Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada (64)

1960-10-12 | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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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On Movies

  • John Wick: Chapter 4
  • Bullet Train
  • Army of the Dead
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Minamata
  • Avengers: Endgame
  • The Catcher Was a Spy
  • Life
  • Mr. Holmes
  • Minions
  • 47 Ronin
  • The Railway Man
  • The Wolverine
  • The City of Your Final Destination
  • Speed Racer
  • Rush Hour 3
  • Sunshine
  • The Promise
  • The White Countess
  • Aegis
  • The Last Samurai
  • The Twilight Samurai
  • Vengeance for Sale
  • Onmyoji
  • All About Our House
  • First Love
  • Round About Midnight
  • Keijitachi no Natsu
  • Ring 2
  • Tadon and Chikuwa
  • Murder on D Street
  • Ring
  • The Spiral
  • The Abe Clan
  • Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
  • East Meets West
  • Sharaku
  • 119
  • Crest of Betrayal
  • Uneasy Encounters
  • The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
  • We Are Not Alone
  • Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
  • Succession
  • Oda Nobunaga
  • Tsugumi
  • Let's Go to the Hospital
  • Yellow Fangs
  • Shingo's Ten Duels
  • Kaito Ruby
  • Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
  • Sure Death 4
  • Royal Warriors
  • Cabaret
  • One Who Died in Vain
  • House on Fire
  • The Dagger of Kamui
  • Mahjong Horoki
  • Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
  • The Street of Desire
  • The Awesome Circus Bastard
  • Legend of the Eight Samurai
  • Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
  • Ninja Wars
  • Fall Guy
  • Ninja in the Dragon's Den
  • Lovers Lost
  • The Blazing Valiant
  • Kamikaze, the Adventurer
  • Roaring Fire
  • Samurai Reincarnation
  • Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark
  • Shogun's Ninja
  • Dreamy Fifteen
  • G.I. Samurai
  • The Shogun Assassins
  • Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
  • Message from Space
  • Shogun's Samurai
  • The Executioner
  • New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
  • Game of Chance 3
  • Game of Chance 2
  • Game of Chance

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