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In the 1960s, he made appearances on shows like ''Series/MissionImpossible'' and ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'', and he got some movie parts (''Film/WalkDontRun''), but it was his groundbreaking role as Hikaru Sulu on ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' that made him a cultural icon, as one of the first and only non-stereotypical Asian characters on mainstream American television. Reportedly ''every'' Asian American actor wanted the role, since Sulu was allowed to speak with an American accent, didn't do (Asian) martial arts,[[note]]Sulu had an interest in fencing which may or may not be considered a martial art (depending on whether he did sport fencing or historical European fencing or both), but no matter what, fencing definitely isn't Asian.[[/note]] and was not a crude caricature (remember: this was more or less contemporary with the yellowface characters in ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' and Film/CharlieChan).
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In the 1960s, he made appearances on shows like ''Series/MissionImpossible'' and ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'', and he got some movie parts (''Film/WalkDontRun''), (''Film/WalkDontRun'' and ''Film/NeverSoFew''), but it was his groundbreaking role as Hikaru Sulu on ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' that made him a cultural icon, as one of the first and only non-stereotypical Asian characters on mainstream American television. Reportedly ''every'' Asian American actor wanted the role, since Sulu was allowed to speak with an American accent, didn't do (Asian) martial arts,[[note]]Sulu had an interest in fencing which may or may not be considered a martial art (depending on whether he did sport fencing or historical European fencing or both), but no matter what, fencing definitely isn't Asian.[[/note]] and was not a crude caricature (remember: this was more or less contemporary with the yellowface characters in ''Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys'' and Film/CharlieChan).
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In 2005, he officially came out of the closet as a gay man, although many of his friends, family and coworkers had long known this (for instance, by their account, pretty much the entire cast of ''Star Trek'' knew or at least strongly suspected, but never said anything). In 2008, he married his partner of over twenty years, journalist Brad Altman. Takei continues to be an advocate for civil rights, gay rights and Asian American issues[[note]]who finds former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's treatment of Muslim and Latino American populations [[HereWeGoAgain all too familiar]][[/note]]. In 2012, he starred in the musical ''Theatre/{{Allegiance}}'', which deals with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII incarceration of Japanese Americans. He has also protested the [[RaceLift Race Lifting]] of Asian characters in Hollywood adaptations such as ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}.''
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In 2005, he officially came out of the closet as a gay man, although many of his friends, family and coworkers had long known this (for instance, by their account, pretty much the entire cast of ''Star Trek'' knew or at least strongly suspected, but never said anything). In 2008, he married his partner of over twenty years, journalist Brad Altman. Takei continues to be an advocate for civil rights, gay rights and Asian American issues[[note]]who finds former President UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump's treatment of Muslim and Latino American populations [[HereWeGoAgain all too familiar]][[/note]]. In 2012, he starred in the musical ''Theatre/{{Allegiance}}'', ''Theatre/Allegiance2012'', which deals with UsefulNotes/WorldWarII incarceration of Japanese Americans. He has also protested the [[RaceLift Race Lifting]] of Asian characters in Hollywood adaptations such as ''Film/TheLastAirbender'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}.''
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In 2015, ''Theatre/{{Allegiance}}'' opened on Broadway with Takei in the dual role of the present day Sam Kimura and "Ojii-san" (Grandfather) in the flashback to the 1940s.
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In 2015, ''Theatre/{{Allegiance}}'' ''Theatre/Allegiance2012'' opened on Broadway with Takei in the dual role of the present day Sam Kimura and "Ojii-san" (Grandfather) in the flashback to the 1940s.
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In the 2000s, Takei gained new fame by appearing regularly on Radio/TheHowardSternShow, giving birth to his own MemeticMutation: "Ohhhhhh myyyyyy". He also appeared as Hiro's dad on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and voiced animated Asian characters such as the Fa ancestor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', a Fire nation jailor in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and Emperor Yoshiro, leader of the Empire of the Rising Sun in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', where he gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yytbDZrw1jc this lovely bit of]] MemeticMutation. He voiced Separatist general Lok Durd in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', making him one of the first actors to have a role in both of the two largest "Star" franchises. He has played two mentorial roles in the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise, first as Master Yoketron, Prowl's cyber-ninja mentor from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', and Optimus Prime's mentor, the archivist Alpha Trion in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Oh, and he also voiced ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, the Devourer of Worlds himself, in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''.
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In the 2000s, Takei gained new fame by appearing regularly on Radio/TheHowardSternShow, ''Radio/TheHowardSternShow'', giving birth to his own MemeticMutation: "Ohhhhhh myyyyyy". He also appeared as Hiro's dad on ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' and voiced animated Asian characters such as the Fa ancestor from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', a Fire nation jailor in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'', and Emperor Yoshiro, leader of the Empire of the Rising Sun in ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert3'', where he gave us [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yytbDZrw1jc this lovely bit of]] MemeticMutation. He voiced Separatist general Lok Durd in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', making him one of the first actors to have a role in both of the two largest "Star" franchises. He has played two mentorial roles in the ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' franchise, first as Master Yoketron, Prowl's cyber-ninja mentor from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', and Optimus Prime's mentor, the archivist Alpha Trion in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''. Oh, and he also voiced ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, the Devourer of Worlds himself, in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperHeroSquadShow''.
