thumb|400px|Advertisement in Moving Picture World, May 1919.Sessue Hayakawa (June 10, 1886 – November 23, 1973) was one of the first Asian actors and filmmakers to gain great fame and success in the United States. He starred in both English-language and Japanese-language films. His career peaked during the silent film period but continued on and eventually thrived in the talkie era, culminating with an Academy Award-nominated performance in The Bridge on the River Kwai in 1957.
| Denotes a lost or presumed lost film. |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | O Mimi San | Yorotomo | Two reels | |
| 1914 | The Courtship of O San | Shotoku | Charles Miller | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Geisha | Takura | Two reels | |
| 1914 | The Ambassador's Envoy | Kamuri | Two reels | |
| 1914 | A Tragedy of the Orient | Kato | Two reels | |
| 1914 | A Relic of Old Japan | Koto | Reginald Barker | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Curse of Caste | Kato | Reginald Barker | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Village 'Neath the Sea | Red Elk | Two reels | |
| 1914 | Star of the North | Thomas H. Ince Jay Hunt | Two reels | |
| 1914 | The Death Mask | Running Wolf | Thomas H. Ince | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Hateful God | Two reels | ||
| 1914 | Nipped | Taro Kamura | George Osborne | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Vigil | Kenjiro | George Osborne | Two reels |
| 1914 | Mother of the Shadows | Running Elk | George Osborne | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Last of the Line | Tiah - Gray Otter's Son | Jay Hunt | Two reels |
| 1914 | The Typhoon | Tokorama | ||
| 1914 | The Wrath of the Gods | Lord Yamaki | Reginald Barker | |
| 1914 | The Sacrifice | |||
| 1915 | The Famine | Horisho | George Osborne | One reel |
| 1915 | The Chinatown Mystery | Yo Hong | Reginald Barker | Two reels |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | After Five | Oki - the Valet | |||
| 1915 | The Clue | Nogi | |||
| 1915 | The Secret Sin | Lin Foo | Frank Reicher | ||
| 1915 | The Cheat | Hishuru Tori (original release) / Haka Arakau | Cecil B. DeMille | ||
| 1915 | Temptation | Opera Admirer | Cecil B. DeMille | ||
| 1916 | Alien Souls | Sakata | Frank Reicher | ||
| 1916 | The Honorable Friend | Makino | |||
| 1916 | The Soul of Kura San | Toyo | Edward LeSaint | ||
| 1916 | The Victoria Cross | Azimoolah | Edward LeSaint | ||
| 1917 | Each to His Kind | Rhandah | Edward LeSaint | ||
| 1917 | The Bottle Imp | Lopaka | |||
| 1917 | The Jaguar's Claws | El Jaguar | Marshall Neilan | ||
| 1917 | Forbidden Paths | Sato | |||
| 1917 | Hashimura Togo | Hashimura Togo | |||
| 1917 | The Call of the East | Arai Takada | |||
| 1917 | The Secret Game | Nara-Nara | |||
| 1918 | The Hidden Pearls | Tom Garvin | |||
| 1918 | The Honor of His House | Count Ito Onato | William C. deMille | ||
| 1918 | The White Man's Law | John A. Genghis | |||
| 1918 | The Bravest Way | Kara Tamura | George Melford | ||
| 1918 | The City of Dim Faces | Jang Lung | George Melford |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | His Birthright | Yukio | Incomplete Served as writer | |
| 1918 | Banzai | The American General | One reel | |
| 1918 | The Temple of Dusk | Akira | James Young | |
| 1919 | A Heart in Pawn | Tomaya | ||
| 1919 | The Courageous Coward | Suki Iota | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | His Debt | Goto Mariyama | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | The Man Beneath | Dr. Chindi Ashutor | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | The Gray Horizon | Yamo Masata | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | The Dragon Painter | Tatsu - the Dragon Painter | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | Bonds of Honor | Yamashito / Sasamoto | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | The Illustrious Prince | Prince Maiyo | William Worthington | |
