Hiroyuki Sanada
Born: 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.
Filmography
Mortal Kombat II
John Wick: Chapter 4
Bullet Train
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
Army of the Dead
Mortal Kombat
Minamata
Avengers: Endgame
The Catcher Was a Spy
Life
Mr. Holmes
Minions
47 Ronin
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
The Railway Man
The Wolverine
The City of Your Final Destination
Speed Racer
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
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
Emergency Call
The Abe Clan
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
East Meets West
Sharaku
119
Crest of Betrayal
Hero Interview
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
No Image
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
Who Do I Choose?
I Love You So Much
Kaito Ruby
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
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
Swords of the Space Ark
Shogun's Ninja
Yagyu Abaretabi
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