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Hiroyuki Sanada

Hiroyuki Sanada

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 12, 1960 (64)
Birthplace Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Jul 13, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 appe ... ared 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.

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Filmography

Mortal Kombat II

Mortal Kombat II

2026

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

2023

as Shimazu

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

2022

as Akihiko (archive footage)

Bullet Train

Bullet Train

2022

as The Elder

Army of the Dead

Army of the Dead

2021

as Bly Tanaka

Mortal Kombat

Mortal Kombat

2021

as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion

Minamata

Minamata

2020

as Mitsuo Yamazaki

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

2019

as Akihiko

The Catcher Was a Spy

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

as Kawabata

Life

Life

2017

as Sho Murakami

Mr. Holmes

Mr. Holmes

2015

as Tamiki Umezaki

Minions

Minions

2015

as Sumo (voice)

The Wolverine

The Wolverine

2013

as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen

47 Ronin

47 Ronin

2013

as Kuranosuke Ôishi

The Railway Man

The Railway Man

2013

as Nagase

Speed Racer

Speed Racer

2008

as Mr. Musha

Rush Hour 3

Rush Hour 3

2007

as Kenji

Sunshine

Sunshine

2007

as Kaneda

The White Countess

The White Countess

2005

as Matsuda

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003

as Ujio

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Hideyoshi

as Ishida Mitsunari

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Jan 07, 1996

Taiheiki

as Takauji Ashikaga

Episodes: 49

First Aired: Jan 06, 1991

ふぞろいの林檎たち

as 本田 修一

Episodes: 47

First Aired: May 27, 1983

Message from Space: Galactic Wars

as Hayato

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Jul 08, 1978

Helix

as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jan 10, 2014

Yagyu's Secret Quest

as Matabei

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Oct 14, 1980

Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest

as Matahira

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Oct 19, 1982

Shin Hanshichi torimono chô

as Hanshichi

Episodes: 18

First Aired: Apr 04, 1997

Extant

as Hideki Yasumoto

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jul 09, 2014

The Last Ship

as Takehaya

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jun 22, 2014

Unmarried Family

as Yosuke Matoba

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jul 05, 2001

Why I borrowed money from her

as Kunihiko Yamanobe

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Oct 14, 1994

High School Teacher

as Hamura Takao

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 08, 1993

Shōgun

as Yoshii Toranaga

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Feb 27, 2024

Lost

as Dogen

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 22, 2004

Revenge

as Satoshi Takeda

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 21, 2011

Westworld

as Musashi

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 02, 2016

J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

as Katsuya Nakayama

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1977

Choudenshi Bioman

as Ken Hayase

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 04, 1984

Hawkeye

as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 24, 2021

Furuhata Ninzaburo

as 由良一夫

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 13, 1994

Masamune Shogun

Episodes: 50

First Aired: Jan 04, 1987

Shadow Warriors

Episodes: 27

First Aired: Apr 01, 1980

New York Love Story

Episodes: 21

First Aired: Oct 13, 1988

A Story of Love

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jul 03, 1997

こんな恋のはなし

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Jul 03, 1997

Tabloid

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Oct 14, 1998

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1988

Oda Nobunaga

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1989

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

坂本龍馬

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 31, 1989

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 08, 2015

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2024 5 65 67 61
2024 6 44 89 25
2024 7 62 86 32
2024 8 43 83 25
2024 9 46 76 35
2024 10 38 56 26
2024 11 31 56 22
2024 12 33 46 25
2025 1 45 74 26
2025 2 26 38 6
2025 3 11 37 1
2025 4 3 3 2
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2025 6 3 5 2
2025 7 2 3 2
2025 8 5 15 1
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2025 9 341 150

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