| 1919 | The Tong Man | Luk Chen | William Worthington | |
| 1920 | The Beggar Prince | Nikki / Prince | William Worthington | |
| 1920 | The Brand of Lopez | Vasco Lopez | ||
| 1920 | The Devil's Claim | Akbar Khan / Hassan | ||
| 1920 | Li Ting Lang | Li Ting Lang | Charles Swickard | |
| 1920 | An Arabian Knight | Ahmed | Charles Swickard | |
| 1921 | The First Born | Chan Wang | Served as producer | |
| 1921 | Black Roses | Yoda | Served as producer | |
| 1921 | Where Lights Are Low | Tsu Wong Shih | Colin Campbell | Served as producer |
| 1921 | The Swamp | Wang | Colin Campbell | Served as producer and writer |
| 1922 | Five Days to Live | Tai Leung | ||
| The Vermilion Pencil | Tse Chan / The Unknown / Li Chan |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | La Bataille | Le Marquis Yorisaka | Himself Édouard-Émile Violet | French film Served as producer | |
| 1924 | The Great Prince Shan | Prince Shan | British film | ||
| The Danger Line | Marquis Yorisaka | Édouard-Émile Violet | American film | ||
| Sen Yan's Devotion | Sen Yan | A. E. Coleby | British film | ||
| I Have Killed | Hideo - l'antiquaire japonais | ||||
| 1929 | The Man Who Laughed Last | Short film. Early talking film for Sessue Hayakawa [1] | |||
| 1931 | Daughter of the Dragon | Ah Kee | American film | ||
| 1932 | Taiyo wa higashi yori | Kenji | |||
| 1934 | Bakugeki hikôtai | ||||
| 1935 | Tojin Okichi | Townsend Harris | |||
| Kuni o mamoru mono: Nichiren | Nichiren | ||||
| 1937 | The Daughter of the Samurai | Iwao Yamato | German-Japanese Film | ||
| Yoshiwara | Ysamo, Kuli | French film | |||
| The Cheat | Prince Hu-Long | French film | |||
| 1938 | Storm Over Asia | Le prince Ling | French film | ||
| 1942 | White Patrol | Halloway | |||
| Ying Tchaï | |||||
| 1943 | Malaria | Saïdi | French film | ||
| The Midnight Sun | Matsui | French film | |||
| 1946 | Le Cabaret du grand large | Professeur Wang | |||
| 1947 | Chinese Quarter | Tchang |
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Tokyo Joe | Baron Kimura | |||
| 1950 | Three Came Home | Col. Mitsuo Suga | |||
| Harukanari haha no kuni | Joe Hayami | ||||
| Re mizeraburu: kami to akuma | |||||
| Re mizeraburu: kami to jiyu no hata | |||||
| 1953 | Onna kanja himon - Akô rôshi | Sakon Tachibana | |||
| Kurama Tengu to Katsu Kaishû | Awanokami Katsu | ||||
| 1954 | Nihon yaburezu | ||||
| 1955 | House of Bamboo | Insp. Kita | Dubbed by Richard Loo | ||
| 1957 | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Colonel Saito | Nomination - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | ||
| 1958 | The Geisha Boy | Mr. Sikita | |||
| 1959 | Green Mansions | Runi | |||
| 1960 | Hell to Eternity | Gen. Matsui | |||
| Swiss Family Robinson | Kuala, Pirate Chief | ||||
| 1961 | The Big Wave | The Old Man | |||
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | The Mole | Voice role | ||
| 1967 | Junjô nijûsô | Tajima |
| Year | Title | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive | |||
| 1922 | Night Life in Hollywood | |||
| 1931 | Around the World in 80 Minutes with Douglas Fairbanks | Directed by Douglas Fairbanks and Victor Fleming. | ||
| 1932 | Running Hollywood |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Kraft Television Theatre | ||||
| 1958 | Studio One | ||||
| 1958 | Wagon Train | Sakae Ito | |||
| 1959 | The Steve Allen Show | ||||
| 1961-1962 | Here's Hollywood | ||||
| 1963 | Route 66 | Takasuka | |||
| 1965 | Taikōki |