Sessue Hayakawa
Acting
Biography
Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1889 – November 23, 1973) was a Japanese and American Issei (Japanese immigrant) actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was the first and one of the few Asian actors to find stardom in the United States as well as Europe. Between the mid-1910s and the late 1920s, he was as well known as actors Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks. He was one of the highest paid stars of his time; making $5,000 a week in 1915, and $2 million a year via his own production company during the 1920s. He starred in over 80 movies and has two films in the U.S. National Film Registry. His international stardom transitioned both silent films and talkies. Of his English-language films, Hayakawa is probably best known for his role as Colonel Saito in the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he received a nomination for Academy Award Best Supporting Actor in 1957. He also appeared as the pirate leader in Disney's Swiss Family Robinson in 1960. In addition to his film acting career, Hayakawa was a theatre actor, film and theatre producer, film director, screenwriter, novelist, martial artist, and an ordained Zen master. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sessue Hayakawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: June 10, 1889
Place of Birth: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Known For
Filmography
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive)
as Tajima
as The Mole (voice)
as Takeda Shingen
as Self
as The Old Man
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
as General Matsui
as Self
as Runi
as Mr. Sikita
as Col. Saito
as Inspector Kito
as Sakon Tachibana
as Joe Hayami
as Colonel Michio Suga
as Baron Kimura
as Tchang
as Professeur Wang
as Matsui
as Ying Tchaï
as Prinz Ling
as Prince Hu-Long
as Ysamo, Kuli
as Iwao Yamato
as Ah Kee
as Hideo
as Prince Shan
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
as Self
as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
as Tai Leung
as Wang
as T''Su Wong Shih
as Yoda
as Himself
as Chan Wang
as Ahmed
as Li Ting Lang
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
as Vasco Lopez
as Nikki / Prince
as Luk Chen
as Prince Maiyo
as Yamashito / Sasamoto
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
as Goto Mariyama
as Suki Iota
as Tomaya
as Akira
as Yukio
as Jang Lung
as Kara Tamura
as Count Ito Onato
as Tom Garvin
as Nara-Nara
as Arai Takada
as Hashimura Togo
as Sato
as El Jaguar
as Lopaka
as Rhandah
as Azimoolah
as Toyo
as Makino
as Opera Admirer
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
as Lin Foo
as Nogi
as Yo Hong
as Oki - the Valet
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
as Tokorama
as Running Wolf
as Lord Yamaki
as Yorotomo