Hiro Kanagawa
Born: 1963-10-13 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Known For: Acting
Biography
Hironobu Kanagawa (金川 弘敦, Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, 1963) is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla, The Man in the High Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Heroes Reborn and Kim's Convenience and was a writer on Da Vinci's City Hall. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and played Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes.
Filmography
2024
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Fire Lord Sozin
- Shōgun as Igarashi Yoshimoto
- Sight Unseen as Roman Hayashi
- Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama as Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice)
2023
- The Night Agent as FBI Director Willett
- The Last of Us as Carlisle
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Headmaster
2022
- So Help Me Todd as Alistair Song
- Pachinko as Goto
- The Recruit as Kenta Nakano
- Orphan: First Kill as Detective Donnan
2021
- Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan as Narrator
- Every Breath You Take as Dr. Toth
- Crisis as Dr. Ishiyama
- Needle in a Timestack as Tattersall
2020
- Upload as Det. Sato
- Helstrom as Father Sean Okamoto
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Dr. Hamara
- The Tailor as Tailor
- Deeper I Go
2019
2018
- Altered Carbon as Captain Tanaka
- Impulse as Man Thrown Off Roof
- Fifty Shades Freed as Detective Clark
- Love, Once and Always as Niven
- A Twist of Christmas as Chester
- Akashi
2017
- The Good Doctor as Paul Nakano
- Star Trek: Discovery as Dr. Hirai
2016
- DC's Legends of Tomorrow as Director Wilbur Burnett
- Designated Survivor as Richard Kim
- Timeless as Agent Kondo
- Colony as Man in Diner
- Kim's Convenience as Pastor Choi
- Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love as Al Sandburg
2015
- The Man in the High Castle as Taishi Okamura
- The Magicians as Professor March
- iZombie as Lieutenant Suzuki
- Dark Matter as Emperor Ishida Tetsuda
- Zoo as Curtis
- The Age of Adaline as Kenneth
- Heroes Reborn as Hachiro Otomo
- The Returned as Doctor Hiromoto
- The Whispers as team member 1 (Brent)
2013
- Bates Motel as Fumhiro Kurata
- The Tomorrow People as Corbin
- Almost Human as Recollectionist
- Spooksville as Mr. Moonbeam
- Delete as Black Ops #3
- Assault on Wall Street as TV Host
- Grave Halloween as Jin
- Down River as Aki's Father
2012
- Arrow as Neil Lamb
- Continuum as Dr. Ted Gibson
- Emily Owens, M.D. as Nobu Chiba
- The Company You Keep as FBI Agent Kanagawa
2011
- Fairly Legal as Dale Rence
- The Secret Circle as Calvin Wilson
- Earth's Final Hours as Tech
- Doomsday Prophecy as Dr. Yates
- Deck the Halls as Harry Saito
2010
- Caprica as Cyrus Xander
- Human Target as Lt. Peale
- Tower Prep as Mr. Sato
2009
- The Listener as Supervisor
- The King of Fighters as Saisyu Kusanagi
- Hardwired as Dr. Steckler
- Playing for Keeps as Henry Wong
2008
- Fringe as Executor
- Sanctuary as Ark-Fong Li
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Dr. Ikegawa
2007
- Reaper as Morris
- War as Yoshido
- Masters of Science Fiction
- The Last Mimzy as Scientist
2006
- Blade: The Series
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes as Mr. Fantastic (voice)
- Intelligence
- Spymate as Japanese Chairman
- The Entrance as Detective Nolan
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: Vol. 1 as Mr. Fantastic
2005
- Supernatural as Game Show Host
- Criminal Minds as Seattle ASAC
- Elektra as Meizumi
- Da Vinci's City Hall
- Bob the Butler as Japanese Plumber
- Ladies Night as Mr. Muriyami
- Hiro as Hiro
- Best Friends as Detective Myashiro
- Hush as Dr. Berke
2004
- The 4400 as Agent Park
2003
- First to Die as Dr. Shimera
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
2002
- Extreme Ops as Mr. Imahara
- Living with the Dead as Frank the Business Consultant
- Damaged Care as Dr. Kitano
- Chaos and Desire as Kiyoshi
2001
- Smallville as Principal Kwan
- Special Unit 2 as Madison
- The Lone Gunmen
- Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
- Josie and the Pussycats as Japanese Delegate
- Replicant as Lab Video Technician #1
- Touched by a Killer as Steve Tunaki
- Class Warfare as Mr. Tanaka
2000
- Andromeda as General Burma
- Dark Angel as Theo
- The 6th Day as Team Doctor
- Secret Agent Man as Tokyo Chief
- Best in Show as Pet Shop Owner
- The Guilty as Police Detective
- Epicenter as Agent Ted
- Protection as Don
1999
- Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying as Controller
- Futuresport as Otomo Akira
1998
- First Wave as John Tran
- Da Vinci's Inquest
- Cold Squad as Det. James Kai
- Seven Days
- American Dragons as Nakai
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as M. Wayne
- Excess Baggage as Jon
- Bliss as Doctor
- Tricks as Matsuba
1996
- Millennium as Agent Takahashi
- The Sentinel as Furukawa
- Bloodhounds II as Detective
- For Hope as Dr. Black
1995
- The Outer Limits as Tali
- Sliders as Henry
- Crying Freeman as Temple Yakuza
- The Hunted as Lieutenant
- Hideaway as Nurse Nakamura
- A Child Is Missing as Agent Kurosaka
1994
- Viper as Otomo
- My Name Is Kate as Doctor
1993
- The X-Files as Peter Tanaka
- Born Too Soon as Resident
1992
- Highlander: The Series as Akira Yoshida
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures as Elvis #2