George Hosato Takei, better known under the name George Takei, is famous in the entertainment industry. Currently, it has been announced that the net worth of George Takei has reached the sum of 12 million dollars. George has earned his net worth as an actor, voice actor and author. He is usually recognized as Hikaru Sulu from the popular television series titled ‘Star Trek’. Takei has also been active in politics, especially fighting for human rights. He belongs to the Democratic political party. For his work in this field Takei has received the LGBT Humanist Award and other honours which increased his popularity and net worth. George Takei has been active since 1959 up to the present.
George Takei Net Worth $12 Million
George Hosato Takei was born on April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, United States. George Takei began his career on the big screen as well as the accumulation of his net worth in 1955 with the voice role in the film ‘Godzilla Raids Again’ directed by Motoyoshi Oda. Until he started in the ‘Star Trek’ franchise, Takei appeared in the following films ‘Hell to Eternity’ (1960) directed by Phil Karlson, ‘A Majority of One’ (1961) directed by Dore Schary, ‘Red Line 7000’ (1965) directed by Howard Hawks, ‘Walk, Don’t Run’ (1966) directed by Charles Walters and ‘The Green Berets’ (1968) directed by John Wayne, Ray Kellogg. In 1979, Takei landed his role in the first film of the ‘Star Trek’ franchise ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture’ directed by Robert Wise. The film was very successful as the box office grossed 139 million dollars worldwide. Due to the great popularity of the film, further releases were ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ (1982) directed by Nicholas Meyer, ‘Star Trek III: The Search for Spock’ (1984) and ‘Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home’ (1986) directed by Leonard Nimoy, ‘Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’ (1989) directed by William Shatner, ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode’ (1990) directed by Winrich Kolbe, ‘Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country’ (1991) directed Nicholas Meyer which greatly increased George’s net worth.
Moreover, Takei increased his net worth appearing in the main cast of the following films: ‘Oblivion’ (1994) directed by Sam Irvin, ‘Ninja Cheerleaders’ (2008) written and directed by David Presley. Currently, he is listed in the main cast of the upcoming film ‘The Gettysburg Address’ produced, written and directed by Sean Conant.
In addition to acting on the big screen, George Takei has added much to his net worth appearing on television since 1959. He took part in the episodes of such television series as ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea’, ‘The Six Million Dollar Man’, ‘Jackie Chan Adventures’, ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’, ‘Psych’, ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ ‘Hawaii Five-0’ and many others.
George has his own website http://www.georgetakei.com/ where people can read his blog, join the fan club, visit the gallery and even read about his wedding party. George Takei married his current wife Brad Altman in 2008.
Never liked this queer activist. If you want to be gay that’s fine but using it to hold America hostage with the gay gestapo tactics just isn’t right. To hell with you G.T.!