Hiroyuki Sanada
Department: Acting
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
Sunshine
2007
The Last Samurai
2003
The Promise
2005
Ring
1998
Rush Hour 3
2007
Speed Racer
2008
The Spiral
1998
Fall Guy
1982
The Twilight Samurai
2002
The City of Your Final Destination
2009
Royal Warriors
1986
Roaring Fire
1981
47 Ronin
2013
First Love
2000
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
The Dagger of Kamui
1985
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
1982
The White Countess
2005
Ninja Wars
1982
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
1978
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
G.I. Samurai
1979
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
The Wolverine
2013
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
The Railway Man
2013
All About Our House
2001
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Mahjong Horoki
1984
East Meets West
1995
Lovers Lost
1982
Aegis
2005
Mortal Kombat II
2026
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987
Yellow Fangs
1990
The Executioner
1974
Shogun's Ninja
1980
Shogun's Samurai
1978
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
119
1994
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
Hero Interview
1994
Who Do I Choose?
1989
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
Mr. Holmes
2015
Tsugumi
1990
Minions
2015
Sure Death 4
1987
Sharaku
1995
Murder on D Street
1998
Round About Midnight
1999
Swords of the Space Ark
1981
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
The Blazing Valiant
1981
The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984
Game of Chance
1966
Oda Nobunaga
1992
Life
2017
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
1983
The Abe Clan
1995
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Kaito Ruby
1988
House on Fire
1986
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
1984
Game of Chance 2
1967
We Are Not Alone
1993
The Street of Desire
1984
Army of the Dead
2021
One Who Died in Vain
1986
Mortal Kombat
2021
Game of Chance 3
1967
Minamata
2020
Succession
1992
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
The Shogun Assassins
1979
Cabaret
1986
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Ring 2
1999
Message from Space
1978
Onmyoji
2001
Bullet Train
2022
Uneasy Encounters
1994
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
1995
I Love You So Much
1988
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
1989
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Lost
2004
Shadow Warriors
1980
A Story of Love
1997
New York Love Story
1988
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1988
Shōgun
2024
こんな恋のはなし
1997
Oda Nobunaga
1989
Unmarried Family
2001
Helix
2014
Revenge
2011
Why I borrowed money from her
1994
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
1977
Extant
2014
Choudenshi Bioman
1984
Hawkeye
2021
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
1978
Masamune Shogun
1987
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
Westworld
2016
High School Teacher
1993
Hideyoshi
1996
坂本龍馬
1989
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Tabloid
1998
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
1997
Taiheiki
1991
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Emmy Awards
1949
The Last Ship
2014
The Emmy Awards
1949
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003