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