Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Known for
Acting
Born
October 12, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

2026
Mortal Kombat II poster

Mortal Kombat II

Movie · as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2024
Shōgun poster

Shōgun

TV · as Yoshii Toranaga · 10 eps

2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 poster

John Wick: Chapter 4

Movie · as Shimazu

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

Movie · as Akihiko (archive footage)

2022
Bullet Train poster

Bullet Train

Movie · as The Elder

2021
Army of the Dead poster

Army of the Dead

Movie · as Bly Tanaka

2021
Mortal Kombat poster

Mortal Kombat

Movie · as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2021
Hawkeye poster

Hawkeye

TV · as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2020
Minamata poster

Minamata

Movie · as Mitsuo Yamazaki

2019
Avengers: Endgame poster

Avengers: Endgame

Movie · as Akihiko

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
The Catcher Was a Spy poster

The Catcher Was a Spy

Movie · as Kawabata

2017
Life poster

Life

Movie · as Sho Murakami

2016
Westworld poster

Westworld

TV · as Musashi · 4 eps

2015
Mr. Holmes poster

Mr. Holmes

Movie · as Tamiki Umezaki

2015
Minions poster

Minions

Movie · as Sumo Villain (voice)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Helix poster

Helix

TV · as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki · 26 eps

2014
Extant poster

Extant

TV · as Hideki Yasumoto · 13 eps

2014
The Last Ship poster

The Last Ship

TV · as Takehaya · 9 eps

2013
47 Ronin poster

47 Ronin

Movie · as Kuranosuke Ôishi

2013
The Wolverine poster

The Wolverine

Movie · as Shingen

2013
The Railway Man poster

The Railway Man

Movie · as Nagase

2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin poster

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

Movie · as Self

2011
Revenge poster

Revenge

TV · as Satoshi Takeda · 4 eps

2009
The City of Your Final Destination poster

The City of Your Final Destination

Movie · as Pete

2008
Speed Racer poster

Speed Racer

Movie · as Mr. Musha

2008
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family poster

Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family

Movie · as Mr. Musha

2007
Sunshine poster

Sunshine

Movie · as Kaneda

2007
Rush Hour 3 poster

Rush Hour 3

Movie · as Kenji

2005
The Promise poster

The Promise

Movie · as General Guangming

2005
The White Countess poster

The White Countess

Movie · as Matsuda

2005
Aegis poster

Aegis

Movie · as Hisashi Sengoku

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Dogen · 5 eps

2003
The Last Samurai poster

The Last Samurai

Movie · as Ujio

2002
The Twilight Samurai poster

The Twilight Samurai

Movie · as Seibei Iguchi

2002
Vengeance for Sale poster

Vengeance for Sale

Movie · as Sukeroku Sukedachiya

2001
All About Our House poster

All About Our House

Movie · as Bartender

2001
Onmyoji poster

Onmyoji

Movie · as Dōson

2001
Unmarried Family poster

Unmarried Family

TV · as Yosuke Matoba · 12 eps

2000
First Love poster

First Love

Movie · as Shinichirô Fujiki

1999
Round About Midnight poster

Round About Midnight

Movie · as Koji

1999
Ring 2 poster

Ring 2

Movie · as Ryuji Takayama

1999
Keijitachi no Natsu poster

Keijitachi no Natsu

Movie

1998
Ring poster

Ring

Movie · as Ryuji Takayama

1998
The Spiral poster

The Spiral

Movie · as Ryûji Takayama

1998
Tadon and Chikuwa poster

Tadon and Chikuwa

Movie

1998
Murder on D Street poster

Murder on D Street

Movie · as Seiichiro Fukiya

1998
Tabloid poster

Tabloid

TV · 10 eps

1997
A Story of Love poster

A Story of Love

TV · 12 eps

1997
こんな恋のはなし poster

こんな恋のはなし

TV · 12 eps

1997
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô poster

Shin Hanshichi torimono chô

TV · as Hanshichi · 18 eps

1996
Hideyoshi poster

Hideyoshi

TV · as Ishida Mitsunari · 49 eps

1995
East Meets West poster

East Meets West

Movie · as Kamijo Kenkichi

1995
Sharaku poster

Sharaku

Movie · as Tonbo

1995
The Abe Clan poster

The Abe Clan

Movie · as Emoto Matashichiro

1995
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call poster

Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call

Movie · as Hideyuki Harada

1994
119 poster

119

Movie

1994
Hero Interview poster

Hero Interview

Movie · as Jinta Todoroki

1994
Crest of Betrayal poster

Crest of Betrayal

Movie · as Takuminokami Asano

1994
Uneasy Encounters poster

Uneasy Encounters

Movie

1994
Why I borrowed money from her poster

Why I borrowed money from her

TV · as Kunihiko Yamanobe · 11 eps

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo poster

Furuhata Ninzaburo

TV · as 由良一夫 · 1 ep

1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark poster

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Movie · as Takashi Samejima

1993
We Are Not Alone poster

We Are Not Alone

Movie

1993
High School Teacher poster

High School Teacher

TV · as Hamura Takao · 11 eps

1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 poster

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

