ACTOR
Hiroyuki Sanada
Known for Lost · Avengers: Endgame · Westworld
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…
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1960
- Birthplace
- Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Known For
- Acting
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.
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Known For
TV
LostDogen · 2004
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
FILM
Avengers: EndgameAkihiko · 2019
★ 8.2
★ 8.2
TV
WestworldMusashi · 2016
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
TV
The Last ShipTakehaya · 2014
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
Filmography
Movies
Game of ChanceKenichi Endo
1966
Game of Chance 2
1967
Game of Chance 3
1967
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
The ExecutionerRyuichi Koga (child)
1974
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan ConspiracyHayate
1978
Message from SpaceShiro Hongo
1978
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The MovieGen Hayato / Maboroshi
1978
The Shogun AssassinsMonk Miyoshi Isa
1979
G.I. SamuraiTakeda Katsuyori
1979
Dreamy FifteenIsozaki
1980
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Shogun's NinjaMomochi Takamaru
1980
Swords of the Space ArkHayato
1981
Samurai ReincarnationKirimaru Iga
1981
Roaring FireJoji
1981
Kamikaze, the AdventurerAkira Hoshino
1981
The Blazing ValiantJoe
1981
Lovers LostKunihiko Yasuoka
1982
Ninja in the Dragon's DenGenbu
1982
Fall GuyActor
1982
Ninja WarsJotaro Fuefuki
1982
Kabamaru the Ninja BoyShizune Mejiro
1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiInue Shinbei Masashi
1983
The Awesome Circus BastardSatomi Go
1984
The Street of DesireJoji Tanaka
1984
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate BoyDate Yoshioka
1984
Mahjong HorokiBouya Tetsu
1984
The Dagger of KamuiJirô
1985
House on FireChuya Nakahara
1986
One Who Died in Vain
1986
CabaretTanokura
1986
Royal WarriorsPeter Yamamoto
1986
Sure Death 4Ukyo
1987
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Kaito RubyToru Hayashi
1988
I Love You So Much
1988
Who Do I Choose?Jun Yamamoto
1989
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai GunslingerRyoma Sakamoto
1989
Shingo's Ten DuelsAoi Shingo
1990
Yellow FangsEiji
1990
Let's Go to the HospitalKohei Shintani
1990
TsugumiKyoichi Takahashi
1990
Oda Nobunaga
1992
SuccessionMasakazu Yoshinari
1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
We Are Not Alone
1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku SharkTakashi Samejima
1993
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Hero InterviewJinta Todoroki
1994
Crest of BetrayalTakuminokami Asano
1994
119
1994
SharakuTonbo
1995
East Meets WestKamijo Kenkichi
1995
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency CallHideyuki Harada
1995
The Abe ClanEmoto Matashichiro
1995
RingRyuji Takayama
1998
The SpiralRyûji Takayama
1998
Murder on D StreetSeiichiro Fukiya
1998
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Ring 2Ryuji Takayama
1999
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Round About MidnightKoji
1999
First LoveShinichirô Fujiki
2000
All About Our HouseBartender
2001
OnmyojiDōson
2001
Vengeance for SaleSukeroku Sukedachiya
2002
The Twilight SamuraiSeibei Iguchi
2002
The Last SamuraiUjio
2003
AegisHisashi Sengoku
2005
The White CountessMatsuda
2005
The PromiseGeneral Guangming
2005
SunshineKaneda
2007
Rush Hour 3Kenji
2007
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyMr. Musha
2008
Speed RacerMr. Musha
2008
The City of Your Final DestinationPete
2009
The WolverineShingen Harada / Lord Shingen
2013
The Railway ManNagase
2013
The Wolverine: Path of a RoninSelf
2013
47 RoninKuranosuke Ôishi
2013
MinionsSumo Villain (voice)
2015
Mr. HolmesTamiki Umezaki
2015
LifeSho Murakami
2017
The Catcher Was a SpyKawabata
2018
Avengers: EndgameAkihiko
2019
MinamataMitsuo Yamazaki
2020
Mortal KombatHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2021
Army of the DeadBly Tanaka
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage)
2022
Bullet TrainThe Elder
2022
John Wick: Chapter 4Shimazu
2023
Mortal Kombat IIHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2026Television
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 1 eps
1944
The Emmy AwardsSelf - Winner · 1 eps
1949
J.A.K.Q. DengekitaiKatsuya Nakayama · 1 eps
1977
Message from Space: Galactic WarsHayato · 27 eps
1978
Shadow Warriors27 eps
1980
Yagyu's Secret QuestMatabei · 26 eps
1980
Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestMatahira · 26 eps
1982
ふぞろいの林檎たち本田 修一 · 47 eps
1983
Choudenshi BiomanKen Hayase · 1 eps
1984
Masamune Shogun50 eps
1987
TI
Tokugawa Ieyasu1 eps
1988
New York Love Story11 eps
1988
ON
Oda Nobunaga1 eps
1989
坂本龍馬1 eps
1989
TaiheikiTakauji Ashikaga · 49 eps
1991
High School TeacherHamura Takao · 11 eps
1993
Furuhata Ninzaburo由良一夫 · 1 eps
1994
Why I borrowed money from herKunihiko Yamanobe · 11 eps
1994
HideyoshiIshida Mitsunari · 49 eps
1996
Shin Hanshichi torimono chôHanshichi · 18 eps
1997
A Story of Love12 eps
1997
こんな恋のはなし12 eps
1997
Tabloid10 eps
1998
Unmarried FamilyYosuke Matoba · 12 eps
2001
LostDogen · 5 eps
2004
RevengeSatoshi Takeda · 4 eps
2011
HelixDr. Hiroshi Hataki · 26 eps
2014
The Last ShipTakehaya · 9 eps
2014
ExtantHideki Yasumoto · 13 eps
2014
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2015
WestworldMusashi · 4 eps
2016
The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf · 2 eps
2019
HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
2021
ShōgunYoshii Toranaga · 10 eps
2024Photos
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