Hiroyuki Sanada

Acting · Born 1960-10-12 in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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

• Sunshine as Kaneda
• The Last Samurai as Ujio
• The Promise as General Guangming
• Ring as Ryuji Takayama
• Rush Hour 3 as Kenji
• Speed Racer as Mr. Musha
• The Spiral as Ryûji Takayama
• Fall Guy as Actor
• The Twilight Samurai as Seibei Iguchi
• The City of Your Final Destination as Pete