Movie

1992
Oda Nobunaga poster

Oda Nobunaga

Movie

1992
Succession poster

Succession

Movie · as Masakazu Yoshinari

1991
Taiheiki poster

Taiheiki

TV · as Takauji Ashikaga · 49 eps

1990
Yellow Fangs poster

Yellow Fangs

Movie · as Eiji

1990
Tsugumi poster

Tsugumi

Movie · as Kyoichi Takahashi

1990
Let's Go to the Hospital poster

Let's Go to the Hospital

Movie · as Kohei Shintani

1990
Shingo's Ten Duels poster

Shingo's Ten Duels

Movie · as Aoi Shingo

1989
Who Do I Choose? poster

Who Do I Choose?

Movie · as Jun Yamamoto

1989
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger poster

Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger

Movie · as Ryoma Sakamoto

1989
Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

TV · 1 ep

1989
坂本龍馬 poster

坂本龍馬

TV · 1 ep

1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special poster

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

Movie

1988
Kaito Ruby poster

Kaito Ruby

Movie · as Toru Hayashi

1988
I Love You So Much poster

I Love You So Much

Movie

1988
New York Love Story poster

New York Love Story

TV · 11 eps

1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu

TV · 1 ep

1987
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories poster

Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories

Movie

1987
Sure Death 4 poster

Sure Death 4

Movie · as Ukyo

1987
Masamune Shogun poster

Masamune Shogun

TV · 50 eps

1986
Royal Warriors poster

Royal Warriors

Movie · as Peter Yamamoto

1986
House on Fire poster

House on Fire

Movie · as Chuya Nakahara

1986
One Who Died in Vain poster

One Who Died in Vain

Movie

1986
Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Movie · as Tanokura

1985
The Dagger of Kamui poster

The Dagger of Kamui

Movie · as Jirou (voice)

1984
Mahjong Horoki poster

Mahjong Horoki

Movie · as Bouya Tetsu

1984
The Awesome Circus Bastard poster

The Awesome Circus Bastard

Movie · as Satomi Go

1984
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy poster

Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy

Movie · as Date Yoshioka

1984
The Street of Desire poster

The Street of Desire

Movie · as Joji Tanaka

1984
Choudenshi Bioman poster

Choudenshi Bioman

TV · as Ken Hayase · 1 ep

1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai poster

Legend of the Eight Samurai

Movie · as Inue Shinbei Masashi

1983
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy poster

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

Movie · as Shizune Mejiro

1983
ふぞろいの林檎たち poster

ふぞろいの林檎たち

TV · as 本田 修一 · 47 eps

1982
Fall Guy poster

Fall Guy

Movie · as Actor

1982
Ninja in the Dragon's Den poster

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

Movie · as Genbu

1982
Ninja Wars poster

Ninja Wars

Movie · as Jotaro Fuefuki

1982
Lovers Lost poster

Lovers Lost

Movie · as Kunihiko Yasuoka

1982
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest poster

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

TV · as Matahira · 26 eps

1981
Roaring Fire poster

Roaring Fire

Movie · as Joji

1981
Samurai Reincarnation poster

Samurai Reincarnation

Movie · as Kirimaru Iga

1981
Swords of the Space Ark poster

Swords of the Space Ark

Movie · as Hayato

1981
The Blazing Valiant poster

The Blazing Valiant

Movie · as Joe

1981
Kamikaze, the Adventurer poster

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

Movie · as Akira Hoshino

1980
Shogun's Ninja poster

Shogun's Ninja

Movie · as Momochi Takamaru

1980
Dreamy Fifteen poster

Dreamy Fifteen

Movie · as Isozaki

1980
Yagyu Abaretabi poster

Yagyu Abaretabi

Movie

1980
Shadow Warriors poster

Shadow Warriors

TV · 27 eps

1980
Yagyu's Secret Quest poster

Yagyu's Secret Quest

TV · as Matabei · 26 eps

1979
G.I. Samurai poster

G.I. Samurai

Movie · as Takeda Katsuyori

1979
The Shogun Assassins poster

The Shogun Assassins

Movie · as Monk Miyoshi Isa

1978
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie poster

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie

Movie · as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi

1978
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy poster

Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy

Movie · as Hayate

1978
Message from Space poster

Message from Space

Movie · as Shiro Hongo

1978
Message from Space: Galactic Wars poster

Message from Space: Galactic Wars

TV · as Hayato · 27 eps

1977
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai poster

J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

TV · as Katsuya Nakayama · 1 ep

1974
The Executioner poster

The Executioner

Movie · as Ryuichi Koga (child)

1969
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town poster

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town

Movie

1967
Game of Chance 2 poster

Game of Chance 2

Movie

1967
Game of Chance 3 poster

Game of Chance 3

Movie

1966
Game of Chance poster

Game of Chance

Movie · as Kenichi Endo

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Winner · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep