George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is a Japanese American actor, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He played the father of Hiro Nakamura, Kaito Nakamura, on the NBC television show Heroes. Takei is also known for his baritone voice, and is the official announcer of The Howard Stern Show since January 9, 2006 when the show moved to SIRIUS XM Rad...
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George Hosato Takei Altman (born April 20, 1937) is a Japanese American actor, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He played the father of Hiro Nakamura, Kaito Nakamura, on the NBC television show Heroes. Takei is also known for his baritone voice, and is the official announcer of The Howard Stern Show since January 9, 2006 when the show moved to SIRIUS XM Radio. In 2008, Takei came in third in the eighth series of the British reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.
Takei was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Fumiko Emily (née Nakamura) and Takekuma Norman Takei, who worked in real estate. His father was an Anglophile, and named him George after King George VI of the United Kingdom, whose coronation took place in 1937.
In 1942, the Takei family was sent to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in Arkansas. The family was later transferred to the Tule Lake War...
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