Acting credits
126
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Hiroyuki Sanada
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.9
Moderate attention
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Movies: 94Series: 32Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 9195
IMDb ID: nm0760796
Known for: Acting
Born: October 12, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q705522
Also known as
Duke Sanada • Hiroyuki Shimosawa • Hiroyuki Shimozawa • Henry Sanada • Harry Sanada
Other jobs
Music Director (1)Producer (1)Theme Song Performance (1)
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.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Hiroyuki Sanada.
Mortal Kombat II
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2026 Movie
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Shimazu
2023 Movie
Bullet Train
as The Elder
2022 Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage)
2022 Movie
Army of the Dead
as Bly Tanaka
2021 Movie
Mortal Kombat
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2021 Movie
Minamata
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
2020 Movie
Avengers: Endgame
as Akihiko
2019 Movie
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Kawabata
2018 Movie
Life
as Sho Murakami
2017 Movie
Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki Umezaki
2015 Movie
Minions
as Sumo Villain (voice)
2015 Movie
47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
2013 Movie
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
2013 Movie
The Railway Man
as Nagase
2013 Movie
The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
2013 Movie
The City of Your Final Destination
as Pete
2009 Movie
Speed Racer
as Mr. Musha
2008 Movie
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
as Mr. Musha
2008 Movie
Rush Hour 3
as Kenji
2007 Movie
Sunshine
as Kaneda
2007 Movie
The Promise
as General Guangming
2005 Movie
The White Countess
as Matsuda
2005 Movie
Aegis
as Hisashi Sengoku
2005 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Hiroyuki Sanada.
Shōgun
as Yoshii Toranaga • 10 eps
2024 Series
Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited) • 1 eps
2021 Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 2 eps
2019 Series
Westworld
as Musashi • 4 eps
2016 Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
Extant
as Hideki Yasumoto • 13 eps
2014 Series
The Last Ship
as Takehaya • 9 eps
2014 Series
Helix
as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki • 26 eps
2014 Series
Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda • 4 eps
2011 Series
Lost
as Dogen • 5 eps
2004 Series
Unmarried Family
as Yosuke Matoba • 12 eps
2001 Series
Tabloid
10 eps
1998 Series
こんな恋のはなし
12 eps
1997 Series
A Story of Love
12 eps
1997 Series
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
as Hanshichi • 18 eps
1997 Series
Hideyoshi
as Ishida Mitsunari • 49 eps
1996 Series
Why I borrowed money from her
as Kunihiko Yamanobe • 11 eps
1994 Series
Furuhata Ninzaburo
as 由良一夫 • 1 eps
1994 Series
High School Teacher
as Hamura Takao • 11 eps
1993 Series
Taiheiki
as Takauji Ashikaga • 49 eps
1991 Series
坂本龍馬
1 eps
1989 Series
New York Love Story
11 eps
1988 Series
Masamune Shogun
50 eps
1987 Series
Choudenshi Bioman
as Ken Hayase • 1 eps
1984 Series