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.

Filmography

• 2026Mortal Kombat II — Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
• Shōgun — Yoshii Toranaga, Producer
• 2023John Wick: Chapter 4 — Shimazu
• 2022Bullet Train — The Elder
• 2022Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye — Akihiko (archive footage)
• 2021Army of the Dead — Bly Tanaka
• Hawkeye — Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2021Mortal Kombat — Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion
• 2020Minamata — Mitsuo Yamazaki
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Akihiko
• 2018The Catcher Was a Spy — Kawabata
• 2017Life — Sho Murakami
• Westworld — Musashi
• 2015Minions — Sumo Villain (voice)
• 2015Mr. Holmes — Tamiki Umezaki
• Extant — Hideki Yasumoto
• Helix — Dr. Hiroshi Hataki
• The Last Ship — Takehaya
• 201347 Ronin — Kuranosuke Ôishi
• 2013The Railway Man — Nagase
• 2013The Wolverine — Shingen Harada / Lord Shingen
• Revenge — Satoshi Takeda
• 2009The City of Your Final Destination — Pete
• 2008Speed Racer — Mr. Musha
• 2008Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing - The Amazing Racer Family — Mr. Musha
• 2007Rush Hour 3 — Kenji
• 2007Sunshine — Kaneda
• 2005Aegis — Hisashi Sengoku
• 2005The Promise — General Guangming
• 2005The White Countess — Matsuda
• Lost — Dogen
• 2003The Last Samurai — Ujio
• 2002The Twilight Samurai — Seibei Iguchi
• 2002Vengeance for Sale — Sukeroku Sukedachiya
• 2001All About Our House — Bartender
• 2001Onmyoji — Dōson
• Unmarried Family — Yosuke Matoba
• 2000First Love — Shinichirô Fujiki
• 1999Keijitachi no Natsu
• 1999Ring 2 — Ryuji Takayama
• 1999Round About Midnight — Koji
• 1998Murder on D Street — Seiichiro Fukiya
• 1998Ring — Ryuji Takayama
• Tabloid
• 1998Tadon and Chikuwa
• 1998The Spiral — Ryûji Takayama
• A Story of Love
• Shin Hanshichi torimono chô — Hanshichi
• こんな恋のはなし
• Hideyoshi — Ishida Mitsunari
• 1995East Meets West — Kamijo Kenkichi
• 1995Kinkyu Yobidashi: Emergency Call — Hideyuki Harada
• 1995Sharaku — Tonbo
• 1995The Abe Clan — Emoto Matashichiro
• 1994119
• 1994Crest of Betrayal — Takuminokami Asano
• Furuhata Ninzaburo — 由良一夫
• 1994Hero Interview — Jinta Todoroki
• 1994Uneasy Encounters
• Why I borrowed money from her — Kunihiko Yamanobe
• High School Teacher — Hamura Takao
• 1993The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark — Takashi Samejima
• 1993We Are Not Alone
• 1992Oda Nobunaga
• 1992Succession — Masakazu Yoshinari
• 1992Yamai wa kikara: Byôin e ikô 2
• Taiheiki — Takauji Ashikaga
• 1990Let's Go to the Hospital — Kohei Shintani
• 1990Shingo's Ten Duels — Aoi Shingo
• 1990Tsugumi — Kyoichi Takahashi
• 1990Yellow Fangs — Eiji, Music Director
• Oda Nobunaga
• 1989Ryoma Sakamoto: Samurai Gunslinger — Ryoma Sakamoto
• 1989Who Do I Choose? — Jun Yamamoto
• 坂本龍馬
• 1988I Love You So Much
• 1988Kaito Ruby — Toru Hayashi
• New York Love Story
• Tokugawa Ieyasu
• 1988Tokugawa Ieyasu – TBS Warlord Special
• Masamune Shogun
• 1987Seiko Matsuda's Sweet Memories
• 1987Sure Death 4 — Ukyo
• 1986Cabaret — Tanokura
• 1986House on Fire — Chuya Nakahara
• 1986One Who Died in Vain
• 1986Royal Warriors — Peter Yamamoto
• 1985The Dagger of Kamui — Jirô
• Choudenshi Bioman — Ken Hayase
• 1984Kotaro, An Audacious Karate Boy — Date Yoshioka
• 1984Mahjong Horoki — Bouya Tetsu
• 1984The Awesome Circus Bastard — Satomi Go
• 1984The Street of Desire — Joji Tanaka
• 1983Kabamaru the Ninja Boy — Shizune Mejiro
• 1983Legend of the Eight Samurai — Inue Shinbei Masashi
• ふぞろいの林檎たち — 本田 修一
• 1982Fall Guy — Actor
• 1982Lovers Lost — Kunihiko Yasuoka
• 1982Ninja Wars — Jotaro Fuefuki
• 1982Ninja in the Dragon's Den — Genbu
• Yagyu Jubei Secret Quest — Matahira
• 1981Kamikaze, the Adventurer — Akira Hoshino
• 1981Roaring Fire — Joji, Theme Song Performance
• 1981Samurai Reincarnation — Kirimaru Iga
• 1981Swords of the Space Ark — Hayato
• 1981The Blazing Valiant — Joe
• 1980Dreamy Fifteen — Isozaki
• Shadow Warriors
• 1980Shogun's Ninja — Momochi Takamaru
• 1980Yagyu Abaretabi
• Yagyu's Secret Quest — Matabei
• 1979G.I. Samurai — Takeda Katsuyori
• 1979The Shogun Assassins — Monk Miyoshi Isa
• 1978Message from Space — Shiro Hongo
• Message from Space: Galactic Wars — Hayato
• 1978Message from Space: Galactic Wars The Movie — Gen Hayato / Maboroshi
• 1978Shogun's Samurai: The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy — Hayate
• J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai — Katsuya Nakayama
• 1974The Executioner — Ryuichi Koga (child)
• 1969New Prison Walls of Abashiri: The Vagrant Comes to a Port Town
• 1967Game of Chance 2
• 1967Game of Chance 3
• 1966Game of Chance — Kenichi Endo

Appearances as themselves (5)

• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• 2013The Wolverine: Path of a Ronin — Self
• The Emmy Awards — Self - Winner
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee