Hiroyuki Sanada
Birthday
1960/10/12 (64 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Duke Sanada, Hiroyuki Shimosawa , Hiroyuki Shimozawa , Henry Sanada, Harry Sanada, 下沢広之, 真田 広之, 下澤廣之
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...Read more
Acting
(2007) Sunshine
as Kaneda
(2003) The Last Samurai
as Ujio
(2005) The Promise
as General Guangming
(1998) Ring
as Ryuji Takayama
(2007) Rush Hour 3
as Kenji
(2008) Speed Racer
as Mr. Musha
(1998) The Spiral
as Ryûji Takayama
(1982) Fall Guy
as Actor
(2002) The Twilight Samurai
as Seibei Iguchi
(2009) The City of Your Final Destination
as Pete
(1986) Royal Warriors
as Peter Yamamoto
(1981) Roaring Fire
as Joji
(2013) 47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
(2000) First Love
as Shinichirô Fujiki
(1983) Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inue Shinbei Masashi
(1985) The Dagger of Kamui
as Jirô
(1982) Ninja in the Dragon's Den
as Genbu
(2005) The White Countess
as Matsuda
(1982) Ninja Wars
as Jotaro Fuefuki
(1978) Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi
(1981) Samurai Reincarnation
as Kirimaru Iga
(1979) G.I. Samurai
as Takeda Katsuyori
(2022) Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage)
(2013) The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
(2023) John Wick: Chapter 4
as Shimazu
(2013) The Railway Man
as Nagase
(2001) All About Our House
as Bartender
(1988) Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
as ---
(1984) Mahjong Horoki
as Bouya Tetsu
(1995) East Meets West
as Kamijo Kenkichi
(1982) Lovers Lost
as Kunihiko Yasuoka
(2005) Aegis
as Hisashi Sengoku
(2025) Mortal Kombat 2
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
(2002) Vengeance for Sale
as Sukeroku Sukedachiya
(1987) 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ
as ---
(1990) Yellow Fangs
as Eiji
(1974) The Executioner
as Toga
(1980) Shogun's Ninja
as Momochi Takamaru
(1978) Shogun's Samurai
as Hayate
(1998) Tadon and Chikuwa
as ---
(1994) 119
as ---
(1993) The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as Detective Same
(1994) Hero Interview
as Jinta Todoroki
(1989) Why Do I Choose?
as ---
(1992) Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
as ---
(1980) Dreamy Fifteen
as Isozaki
(2015) Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki Umezaki
(1990) Tsugumi
as Kyoichi Takahashi
(2015) Minions
as Sumo (voice)
(1987) Sure Death 4
as Ukyo
(1995) Sharaku
as Tonbo
(1998) Murder on D Street
as Seiichiro Fukiya
(1999) Round About Midnight
as Koji
(1981) Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark
as ---
(1969) New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
as ---
(1981) The Blazing Valiant
as Joe
(1984) The Awesome Circus Bastard
as Satomi Go
(1966) Game of Chance
as Kenichi Endo
(1992) Oda Nobunaga
as ---
(2017) Life
as Sho Murakami
(1990) Let's Go to the Hospital
as ---
(1990) Shingo's Ten Duels
as Aoi Shingo
(1983) Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
as Shizune Mejiro
(1995) The Abe Clan
as Emoto Matashichiro
(1981) Kamikaze, the Adventurer
as Akira Hoshino
(1994) Crest of Betrayal
as Takuminokami Asano
(1988) Kaito Ruby
as Toru Hayashi
(1986) House on Fire
as Chuya Nakahara
(1984) Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
as Date Yoshioka
(1967) Game of Chance 2
as ---
(1993) We Are Not Alone
as ---
(1984) The Street of Desire
as Joji Tanaka
(2021) Army of the Dead
as Bly Tanaka
(1986) One Who Died in Vain
as ---
(2021) Mortal Kombat
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
(1967) Game of Chance 3
as ---
(2020) Minamata
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
(1992) Succession
as Masakazu Yoshinari
(2013) The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
(1979) The Shogun Assassins
as Monk Miyoshi Isa
(1986) Cabaret
as Tanokura
(2019) Avengers: Endgame
as Akihiko
(1999) Ring 2
as Ryuji Takayama
(1978) Message from Space
as Shiro Hongo
(2001) Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master
as Dōson
(2022) Bullet Train
as The Elder
(1994) Uneasy Encounters
as ---
(2018) The Catcher Was a Spy
as Kawabata
(1999) Keijitachi no Natsu
as ---
(2004) Lost
as Dogen
(1980) Shadow Warriors
as ---
(1997) A Story of Love
as ---
(1988) New York Love Story
as ---
(1988) Tokugawa Ieyasu
as ---
(2024) Shōgun
as Yoshii Toranaga
(1997) こんな恋のはなし
as ---
(1989) Oda Nobunaga
as ---
(2001) Unmarried Family
as Yosuke Matoba
(2014) Helix
as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
(2011) Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda
(1994) Why I borrowed money from her
as Kunihiko Yamanobe
(1977) J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
as Katsuya Nakayama
(2014) Extant
as Hideki Yasumoto
(1984) Choudenshi Bioman
as Ken Hayase
(2021) Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1980) Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Matabei
(1978) Message from Space: Galactic Wars
as Hayato
(1987) Masamune Shogun
as ---
(2014) The Last Ship
as Takehaya
(1983) ふぞろいの林檎たち
as 本田 修一
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as ---
(2016) Westworld
as Musashi
(1993) High School Teacher
as Hamura Takao
(1996) Hideyoshi
as Ishida Mitsunari
(1989) 坂本龍馬
as ---
(1994) Furuhata Ninzaburo
as 由良一夫
(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
(1998) Tabloid
as ---
(2015) The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
(1997) Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
as Hanshichi
(1982) Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Matahira
(1991) Taiheiki
as Takauji Ashikaga