People
Hiroyuki Sanada
- Name: Hiroyuki Sanada
- Birthday: 1960-10-12
- Also known as: Duke Sanada,Hiroyuki Shimosawa ,Hiroyuki Shimozawa ,Henry Sanada,Harry Sanada,下沢広之,真田 広之,下澤廣之
- Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Popularity: 28.928
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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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Mortal Kombat 2 as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion | 2025-10-23 |
| John Wick: Chapter 4 as Shimazu | 2023-03-22 |
| Bullet Train as The Elder | 2022-08-03 |
| Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye as Akihiko (archive footage) | 2022-02-09 |
| Army of the Dead as Bly Tanaka | 2021-05-14 |
| Mortal Kombat as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion | 2021-04-07 |
| Minamata as Mitsuo Yamazaki | 2020-03-13 |
| Avengers: Endgame as Akihiko | 2019-04-24 |
| The Catcher Was a Spy as Kawabata | 2018-06-22 |
| Life as Sho Murakami | 2017-03-22 |
| Mr. Holmes as Tamiki Umezaki | 2015-06-19 |
| Minions as Sumo (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
| 47 Ronin as Kuranosuke Ôishi | 2013-12-06 |
| The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin as Self | 2013-12-03 |
| The Railway Man as Nagase | 2013-12-02 |
| The Wolverine as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen | 2013-07-21 |
| The City of Your Final Destination as Pete | 2009-03-21 |
| Speed Racer as Mr. Musha | 2008-05-07 |
| Rush Hour 3 as Kenji | 2007-08-08 |
| Sunshine as Kaneda | 2007-04-05 |
| The Promise as General Guangming | 2005-12-15 |
| The White Countess as Matsuda | 2005-10-30 |
| Aegis as Hisashi Sengoku | 2005-07-30 |
| The Last Samurai as Ujio | 2003-12-05 |
| The Twilight Samurai as Seibei Iguchi | 2002-11-02 |
| Vengeance for Sale as Sukeroku Sukedachiya | 2002-02-16 |
| Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master as Dōson | 2001-10-06 |
| All About Our House as Bartender | 2001-06-09 |
| First Love as Shinichirô Fujiki | 2000-04-01 |
| Round About Midnight as Koji | 1999-11-06 |
| Keijitachi no Natsu | 1999-04-01 |
| Ring 2 as Ryuji Takayama | 1999-01-23 |
| Tadon and Chikuwa | 1998-12-05 |
| Murder on D Street as Seiichiro Fukiya | 1998-05-16 |
| Ring as Ryuji Takayama | 1998-01-31 |
| The Spiral as Ryûji Takayama | 1998-01-31 |
| The Abe Clan as Emoto Matashichiro | 1995-11-24 |
| East Meets West as Kamijo Kenkichi | 1995-08-12 |
| Sharaku as Tonbo | 1995-06-02 |
| 119 | 1994-11-05 |
| Crest of Betrayal as Takuminokami Asano | 1994-10-22 |
| Hero Interview as Jinta Todoroki | 1994-09-03 |
| Uneasy Encounters | 1994-04-23 |
| The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as Detective Same | 1993-10-08 |
| We Are Not Alone | 1993-03-13 |
| Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 | 1992-12-19 |
| Succession as Masakazu Yoshinari | 1992-08-29 |
| Oda Nobunaga | 1992-01-05 |
| Tsugumi as Kyoichi Takahashi | 1990-10-20 |
| Let's Go to the Hospital | 1990-04-07 |
| Yellow Fangs as Eiji | 1990-02-10 |
| Shingo's Ten Duels as Aoi Shingo | 1990-01-01 |
| Why Do I Choose? | 1989-08-26 |
| Kaito Ruby as Toru Hayashi | 1988-11-12 |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | 1988-07-12 |
| 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ | 1987-09-30 |
| Sure Death 4 as Ukyo | 1987-06-06 |
| Royal Warriors as Peter Yamamoto | 1986-06-26 |
| Cabaret as Tanokura | 1986-04-26 |
| One Who Died in Vain | 1986-04-19 |
| House on Fire as Chuya Nakahara | 1986-04-12 |
| The Dagger of Kamui as Jirô | 1985-03-08 |
| Mahjong Horoki as Bouya Tetsu | 1984-10-10 |
| Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy as Date Yoshioka | 1984-08-04 |
| The Street of Desire as Joji Tanaka | 1984-04-14 |
| The Awesome Circus Bastard as Satomi Go | 1984-04-01 |
| Legend of the Eight Samurai as Inue Shinbei Masashi | 1983-12-10 |
| Kabamaru the Ninja Boy as Shizune Mejiro | 1983-08-06 |
| Ninja Wars as Jotaro Fuefuki | 1982-12-18 |
| Fall Guy as Actor | 1982-10-09 |
| Ninja in the Dragon's Den as Genbu | 1982-06-23 |
| Lovers Lost as Kunihiko Yasuoka | 1982-06-12 |
| The Blazing Valiant as Joe | 1981-12-19 |
| Kamikaze, the Adventurer as Akira Hoshino | 1981-11-07 |
| Roaring Fire as Joji | 1981-08-08 |
| Samurai Reincarnation as Kirimaru Iga | 1981-06-06 |
| Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark | 1981-01-01 |
| Shogun's Ninja as Momochi Takamaru | 1980-11-15 |
| Dreamy Fifteen as Isozaki | 1980-07-26 |
| G.I. Samurai as Takeda Katsuyori | 1979-09-17 |
| The Shogun Assassins as Monk Miyoshi Isa | 1979-09-01 |
| Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi | 1978-07-22 |
| Message from Space as Shiro Hongo | 1978-04-29 |
| Shogun's Samurai as Hayate | 1978-01-21 |
| The Executioner as Toga | 1974-08-10 |
| New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town | 1969-12-27 |
| Game of Chance 3 | 1967-10-21 |
| Game of Chance 2 | 1967-04-01 |
| Game of Chance as Kenichi Endo | 1966-10-22 |
