George Takei: ‘My dream dinner party? My colleagues from Star Trek, with one exception’

The actor on his wartime internment, the struggle for a same-sex marriage, and how his pecs lost the battle with gravity

Born in California to Japanese-American parents, George Takei, 82, spent his childhood in US internment camps. From 1966 he played Sulu in the Star Trek television series and films. In 2015 he told the story of his family’s wartime incarceration in the Broadway musical Allegiance, and this year he published the graphic memoir They Called Us Enemy. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband.

When were you happiest?
When Brad and I got married. We had to struggle for it. It involved a nationwide speaking tour, lobbying Congress and campaigning intensely. We were the first couple to get our marriage licence in West Hollywood.

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