Hiroyuki Sanada

15 titles·Since 1982

October 12, 1960 · Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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.

Frequently works with

Min Tanaka

2 titles together

Tadanobu Asano

2 titles together

Filmography (15)

Shōgun

2024 · Yoshii Toranaga

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye

2022 · Akihiko (archive footage)

Minamata

2020 · Mitsuo Yamazaki

Life

2017 · Sho Murakami

Mr. Holmes

2015 · Tamiki Umezaki

47 Ronin

2013 · Kuranosuke Ôishi

The Railway Man

2013 · Nagase

The Wolverine

2013 · Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen

Rush Hour 3

2007 · Kenji

The White Countess

2005 · Matsuda

The Last Samurai

2003 · Ujio

The Twilight Samurai

2002 · Seibei Iguchi

Ring

1998 · Ryuji Takayama

Royal Warriors

1986 · Peter Yamamoto

Ninja in the Dragon's Den

1982 · Genbu

October 12, 1960 · Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

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.