Sessue Hayakawa
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
as Col. Saito
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
The Battle (1923)
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
Green Mansions (1959)
as Runi
House of Bamboo (1955)
as Inspector Kito
Hashimura Togo (1917)
as Hashimura Togo
The Geisha Boy (1958)
as Mr. Sikita
His Birthright (1918)
as Yukio
Alien Souls (1916)
as Sakata
The Motherland Far Far Away (1950)
as Joe Hayami
Tokyo Joe (1949)
as Baron Kimura
Forfaiture (1937)
as Prince Hu-Long
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood (2019)
as (archive footage)
Patrouille blanche (1942)
Actor
Tempête sur l'Asie (1938)
as Prinz Ling
Hell to Eternity (1960)
as General Matsui
I Have Killed (1924)
as Hideo
The First Born (1921)
as Chan Wang
Three Came Home (1950)
as Colonel Michio Suga
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007)
as Self (archive footage)
The Daydreamer (1966)
as The Mole (voice)
The Cheat (1915)
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks (1931)
as Self
Le Soleil de minuit (1943)
as Matsui
The Illustrious Prince (1919)
as Prince Maiyo
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
as Ah Kee
His Debt (1919)
as Goto Mariyama
Forbidden Paths (1917)
as Sato
An Arabian Knight (1920)
as Ahmed
The Daughter of the Samurai (1937)
as Iwao Yamato
A Heart in Pawn (1919)
as Tomaya
The Honor of His House (1918)
as Count Ito Onato
Running Hollywood (1932)
as Sessue Hayakawa
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
as Self
Li Ting Lang (1920)
as Li Ting Lang
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom (1950)
Actor
The Gray Horizon (1919)
as Yamo Masata
The Big Wave (1961)
as The Old Man
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Himself
The Jaguar's Claws (1917)
as El Jaguar
The Brand of Lopez (1920)
as Vasco Lopez
Le Cabaret du Grand Large (1946)
as Professeur Wang
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant (1958)
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making (2002)
as Self (archive)
The Tragic General: Yamashita Tomoyuki (1953)
as Tomoyuki Yamashita
O Mimi san (1914)
as Yorotomo
Yoshiwara (1937)
as Ysamo, Kuli
The Soul of Kura San (1916)
as Toyo
Hidden Pearls (1918)
as Tom Garvin
The Call of the East (1917)
as Arai Takada
Five Days to Live (1922)
as Tai Leung
The Bottle Imp (1917)
as Lopaka
The Chinatown Mystery (1915)
as Yo Hong
Sen Yan’s Devotion (1924)
as Sen Yan
The City of Dim Faces (1918)
as Jang Lung
The Tong Man (1919)
as Luk Chen
The Death Mask (1914)
as Running Wolf
After Five (1915)
as Oki - the Valet
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds (1960)
Actor
Gambling Hell (1942)
as Ying Tchaï
47 Vendettas (1953)
as Sakon Tachibana
The Honorable Friend (1916)
as Makino
The Temple Of Dusk (1918)
as Akira
The White Man's Law (1918)
as John A. Genghis
The Clue (1915)
as Nogi
Temptation (1915)
as Opera Admirer
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil (1950)
Actor
The Great Prince Shan (1924)
as Prince Shan
日本敗れず (1954)
Actor
Kurama Tengu and Katsu Kaishū (1953)
as Awanokami Katsu
The Courageous Coward (1919)
as Suki Iota
Lover's Duet (1967)
as Tajima
The Secret Game (1917)
as Nara-Nara
The Typhoon (1914)
as Tokorama
The Devil's Claim (1920)
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
The Dragon Painter (1919)
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
The Victoria Cross (1916)
as Azimoolah
Each to His Kind (1917)
as Rhandah
The Secret Sin (1915)
as Lin Foo
Banzai (1918)
as The American General
The Danger Line (1924)
as Marquis Yorisaka
Where Lights Are Low (1921)
as T''Su Wong Shih
The Frozen Moment (1964)
as Self
John Gunther's High Road (1959)
as Self
Black Roses (1921)
as Yoda
The Man Beneath (1919)
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
The Beggar Prince (1920)
as Nikki / Prince
The Vermilion Pencil (1922)
as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
Bonds of Honor (1919)
as Yamashito / Sasamoto
The Bravest Way (1918)
as Kara Tamura
The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
as Lord Yamaki
The Swamp (1921)
as Wang
The Last of the Line (1914)
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
Quartier chinois (1947)
as Tchang
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12 (1922)
as Self
The Sun Rises from the East (1932)
as Kenji
Malaria (1943)
Actor