🎭 Actor
Hiroyuki Sanada
🎂 Born 12 October 1960 (age 65)📍 Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
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Popularity Score
94
Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Full Filmography(94 films)
YearTitleRating
2026Mortal Kombat II★ 8.02019Avengers: Endgame★ 8.22021Mortal Kombat★ 7.02023John Wick: Chapter 4★ 7.72022Bullet Train★ 7.42003The Last Samurai★ 7.62015Minions★ 6.42017Life★ 6.52007Rush Hour 3★ 6.52008Speed Racer★ 6.41998Ring★ 7.1201347 Ronin★ 6.22021Army of the Dead★ 6.22007Sunshine★ 7.02015Mr. Holmes★ 6.51999Ring 2★ 5.82002The Twilight Samurai★ 7.82005The Promise★ 5.61981Samurai Reincarnation★ 5.91986Royal Warriors★ 6.91998The Spiral★ 5.42020Minamata★ 6.92005The White Countess★ 6.21983Legend of the Eight Samurai★ 5.81978Shogun's Samurai★ 6.92013The Wolverine★ 6.41979The Shogun Assassins★ 5.42018The Catcher Was a Spy★ 6.22013The Railway Man★ 6.81986House on Fire★ 4.61982Lovers Lost★ 6.41978Message from Space★ 5.91980Shogun's Ninja★ 6.31995Sharaku★ 7.01979G.I. Samurai★ 5.91985The Dagger of Kamui★ 5.82001Onmyoji★ 6.41984The Street of Desire★ 10.01982Ninja in the Dragon's Den★ 7.71994Crest of Betrayal★ 5.41998Murder on D Street★ 7.21982Ninja Wars★ 5.62022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye★ 7.12005Aegis★ 5.41982Fall Guy★ 6.41984Mahjong Horoki★ 7.21999Round About Midnight★ 7.01987Sure Death 4★ 7.01988Kaito Ruby★ 7.01990Let's Go to the Hospital★ 7.51981Roaring Fire★ 6.51969New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town★ 6.52001All About Our House★ 6.31990Tsugumi★ 7.51992Succession★ 7.52000First Love★ 6.81990Yellow Fangs★ 7.11986Cabaret★ 4.81980Dreamy Fifteen★ 6.21967Game of Chance 3★ 5.01984Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy★ 6.52013The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin★ 7.02009The City of Your Final Destination★ 5.71995The Abe Clan★ 7.71974The Executioner★ 6.61993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark★ 9.01994119★ 6.31986One Who Died in Vain★ 7.81967Game of Chance 2★ 6.01994Hero Interview★ 7.01978Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie★ 6.01981The Blazing Valiant★ 6.51990Shingo's Ten Duels—1995Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call★ 7.01989Who Do I Choose?★ 7.51999Keijitachi no Natsu—1966Game of Chance★ 6.51987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories—1981Kamikaze, the Adventurer★ 6.32002Vengeance for Sale★ 6.81983Kabamaru the Ninja Boy★ 5.71992Oda Nobunaga★ 8.01998Tadon and Chikuwa★ 8.01992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2★ 6.01988Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special—1988I Love You So Much—1994Uneasy Encounters★ 8.01995East Meets West★ 5.72008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family★ 7.01993We Are Not Alone★ 5.31984The Awesome Circus Bastard—1981Swords of the Space Ark★ 5.81989Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger—1980Yagyu Abaretabi—