Hiroyuki Sanada

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1960-10-12 (64 years old)

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

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

Actor

2025
Mortal Kombat 2

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2024
Shōgun

as Yoshii Toranaga

2023
2022
Bullet Train

as The Elder

2022
2021
Army of the Dead

as Bly Tanaka

2021
Mortal Kombat

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

2021
Hawkeye

as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
Minamata

as Mitsuo Yamazaki

2019
2018
2017
Life

as Sho Murakami

2016
Westworld

as Musashi

2015
Mr. Holmes

as Tamiki Umezaki

2015
Minions

as Sumo (voice)

2014
Extant

as Hideki Yasumoto

2014
The Last Ship

as Takehaya

2014
Helix

as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki

2013
47 Ronin

as Kuranosuke Ôishi

2013
The Railway Man

as Nagase

2013
The Wolverine

as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen

2011
Revenge

as Satoshi Takeda

2008
Speed Racer

as Mr. Musha

2007
Rush Hour 3

as Kenji

2007
Sunshine

as Kaneda

2005
The Promise

as General Guangming

2005
2005
Aegis

as Hisashi Sengoku

2004
Lost

as Dogen

2003
2002
The Twilight Samurai

as Seibei Iguchi

2002
Vengeance for Sale

as Sukeroku Sukedachiya

2001
All About Our House

as Bartender

2001
Unmarried Family

as Yosuke Matoba

2000
First Love

as Shinichirô Fujiki

1999
Ring 2

as Ryuji Takayama

1998
Murder on D Street

as Seiichiro Fukiya

1998
Ring

as Ryuji Takayama

1998
The Spiral

as Ryûji Takayama

1996
Hideyoshi

as Ishida Mitsunari

1995
The Abe Clan

as Emoto Matashichiro

1995
East Meets West

as Kamijo Kenkichi

1995
Sharaku

as Tonbo

1994
1994
Crest of Betrayal

as Takuminokami Asano

1994
Hero Interview

as Jinta Todoroki

1994
Why I borrowed money from her

as Kunihiko Yamanobe

1994
Furuhata Ninzaburo

as 由良一夫

1993
High School Teacher

as Hamura Takao

1992
Succession

as Masakazu Yoshinari

1991
Taiheiki

as Takauji Ashikaga

1990
Tsugumi

as Kyoichi Takahashi

1990
Yellow Fangs

as Eiji

1990
Shingo's Ten Duels

as Aoi Shingo

1988
Kaito Ruby

as Toru Hayashi

1987
Sure Death 4

as Ukyo

1986
Royal Warriors

as Peter Yamamoto

1986
Cabaret

as Tanokura

1986
House on Fire

as Chuya Nakahara

1985
1984
Mahjong Horoki

as Bouya Tetsu

1984
1984
The Street of Desire

as Joji Tanaka

1984
Choudenshi Bioman

as Ken Hayase

1983
Legend of the Eight Samurai

as Inue Shinbei Masashi

1983
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy

as Shizune Mejiro

1983
1982
Ninja Wars

as Jotaro Fuefuki

1982
Fall Guy

as Actor

1982
Lovers Lost

as Kunihiko Yasuoka

1982
1981
Kamikaze, the Adventurer

as Akira Hoshino

1981
Roaring Fire

as Joji

1981
Samurai Reincarnation

as Kirimaru Iga

1980
Shogun's Ninja

as Momochi Takamaru

1980
Dreamy Fifteen

as Isozaki

1980
1979
G.I. Samurai

as Takeda Katsuyori

1979
The Shogun Assassins

as Monk Miyoshi Isa

1978
1978
Message from Space

as Shiro Hongo

1978
1977
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

as Katsuya Nakayama

1974
1966
Game of Chance

as Kenichi Endo

Sound

1990
Yellow Fangs

as Music Director

1981
Roaring Fire

as Theme Song Performance

Producer

2024
Shōgun

as Producer