Hiroyuki Sanada

Highest Rated: 99% The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei) (2004)

Lowest Rated: 0% Ringu 2 (Ring 2) (2005)

Birthday: Oct 12, 1960

Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan

Began his film career at age 5. Toured with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a 1999production of King Lear, with Nigel Hawthorne playing the title role. Won a Japanese Academy Award for his work in The Twilight Samurai (2002). Received an honorary MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2002. Has a black belt in karate.

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Highest Rated Movies

The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)
99%
Ringu (Ring)
97%
Avengers: Endgame
94%
Mr. Holmes
88%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
67%	Army Of The Dead	Bly Tanaka	—	2021
54%	Mortal Kombat	Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion	—	2021
73%	Minamata	Mitsuo Yamazaki	—	2021
94%	Avengers: Endgame	Akihiko	—	2019
67%	Life	Sho Kendo	$30.2M	2017
88%	Mr. Holmes	Mr. Umezaki	$14.2M	2015
55%	Minions	Sumo Villain	$278M	2015
66%	The Railway Man	Nagase	$4.2M	2014
No Score Yet	Kowagaru hitobito (Uneasy Encounters)	Actor	—	2014
16%	47 Ronin	Oishi	$20.6M	2013
71%	The Wolverine	Shingen	$132.6M	2013
No Score Yet	Tugumi	Actor	—	2012
39%	The City of Your Final Destination	Pete	$0.5M	2010
No Score Yet	Yellow Fangs	Actor	—	2009
41%	Speed Racer	Mr. Musha	$44M	2008
18%	Rush Hour 3	Kenji	$140.1M	2007
77%	Sunshine	Kaneda	$3.8M	2007
49%	The White Countess	Matsuda	$1.7M	2005
31%	The Promise (Master of Crimson Armor) (Wu ji)	Gen. Guangming	$0.7M	2005
0%	Ringu 2 (Ring 2)	Ryuji Takayama	—	2005
No Score Yet	Bôkoku no îgisu (Aegis)	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Death of A Ninja	Actor	—	2005
99%	The Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)	?????? ?????	—	2004
66%	The Last Samurai	Ujio	$111M	2003
50%	Onmyoji	Doson	—	2001
No Score Yet	First Love (Hatsukoi)	Shinichirô Fujiki	—	2000
No Score Yet	Rasen	Actor	—	1998
No Score Yet	Tadon to chikuwa	Actor	—	1998
97%	Ringu (Ring)	Ryuji Takayama	—	1998
No Score Yet	Sharaku	Tombo (Sharaku)	—	1995
No Score Yet	Yellow Fangs	Actor	—	1990
No Score Yet	Kataku no hito (House on Fire)	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Kamui no ken (Dagger of Kamui)(Revenge of the Ninja Warrior)(The Blade of Kamui)	Jiro	—	1985
No Score Yet	Shogun's Samurai - The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Ninja Wars	Actor	—	1984
No Score Yet	Legend of the Eight Samurai (Satomi hakken-den)	Shinbee	—	1983
No Score Yet	Ninja Wars	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Long zhi ren zhe (Ninja in the Dragon's Den) (Ninja Warriors)	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Samurai Reincarnation (Makai tenshô)	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	G.I. Samurai	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	Space Ninja - Sword of the Space Ark	Actor	—	1981
No Score Yet	Ninja bugeicho momochi sandayu, (Shogun's Ninja)	Actor	—	1980
No Score Yet	Mâjan hourouki (Mahjong Horoki)	Actor	—

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
81%	Westworld 2015-2020	Voice	2020
77%	Extant 2014-2015	Kinji Matsumo Hideki Yasumoto	2015 2014
81%	Helix 2014-2015	Dr. Hiroshi Hatake	2015 2014
69%	Revenge 2011-2015	Satoshi Takeda	2015 2013 2012 2011
No Score Yet	Rules of Engagement 2007-2013	Hideki Yasumoto	2011
85%	Lost 2004-2010	Dogen	2010
No Score Yet	Revenge	Satoshi Takeda

Quotes from Hiroyuki Sanada's Characters

Oishi:

When a crime goes unpunished, the world is unbalanced. When a wrong is unavenged, the heavens look down on us in shame. We too must die for this circle of vengeance to be closed. We will leave this record of our courage so that the world will know who we were and what we did. Tonight we will regain our honor and avenge our lord. None of us knows how long he shall live or when his time will come. But soon all that will be left of our brief lives is the pride our children feel when they speak our names. Now we are forty-seven.

Oishi:

Riku. You must make the whole world believe you've divorced me. It is the only way to protect you from what I have to do. No one but you and I can know that you are, and will always be, the joy of my life.

Icarus:	Ninety seven percent of shield in full sunlight.
Kaneda:	Final panel and closing of shield is secure.
Capa:	You have to move now! Captain!
Harvey:	Kaneda's not going to make it.
Capa:	Captain! You have-
Harvey:	It's too far.
Capa:	Have to move! Why isn't he moving?
Searle:	Kaneda. What do you see?