Hiroyuki Sanada
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.
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Movies (36)
Mortal Kombat II
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2026
John Wick: Chapter 4
as Shimazu
2023
Bullet Train
as The Elder
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage)
2022
Army of the Dead
as Bly Tanaka
2021
Mortal Kombat
as Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
2021
Minamata
as Mitsuo Yamazaki
2020
Avengers: Endgame
as Akihiko
2019
The Catcher Was a Spy
as Kawabata
2018
Life
as Sho Murakami
2017
Mr. Holmes
as Tamiki Umezaki
2015
Minions
as Sumo (voice)
2015
47 Ronin
as Kuranosuke Ôishi
2013
The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin
as Self
2013
The Railway Man
as Nagase
2013
The Wolverine
as Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
2013
The City of Your Final Destination
as Pete
2009
Speed Racer
as Mr. Musha
2008
Rush Hour 3
as Kenji
2007
Sunshine
as Kaneda
2007
The Promise
as General Guangming
2005
The White Countess
as Matsuda
2005
Aegis
as Hisashi Sengoku
2005
The Last Samurai
as Ujio
2003
The Twilight Samurai
as Seibei Iguchi
2002
Vengeance for Sale
as Sukeroku Sukedachiya
2002
Onmyoji
as Dōson
2001
All About Our House
as Bartender
2001
First Love
as Shinichirô Fujiki
2000
Round About Midnight
as Koji
1999
Keijitachi no Natsu
1999
Ring 2
as Ryuji Takayama
1999
Tadon and Chikuwa
1998
Murder on D Street
as Seiichiro Fukiya
1998
Ring
as Ryuji Takayama
1998
The Spiral
as Ryûji Takayama
1998
TV Shows (14)
Shōgun
as Yoshii Toranaga
2024
Hawkeye
as Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Westworld
as Musashi
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
Extant
as Hideki Yasumoto
2014
The Last Ship
as Takehaya
2014
Helix
as Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
2014
Revenge
as Satoshi Takeda
2011
Lost
as Dogen
2004
Unmarried Family
as Yosuke Matoba
2001
Tabloid
1998
A Story of Love
1997
こんな恋のはなし
1997