Star Trek legend George Takei celebrated his 89th birthday at the Hollywood steakhouse Kali Restaurant on Monday with his husband of 17 years, Brad Altman Takei.
The Grammy-nominated recording artist – who was using a cane two weeks ago – was being pushed by the 72-year-old former financial journalist in a wheelchair after recently undergoing surgery on his foot.
The Takeis famously met in the early 1980s through the LA Frontrunners running club where they bonded over their shared passion for marathons.
‘I think that is life teaching me not to engage in any more crazy 26.2-mile runs for a while,’ the Beam Me Up, Sulu star told The Guardian in February.
‘I started in my 40s, my husband, Brad, trained me, and I’ve done six in total. The last was the London marathon in 1991.’
Takei insisted he is ‘enjoying life wonderfully’ and he’s learned ‘if you take care of yourself, Mother Nature will be good to you.’
Star Trek legend George Takei celebrated his 89th birthday at the Hollywood steakhouse Kali Restaurant on Monday with his husband of 17 years, Brad Altman Takei
‘I enjoy my downtime, my afternoon naps and a leisurely dinner,’ the NY Times-bestselling author noted.
Takei – who boasts 16.5 million social media followers – asked his fans on Monday to make a donation to PFLAG for his birthday since the organization has ‘helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me.’
The Star Trek: Khan actor – who came out as gay at age 68 in 2005 – made history when he and his real-life leading man became the first same-sex couple to apply for a marriage license in West Hollywood, and they wed in 2008 at the Japanese American National Museum.
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On April 10, the inseparable pair traveled to San Francisco where the Asian Law Caucus honored the ‘fearless’ Japanese-American trailblazer for his activism during their 54th anniversary gala.
Takei is next scheduled to appear alongside his former Star Trek castmate Walter Koenig at the pop culture convention Fan Fusion held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona on June 6-7 where passes range in price from $44 to $1,999.
The outspoken Democrat recently filmed his interactive StoryFile, based on hours of recorded interviews using AI-driven storytelling technology, which will serve as a centerpiece for a new exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum opening later this year.
Takei has also signed on as executive producer of the big-screen adaptation of Jamie Ford’s 2009 novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which is still in development.
But the It Rhymes With Takei author is best known for his groundbreaking role as Captain Hikaru Sulu in Gene Roddenberry’s sci-fi series, which aired 1966-1969 on NBC, as well as the six feature film spin-offs and one 1996 episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
The Grammy-nominated recording artist – who was using a cane two weeks ago – was being pushed by the 72-year-old former financial journalist in a wheelchair after recently undergoing surgery on his foot
The Takeis famously met in the early 1980s through the LA Frontrunners running club where they bonded over their shared passion for marathons: ‘I think that is life teaching me not to engage in any more crazy 26.2-mile runs for a while’
The Beam Me Up, Sulu star told The Guardian in February: ‘I started in my 40s, my husband, Brad, trained me, and I’ve done six in total. The last was the London marathon in 1991’ (pictured September 14)
Takei insisted he is ‘enjoying life wonderfully’ and he’s learned ‘if you take care of yourself, Mother Nature will be good to you’ saying: ‘I enjoy my downtime, my afternoon naps and a leisurely dinner’ (pictured January 21)
The NY Times-bestselling author – who boasts 16.5 million social media followers – asked his fans on Monday to make a donation to PFLAG for his birthday since the organization has ‘helped so many in the LGBTQ+ community, including me’
Takei is next scheduled to appear alongside his former Star Trek castmate Walter Koenig at the pop culture convention Fan Fusion held at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona on June 6-7
Before Takei’s six-decade career, his family and 125,000 people of Japanese ancestry were unjustly forced to live in internment camps by the US government during World War II from 1942-1946.
The Hollywood Walk of Famer went on to help develop and star as Sam Kimura/Ojii-chan in Stafford Arima’s Broadway musical about the internment camps, Allegiance, which ran from 2015-2016 at the Longacre Theatre in Manhattan.
Takei also helped create two books about his experience – the 2019 graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy and the 2024 children’s picture book My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story.
