Sessue Hayakawa
Age: 84 | From: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Person Details
Birthday: 1889-06-10 04:44:30
Death: 1973-11-23 04:44:30
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 78
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Taikouki
(1965) Takeda Shingen
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(1957) Col. Saito
Swiss Family Robinson
(1960) Kuala, Pirate Chief
Asian Americans
(2020) Self
Tokyo Joe
(1949) Baron Kimura
House of Bamboo
(1955) Inspector Kito
Hell to Eternity
(1960) General Matsui
The Cheat
(1915) Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Self | |
| 2019 | (archive) | |
| 2007 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1967 | Tajima | |
| 1966 | The Mole (voice) | |
| 1965 | (archive footage) | |
| Takeda Shingen | ||
| 1964 | Self | |
| 1961 | The Old Man | |
| 1960 | Kuala, Pirate Chief | |
| General Matsui | ||
| 1959 | Self | |
| Runi | ||
| 1958 | Mr. Sikita | |
| Self | ||
| 1957 | Col. Saito | |
| 1955 | Inspector Kito | |
| 1953 | N/A | |
| Sakon Tachibana | ||
| 1950 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Joe Hayami | ||
| Colonel Michio Suga | ||
| 1949 | Baron Kimura | |
| 1947 | Tchang | |
| 1946 | Professeur Wang | |
| 1943 | Matsui | |
| N/A | ||
| 1942 | Ying Tchaï | |
| N/A | ||
| 1938 | Prinz Ling | |
| 1937 | Prince Hu-Long | |
| Ysamo, Kuli | ||
| Iwao Yamato | ||
| 1932 | Sessue Hayakawa | |
| 1931 | Self | |
| Ah Kee | ||
| 1924 | Hideo | |
| Sen Yan | ||
| Prince Shan | ||
| 1923 | Le Marquis Yorisaka | |
| 1922 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan | ||
| 1921 | Wang | |
| T''Su Wong Shih | ||
| Yoda | ||
| Himself | ||
| Chan Wang | ||
| 1920 | Ahmed | |
| Li Ting Lang | ||
| Akbar Khan / Hassan | ||
| 1919 | Luk Chen | |
| Yamashito / Sasamoto | ||
| Tatsu - the Dragon Painter | ||
| Dr. Chindi Ashutor | ||
| Suki Iota | ||
| Tomaya | ||
| 1918 | Akira | |
| The American General | ||
| Yukio | ||
| Jang Lung | ||
| Kara Tamura | ||
| John A. Genghis | ||
| Count Ito Onato | ||
| Tom Garvin | ||
| 1917 | Nara-Nara | |
| Arai Takada | ||
| Sato | ||
| Lopaka | ||
| 1916 | Azimoolah | |
| Makino | ||
| 1915 | Opera Admirer | |
| Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau] | ||
| Lin Foo | ||
| Nogi | ||
| 1914 | Tiah - Gray Otter's Son | |
| Tokorama | ||
| Running Wolf | ||
| Lord Yamaki | ||
| Yorotomo | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Story | |
| 1918 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 1918 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |