sent to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in Rohwer, Arkans
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Born 1937-04-20.
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In Los Angeles, California, to Japanese American parents Fumiko Emily Nakamura (born in Sacramento, California) and Takekuma Norman Takei (born in Yamanashi Prefecture), who worked in real estate
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Shortly after Takei's birth
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After some bruising primaries, Democrats came out the other side united and the polls followed. Nate Silver is now giving them a 57% chance of flipping the Senate, with surges showing up in places nobody expected. And the good stories don't stop there. https:// thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p /week-progressive-wins-august-16
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