Hiroyuki Sanada
Acting
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.
As actor 128
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Lost
2004
Avengers: Endgame
2019
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Last Ship
2014
Westworld
2016
Shōgun
2024
Mortal Kombat II
2026
Revenge
2011
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
Hawkeye
2021
Bullet Train
2022
Mortal Kombat
2021
The Last Samurai
2003
Extant
2014
Minions
2015
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
Rush Hour 3
2007
Life
2017
47 Ronin
2013
Sunshine
2007
Helix
2014
Ring
1998
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai
1977
Speed Racer
2008
Army of the Dead
2021
Choudenshi Bioman
1984
High School Teacher
1993
Masamune Shogun
1987
Hideyoshi
1996
Shadow Warriors
1980
Mr. Holmes
2015
The Emmy Awards
1949
Ring 2
1999
The Spiral
1998
The Twilight Samurai
2002
Minamata
2020
Taiheiki
1991
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
ふぞろいの林檎たち
1983
The Wolverine
2013
Royal Warriors
1986
Message from Space: Galactic Wars
1978
The Railway Man
2013
119
1994
The Promise
2005
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
2022
Fall Guy
1982
Yagyu's Secret Quest
1980
Murder on D Street
1998
Crest of Betrayal
1994
Onmyoji
2001
Samurai Reincarnation
1981
The City of Your Final Destination
2009
New York Love Story
1988
The White Countess
2005
Shogun's Ninja
1980
Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy
1978
Unmarried Family
2001
Message from Space
1978
G.I. Samurai
1979
Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call
1995
House on Fire
1986
Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest
1982
The Street of Desire
1984
Oda Nobunaga
1992
Uneasy Encounters
1994
Ninja Wars
1982
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
1982
The Executioner
1974
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
2013
Tsugumi
1990
Legend of the Eight Samurai
1983
The Dagger of Kamui
1985
A Story of Love
1997
Roaring Fire
1981
Why I borrowed money from her
1994
Lovers Lost
1982
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
First Love
2000
Succession
1992
Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
1992
Tabloid
1998
The Shogun Assassins
1979
Yellow Fangs
1990
Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family
2008
Shin Hanshichi torimono chô
1997
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1988
All About Our House
2001
Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
1988
Aegis
2005
Oda Nobunaga
1989
Game of Chance 2
1967
Kabamaru the Ninja Boy
1983
Game of Chance
1966
Sharaku
1995
Who Do I Choose?
1989
East Meets West
1995
Kamikaze, the Adventurer
1981
Sure Death 4
1987
こんな恋のはなし
1997
Mahjong Horoki
1984
Hero Interview
1994
Let's Go to the Hospital
1990
The Blazing Valiant
1981
Kaito Ruby
1988
Game of Chance 3
1967
Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger
1989
Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy
1984
We Are Not Alone
1993
Cabaret
1986
Swords of the Space Ark
1981
Round About Midnight
1999
Yagyu Abaretabi
1980
Dreamy Fifteen
1980
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
1987
One Who Died in Vain
1986
The Awesome Circus Bastard
1984
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
坂本龍馬
1989
Shingo's Ten Duels
1990
Vengeance for Sale
2002
Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie
1978
New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
1969
The Abe Clan
1995
I Love You So Much
1988