Hiroyuki Sanada
Japanese actor · Japan · On the map · Actors · Born 1960 · age 66
Hiroyuki Sanada is a Japanese actor. He has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Television Award, a Japan Academy Film Prize, two Hochi Film Awards, a Mainichi Film Award, three Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, four Kinema Junpo Awards, and honors...
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Mortal Kombat IIFilm, Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion2025Time 100Award2024Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesAward
ShōgunSeries, 2024Producer2022
Bullet TrainFilm, The Elder2020
MinamataFilm, Mitsuo Yamazaki2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowSeries2018
The Catcher Was a SpyFilm, Kawabata2015
MinionsFilm, Sumo Villain (voice)2014
ExtantSeries, Hideki Yasumoto2009
The City of Your Final DestinationFilm, Pete2007
Rush Hour 3Film, Kenji2006Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward2004
LostSeries, Dogen2003Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading RoleAward2002Mainichi Film Award for Best ActorAward
The Twilight SamuraiFilm, 2002Seibei Iguchi1999
Ring 2Film, Ryuji Takayama1996Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward
HideyoshiSeries, 1996Ishida Mitsunari1994Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward1991
TaiheikiSeries, Takauji Ashikaga1988Hochi Film AwardAward1986
Royal WarriorsFilm, Peter Yamamoto1984
Choudenshi BiomanSeries, Ken Hayase1983
Legend of the Eight SamuraiFilm, Inue Shinbei Masashi1982Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the YearAwardJapan Academy Prize for Newcomer of the YearAward
Yagyu Jubei Secret QuestSeries, 1982Matahira1981
Samurai ReincarnationFilm, Kirimaru Iga1979
G.I. SamuraiFilm, Takeda Katsuyori1977
J.A.K.Q. DengekitaiSeries, Katsuya Nakayama1974
The ExecutionerFilm, Ryuichi Koga (child)1960Born12 October 1960People around Hiroyuki
Sonny Chiba Also in G.I. Samurai and Message from Space
Kinji Fukasaku Directed Legend of the Eight Samurai (1983)
Yōjirō Takita Directed Onmyōji and We Are Not Alone
Fred Toye Directed A Dream of a Dream (2024)
Etsuko Shihomi Also in G.I. Samurai (1979)
Mikio Narita Also in Shogun's Samurai and Ninja Wars
Haruki Kadokawa Produced G.I. Samurai (1979)
Tetsurō Tamba Also in Shogun's Samurai and Message from Space
Seizō Fukumoto Also in Ninja Wars and Fall Guy
Tadanobu Asano Also in Shōgun, Mortal Kombat II and Minamata
Toshiro Mifune Duets: Yoshii Toranaga
James Ivory Directed The White Countess (2006)
Hideo Nakata Directed Ring and Ring 2- Kōji Suzuki Wrote Spiral, Ring and The Spiral
Rila Fukushima Also in The Wolverine and 3 Days to Kill
Tao Okamoto Also in The Wolverine and 3 Days to Kill
Miki Nakatani Also in Ring 2, Spiral and Ring
Andrew Macdonald Produced Sunshine and Shōgun
Simon McQuoid Directed Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II
Daisuke Ban Also in Spiral, Ring and The Spiral
Isao Natsuyagi Also in Shogun's Samurai (1978)
Kenjirō Ishimaru Also in Ring 2 and Onmyōji
Hideo Murota Also in Shogun's Samurai and The Executioner
Kōsei Saitō Directed G.I. Samurai and Ninja Wars
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Avengers: Endgame 2019
Mortal Kombat II 2026
The Twilight Samurai 2002
John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
Ninja in the Dragon's Den 1982
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He has received numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Television Award, a Japan Academy Film Prize, two Hochi Film Awards, a Mainichi Film Award, three Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor, four Kinema Junpo Awards, and honors from the Yokohama Film Festival. In 2018, he received the Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon from the Japanese government for his "artistic developments, improvements, and accomplishments", and in 2025, Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
