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Hironobu Kanagawa is a Japanese-Canadian actor, voice 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.
Born
Sunday, 13 October 1963
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shōgun | Igarashi Yoshitomo | 2024 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Fire Lord Sozin | 2024 |
| Sight Unseen | Roman Hayashi | 2024 |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Headmaster | 2023 |
| Murdaugh Murders: The Movie | Judge Reynolds | 2023 |
| The Night Agent | FBI Director Willett | 2023 |
| So Help Me Todd | Alistair Song | 2022 |
| Orphan: First Kill | Detective Donnan | 2022 |
| Pachinko | Goto-San | 2022 |
| Team Zenko Go | Mr. Tanaka / Passerby / Man | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Shōgun | Igarashi Yoshitomo | 2024 |
| Avatar: The Last Airbender | Fire Lord Sozin | 2024 |
| Sight Unseen | Roman Hayashi | 2024 |
| Percy Jackson and the Olympians | Headmaster | 2023 |
| Murdaugh Murders: The Movie | Judge Reynolds | 2023 |
| The Night Agent | FBI Director Willett | 2023 |
| So Help Me Todd | Alistair Song | 2022 |
| Orphan: First Kill | Detective Donnan | 2022 |
| Pachinko | Goto-San | 2022 |
| Team Zenko Go | Mr. Tanaka / Passerby / Man | 2022 |
| Needle in a Timestack | Tattersall | 2021 |
| Every Breath You Take | Dr. Toth | 2021 |
| Crisis | Dr. Ishiyama | 2021 |
| Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan | Narrator | 2021 |
| Helstrom | Father Sean Okamoto | 2020 |
| Sleeping with Danger | Stewart Yanagita | 2020 |
| Dead Talk Live | Self - Guest | 2020 |
| Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist | Dr. Hamara | 2020 |
| Upload | Det. Sato | 2020 |
| See | Lord Unoa | 2019 |
| Midway | Makigumo Captain | 2019 |
| Limetown | Reynaud Bram Villard | 2019 |
| Warigami | James Ohata | 2019 |
| The Order | Detective Hayashi | 2019 |
| A Twist of Christmas | Chester | 2018 |
| Charmed | Dr. Tanaka | 2018 |
| Impulse | Man Thrown Off Roof | 2018 |
| Love, Once and Always | Niven | 2018 |
| The Terror | Dr. Kitamura | 2018 |
| Fifty Shades Freed | Detective Clark | 2018 |
| Altered Carbon | Captain Tanaka | 2018 |
| The Good Doctor | Dr. Paul Nakano | 2017 |
| Star Trek: Discovery | Dr. Hirai | 2017 |
| Salvation | Chief Justice Cheng / Chief Justice | 2017 |
| Hailey Dean Mystery: Murder, With Love | Al Sandburg | 2016 |
| Kim's Convenience | Pastor Choi | 2016 |
| Timeless | Agent Kondo | 2016 |
| Designated Survivor | Richard Kim | 2016 |
| DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Director Bennett | 2016 |
| Colony | Man in Diner | 2016 |
| The Magicians | Professor March | 2015 |
| The Romeo Section | Detective Tanaka | 2015 |
| Heroes Reborn | Hachiro Otomo | 2015 |
| Zoo | Curtis | 2015 |
| Dark Matter | Emperor Ishida Tetsuda | 2015 |
| The Whispers | Team Member 1 Brent | 2015 |
| The Age of Adaline | Kenneth | 2015 |
| iZombie | Lieutenant Suzuki | 2015 |
| The Returned | Doctor Hiromoto | 2015 |
| Backstrom | Judge Hillerman | 2015 |
| The Man in the High Castle | Taishi Okamura | 2015 |
| Godzilla | Hayato | 2014 |
| The 100 | Council Member #3 | 2014 |
| Spooksville | Mr. Moonbeam | 2013 |
| Grave Halloween | Jin | 2013 |
| The Tomorrow People | Corbin | 2013 |
| Down River | Aki's Father | 2013 |
| Almost Human | Recollectionist | 2013 |
| Assault on Wall Street | TV Host | 2013 |
| The Carpenter's Miracle | Dr. Peter Nakatomi | 2013 |
| Bates Motel | Dr. Kurata | 2013 |
| Delete | Black Ops #3 | 2013 |
| Motive | Craig Sugimoto | 2013 |
| Emily Owens M.D. | Dr. Nobu Chiba / Dr. Balian | 2012 |
| Arrow | Dr. Neil Lamb / Dr. Lamb | 2012 |
| The Company You Keep | FBI Agent Kanagawa | 2012 |
| Deck the Halls | Harry Saito | 2011 |
| Donovan's Echo | Kaisha | 2011 |
| The Secret Circle | Calvin Wilson | 2011 |
| Doomsday Prophecy | Dr. Yates | 2011 |
| Earth's Final Hours | Tech | 2011 |
| The Killing | Mr. Kwon | 2011 |
| Chaos | Operative Flowers | 2011 |
| Blackstone | Harold | 2011 |
| Fairly Legal | Dale Rence | 2011 |
| Her Story | Master | 2011 |
| True Justice | Ichrio Yamazaki | 2010 |
| Tower Prep | Mr. Sato | 2010 |
| The King of Fighters | Saisyu Kusanagi | 2010 |
| Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail | Shi Yan | 2010 |
| Human Target | Lt. Peale | 2010 |
