Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 13, 1963
Place of Birth:
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Social Media
Hiro Kanagawa
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama | Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice) |
| 2022 | Orphan: First Kill | Detective Donnan |
| 2021 | Needle in a Timestack | Tattersall |
| 2021 | Every Breath You Take | Dr. Toth |
| 2021 | Crisis | Dr. Ishiyama |
| 2020 | Deeper I Go | |
| 2020 | The Tailor | Tailor |
| 2019 | Midway | Makigumo Captain |
| 2018 | Love, Once and Always | Niven |
| 2018 | Fifty Shades Freed | Detective Clark |
| 2018 | Akashi | |
| 2018 | A Twist of Christmas | Chester |
| 2016 | Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love | Al Sandburg |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline | Kenneth |
| 2014 | Godzilla | Hayato |
| 2013 | Grave Halloween | Jin |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street | TV Host |
| 2011 | Deck the Halls | Harry Saito |
| 2011 | Doomsday Prophecy | Dr. Yates |
| 2009 | Hardwired | Dr. Steckler |
| 2009 | The King of Fighters | Saisyu Kusanagi |
| 2009 | Playing for Keeps | Henry Wong |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Dr. Ikegawa |
| 2007 | War | Yoshido |
| 2007 | The Last Mimzy | Scientist |
| 2006 | The Entrance | Detective Nolan |
| 2006 | Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: Vol. 1 | Mr. Fantastic |
| 2005 | Elektra | Meizumi |
| 2005 | Hush | Dr. Berke |
| 2005 | Ladies Night | Mr. Muriyami |
| 2005 | Bob the Butler | Japanese Plumber |
| 2003 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World | Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate |
| 2003 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations | Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate |
| 2003 | Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family | Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate |
| 2002 | Damaged Care | Dr. Kitano |
| 2002 | Living with the Dead | Frank the Business Consultant |
| 2002 | Chaos and Desire | Kiyoshi |
| 2001 | Replicant | Lab Video Technician #1 |
| 2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Japanese Delegate |
| 2001 | Touched by a Killer | Steve Tunaki |
| 2001 | Class Warfare | Mr. Tanaka |
| 2000 | Epicenter | Agent Ted |
| 2000 | Best in Show | Pet Shop Owner |
| 2000 | The 6th Day | Team Doctor |
| 2000 | The Guilty | Police Detective |
| 2000 | Protection | Don |
| 1999 | Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying | Controller |
| 1998 | American Dragons | Nakai |
| 1997 | Tricks | Matsuba |
| 1997 | Excess Baggage | Jon |
| 1997 | Bliss | Doctor |
| 1996 | For Hope | Dr. Black |
| 1995 | A Child Is Missing | Agent Kurosaka |
| 1995 | Hideaway | Nurse Nakamura |
| 1995 | Crying Freeman | Temple Yakuza |
| 1994 | My Name Is Kate | Doctor |
| 1993 | Born Too Soon | Resident |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Shōgun | Igarashi Yoshimoto |
| 2024 | Sight Unseen | Roman Hayashi |
| 2024 | Avatar the Last Airbender | Fire Lord Sozin |
| 2023 | The Night Agent | FBI Director Willett |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Headmaster |
| 2023 | The Last of Us | Carlisle |
| 2022 | Pachinko | Goto |
| 2022 | So Help Me Todd | Alistair Song |
| 2022 | The Recruit | Kenta Nakano |
| 2021 | Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan | Narrator |
| 2020 | Upload | Det. Sato |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Dr. Hamara |
| 2020 | Helstrom | Father Sean Okamoto |
| 2019 | See | Lord Unoa |
| 2019 | The Order | Detective Hayashi |
| 2018 | Impulse | Man Thrown Off Roof |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | Captain Tanaka |
| 2017 | The Good Doctor | Paul Nakano |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery | Dr. Hirai |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Director Wilbur Burnett |
| 2016 | Timeless | Agent Kondo |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Richard Kim |
| 2016 | Kim's Convenience | Pastor Choi |
| 2016 | Colony | Man in Diner |
| 2015 | Zoo | Curtis |
| 2015 | The Whispers | team member 1 (Brent) |
| 2015 | Heroes Reborn | Hachiro Otomo |
| 2015 | iZombie | Lieutenant Suzuki |
| 2015 | Dark Matter | Emperor Ishida Tetsuda |
| 2015 | The Magicians | Professor March |
| 2015 | The Returned | Doctor Hiromoto |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle | Taishi Okamura |
| 2014 | The 100 | Council Member #3 |
| 2013 | Delete | Black Ops #3 |
| 2013 | Spooksville | Mr. Moonbeam |
| 2013 | The Tomorrow People | Corbin |
| 2013 | Bates Motel | Fumhiro Kurata |
| 2013 | Almost Human | Recollectionist |
| 2012 | Continuum | Dr. Ted Gibson |
| 2012 | Emily Owens, M.D. | Nobu Chiba |
| 2012 | Arrow | Neil Lamb |
| 2010 | Human Target | |
| 2010 | Caprica | Cyrus Xander |
| 2009 | The Listener | Supervisor |
| 2008 | Sanctuary | Ark-Fong Li |
| 2008 | Fringe | Executor |
| 2007 | Masters of Science Fiction | |
| 2007 | Reaper | Morris |
| 2006 | Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes | Mr. Fantastic (voice) |
| 2006 | Blade: The Series | |
| 2006 | Intelligence | |
| 2005 | Da Vinci's City Hall | |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Seattle ASAC |
| 2005 | Supernatural | Game Show Host |
| 2004 | The 4400 | Agent Park |
| 2001 | Smallville | Principal Kwan |
| 2001 | The Lone Gunmen | |
| 2001 | Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat | |
| 2001 | Special Unit 2 | Madison |
| 2000 | Andromeda | General Burma |
| 2000 | Dark Angel | Theo |
| 1998 | Cold Squad | |
| 1998 | Da Vinci's Inquest | |
| 1998 | Seven Days | |
| 1998 | First Wave | John Tran |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | M. Wayne |
| 1996 | Millennium | Agent Takahashi |
| 1996 | The Sentinel | Furukawa |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Tali |
| 1995 | The Outer Limits | Ron Hikida |
| 1995 | Sliders | Henry |
| 1994 | Viper | Otomo |
| 1994 | Viper | Tashogi |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Peter Tanaka |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Dr. Yonechi |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Garner |
| 1992 | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | Elvis #2 |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Akira Yoshida |