born 1960 · Acting
62.7avg grm
9titles
#64best rank
10honors
best title · #64 on siteShōgun2024 · as Yoshii Toranaga · series74.9Honors
102024Emmy — Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
2025Time 100
2003Japan Academy Prize — Outstanding Performance by an Actor (lead)
2002Mainichi Film Award — Best Actor
1996Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor
Bio
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
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2010s2 titles
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Helix2014 · as Dr. Hiroshi Hatake · series60.1E
Extant2014 · as Hideki Yasumoto · series60.02000s3 titles
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Sunshine2007 · as Kaneda53.1T
The Twilight Samurai2002 · as Seibei Iguchi79.3F
First Love2000 · as Shinichirô Fujiki58.11990s1 title
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Round About Midnight1999 · as Koji58.71980s1 title
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Ninja in the Dragon's Den1982 · as Genbu56.3