Hiro Kanagawa
金川 弘敦
Born
Hironobu Kanagawa

(1963-10-13) October 13, 1963
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
NationalityJapanese Canadian
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
Years active1979–present

Hironobu Kanagawa (金川 弘敦, Kanagawa Hironobu, October 13, 1963) is a Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2] He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including The X-Files, 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.

Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play Indian Arm.

Early life and education

Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan[3] and grew up in Guelph, Ontario, Sterling Heights, Michigan, and Tokyo.

Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury College, where he graduated in 1986.[4][5] After dropping out of his initial graduate program, he re-enrolled at Simon Fraser University, where he completed his first play[5] and completed his MFA in 1994.[6]

He has lived in Vancouver since 1990.[1]

Career

Kanagawa played Principal Kwan in TV series Smallville. He also voiced Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. He was also the voice of Mister Fantastic on Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Kanagawa has the distinction of having played three different characters in the TV series The X-Files, appearing independently in seasons 2, 4 and 10. Besides acting, Kanagawa is also a playwright[2] and screenwriter and teaches creative writing in the English department at Capilano University.

In 2015, he won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Script for his play Indian Arm, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf.[4] In 2017, Indian Arm won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.[7][8]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1993 Born Too Soon Resident
1994 My Name is Kate Doctor
1994 Voices from Within Medical Examiner
1995 A Child Is Missing Agent Kurosaka
1995 Cyberjack (aka Virtual Assassin) Kenji
1997 Bliss Emergency Doctor
1997 Excess Baggage Jon
1998 Futuresport Otomo Akira
1999 Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying Controller
1999 Resurrection Tech #2 Television film
2000 The Linda McCartney Story Senior Narcotics Officer Television film
2000 The Guilty Police Detective
2000 Protection Don
2000 Best in Show Pet Shop Owner
2003 Betrayed Dr. Tanaka Television film
2005 Hiro Hiro
2005 Best Friends Detective Miyashiro
2006 Family in Hiding Kanagawa
2007 War Yoshido
2008 The Day the Earth Stood Still Dr. Ikegawa
2009 Hardwired Dr. Steckler
2009 Girlfriend Experience John
2010 The King of Fighters Saisyu Kusanagi
2011 Doomsday Prophecy Dr. Yates
2011 Earth's Final Hours Tech
2013 Down River Aki's Father
2013 Grave Halloween Jin
2014 Godzilla Hayato
2015 The Age of Adaline Kenneth
2018 Fifty Shades Freed Detective Clark
2021 Crisis Dr. Ishiyama
2021 Every Breath You Take Dr. Toth
2022 Orphan: First Kill Detective Donnan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Highlander: The Series Herbalist Deleted Scene
1994 Madison Teacher
1994 Highlander: The Series Akira Yoshida
1994 M.A.N.T.I.S. Yakuza Translator
1994–2016 The X-Files Dr. Yonechi / Peter Tanaka / Garner
1998–2000 The Outer Limits Ron Hikida / Tali 2 episodes
1998 ‘Cold Squad’
1996 Sliders Henry Episode: "Obsession"
1998 The Inspectors Polygraph Tech Television film
1999 The Net Frank Episode: "Y2K - Total System Failure"
2000 Seven Days Mr. Kim / Dr. Oshima 2 episodes
2000 Dark Angel Theo Episode: "Pilot"
2001–2002 Smallville Principal Kwan 5 episodes
2002 Damaged Care Dr. Kitano
2002 Living with the Dead Frank the Business Consultant
2005 The 4400 Agent Park 2 episodes
2005 Criminal Minds Seattle ASAC Episode: "Extreme Aggressor"
2005 Steklo Akira
2005 Andromeda Burma 2 episodes
2005 Stargate SG-1 Mr Wayne Episode: "Full Alert"
2005 Da Vinci's City Hall Fire Captain Roy Komori 9 episodes
2006 Blade: The Series Taka Episode: "The Sacrifice"
2007 Intelligence Detective Ogawa 7 episodes
2008 Heroes and Villains Mitsunari Ishida Episode: "Shogun"
2008 What Color Is Love? Henry Wong Episode:
2008 The Story of Saiunkoku Kaku Episode: "It's the Company That Makes Travel Unpleasant"
2009 Supernatural Game Show Host Episode: "Changing Channels"
2009 Reaper Morris 3 episodes
2009 Sanctuary Ark-Fong Li Episode: "Eulogy"
2010 Caprica Cyrus Xander 13 episodes
2010 Human Target Lt. Peale Episode: "Pilot"
2010 Fringe Lawyer Episode: "The Box"
2011–12 The Secret Circle Calvin Wilson 2 episodes
2012 Continuum Dr. Ted Gibson Season 1 episode 3
2012–14 Blackstone Harold 4 episodes
2013 The Tomorrow People Corbin Episode: "All Tomorrow's Parties"
2013 Bates Motel Dr. Kurata 2 episodes
2014 The 100 Council Member #3 3 episodes, season 1
2015–2018 iZombie Lieutenant Suzuki 8 episodes, Recurring role, season 1, 4
2015 The Returned Dr. Hiromoto 3 episodes
2015 The Magicians Professor March 2 episodes
2015–16 The Man in the High Castle Taishi Okamura 5 episodes
2015 The Whispers Team Member 1 Brent 3 episodes
2015 Dark Matter Emperor Ishida Tetsuda 2 episodes
2015–16 Heroes Reborn Hachiro Otomo/Red Samurai 8 episodes
2016 Timeless Agent Kondo Episode: "Pilot"
2016 Zoo Curtis Episode: "The Moon and the Star"
2016 Kim's Convenience Pastor Choi 2 episodes
2017–18 Legends of Tomorrow Director Wilbur Bennett 4 episodes, season 3
2018 Altered Carbon Captain Tanaka 7 episodes
2018 Salvation Chief Justice Martin Cheng 4 episodes
2018 Designated Survivor NASA Liaison to the President Richard Kim Episode: "The Final Frontier"
2019 The Order Detective Hayashi Episode: "Hell Week, Part One"
2019 Warigami James Ohata 6 episodes
2019 The Terror Dr. