FrameThrower · Actors · George Takei
George Takei
3 films · 238 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2020–2023
Born 20 April 1937 · Los Angeles, California, USA
George Hosato Takei Altman is an American actor of Japanese descent, best known for his role in the television series Star Trek, in which he played Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise. He is a proponent of gay rights and active in state and local politics as well as continuing his acting career. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japanese-American relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 238 frames · top-billed in 2 · 2020–2023
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
- Inkpot Award2019
- California Hall of Fame2016
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 238 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work George takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 58% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work George takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 238 frames from George Takei's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.