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
- Shōgun as Igarashi Yoshimoto
- Avatar the Last Airbender as Fire Lord Sozin
- Sight Unseen as Roman Hayashi
- Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama as Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice)
2023
- The Last of Us as Carlisle
- The Night Agent as FBI Director Willett
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Headmaster
2022
- The Recruit as Kenta Nakano
- Pachinko as Goto
- Orphan: First Kill as Detective Donnan
- So Help Me Todd as Alistair Song
2021
- Crisis as Dr. Ishiyama
- Needle in a Timestack as Tattersall
- Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan as Narrator
- Every Breath You Take as Dr. Toth
2020
- Upload as Det. Sato
- Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist as Dr. Hamara
- Helstrom as Father Sean Okamoto
- The Tailor as Tailor
- Deeper I Go
2019
2018
- Fifty Shades Freed as Detective Clark
- Altered Carbon as Captain Tanaka
- Impulse as Man Thrown Off Roof
- 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
- iZombie as Lieutenant Suzuki
- The Magicians as Professor March
- Zoo as Curtis
- The Man in the High Castle as Taishi Okamura
- The Age of Adaline as Kenneth
- Dark Matter as Emperor Ishida Tetsuda
- 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
- Assault on Wall Street as TV Host
- Grave Halloween as Jin
- Almost Human as Recollectionist
- Down River as Aki's Father
- Spooksville as Mr. Moonbeam
- Delete as Black Ops #3
2012
- Arrow as Neil Lamb
- Continuum as Dr. Ted Gibson
- The Company You Keep as FBI Agent Kanagawa
- Emily Owens, M.D. as Nobu Chiba
2011
- Deck the Halls as Harry Saito
- Doomsday Prophecy as Dr. Yates
2010
- Caprica as Cyrus Xander
- Human Target as Lt. Peale
2009
- The Listener as Supervisor
- Hardwired as Dr. Steckler
- The King of Fighters as Saisyu Kusanagi
- 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
- War as Yoshido
- Reaper as Morris
- Masters of Science Fiction
- The Last Mimzy as Scientist
2006
- Spymate as Japanese Chairman
- Blade: The Series
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes as Mr. Fantastic (voice)
- The Entrance as Detective Nolan
- Intelligence
- 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
- Hush as Dr. Berke
- Best Friends as Detective Myashiro
- Bob the Butler as Japanese Plumber
- Ladies Night as Mr. Muriyami
- Da Vinci's City Hall
2004
- The 4400 as Agent Park
2003
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
- First to Die as Dr. Shimera
- Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
2002
- Extreme Ops as Mr. Imahara
- Damaged Care as Dr. Kitano
- Living with the Dead as Frank the Business Consultant
- Chaos and Desire as Kiyoshi
2001
- Smallville as Principal Kwan
- Replicant as Lab Video Technician #1
- The Lone Gunmen
- Special Unit 2 as Madison
- Josie and the Pussycats as Japanese Delegate
- Touched by a Killer as Steve Tunaki
- Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
- Class Warfare as Mr. Tanaka
2000
- Andromeda as General Burma
- Dark Angel as Theo
- The 6th Day as Team Doctor
- The Guilty as Police Detective
- Epicenter as Agent Ted
- Protection as Don
- Best in Show as Pet Shop Owner
1999
- Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying as Controller
1998
- First Wave as John Tran
- Seven Days
- Cold Squad
- Da Vinci's Inquest
- American Dragons as Nakai
1997
- Stargate SG-1 as M. Wayne
- Bliss as Doctor
- Excess Baggage as Jon
- 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
- A Child Is Missing as Agent Kurosaka
- Hideaway as Nurse Nakamura
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