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.
Filmography (35)
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Shimazu
Bullet Train
as The Elder
Army of the Dead
as Bly Tanaka
Mortal Kombat
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
Minamata
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Kawabata
Life
as Sho Murakami
Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki Umezaki
47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
The Railway Man
as Nagase
The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
Speed Racer
as Mr. Musha
Rush Hour 3
as Kenji
Sunshine
as Kaneda
The Promise
as General Guangming
The White Countess
as Matsuda
The Last Samurai
as Ujio
The Twilight Samurai
as Seibei Iguchi
Onmyoji
as Dōson
Round About Midnight
as Koji
Ring
as Ryuji Takayama
Kaito Ruby
as Toru Hayashi
Royal Warriors
as Peter Yamamoto
House on Fire
as Chuya Nakahara
The Dagger of Kamui
as Jirô
Legend of the Eight Samurai
as Inue Shinbei Masashi
Ninja Wars
as Jotaro Fuefuki
Fall Guy
as Actor
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
as Genbu
Lovers Lost
as Kunihiko Yasuoka
Samurai Reincarnation
as Kirimaru Iga
Shogun's Ninja
as Momochi Takamaru
The Shogun Assassins
as Monk Miyoshi Isa
Message from Space
as Shiro Hongo
Shogun's Samurai
as Hayate