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Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Birthday: 1960-10-12 | Place of Birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

as    Akihiko (archive footage)

2022
Bullet Train

as    The Elder

2021
Army of the Dead

as    Bly Tanaka

2021
Mortal Kombat

as    Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2021
Minamata

as    Mitsuo Yamazaki

2018
The Catcher Was a Spy

as    Kawabata

2017
Life

as    Sho Murakami

2015
Mr. Holmes

as    Tamiki Umezaki

2014
Helix

as    Dr. Hiroshi Hataki

2014
The Railway Man

as    Nagase

2013
47 Ronin

as    Kuranosuke Ôishi

2013
The Wolverine

as    Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen

2008
Speed Racer

as    Mr. Musha

2007
Sunshine

as    Kaneda

2007
Rush Hour 3

as    Kenji

2006
The Promise

as    General Guangming

2005
The White Countess

as    Matsuda

2004
The Twilight Samurai

as    Seibei Iguchi

2003
The Last Samurai

as    Ujio

2002
Vengeance for Sale

as    Sukeroku Sukedachiya

2001
Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master

as    Dōson

1999
Round About Midnight

as    Koji

1995
The Abe Clan

as    Emoto Matashichiro

1995
East Meets West

as    Kamijo Kenkichi

1995
Sharaku

as    Tonbo

1993
1990
Yellow Fangs

as    Eiji