| Hardwired | Dr. Steckler | 2009 |
| Caprica | Cyrus Xander | 2009 |
| The Listener | Supervisor | 2009 |
| What Color Is Love? | Henry Wong / Henry Wang | 2009 |
| The Day the Earth Stood Still | Dr. Ikegawa | 2008 |
| Girlfriend Experience | John | 2008 |
| Sanctuary | Ark-Fong Li | 2008 |
| Fringe | Executor | 2008 |
| Heroes and Villains | Mitsunari Ishida | 2007 |
| Sword of the Stranger | Shoan | 2007 |
| Reaper | Morris / (credit only) | 2007 |
| War | Yoshido | 2007 |
| Masters of Science Fiction | Captain Oguchi | 2007 |
| The Last Mimzy | Scientist | 2007 |
| The Entrance | Detective Nolan | 2006 |
| Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes | Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic / Mr. Fantastic (voice) | 2006 |
| Family in Hiding | Kanagawa | 2006 |
| Blade: The Series | Taka | 2006 |
| The Story of Saiunkoku | Kuku | 2006 |
| Black Lagoon | Fujiwara / Lieutenant Colonel Matsuda | 2006 |
| Intelligence | Detective Ogawa | 2005 |
| Best Friends | Detective Miyashiro | 2005 |
| Da Vinci's City Hall | Fire Captain Roy Komori | 2005 |
| Criminal Minds | Seattle ASAC | 2005 |
| Supernatural | Game Show Host | 2005 |
| Hush | Dr. Berke | 2005 |
| Bob the Butler | Japanese Plumber | 2005 |
| Ladies Night | Mr. Muriyami | 2005 |
| Elektra | Meizumi | 2005 |
| The Five People You Meet in Heaven | Japanese Guard #1 | 2004 |
| The 4400 | Agent Park | 2004 |
| Public Lighting | 2004 | |
| Little Brother of War | Detective Nolan | 2003 |
| Spymate | Japanese Chairman | 2003 |
| 1st to Die | Dr. Shimera | 2003 |
| Extreme Ops | Mr. Imahara | 2002 |
| Chaos and Desire | Kiyoshi | 2002 |
| Living with the Dead | Frank the Business Consultant | 2002 |
| Just Cause | Judge Elkins | 2001 |
| Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat | Magistrate / Wukong | 2001 |
| Smallville | Principal H. James Kwan | 2001 |
| Replicant | Lab Video Technician #1 | 2001 |
| Special Unit 2 | Madison | 2001 |
| Class Warfare | Mr. Tanaka | 2001 |
| Josie and the Pussycats | Japanese Delegate | 2001 |
| The Lone Gunmen | Business Man | 2001 |
| Touched by a Killer | Steve Tunaki / Steve Tanaki | 2001 |
| Big Sound | Photographer | 2000 |
| The 6th Day | Team Doctor | 2000 |
| Inuyasha | Hakushin | 2000 |
| Andromeda | General Burma | 2000 |
| Best in Show | Pet Shop Owner | 2000 |
| Beautiful Joe | Japanese Business Man #1 | 2000 |
| The Guilty | Police Detective | 2000 |
| The Linda McCartney Story | Senior Narcotics Officer | 2000 |
| Epicenter | Agent Ted | 2000 |
| Secret Agent Man | Tokyo Chief | 2000 |
| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York | City Official #4 | 1999 |
| Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying | Controller | 1999 |
| Seven Days | Mr. Kim / Dr. Oshima | 1998 |
| Da Vinci's Inquest | Dr. Ken Ozaki | 1998 |
| Mercy Point | Yaguchi | 1998 |
| Futuresport | Otomo Akira | 1998 |
| The Inspectors | Polygraph Tech | 1998 |
| American Dragons | Nakai | 1998 |
| First Wave | John Tran | 1998 |
| Every Mother's Worst Fear | Computer Agent | 1998 |
| The Net | Frank | 1998 |
| Cold Squad | Det. James Kai | 1998 |
| Tricks | Matsuba | 1997 |
| Breaker High | Mr. Taneka | 1997 |
| Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Japanese Game Show Host | 1997 |
| Excess Baggage | Jon | 1997 |
| Stargate SG-1 | Mr. Wayne | 1997 |
| Survival on the Mountain | Ang | 1997 |
| Bliss | Doctor | 1997 |
| For Hope | Dr. Black | 1996 |
| Millennium | Team Member Lewis / Shopkeeper / Detective Rondell / Agent Takahashi | 1996 |
| The Sentinel | Furukawa | 1996 |
| Mask of Death | ER Doctor | 1996 |
| Bloodhounds II | Detective | 1996 |
| A Child Is Missing | Agent Kurosaka | 1995 |
| Cyberjack | Kenji | 1995 |
| Crying Freeman | Temple Yakuza | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Tali / Ron Hikida | 1995 |
| Sliders | Henry | 1995 |
| Hideaway | Nurse Nakamura | 1995 |
| The Hunted | Lieutenant | 1995 |
| M.A.N.T.I.S. | Yakuza Translator | 1994 |
| Viper | Tashogi / Otomo | 1994 |
| Madison | Teacher | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Peter Tanaka / Garner / Dr. Yonechi | 1993 |
| Highlander | Akira Yoshida | 1992 |
| North of 60 | Noriyoshi Misoguchi | 1992 |
| Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | Elvis 2 | 1992 |
| Mobile Suit Gundam | Gihren Zabi | 1979 |
