George Takei is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise.
Takei at the 2019 GalaxyCon Minneapolis
Takei in 1956
Takei as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu
(left to right) Takei, They Called Us Enemy co-author Steven Scott, and Takei's husband Brad Altman at Midtown Comics in New York.
Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional character in the Star Trek media franchise. A member of the crew in the original Star Trek series, Sulu also appears in the animated Star Trek series, in the first six Star Trek movies, in one episode of Star Trek: Voyager, and in several books, comics, and video games. Originally known simply as "Sulu", his first name, "Hikaru", appeared in a 1981 novel well over a decade after the original series had ended.
George Takei as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu, from Star Trek (1966).
Sulu was portrayed by George Takei in Star Trek: The Original Series and the first six films.
John Cho plays Sulu in the Star Trek films in the "Kelvin timeline".