Hiroyuki Sanada
Birthday: 1960-10-12
Birthplace: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
| Year | Title | Character | |
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2025-10-23 | Mortal Kombat 2 | Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion |
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2023-03-22 | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Shimazu |
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2022-08-03 | Bullet Train | The Elder |
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2021-05-14 | Army of the Dead | Bly Tanaka |
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2021-04-07 | Mortal Kombat | Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion |
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2020-03-13 | Minamata | Mitsuo Yamazaki |
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2019-04-24 | Avengers: Endgame | Akihiko |
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2018-06-22 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Kawabata |
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2017-03-22 | Life | Sho Murakami |
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2015-06-19 | Mr. Holmes | Tamiki Umezaki |
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2015-06-17 | Minions | Sumo (voice) |
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2013-12-06 | 47 Ronin | Kuranosuke Ôishi |
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2013-12-02 | The Railway Man | Nagase |
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2013-07-21 | The Wolverine | Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen |
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2009-03-21 | The City of Your Final Destination | Pete |
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2008-05-07 | Speed Racer | Mr. Musha |
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2007-08-08 | Rush Hour 3 | Kenji |
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2007-04-05 | Sunshine | Kaneda |
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2005-12-15 | The Promise | General Guangming |
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2005-10-30 | The White Countess | Matsuda |
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2005-07-30 | Aegis | Hisashi Sengoku |
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2003-12-05 | The Last Samurai | Ujio |
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2002-11-02 | The Twilight Samurai | Seibei Iguchi |
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2002-02-16 | Vengeance for Sale | Sukeroku Sukedachiya |
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2001-10-06 | Onmyoji: The Yin Yang Master | Dōson |
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2001-06-09 | All About Our House | Bartender |
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2000-04-01 | First Love | Shinichirô Fujiki |
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1999-11-06 | Round About Midnight | Koji |
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1999-04-01 | Keijitachi no Natsu | |
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1999-01-23 | Ring 2 | Ryuji Takayama |
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1998-12-05 | Tadon and Chikuwa | |
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1998-05-16 | Murder on D Street | Seiichiro Fukiya |
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1998-01-31 | Ring | Ryuji Takayama |
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1998-01-31 | The Spiral | Ryûji Takayama |
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1995-11-24 | The Abe Clan | Emoto Matashichiro |
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1995-08-12 | East Meets West | Kamijo Kenkichi |
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1995-06-02 | Sharaku | Tonbo |
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1994-11-05 | 119 | |
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1994-10-22 | Crest of Betrayal | Takuminokami Asano |
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1994-09-03 | Hero Interview | Jinta Todoroki |
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1994-04-23 | Uneasy Encounters | |
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1993-10-08 | The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark | Detective Same |
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1993-03-13 | We Are Not Alone | |
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1992-12-19 | Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2 | |
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1992-08-29 | Succession | Masakazu Yoshinari |
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1992-01-05 | Oda Nobunaga | |
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1990-10-20 | Tsugumi | Kyoichi Takahashi |
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1990-04-07 | Let's Go to the Hospital | |
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1990-02-10 | Yellow Fangs | Eiji |
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1990-01-01 | Shingo's Ten Duels | Aoi Shingo |
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1989-08-26 | Why Do I Choose? | |
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1988-11-12 | Kaito Ruby | Toru Hayashi |
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1988-07-12 | Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special | |
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1987-09-30 | 松田聖子のスイート・メモリーズ | |
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1987-06-06 | Sure Death 4 | Ukyo |
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1986-06-26 | Royal Warriors | Peter Yamamoto |
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1986-04-26 | Cabaret | Tanokura |
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1986-04-19 | One Who Died in Vain | |
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1986-04-12 | House on Fire | Chuya Nakahara |
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1985-03-08 | The Dagger of Kamui | Jirô |
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1984-10-10 | Mahjong Horoki | Bouya Tetsu |
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1984-08-04 | Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy | Date Yoshioka |
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1984-04-14 | The Street of Desire | Joji Tanaka |
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1984-04-01 | The Awesome Circus Bastard | Satomi Go |
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1983-12-10 | Legend of the Eight Samurai | Inue Shinbei Masashi |
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1983-08-06 | Kabamaru the Ninja Boy | Shizune Mejiro |
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1982-12-18 | Ninja Wars | Jotaro Fuefuki |
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1982-10-09 | Fall Guy | Actor |
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1982-06-23 | Ninja in the Dragon's Den | Genbu |
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1982-06-12 | Lovers Lost | Kunihiko Yasuoka |
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1981-12-19 | The Blazing Valiant | Joe |
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1981-11-07 | Kamikaze, the Adventurer | Akira Hoshino |
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1981-08-08 | Roaring Fire | Joji |
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1981-06-06 | Samurai Reincarnation | Kirimaru Iga |
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1981-01-01 | Space Ninja: Sword of the Space Ark | |
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1980-11-15 | Shogun's Ninja | Momochi Takamaru |
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1980-07-26 | Dreamy Fifteen | Isozaki |
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1979-09-17 | G.I. Samurai | Takeda Katsuyori |
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1979-09-01 | The Shogun Assassins | Monk Miyoshi Isa |
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1978-07-22 | Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie | Gen Hayato / Maboroshi |
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1978-04-29 | Message from Space | Shiro Hongo |
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1978-01-21 | Shogun's Samurai | Hayate |
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1974-08-10 | The Executioner | Toga |
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1969-12-27 | New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town | |
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1967-10-21 | Game of Chance 3 | |
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1967-04-01 | Game of Chance 2 | |
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1966-10-22 | Game of Chance | Kenichi Endo |