Hiroyuki Sanada

Also known as Sanada Hiroyuki, Hiroyuki Shimosawa, Shimosawa Hiroyuki

Japanese actor

Film & TV

Acting · 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…

Known for

Mortal Kombat II — Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion2026
Shōgun — Yoshii Toranaga2024
John Wick: Chapter 4 — Shimazu2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye — Akihiko (archive footage)2022
Bullet Train — The Elder2022
Army of the Dead — Bly Tanaka2021
Mortal Kombat — Hanzo Hasashi / Scorpion2021
Hawkeye — Akihiko (archive footage) (uncredited)2021
Minamata — Mitsuo Yamazaki2020
Avengers: Endgame — Akihiko2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Alternative Japanese name Kanji下澤廣之

Hiroyuki Sanada (Japanese: 真田広之; né Shimozawa; born 12 October 1960) 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 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.