Takehiro Hira
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 27, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Biography
Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor. Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University. He made his theatrical debut in 2002 with Rokumeikan, which was written by Yukio Mishima. He worked closely with his father, Mikijirō Hira, who was also a Japanese actor. Takehiro played the role of Iago in the production of Othello with his father playing Othello. He received major recognition when he played the last shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, in the NHK taiga drama Atsuhime. He has appeared in several films of Takashi Miike, including Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ace Attorney, and Aku no Kyoten. He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle. He played the role of the Player Queen in the English stage production of Hamlet in 2005, in which the title role was played by Michael Maloney. This three-month tour was received well at many places in the UK. Hira played the lead role in the 2019 British TV series Giri/Haji. He has also had notable parts in the American films Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020) and Snake Eyes (2021) and a minor role in Gran Turismo. In 2024, Hira starred in FX's adaptation of Shōgun. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takehiro Hira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
The Degrees of Pain
Movie
Stages
Movie
Karōshi
Movie
Anima
Movie · as Paul
Tornado
Movie · as Fujin
Rental Family
Movie · as Shinji Tada
Captain America: Brave New World
Movie · as Prime Minister Ozaki
Rumours
Movie · as Tatsuro Iwasaki
Crosspoint
Movie · as Shigeru Watanabe
Shōgun
TV · as Ishido Kazunari · 10 eps
Gran Turismo
Movie · as Kazunori Yamauchi
The Contestant
Movie · as Nasubi's Diary (voice)
The Swarm
TV · as Riku Sato · 8 eps
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
TV · as Hiroshi Randa, Hiroshi Randa (archive footage) · 12 eps
We Couldn't Become Adults
Movie · as Keiichiro Sanai
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
Movie · as Kenta
Tokyo Chiken no Otoko
Movie
Yasuke
TV · as Oda Nobunaga (voice) · 6 eps
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
Movie · as Kazu
Erica 38
Movie · as Ikuo Hirasawa
Giri/Haji
TV · as Kenzo Mori · 8 eps
Innocence, Fight Against False Charges
TV · as 雲仙一彦（うんぜん かずひこ） · 1 ep
Koujin
Movie
Killing for the Prosecution
Movie · as Kazuki Tanno
Sekigahara
Movie · as Shima Sakon
War of Lies
TV · as Toru Kushima · 1 ep
Fragile
TV · 1 ep
IQ246: The Cases of a Royal Genius
TV · 1 ep
99.9 Criminal Lawyer
TV · as Koichi Yamashiro · 1 ep
Foujita
Movie · as Lieutenant
Stone's Cocoon
TV · as Kadowaki Hitoshi · 5 eps
Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu
TV · 6 eps
警視庁殺人分析班
TV · as 門脇仁志 · 1 ep
Sleeping Forest
Movie · as Yasunari Kajita
Shinigami-kun
TV · 1 ep
Bushido
Movie · as Daihachiro Harada
Train Cruise
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Farthest Galaxy
TV · 2 eps
Ooka Echizen
TV · as Tokugawa Yoshimune · 42 eps
Ace Attorney
Movie · as Shin Mitsurugi (Gregory Edgeworth)
Lesson of the Evil
Movie · as Takeki Kume
The Floating Castle
Movie · as Masaie Natsuka
Kekkon Houkoku
Movie · as Sakurai Yuji
Kodawari Otoko to Marusa no Onna
TV · as Juzo Itami · 1 ep
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Movie · as Naotaka Ii
CSI: Crime Scene Talks
TV · 1 ep
Tsukahara Bokuden
TV · as Samon Yamazaki · 7 eps
真珠湾からの帰還～軍神と捕虜第一号～
TV · 1 ep
Princess Go
TV · as Kazunari Saji · 46 eps
SP: The Motion Picture
Movie · as Eiji Takigawa
AIBOU: The Movie II
Movie
Goodbye, Someday
Movie · as Kasai
桂ちづる診察日録
TV · as 三国屋喜兵衛 · 1 ep
Absolute Zero
TV · as Tomoki Sawada · 1 ep
松本清張スペシャル 山峡の章
TV · 1 ep
Gaiji Keisatsu
TV · as Gaku Kubota · 6 eps
稲垣吾郎の金田一耕助シリーズ
TV · as Suketake Inugami · 1 ep
竜馬がゆく
TV · 4 eps
ワルシャワの秋
Movie