George Takei
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George Takei (born Hosato Takei) is an American actor. Of numerous roles throughout movies and television, he is most famous for playing Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu in the Star Trek franchise. Among his earliest roles were contributions to kaiju media, providing voices for the U.S. releases of Rodan and Godzilla Raids Again (the latter as the Americanized version Gigantis, the Fire Monster). He describes the production of both dubs in his 1994 book To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei.
Selected filmography
- Rodan (1957) as Dr. Kyuichiro Kashiwagi / Izeki / male honeymooner [English dub]
- Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959) as Ikeda / Osaka SDF dispatcher [Voice]
- "It Came from Japan" (TV 2005) [interviewee]
Trivia
- John Cho, the second actor to portray Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, also dubbed a Godzilla film early in his career, receiving an "Other Characters" credit on Godzilla 2000 (2000).
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