Sessue Hayakawa
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.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
(Col. Saito)
House of Bamboo
(Inspector Kito)
The Honorable Friend
(Makino)
Temptation
(Opera Admirer)
The City of Dim Faces
(Jang Lung)
Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 12
(Self)
Hell to Eternity
(General Matsui)
The Geisha Boy
(Mr. Sikita)
Forfaiture
(Prince Hu-Long)
Green Mansions
(Runi)
Swiss Family Robinson
(Kuala, Pirate Chief)
Tokyo Joe
(Baron Kimura)
The Cheat
(Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau])
Patrouille blanche
Le Soleil de minuit
(Matsui)
Malaria
Le Cabaret du Grand Large
(Professeur Wang)
Quartier chinois
(Tchang)
The Devil's Claim
(Akbar Khan / Hassan)
The Dragon Painter
(Tatsu - the Dragon Painter)
Three Came Home
(Colonel Michio Suga)
Daughter of the Dragon
(Ah Kee)
The Wrath of the Gods
(Lord Yamaki)
John Gunther's High Road
(Self)
The Tong Man
(Luk Chen)
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood
((archive footage))
The Last of the Line
(Tiah - Gray Otter's Son)
Yoshiwara
(Ysamo, Kuli)
The Rise and Fall of a Jungle Giant
(Self)
The Typhoon
(Tokorama)
The Daydreamer
(The Mole (voice))
Running Hollywood
(Sessue Hayakawa)
The Death Mask
(Running Wolf)
The Daughter of the Samurai
(Iwao Yamato)
The Clue
(Nogi)
The Motherland Far Far Away
(Joe Hayami)
The Secret Game
(Nara-Nara)
His Birthright
(Yukio)
悲劇の将軍 山下奉文
Les Miserables I: God and the Devil
Les Miserables II: Banner of Love and Freedom
The Frozen Moment
(Self)
The Bottle Imp
(Lopaka)
Gambling Hell
(Ying Tchaï)
The Courageous Coward
(Suki Iota)
The Man Beneath
(Dr. Chindi Ashutor)
Tempête sur l'Asie
(Prinz Ling)
The Call of the East
(Arai Takada)
The Great Prince Shan
(Prince Shan)
47 Vendettas
(Sakon Tachibana)
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
(Himself)
The Victoria Cross
(Azimoolah)
The Battle
(Le Marquis Yorisaka)
Lover's Duet
(Tajima)
The Big Wave
(The Old Man)
The Temple Of Dusk
(Akira)
The Secret Sin
(Lin Foo)
Where Lights Are Low
(T''Su Wong Shih)
The First Born
(Chan Wang)
An Arabian Knight
(Ahmed)
Bonds of Honor
(Yamashito / Sasamoto)
Forbidden Paths
(Sato)
Hidden Pearls
(Tom Garvin)
The Honor of His House
(Count Ito Onato)
Li Ting Lang
(Li Ting Lang)
The Swamp
(Wang)
The White Man's Law
(John A. Genghis)
Black Roses
(Yoda)
O Mimi san
(Yorotomo)
Sen Yan’s Devotion
(Sen Yan)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
The Love Goddesses
((archive footage))
I Have Killed
(Hideo)
Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks
(Self)
A Heart in Pawn
(Tomaya)
The Bravest Way
(Kara Tamura)
Banzai
(The American General)
The Vermilion Pencil
(Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan)
Night Life in Hollywood
(Self)
After Five
(Oki - the Valet)
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making
(Self (archive))
Escape to Paradise/Water Birds
Taikouki
(Takeda Shingen)
Asian Americans
(Self)