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Hiroyuki Sanada
Highest Rated: 99% The Twilight Samurai (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% The Ring 2 (1999)
Birthday: Oct 12, 1960
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Hiroyuki Sanada was a Japanese actor who starred in the internationally popular horror film "Ringu" (1998) and appeared in several American films such as "The Last Samurai" (2003), "The Wolverine" (2013), and "47 Ronin" (2013). He was born Hiroyuki Shimosawa on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo, Japan. Growing up in the 1970s, when Asian-made martial arts movies were all the rage, he aspired to become an action star. At the age of 11, he joined Japan Action Club, a training school for aspiring martial arts film actors and stunt performers started by legendary Japanese film actor Sonny Chiba. He made his feature film debut in a Sonny Chiba karate movie, "Chokugeki! Jigoku-hen" (1974) and subsequently appeared in many more martial arts films during his early acting career. It wasn't until the early 1980s that Japanese audiences outside of that subgenre took notice of Sanada, most notably with his co-starring role in the critically-acclaimed "Mahjong Hourouki" (1984). As his popularity grew, he began starring in bigger movies, including the influential Japanese horror film "Ringu" and "Tasogare Seibei" (2002), for which he won Best Actor at the 2003 Japanese Academy Awards. For his international breakthrough, Sanada was cast alongside Tom Cruise in "The Last Samurai" (2003), which led to more roles in American films and television shows. He traded blows with iconic Asian action star Jackie Chan in the action comedy "Rush Hour 3" (2007), and later joined the casts of two popular TV dramas, the fantasy thriller "Lost' (ABC 2004-2010) and the soap "Revenge" (ABC 2011-). Western audiences saw even more of Sanada in 2013 as a key supporting player opposite Hugh Jackman in the Marvel comic book movie "The Wolverine," Keanu Reves' fantasy action movie "47 Ronin," the post-World War II drama "The Railway Man," starring Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman. In the following year, Sanada was cast in executive producer Steven Spielberg's science fiction TV series "Extant" (CBS 2014-) alongside Halle Berry.
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Filmography
Movies
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94% |
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John Wick: Chapter 4 | Shimazu (Character) | $187.1M | 2023 |
53% |
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Bullet Train | Unknown (Character) | $103.1M | 2022 |
67% |
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Army Of The Dead | Bly Tanaka (Character) | - | 2021 |
55% |
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Mortal Kombat |
Hanzo Hasashi/ |
$42.2M | 2021 |
78% |
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Minamata | Mitsuo Yamazaki (Character) | - | 2020 |
33% |
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The Catcher Was a Spy | Kawabata (Character) | $706.6K | 2018 |
67% |
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Life | Sho Murakami (Character) | $30.2M | 2017 |
88% |
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Mr. Holmes | Mr. Umezaki (Character) | $17.7M | 2015 |
68% |
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The Railway Man | Nagase (Character) | $4.4M | 2013 |
16% |
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47 Ronin | Oishi (Character) | $38.3M | 2013 |
71% |
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The Wolverine | Shingen Yashida (Character) | $132.5M | 2013 |
42% |
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Speed Racer | Mr. Musha (Character) | $43.9M | 2008 |
39% |
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The City of Your Final Destination | Pete (Character) | - | 2007 |
17% |
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Rush Hour 3 | Kenji (Character) | $140.1M | 2007 |
77% |
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Sunshine | Kaneda (Character) | $3.7M | 2007 |
30% |
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Master of the Crimson Armor | Gen. Guangming (Character) | $668.2K | 2005 |
50% |
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The White Countess | Matsuda (Character) | $1.7M | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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Aegis | Hisashi Sengoku (Character) | - | 2005 |
66% |
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The Last Samurai | Ujio (Character) | $111.1M | 2003 |
99% |
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The Twilight Samurai | Seibei Iguchi (Character) | $529.2K | 2002 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vengeance for Sale | Sukeroku Sukedachiya (Character) | - | 2002 |
47% |
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Onmyoji | Douson (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | First Love (Hatsukoi) | Unknown (Character) | - | 2000 |
0% |
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The Ring 2 | Ryûji Takayama (Guest Star) | - | 1999 |
98% |
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The Ring | Ryuji Takayama (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Rasen | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sharaku | Tonbo (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Meets West | Kamijo Kenkichi (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hero Interview | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Japan | Keiichi Takahashi (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yellow Fangs | Unknown (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Yellow Fangs | Haiyaku Eiji (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tugumi | Kyoichi (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sure Death 4: Revenge | Unknown (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Royal Warriors | Peter Yamamoto (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death of a Ninja | Tatsuya Yoshioka (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mahjong Horoki | Bouya Tetsu (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet |
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Ninja Wars | Jotaro Fuefuki (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Ninja in the Dragon's Den | Genbu (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Fall Guy | Actor (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lovers Lost | Kunihiko Yasuoka (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet |
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Samurai Reincarnation | Kirimaru Iga (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roaring Fire |
Joji Hibiki / |
- | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adventurer Kamikaze | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Young Valiant | Joe (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Shogun's Ninja | Momochi Takamaru (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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Message From Space | Shiro (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Executioner | Toga as a boy (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet |
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Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken (The Executioner) (Direct Hit! Hell Fist) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | D-zaka-no Satsu-jin Jiken | Unknown (Character) | - |
TV
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No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2024 |
99% | 92% | Shōgun | Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2023-2024 |
81% | 66% | Helix | Dr. Hiroshi Hatake (Character) | 2014-2015 |
77% | 62% | Extant | Hideki Yasumoto (Character) | 2014 |
69% | 78% | Revenge | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011-2012 |
86% | 90% | Lost | Dogen (Guest Star) | 2010 |