Sessue Hayakawa date of birth:
June 10, 1889
How old was Sessue Hayakawa when died?
84
Where was Sessue Hayakawa born?
Nanaura, Chiba, Japan
When did Sessue Hayakawa die?
November 23, 1973
Where did Sessue Hayakawa die?
Tokyo, Japan
Why did Sessue Hayakawa die?
Cerebral Thrombosis
Sessue Hayakawa body shape:
Athletic
What color are Sessue Hayakawa's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Sessue Hayakawa's hair?
Black
Is Sessue Hayakawa gay or straight?
Straight
What religion is Sessue Hayakawa?
Buddhist
What is Sessue Hayakawa's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Sessue Hayakawa nationality?
Japanese
What is Sessue Hayakawa's occupation?
Actor
Sessue Hayakawa claim to fame:
starred in over 80 movies and achieved stardom on three continents. He was also a producer, author, martial artist and an ordained Zen monk
Short Biography
Sessue Hayakawa (早川 雪洲, Hayakawa Sesshū, June 10, 1889 – November 23, 1973) was a Japanese Issei actor who starred in American, Japanese, French, German, and British films. Hayakawa was active at the outset of the American film industry. He was the first Asian actor to find stardom in the United States and Europe. He is the first Asian American as well as the first Japanese American movie star and the first Asian American leading man. His "broodingly handsome" good looks and typecasting as a sinister villain with sexual dominance made him a heartthrob among American women, and the first male sex symbol of Hollywood, several years in advance of Rudolph Valentino.