Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 12, 1960
Place of Birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Credits
128 titles
Hiroyuki Sanada
Biography
Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, born Hiroyuki Shimosawa (下澤 廣之, Shimosawa Hiroyuki); 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor from Tokyo. Before breaking in to the movie business, he trained at Sonny Chiba’s Japan Action Club hoping to one day become a martial arts action film star. Sanada appeared in many action films in the 70s and early 80s, but as it became clear he was actually a talented and well-rounded actor, he was able to branch out into all different types of roles in every genre. Today he is best known in the west for his involvement in big-budget Hollywood productions such as The Last Samurai and Rush Hour 3.
Known For
Filmography
Mortal Kombat II
Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Shōgun
Yoshii Toranaga
John Wick: Chapter 4
Shimazu
Bullet Train
The Elder
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Akihiko (archive footage)
Hawkeye
Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
Army of the Dead
Bly Tanaka
Mortal Kombat
Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Minamata
Mitsuo Yamazaki
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Avengers: Endgame
Akihiko
The Catcher Was a Spy
Kawabata
Life
Sho Murakami
Westworld
Musashi
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Mr. Holmes
Tamiki Umezaki
Minions
Sumo Villain (voice)
Extant
Hideki Yasumoto
The Last Ship
Takehaya
Helix
Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
47 Ronin
Kuranosuke Ôishi
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
Self
The Railway Man
Nagase
The Wolverine
Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
Revenge
Satoshi Takeda
The City of Your Final Destination
Pete
Speed Racer
Mr. Musha
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
Mr. Musha
Rush Hour 3
Kenji
Sunshine
Kaneda
The Promise
General Guangming
The White Countess
Matsuda
Aegis
Hisashi Sengoku
Lost
Dogen
The Last Samurai
Ujio
The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi
Vengeance for Sale
Sukeroku Sukedachiya
Onmyoji
Dōson
Unmarried Family
Yosuke Matoba
All About Our House
Bartender
First Love
Shinichirô Fujiki
Round About Midnight
Koji
Keijitachi no Natsu
Ring 2
Ryuji Takayama
Tadon and Chikuwa
Tabloid
Murder on D Street
Seiichiro Fukiya
Ring
Ryuji Takayama
The Spiral
Ryûji Takayama
A Story of Love