8.5
TV
Acting
Hiro Kanagawa
- Born
- (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Credits
- 149 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
8.5
TV
6.4
Movie
Godzilla
7.9
TV
The 100
8.3
TV
Supernatural
6.7
Movie
Fifty Shades Freed
8.4
TV
The Last of Us
7.5
Movie
The Age of Adaline
6.8
TV
Arrow
8.2
TV
Smallville
8.3
TV
Criminal Minds
5.7
Movie
The Day the Earth Stood Still
8.4
TV
The X-Files
7.8
TV
iZombie
8.1
TV
Fringe
8.1
TV
See
7.1
Movie
Midway
5.0
Movie
Elektra
7.2
TV
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Acting credits 149
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Playdate Film | Colonel Kurtz |
| 2025 | Akashi Film | Cab Driver |
| 2024 | Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama Film | Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice) |
| 2024 | Shōgun TV | Igarashi Yoshimoto (3 ep) |
| 2024 | Avatar: The Last Airbender TV | Fire Lord Sozin (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Sight Unseen TV | Roman Hayashi (1 ep) |
| 2023 | Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV | Headmaster (2 ep) |
| 2023 | The Night Agent TV | FBI Director Willett (3 ep) |
| 2023 | The Last of Us TV | Carlisle (1 ep) |
| 2022 | The Recruit TV | Kenta Nakano (2 ep) |
| 2022 | So Help Me Todd TV | Alistair Song (2 ep) |
| 2022 | Orphan: First Kill Film | Detective Donnan |
| 2022 | Pachinko TV | Goto (1 ep) |
| 2021 | Needle in a Timestack Film | Tattersall |
| 2021 | Every Breath You Take Film | Dr. Toth |
| 2021 | Crisis Film | Dr. Ishiyama |
| 2021 | Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan TV | Narrator (6 ep) |
| 2020 | Helstrom TV | Father Sean Okamoto (1 ep) |
| 2020 | Deeper I Go Film | |
| 2020 | The Tailor Film | Tailor |
| 2020 | Upload TV | Det. Sato (4 ep) |
| 2020 | Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist TV | Dr. Hamara (3 ep) |
| 2019 | Midway Film | Makigumo Captain |
| 2019 | See TV | Lord Unoa (4 ep) |
| 2019 | Alive Film | Dr. Nakamura |
| 2019 | The Order TV | Detective Hayashi (1 ep) |
| 2018 | A Twist of Christmas Film | Chester |
| 2018 | Impulse TV | Man Thrown Off Roof (1 ep) |
| 2018 | Akashi Film | |
| 2018 | Love, Once and Always Film | Niven |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon TV | Captain Tanaka (7 ep) |
| 2018 | Fifty Shades Freed Film | Detective Clark |
| 2017 | The Good Doctor TV | Paul Nakano (1 ep) |
| 2017 | Star Trek: Discovery TV | Dr. Hirai (4 ep) |
| 2016 | Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love Film | Al Sandburg |
| 2016 | Kim's Convenience TV | Pastor Choi (2 ep) |
| 2016 | Timeless TV | Agent Kondo (1 ep) |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor TV | Richard Kim (1 ep) |
| 2016 | DC's Legends of Tomorrow TV | Director Wilbur Burnett (4 ep) |
| 2016 | Colony TV | Man in Diner (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Magicians TV | Professor March (2 ep) |
| 2015 | Heroes Reborn TV | Hachiro Otomo (8 ep) |
| 2015 | Zoo TV | Curtis (1 ep) |
| 2015 | Dark Matter TV | Emperor Ishida Tetsuda (2 ep) |
| 2015 | The Whispers TV | team member 1 (Brent) (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Age of Adaline Film | Kenneth |
| 2015 | iZombie TV | Lieutenant Suzuki (7 ep) |
| 2015 | The Returned TV | Doctor Hiromoto (3 ep) |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle TV | Taishi Okamura (5 ep) |
| 2014 | Godzilla Film | Hayato |
| 2014 | The 100 TV | Council Member #3 (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Almost Human TV | Recollectionist (2 ep) |
| 2013 | Spooksville TV | Mr. Moonbeam (2 ep) |
| 2013 | Grave Halloween Film | Jin |
| 2013 | The Tomorrow People TV | Corbin (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Down River Film | Aki's Father |
| 2013 | Delete TV | Black Ops #3 (1 ep) |
| 2013 | Assault on Wall Street Film | TV Host |
| 2013 | Bates Motel TV | Fumhiro Kurata (2 ep) |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep Film | FBI Agent Kanagawa |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Da Vinci's City Hall TV | Writer (1 ep) |