Hiroyuki Sanada
Birthday: 1960-10-12 | Place of Birth: Shinagawa, Tokyo, JapanHiroyuki 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
Acting
Role
as Yoshii Toranaga
as Shimazu
as Akihiko (archive footage)
as The Elder
as Bly Tanaka
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
as Kawabata
as Sho Murakami
as Tamiki Umezaki
as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
as Nagase
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
as Mr. Musha
as Kaneda
as Kenji
as General Guangming
as Hisashi Sengoku
as Matsuda
as Seibei Iguchi
as Ujio
as Sukeroku Sukedachiya
as Dōson
as Shinichirô Fujiki
