Hiro Kanagawa
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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
Credits
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
as Detective Clark
Godzilla (2014)
as Hayato
Playdate (2025)
as Colonel Kurtz
The Age of Adaline (2015)
as Kenneth
War (2007)
as Yoshido
The 6th Day (2000)
as Team Doctor
Midway (2019)
as Makigumo Captain
Elektra (2005)
as Meizumi
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
as Dr. Ikegawa
Orphan: First Kill (2022)
as Detective Donnan
Crying Freeman (1995)
as Temple Yakuza
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
as Japanese Delegate
Best in Show (2000)
as Pet Shop Owner
The Company You Keep (2012)
as FBI Agent Kanagawa
Replicant (2001)
as Lab Video Technician #1
The Hunted (1995)
as Lieutenant
Every Breath You Take (2021)
as Dr. Toth
The King of Fighters (2009)
as Saisyu Kusanagi
Needle in a Timestack (2021)
as Tattersall
Crisis (2021)
as Dr. Ishiyama
The Last Mimzy (2007)
as Scientist
Assault on Wall Street (2013)
as TV Host
Bliss (1997)
as Doctor
Doomsday Prophecy (2011)
as Dr. Yates
Excess Baggage (1997)
as Jon
Tricks (1997)
as Matsuba
Alive (2019)
as Dr. Nakamura
Spymate (2006)
as Japanese Chairman
Extreme Ops (2002)
as Mr. Imahara
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999)
as Controller
Ladies Night (2005)
as Mr. Muriyami
Deck the Halls (2011)
as Harry Saito
Hardwired (2009)
as Dr. Steckler
The Guilty (2000)
as Police Detective
Akashi (2025)
as Cab Driver
Hideaway (1995)
as Nurse Nakamura
Grave Halloween (2013)
as Jin
Futuresport (1999)
as Otomo Akira
Living with the Dead (2002)
as Frank the Business Consultant
American Dragons (1998)
as Nakai
Love, Once and Always (2018)
as Niven
Epicenter (2000)
as Agent Ted
First to Die (2003)
as Dr. Shimera
Bob the Butler (2005)
as Japanese Plumber
Touched by a Killer (2001)
as Steve Tunaki
Akashi (2018)
Actor
A Twist of Christmas (2018)
as Chester
Playing for Keeps (2009)
as Henry Wong
Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love (2016)
as Al Sandburg
Hiro (2005)
as Hiro
The Entrance (2006)
as Detective Nolan
Chaos and Desire (2002)
as Kiyoshi
My Name Is Kate (1994)
as Doctor
Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama (2024)
as Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice)
A Child Is Missing (1995)
as Agent Kurosaka
Best Friends (2005)
as Detective Myashiro
Hush (2005)
as Dr. Berke
Bloodhounds II (1996)
as Detective
Damaged Care (2002)
as Dr. Kitano
Down River (2013)
as Aki's Father
For Hope (1996)
as Dr. Black
Born Too Soon (1993)
as Resident
Protection (2000)
as Don
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family (2003)
as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations (2003)
as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
The Tailor (2020)
as Tailor
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: Vol. 1 (2006)
as Mr. Fantastic
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World (2003)
as Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
Deeper I Go (2020)
Actor
Class Warfare (2001)
as Mr. Tanaka