Hiroyuki Sanada

Acting

Born Oct 12, 1960 (age 66) · Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Avengers: Endgame2019
as ⁨Akihiko⁩
Minions2015
as ⁨Sumo Villain (voice)⁩
The Wolverine2013
as ⁨Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen⁩
John Wick: Chapter 42023
as ⁨Shimazu⁩
Life2017
as ⁨Sho Murakami⁩
Bullet Train2022
as ⁨The Elder⁩
The Last Samurai2003
as ⁨Ujio⁩
as ⁨Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion⁩
as ⁨Bly Tanaka⁩
as ⁨Kaneda⁩
as ⁨Kuranosuke Ôishi⁩
as ⁨Kenji⁩
as ⁨Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion⁩
as ⁨Tamiki Umezaki⁩
as ⁨Mr. Musha⁩
as ⁨Ryuji Takayama⁩
as ⁨Nagase⁩
as ⁨Ryuji Takayama⁩
as ⁨Seibei Iguchi⁩
as ⁨Mitsuo Yamazaki⁩
as ⁨Kawabata⁩
as ⁨Ryûji Takayama⁩
as ⁨General Guangming⁩
as ⁨Matsuda⁩
as ⁨Peter Yamamoto⁩
as ⁨Shiro Hongo⁩
as ⁨Pete⁩
as ⁨Akihiko (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Genbu⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

Avengers: Endgame2019
as ⁨Akihiko⁩
Minions2015
as ⁨Sumo Villain (voice)⁩
The Wolverine2013
as ⁨Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen⁩
John Wick: Chapter 42023
as ⁨Shimazu⁩
Life2017
as ⁨Sho Murakami⁩
Bullet Train2022
as ⁨The Elder⁩
The Last Samurai2003
as ⁨Ujio⁩
as ⁨Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion⁩
as ⁨Bly Tanaka⁩
as ⁨Kaneda⁩
as ⁨Kuranosuke Ôishi⁩
as ⁨Kenji⁩
as ⁨Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion⁩
as ⁨Tamiki Umezaki⁩
as ⁨Mr. Musha⁩
as ⁨Ryuji Takayama⁩
as ⁨Nagase⁩
as ⁨Ryuji Takayama⁩
as ⁨Seibei Iguchi⁩
as ⁨Mitsuo Yamazaki⁩
as ⁨Kawabata⁩
as ⁨Ryûji Takayama⁩
as ⁨General Guangming⁩
as ⁨Matsuda⁩
as ⁨Peter Yamamoto⁩
as ⁨Shiro Hongo⁩
as ⁨Pete⁩
as ⁨Akihiko (archive footage)⁩
as ⁨Genbu⁩