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Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

12/10/1960

Age

65 years old

Place of Birth

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Sanada

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 appe... Read More

Known For

Sunshine

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

The Promise

Ring

Rush Hour 3

Speed Racer

The Spiral

Fall Guy

The Twilight Samurai

The Twilight Samurai

The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination

Filmography

Cast

2025

Mortal Kombat II

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2023

John Wick: Chapter 4

as Shimazu

2022

Bullet Train

as The Elder

2022

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of ...

as Akihiko (archive footage)

2021

Army of the Dead

as Bly Tanaka

2021

Mortal Kombat

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2020

Minamata

as Mitsuo Yamazaki

2019

Avengers: Endgame

as Akihiko

2018

The Catcher Was a Spy

as Kawabata

2017

Life

as Sho Murakami

2015

Mr. Holmes

as Tamiki Umezaki

2015

Minions

as Sumo (voice)

2013

47 Ronin

as Kuranosuke Ôishi

2013

The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin

as Self

2013

The Railway Man

as Nagase

2013

The Wolverine

as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen

2009

The City of Your Final Destination

as Pete

2008

Speed Racer

as Mr. Musha

2007

Rush Hour 3

as Kenji

2007

Sunshine

as Kaneda

2005

The Promise

as General Guangming

2005

The White Countess

as Matsuda

2005

Aegis

as Hisashi Sengoku

2003

The Last Samurai

as Ujio

2002

The Twilight Samurai

as Seibei Iguchi

2002

Vengeance for Sale

as Sukeroku Sukedachiya

2001

Onmyoji

as Dōson

2001

All About Our House

as Bartender

2000

First Love

as Shinichirô Fujiki

1999

Round About Midnight

as Koji

1999

Keijitachi no Natsu

1999

Ring 2

as Ryuji Takayama

1998

Tadon and Chikuwa

1998

Murder on D Street

as Seiichiro Fukiya

1998

Ring

as Ryuji Takayama

1998

The Spiral

as Ryûji Takayama

1995

The Abe Clan

as Emoto Matashichiro

1995

Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call

as Hideyuki Harada

1995

East Meets West

as Kamijo Kenkichi

1995

Sharaku

as Tonbo

1994

119

1994

Crest of Betrayal

as Takuminokami Asano

1994

Hero Interview

as Jinta Todoroki

1994

Uneasy Encounters

1993

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Sha...

as Detective Same

1993

We Are Not Alone

1992

Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2

1992

Succession

as Masakazu Yoshinari

1992

Oda Nobunaga

1990

Tsugumi

as Kyoichi Takahashi

1990

Let's Go to the Hospital

as Kohei Shintani

1990

Yellow Fangs

as Eiji

1990

Shingo's Ten Duels

as Aoi Shingo

1989

Why Do I Choose?

1988

I Love You So Much

1988

Kaito Ruby

as Toru Hayashi

1988

Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special

1987

Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories

1987

Sure Death 4

as Ukyo

1986

Royal Warriors

as Peter Yamamoto

1986

Cabaret

as Tanokura

1986

One Who Died in Vain

1986

House on Fire

as Chuya Nakahara

1985

The Dagger of Kamui

as Jirô

1984

Mahjong Horoki

as Bouya Tetsu

1984

Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy

as Date Yoshioka

1984

The Street of Desire

as Joji Tanaka

1984

The Awesome Circus Bastard

as Satomi Go

1983

Legend of the Eight Samurai

as Inue Shinbei Masashi

1983

Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

as Shizune Mejiro

1982

Ninja Wars

as Jotaro Fuefuki

1982

Fall Guy

as Actor

1982

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

as Genbu

1982

Lovers Lost

as Kunihiko Yasuoka

1981

The Blazing Valiant

as Joe

1981

Kamikaze, the Adventurer

as Akira Hoshino

1981

Roaring Fire

as Joji

1981

Samurai Reincarnation

as Kirimaru Iga

1981

Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark

1980

Shogun's Ninja

as Momochi Takamaru

1980

Dreamy Fifteen

as Isozaki

1979

G.I. Samurai

as Takeda Katsuyori

1979

The Shogun Assassins

as Monk Miyoshi Isa

1978

Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Mo...

as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi

1978

Message from Space

as Shiro Hongo

1978

Shogun's Samurai

as Hayate

1974

The Executioner

as Toga

1969

New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagran...

1967

Game of Chance 3

1967

Game of Chance 2

1966

Game of Chance

as Kenichi Endo

Crew

1990

Yellow Fangs

as Music Director

1981

Roaring Fire

as Theme Song Performance