Sessue Hayakawa

Acting

Born June 10, 1889 · Nanaura, Chiba, Japan

Died November 23, 1973

Also known as 早川雪洲 · Kintarō Hayakawa · 早川金太郎

Biography

Kintarō Hayakawa, known professionally as Sessue Hayakawa, was a Japanese actor. He was a popular star and matinée idol in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man in the United States and Europe. His "broodingly handsome" good looks and typecasting as a sexually dominant villain made him a heartthrob among American women during a time of racial discrimination, and he became one of the first male sex symbols of Hollywood.

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