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Sessue Hayakawa

Actor

Sessue Hayakawa

Acting
1915 — 1960 · 9 films
Lived
10 June 1889 — d. 1973
From
Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

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.

Career Signature

How Sessue Hayakawa’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.