George Takei is an actor who is most famous for portraying Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Animated Series and its spin-off movies. He reprised the role in a guest appearance for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Flashback”.

In the 1990s, he performed the narration for two audiobooks based on the adventures of the USS Excelsior, Cacophony and Transformations. Additionally, he co-wrote the DC Comics title So Near the Touch with Peter David.