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Hiroyuki Sanada

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Hiroyuki Sanada

Born Oct 12, 1960 · 65 years128 titles 94 movies · 34 TV
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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.

Also known as

Duke Sanada · Hiroyuki Shimosawa · Hiroyuki Shimozawa · Henry Sanada · Harry Sanada

Born

Oct 12, 1960

Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

128

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

2

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1944 1 title(s)

1949 1 title(s)

1966 1 title(s)

1967 2 title(s)

1969 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 4 title(s)

1979 2 title(s)

1980 5 title(s)

1981 5 title(s)

1982 5 title(s)

1983 3 title(s)

1984 5 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1986 4 title(s)

1987 3 title(s)

1988 5 title(s)

1989 4 title(s)

1990 4 title(s)

1991 1 title(s)

1992 3 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1994 6 title(s)

1995 4 title(s)

1996 1 title(s)

1997 3 title(s)

1998 5 title(s)

1999 3 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2001 3 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 1 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 2 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2013 4 title(s)

2014 3 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 2 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2021 3 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2026 1 title(s)