Hiro Kanagawa
Acting • Born 1963-10-13
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.
Filmography
148 credits
Epicenter
Movie • 2000
Agent Ted
Hardwired
Movie • 2009
Dr. Steckler
Needle in a Timestack
Movie • 2021
Tattersall
Elektra
Movie • 2005
Meizumi
The King of Fighters
Movie • 2009
Saisyu Kusanagi
War
Movie • 2007
Yoshido
Love, Once and Always
Movie • 2018
Niven
Deck the Halls
Movie • 2011
Harry Saito
Doomsday Prophecy
Movie • 2011
Dr. Yates
American Dragons
Movie • 1998
Nakai
Hush
Movie • 2005
Dr. Berke
Grave Halloween
Movie • 2013
Jin
Godzilla
Movie • 2014
Hayato
Tricks
Movie • 1997
Matsuba
The Age of Adaline
Movie • 2015
Kenneth
Replicant
Movie • 2001
Lab Video Technician #1
Playing for Keeps
Movie • 2009
Henry Wong
Ladies Night
Movie • 2005
Mr. Muriyami
Bob the Butler
Movie • 2005
Japanese Plumber
A Child Is Missing
Movie • 1995
Agent Kurosaka
Excess Baggage
Movie • 1997
Jon
Assault on Wall Street
Movie • 2013
TV Host
Damaged Care
Movie • 2002
Dr. Kitano
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Sagwa's Storybook World
Movie • 2003
Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Cat Tales and Celebrations
Movie • 2003
Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat: Feline, Friends and Family
Movie • 2003
Shan-Tai-Yeh the Foolish Magistrate
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying
Movie • 1999
Controller
My Name Is Kate
Movie • 1994
Doctor
Living with the Dead
Movie • 2002
Frank the Business Consultant
Fifty Shades Freed
Movie • 2018
Detective Clark
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie • 2008
Dr. Ikegawa
Best in Show
Movie • 2000
Pet Shop Owner
Hideaway
Movie • 1995
Nurse Nakamura
Akashi
Movie • 2018
The Entrance
Movie • 2006
Detective Nolan
A Twist of Christmas
Movie • 2018
Chester
Josie and the Pussycats
Movie • 2001
Japanese Delegate
The 6th Day
Movie • 2000
Team Doctor
Touched by a Killer
Movie • 2001
Steve Tunaki
Midway
Movie • 2019
Makigumo Captain
Deeper I Go
Movie • 2020
Chaos and Desire
Movie • 2002
Kiyoshi
Orphan: First Kill
Movie • 2022
Detective Donnan
The Last Mimzy
Movie • 2007
Scientist
The Guilty
Movie • 2000
Police Detective
Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love
Movie • 2016
Al Sandburg
Every Breath You Take
Movie • 2021
Dr. Toth
For Hope
Movie • 1996
Dr. Black
Born Too Soon
Movie • 1993
Resident
Crisis
Movie • 2021
Dr. Ishiyama
The Tailor
Movie • 2020
Tailor
Protection
Movie • 2000
Don
Bliss
Movie • 1997
Doctor
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes: Vol. 1
Movie • 2006
Mr. Fantastic
Class Warfare
Movie • 2001
Mr. Tanaka
Crying Freeman
Movie • 1995
Temple Yakuza
Between Pictures: The Lens of Tamio Wakayama
Movie • 2024
Tamio Wakayama / Narrator (voice)
Best Friends
Movie • 2005
Detective Myashiro
Down River
Movie • 2013
Aki's Father
Extreme Ops
Movie • 2002
Mr. Imahara
The Company You Keep
Movie • 2012
FBI Agent Kanagawa
Spymate
Movie • 2006
Japanese Chairman
First to Die
Movie • 2003
Dr. Shimera
Bloodhounds II
Movie • 1996
Detective
Akashi
Movie • 2025
Cab Driver
Alive
Movie • 2019
Dr. Nakamura
Playdate
Movie • 2025
Colonel Kurtz
The Hunted
Movie • 1995
Lieutenant
Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
