
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.
Acting (91 movies)

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

Why 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
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