Person
Hiroyuki Sanada
Acting · Born 1960-10-12 · Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Mortal Kombat II
Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
The Last Ship
Takehaya
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Lost
Dogen
Westworld
Musashi
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Avengers: Endgame
Akihiko
Revenge
Satoshi Takeda
Shōgun
Yoshii Toranaga
Filmography
- 2026Mortal Kombat IIHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
- 2024ShōgunYoshii Toranaga
- 2023John Wick: Chapter 4Shimazu
- 2022Bullet TrainThe Elder
- 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage)
- 2021HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2021Army of the DeadBly Tanaka
- 2021Mortal KombatHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
- 2020MinamataMitsuo Yamazaki
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2019Avengers: EndgameAkihiko
- 2018The Catcher Was a SpyKawabata
- 2017LifeSho Murakami
- 2016WestworldMusashi
- 2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest
- 2015Mr. HolmesTamiki Umezaki
- 2015MinionsSumo Villain (voice)
- 2014ExtantHideki Yasumoto
- 2014The Last ShipTakehaya
- 2014HelixDr. Hiroshi Hataki
- 201347 RoninKuranosuke Ôishi
- 2013The Wolverine: Path of a RoninSelf
- 2013The Railway ManNagase
- 2013The WolverineShingen Harada / Lord Shingen
- 2011RevengeSatoshi Takeda
- 2009The City of Your Final DestinationPete
- 2008Speed RacerMr. Musha
- 2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyMr. Musha
- 2007Rush Hour 3Kenji
- 2007SunshineKaneda
- 2005The PromiseGeneral Guangming
- 2005The White CountessMatsuda
- 2005AegisHisashi Sengoku
- 2004LostDogen
- 2003The Last SamuraiUjio
- 2002The Twilight SamuraiSeibei Iguchi
- 2002Vengeance for SaleSukeroku Sukedachiya
- 2001OnmyojiDōson
- 2001Unmarried FamilyYosuke Matoba
- 2001All About Our HouseBartender
- 2000First LoveShinichirô Fujiki
- 1999Round About MidnightKoji
- 1999Keijitachi no Natsu
- 1999Ring 2Ryuji Takayama
- 1998Tadon and Chikuwa
- 1998Tabloid
- 1998Murder on D StreetSeiichiro Fukiya
- 1998RingRyuji Takayama
- 1998The SpiralRyûji Takayama
- 1997A Story of Love
- 1997こんな恋のはなし
- 1997Shin Hanshichi torimono chôHanshichi
- 1996HideyoshiIshida Mitsunari
- 1995The Abe ClanEmoto Matashichiro
- 1995Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency CallHideyuki Harada
- 1995East Meets WestKamijo Kenkichi
- 1995SharakuTonbo
- 1994119
- 1994Crest of BetrayalTakuminokami Asano
- 1994Why I borrowed money from herKunihiko Yamanobe
- 1994Hero InterviewJinta Todoroki
- 1994Uneasy Encounters
- 1994Furuhata Ninzaburo由良一夫
- 1993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku SharkTakashi Samejima
- 1993We Are Not Alone
- 1993High School TeacherHamura Takao
- 1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
- 1992SuccessionMasakazu Yoshinari
- 1992Oda Nobunaga
- 1991TaiheikiTakauji Ashikaga
- 1990TsugumiKyoichi Takahashi
- 1990Let's Go to the HospitalKohei Shintani
- 1990Yellow FangsEiji
- 1990Shingo's Ten DuelsAoi Shingo
- 1989Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai GunslingerRyoma Sakamoto
- 1989Who Do I Choose?Jun Yamamoto
- 1989坂本龍馬
- 1989Oda Nobunaga
- 1988I Love You So Much
- 1988Kaito RubyToru Hayashi
- 1988New York Love Story
- 1988Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
- 1988Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 1987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
- 1987Sure Death 4Ukyo
- 1987Masamune Shogun
- 1986Royal WarriorsPeter Yamamoto
- 1986CabaretTanokura
- 1986One Who Died in Vain
- 1986House on FireChuya Nakahara
- 1985The Dagger of KamuiJirô
- 1984Mahjong HorokiBouya Tetsu
- 1984Kotaro, An Audacious Karate BoyDate Yoshioka
- 1984The Street of DesireJoji Tanaka
- 1984The Awesome Circus BastardSatomi Go
- 1984Choudenshi BiomanKen Hayase
- 1983Legend of the Eight SamuraiInue Shinbei Masashi
- 1983Kabamaru the Ninja BoyShizune Mejiro
- 1983ふぞろいの林檎たち本田 修一
- 1982Ninja WarsJotaro Fuefuki
- 1982Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestMatahira
- 1982Fall GuyActor
- 1982Ninja in the Dragon's DenGenbu
- 1982Lovers LostKunihiko Yasuoka
- 1981The Blazing ValiantJoe
- 1981Kamikaze, the AdventurerAkira Hoshino
- 1981Roaring FireJoji
- 1981Samurai ReincarnationKirimaru Iga
- 1981Swords of the Space ArkHayato
- 1980Shogun's NinjaMomochi Takamaru
- 1980Yagyu Abaretabi
- 1980Yagyu's Secret QuestMatabei
- 1980Dreamy FifteenIsozaki
- 1980Shadow Warriors
- 1979G.I. SamuraiTakeda Katsuyori
- 1979The Shogun AssassinsMonk Miyoshi Isa
- 1978Message from Space: Galactic Wars The MovieGen Hayato / Maboroshi
- 1978Message from Space: Galactic WarsHayato
- 1978Message from SpaceShiro Hongo
- 1978Shogun's SamuraiHayate
- 1977J.A.K.Q. DengekitaiKatsuya Nakayama
- 1974The ExecutionerRyuichi Koga (child)
- 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
- 1967Game of Chance 3
- 1967Game of Chance 2
- 1966Game of ChanceKenichi Endo
- 1949The Emmy AwardsSelf - Winner
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
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