He is an actor, civil rights activist, social media mega-power, and New York Times bestselling author. Takei’s acting career has spanned more than six decades, with more than 40 feature films and hundreds of TV guest-starring roles to his credit.
With Takei’s expansion into social media, interest in his personal life grew. In January 2014, ‘To Be Takei’, a Jennifer M. Kroot documentary on George’s life and career, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival that January, and was later released in select cinemas across North America.
As an author, Takei’s first book, his autobiography, ‘To the Stars’, was published in 1994; and in 2012 and 2013 he published his second and third books, ‘Oh Myyy! There Goes The Internet, and its sequel, ‘Lions And Tigers And Bears: The Internet Strikes Back’. The latter two books explored his forays on social media and the Internet, earning placement on the Amazon e-book and paperback best-seller lists in 2012 and 2013, respectively. His fifth book, the Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling graphic memoir ‘They Called Us Enemy’, was released in July 2019.
P.S. You may also like to check out Queerguru’s review of TO BE TAKEI https://queerguru.com/to-be-takei/
And Queerguru’s exclusive interview with George https://queerguru.com/talking-to-takei/
Plus Queerguru’s review of Allegiance The Musical https://queerguru.com/queergurus-andrew-hebden-reviews-george-takei-making-his-west-end-debut-in-allegiance/
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