Sessue Hayakawa
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-06-10 (84 years old)
Deathday
1973-11-23
Place of Birth
Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
Also known As
早川雪洲
Kintarō Hayakawa
早川 金太郎
Sessue Hayakawa
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 intern...
Acting
1957
as Col. Saito
1955
as Inspector Kito
1916
as Makino
1915
as Opera Admirer
1918
as Jang Lung
1922
1960
as General Matsui
1958
as Mr. Sikita
1937
as Prince Hu-Long
1959
as Runi
1960
as Kuala, Pirate Chief
1949
as Baron Kimura
1915
as Hishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
1943
as Matsui
1943
1946
as Professeur Wang
1947
as Tchang
1920
as Akbar Khan / Hassan
1919
as Tatsu - the Dragon Painter
1950
as Colonel Michio Suga
1931
as Ah Kee
1914
as Lord Yamaki
1959
as Self
1919
as Luk Chen
2019
as (archive footage)
1914
as Tiah - Gray Otter's Son
1937
as Ysamo, Kuli
1958
1914
as Tokorama
1966
as The Mole (voice)
1932
as Sessue Hayakawa
1914
as Running Wolf
1937
as Iwao Yamato
1915
as Nogi
1950
as Joe Hayami
1917
as Nara-Nara
1918
as Yukio
1953
1964
as Self
1917
as Lopaka
1942
as Ying Tchaï
1919
as Suki Iota
1919
as Dr. Chindi Ashutor
1938
as Prinz Ling
1917
as Arai Takada
1924
as Prince Shan
1953
as Sakon Tachibana
1921
as Himself
1916
as Azimoolah
1923
as Le Marquis Yorisaka
1967
as Tajima
1961
as The Old Man
1918
as Akira
1915
as Lin Foo
1921
as T''Su Wong Shih
1921
as Wang
1919
as Yamashito / Sasamoto
1920
as Li Ting Lang
1920
as Ahmed
1918
as Count Ito Onato
1918
as Tom Garvin
1921
as Chan Wang
1918
as John A. Genghis
1921
as Yoda
1917
as Sato
1924
as Sen Yan
1914
as Yorotomo
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1924
as Hideo
1931
1919
as Tomaya
1918
as Kara Tamura
1918
as The American General
1922
as Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan
1922
as Self
1915
as Oki - the Valet
2002
as Self (archive)
1916
as Toyo
1917
as Rhandah
1954
Production
1923
as Director
1918
as Producer
1918
as Story
1921
as Producer
1921
as Producer
1921
as Story
1921
as Producer
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