Sessue Hayakawa
Born June 10, 1889 (Age: 136)
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Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Frozen Moment
1964
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as Self
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Age: 74
The Big Wave
1961
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as The Old Man
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Age: 71
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
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as Kuala, Pirate Chief
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Age: 71
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
1960
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as
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Age: 71
John Gunther's High Road
1959
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as Self
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Age: 70
Green Mansions
1959
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as Runi
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Age: 69
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
1958
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as Self
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Age: 68
House of Bamboo
1955
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as Inspector Kito
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Age: 66
日本敗れず
1954
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as
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Age: 65
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki
1953
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as Tomoyuki Yamashita
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Age: 63
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
1950
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as
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Age: 61
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
1950
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as
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Age: 61
Gambling Hell
1942
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as Ying Tchaï
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Age: 52
Patrouille blanche
1942
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as
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Age: 52
No Image
The Sun Rises from the East
1932
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as Kenji
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Age: 43
No Image
Running Hollywood
1932
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as Sessue Hayakawa
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Age: 42
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks
1931
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as Self
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Age: 42
Five Days to Live
1922
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as Tai Leung
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Age: 32
The Temple Of Dusk
1918
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as Akira
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Age: 29
No Image
Banzai
1918
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as The American General
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Age: 29
The City of Dim Faces
1918
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as Jang Lung
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Age: 29
The Bravest Way
1918
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as Kara Tamura
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Age: 29
No Image
The White Man's Law
1918
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as John A. Genghis
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Age: 28
The Honor of His House
1918
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as Count Ito Onato
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Age: 28
Hidden Pearls
1918
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as Tom Garvin
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Age: 28
Temptation
1915
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as Opera Admirer
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Age: 26
The Cheat
1915
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as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
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Age: 26
The Chinatown Mystery
1915
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as Yo Hong
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Age: 25