Actor
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 ...

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