TV • 2006
Mr. Fantastic (voice)
Cold Squad
TV • 1998
Da Vinci's City Hall
TV • 2005
The 100
TV • 2014
Council Member #3
Da Vinci's Inquest
TV • 1998
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
TV • 2021
Narrator
Masters of Science Fiction
TV • 2007
Andromeda
TV • 2000
General Burma
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Peter Tanaka
Millennium
TV • 1996
Agent Takahashi
Smallville
TV • 2001
Principal Kwan
Blade: The Series
TV • 2006
The Lone Gunmen
TV • 2001
Seven Days
TV • 1998
Reaper
TV • 2007
Morris
Intelligence
TV • 2006
The Good Doctor
TV • 2017
Paul Nakano
Human Target
TV • 2010
Lt. Peale
Zoo
TV • 2015
Curtis
The Night Agent
TV • 2023
FBI Director Willett
Continuum
TV • 2012
Dr. Ted Gibson
Sagwa The Chinese Siamese Cat
TV • 2001
The 4400
TV • 2004
Agent Park
Dark Angel
TV • 2000
Theo
The Whispers
TV • 2015
team member 1 (Brent)
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Dr. Yonechi
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
M. Wayne
Delete
TV • 2013
Black Ops #3
Heroes Reborn
TV • 2015
Hachiro Otomo
Viper
TV • 1994
Otomo
Viper
TV • 1994
Tashogi
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
Seattle ASAC
iZombie
TV • 2015
Lieutenant Suzuki
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Tali
The Outer Limits
TV • 1995
Ron Hikida
Star Trek: Discovery
TV • 2017
Dr. Hirai
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Game Show Host
Pachinko
TV • 2022
Goto
Dark Matter
TV • 2015
Emperor Ishida Tetsuda
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TV • 2016
Director Wilbur Burnett
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Professor March
Upload
TV • 2020
Det. Sato
Impulse
TV • 2018
Man Thrown Off Roof
Sanctuary
TV • 2008
Ark-Fong Li
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
TV • 2023
Headmaster
The Returned
TV • 2015
Doctor Hiromoto
Altered Carbon
TV • 2018
Captain Tanaka
Timeless
TV • 2016
Agent Kondo
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
TV • 1992
Elvis #2
Sliders
TV • 1995
Henry
Shōgun
TV • 2024
Igarashi Yoshimoto
Sight Unseen
TV • 2024
Roman Hayashi
Avatar the Last Airbender
TV • 2024
Fire Lord Sozin
So Help Me Todd
TV • 2022
Alistair Song
Highlander: The Series
TV • 1992
Akira Yoshida
Designated Survivor
TV • 2016
Richard Kim
Special Unit 2
TV • 2001
Madison
Spooksville
TV • 2013
Mr. Moonbeam
See
TV • 2019
Lord Unoa
The Man in the High Castle
TV • 2015
Taishi Okamura
The Tomorrow People
TV • 2013
Corbin
Caprica
TV • 2010
Cyrus Xander
Kim's Convenience
TV • 2016
Pastor Choi
Emily Owens, M.D.
TV • 2012
Nobu Chiba
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Garner
The Sentinel
TV • 1996
Furukawa
Fringe
TV • 2008
Executor
First Wave
TV • 1998
John Tran
The Listener
TV • 2009
Supervisor
Arrow
TV • 2012
Neil Lamb
The Order
TV • 2019
Detective Hayashi
Bates Motel
TV • 2013
Fumhiro Kurata
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
TV • 2020
Dr. Hamara
Colony
TV • 2016
Man in Diner
Helstrom
TV • 2020
Father Sean Okamoto
Almost Human
TV • 2013
Recollectionist
The Recruit
TV • 2022
Kenta Nakano
The Last of Us
TV • 2023
Carlisle
Millennium
TV • 1996
Detective Rondell
Millennium
TV • 1996
Shopkeeper