Hiroyuki Sanada
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Oct 12, 1960 (66 years old)
Place of Birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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. 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.
Known For
| 2026 | Mortal Kombat IIHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion | |
| 2024 | ShōgunYoshii Toranaga | |
| 2023 | John Wick: Chapter 4Shimazu | |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage) | |
| 2022 | Bullet TrainThe Elder | |
| 2021 | Army of the DeadBly Tanaka | |
| 2021 | Mortal KombatHanzo Hasashi / Scorpion | |
| 2021 | HawkeyeAkihiko (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2020 | MinamataMitsuo Yamazaki | |
| 2019 | Avengers: EndgameAkihiko | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a SpyKawabata | |
| 2017 | LifeSho Murakami | |
| 2016 | WestworldMusashi | |
| 2015 | Mr. HolmesTamiki Umezaki | |
| 2015 | MinionsSumo (voice) | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | HelixDr. Hiroshi Hataki | |
| 2014 | ExtantHideki Yasumoto | |
| 2014 | The Last ShipTakehaya | |
| 2013 | 47 RoninKuranosuke Ôishi | |
| 2013 | The WolverineShingen Harada / Lord Shingen | |
| 2013 | The Railway ManNagase | |
| 2013 | The Wolverine: Path of a RoninSelf | |
| 2011 | RevengeSatoshi Takeda | |
| 2009 | The City of Your Final DestinationPete | |
| 2008 | Speed RacerMr. Musha | |
| 2008 | Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer FamilyMr. Musha | |
| 2007 | SunshineKaneda | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3Kenji | |
| 2005 | The PromiseGeneral Guangming | |
| 2005 | The White CountessMatsuda | |
| 2005 | AegisHisashi Sengoku | |
| 2004 | LostDogen | |
| 2003 | The Last SamuraiUjio | |
| 2002 | The Twilight SamuraiSeibei Iguchi | |
| 2002 | Vengeance for SaleSukeroku Sukedachiya | |
| 2001 | All About Our HouseBartender | |
| 2001 | OnmyojiDōson | |
| 2001 | Unmarried FamilyYosuke Matoba | |
| 2000 | First LoveShinichirô Fujiki | |
| 1999 | Round About MidnightKoji | |
| 1999 | Ring 2Ryuji Takayama | |
| 1999 | Keijitachi no Natsu | |
| 1998 | RingRyuji Takayama | |
| 1998 | The SpiralRyûji Takayama | |
| 1998 | Tadon and Chikuwa | |
| 1998 | Murder on D StreetSeiichiro Fukiya | |
| 1998 | Tabloid | |
| 1997 | A Story of Love | |
| 1997 | こんな恋のはなし | |
| 1997 | Shin Hanshichi torimono chôHanshichi | |
| 1996 | HideyoshiIshida Mitsunari | |
| 1995 | East Meets WestKamijo Kenkichi | |
| 1995 | SharakuTonbo | |
| 1995 | The Abe ClanEmoto Matashichiro | |
| 1995 | Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency CallHideyuki Harada | |
| 1994 | 119 | |
| 1994 | Hero InterviewJinta Todoroki | |
| 1994 | Crest of BetrayalTakuminokami Asano | |
| 1994 | Uneasy Encounters | |
| 1994 | Why I borrowed money from herKunihiko Yamanobe | |
| 1994 | Furuhata Ninzaburo由良一夫 | |
| 1993 | The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku SharkDetective Same | |
| 1993 | We Are Not Alone | |
| 1993 | High School TeacherHamura Takao | |
| 1992 | Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 | |
| 1992 | Oda Nobunaga | |
| 1992 | SuccessionMasakazu Yoshinari | |
| 1991 | TaiheikiTakauji Ashikaga | |
| 1990 | Yellow FangsEiji | |
| 1990 | TsugumiKyoichi Takahashi | |
| 1990 | Let's Go to the HospitalKohei Shintani | |
| 1990 | Shingo's Ten DuelsAoi Shingo | |
| 1989 | Who Do I Choose?Jun Yamamoto | |
| 1989 | Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai GunslingerRyoma Sakamoto | |
| 1989 | Oda Nobunaga | |
| 1989 | 坂本龍馬 | |
| 1988 | Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | |
| 1988 | Kaito RubyToru Hayashi | |
| 1988 | I Love You So Much | |
| 1988 | New York Love Story | |
| 1988 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | |
| 1987 | Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories | |
| 1987 | Sure Death 4Ukyo | |
| 1987 | Masamune Shogun | |
| 1986 | Royal WarriorsPeter Yamamoto | |
| 1986 | House on FireChuya Nakahara | |
| 1986 | One Who Died in Vain | |
| 1986 | CabaretTanokura | |
| 1985 | The Dagger of KamuiJirô | |
| 1984 | Mahjong HorokiBouya Tetsu | |
| 1984 | The Awesome Circus BastardSatomi Go | |
| 1984 | Kotaro, An Audacious Karate BoyDate Yoshioka | |
| 1984 | The Street of DesireJoji Tanaka | |
| 1984 | Choudenshi BiomanKen Hayase | |
| 1983 | Legend of the Eight SamuraiInue Shinbei Masashi | |
| 1983 | Kabamaru the Ninja BoyShizune Mejiro | |
| 1983 | ふぞろいの林檎たち本田 修一 | |
| 1982 | Fall GuyActor | |
| 1982 | Ninja in the Dragon's DenGenbu | |
| 1982 | Ninja WarsJotaro Fuefuki | |
| 1982 | Lovers LostKunihiko Yasuoka | |
| 1982 | Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestMatahira | |
| 1981 | Roaring FireJoji | |
| 1981 | Samurai ReincarnationKirimaru Iga | |
| 1981 | Swords of the Space Ark | |
| 1981 | The Blazing ValiantJoe | |
| 1981 | Kamikaze, the AdventurerAkira Hoshino | |
| 1980 | Shogun's NinjaMomochi Takamaru | |
| 1980 | Dreamy FifteenIsozaki | |
| 1980 | Yagyu Abaretabi | |
| 1980 | Shadow Warriors | |
| 1980 | Yagyu's Secret QuestMatabei | |
| 1979 | G.I. SamuraiTakeda Katsuyori | |
| 1979 | The Shogun AssassinsMonk Miyoshi Isa | |
| 1978 | Message from Space: Galactic Wars The MovieGen Hayato / Maboroshi | |
| 1978 | Shogun's SamuraiHayate | |
| 1978 | Message from SpaceShiro Hongo | |
| 1978 | Message from Space: Galactic WarsHayato | |
| 1977 | J.A.K.Q. DengekitaiKatsuya Nakayama | |
| 1974 | The ExecutionerRyuichi Koga (child) | |
| 1969 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town | |
| 1967 | Game of Chance 2 | |
| 1967 | Game of Chance 3 | |
| 1966 | Game of ChanceKenichi Endo | |
| 1949 | The Emmy AwardsSelf - Winner | |
| 1949 | The Emmy AwardsSelf | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee |
| 2024 | ShōgunProducer |