Celebrating Asian American, Native Hawai'ian, Pacific Islander Heritage Month: John Cho, Star Trek actor

John Cho, born June 16, 1972 in Seoul, South Korea, immigrated to Los Angeles, California when he was six years old. Cho starred as Hikaru Sulu in the reboot of the Star Trek series.  He also appeared in the American Pie series and Harold & Kumar series.  

He starred in Searching, the first mainstream Hollywood thriller with an Asian American lead actor. 

Happy birthday, Sulu!

Everyone's favorite helmsman (now Captain) Hikaru Sulu, George Takei was born April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles.  He was only 4 years old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and spent the next four years with his family in several internment camps.  He's starred in both "Hawaii Five-O" series and he married his partner Brad in 2008.