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