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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 12, 1960
Place of Birth
Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As
- Duke Sanada
- Hiroyuki Shimosawa
- Hiroyuki Shimozawa
- Henry Sanada
- Harry Sanada
- 下沢広之
- 真田 広之
- 下澤廣之
Hiroyuki Sanada
3.2 Popularity
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
0.0
Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Mortal Kombat II
2026
8.4
Yoshii Toranaga
Shōgun
2024
7.7
Shimazu
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
7.4
The Elder
Bullet Train
2022
7.1
Akihiko (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
7.8
Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hawkeye
2021
6.2
Bly Tanaka
Army of the Dead
2021
7.0
Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Mortal Kombat
2021
6.9
Mitsuo Yamazaki
Minamata
2020
6.3
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Credits
Mortal Kombat II
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2026
0.0
Shōgun
as Yoshii Toranaga
2024
8.4
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Shimazu
2023
7.7
Bullet Train
as The Elder
2022
7.4
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage)
2022
7.1
Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.8
Army of the Dead
as Bly Tanaka
2021
6.2
Mortal Kombat
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2021
7.0
Minamata
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
2020
6.9
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
Avengers: Endgame
as Akihiko
2019
8.2
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Kawabata
2018
6.2
Life
as Sho Murakami
2017
6.4
Westworld
as Musashi
2016
8.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki Umezaki
2015
6.5
Minions
as Sumo (voice)
2015
6.4
Extant
as Hideki Yasumoto
2014
6.3
The Last Ship
as Takehaya
2014
6.8
Helix
as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
2014
6.6
47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
2013
6.2
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
2013
6.9
The Railway Man
as Nagase
2013
6.8
The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
2013
6.4
Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda
2011
7.6
The City of Your Final Destination
as Pete
2009
5.7
Speed Racer
as Mr. Musha
2008
6.3
Rush Hour 3
as Kenji
2007
6.5
Sunshine
as Kaneda
2007
7.0
The Promise
as General Guangming
2005
5.5
The White Countess
as Matsuda
2005
6.2
Aegis
as Hisashi Sengoku
2005
4.2
Lost
as Dogen
2004
7.9
The Last Samurai
as Ujio
2003
7.6
The Twilight Samurai
as Seibei Iguchi
2002
7.8
Vengeance for Sale
as Sukeroku Sukedachiya
2002
6.4
Onmyoji
as Dōson
2001
6.3
Unmarried Family
as Yosuke Matoba
2001
0.0
All About Our House
as Bartender
2001
6.0
First Love
as Shinichirô Fujiki
2000
6.9
Round About Midnight
as Koji
1999
6.8
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
0.0
Ring 2
as Ryuji Takayama
1999
5.8
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
0.0
Tabloid
1998
0.0
Murder on D Street
as Seiichiro Fukiya
1998
7.2
The Spiral
as Ryûji Takayama
1998
5.3
Ring
as Ryuji Takayama
1998
7.1
A Story of Love
1997
0.0
こんな恋のはなし
1997
6.0
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
as Hanshichi
1997
0.0
Hideyoshi
as Ishida Mitsunari
1996
9.5
The Abe Clan
as Emoto Matashichiro
1995
7.0
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
as Hideyuki Harada
1995
0.0
East Meets West
as Kamijo Kenkichi
1995
5.4
Sharaku
as Tonbo
1995
6.1
119
1994
6.0
Crest of Betrayal
as Takuminokami Asano
1994
5.3
Why I borrowed money from her
as Kunihiko Yamanobe
1994
0.0
Hero Interview
as Jinta Todoroki
1994
0.0
Uneasy Encounters
1994
0.0
Furuhata Ninzaburo
as 由良一夫
1994
9.0
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
as Detective Same
1993
0.0
We Are Not Alone
1993
5.0
High School Teacher
as Hamura Takao
1993
9.0
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
2.0
Succession
as Masakazu Yoshinari
1992
6.0
Oda Nobunaga
1992
8.0
Taiheiki
as Takauji Ashikaga
1991
0.0
Tsugumi
as Kyoichi Takahashi
1990
6.0
Let's Go to the Hospital
as Kohei Shintani
1990
6.0
Yellow Fangs
as Eiji
1990
6.7
Shingo's Ten Duels
as Aoi Shingo
1990
0.0
🎬
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
as Ryoma Sakamoto
1989
0.0
Who Do I Choose?
as Jun Yamamoto
1989
7.0
坂本龍馬
1989
0.0
🎬
Oda Nobunaga
1989
0.0
I Love You So Much
1988
0.0
Kaito Ruby
as Toru Hayashi
1988
6.9
New York Love Story
1988
0.0
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
0.0
🎬
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1988
8.0
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987
0.0
Sure Death 4
as Ukyo
1987
6.6
Masamune Shogun
1987
9.2
Royal Warriors
as Peter Yamamoto
1986
6.7
Cabaret
as Tanokura
1986
4.0
One Who Died in Vain
1986
7.4
House on Fire
as Chuya Nakahara
1986
4.1
The Dagger of Kamui
as Jirô
1985
5.8
Mahjong Horoki
as Bouya Tetsu
1984
6.5
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
as Date Yoshioka
1984
5.0
The Street of Desire
as Joji Tanaka
1984
0.0
The Awesome Circus Bastard
as Satomi Go
1984
0.0
Choudenshi Bioman
as Ken Hayase
1984
7.7
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inue Shinbei Masashi
1983
5.6
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
as Shizune Mejiro
1983
4.5
ふぞろいの林檎たち
as 本田 修一
1983
6.0
Ninja Wars
as Jotaro Fuefuki
1982
5.5
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
as Matahira
1982
10.0
Fall Guy
as Actor
1982
6.2
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
as Genbu
1982
7.7
Lovers Lost
as Kunihiko Yasuoka
1982
6.2
The Blazing Valiant
as Joe
1981
5.0
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
as Akira Hoshino
1981
5.6
Roaring Fire
as Joji
1981
6.4
Samurai Reincarnation
as Kirimaru Iga
1981
5.8
Swords of the Space Ark
1981
3.5
Shogun's Ninja
as Momochi Takamaru
1980
6.1
Yagyu's Secret Quest
as Matabei
1980
0.0
Dreamy Fifteen
as Isozaki
1980
5.8
Shadow Warriors
1980
8.0
G.I. Samurai
as Takeda Katsuyori
1979
5.9
The Shogun Assassins
as Monk Miyoshi Isa
1979
5.1
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
as Gen Hayato / Maboroshi
1978
0.0
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
as Hayato
1978
8.2
Message from Space
as Shiro Hongo
1978
5.8
Shogun's Samurai
as Hayate
1978
7.0
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
as Katsuya Nakayama
1977
8.2
The Executioner
as Ryuichi Koga (child)
1974
6.6
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
6.0
Game of Chance 3
1967
5.0
Game of Chance 2
1967
6.0
Game of Chance
as Kenichi Endo
1966
6.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self - Winner
1949
7.9
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2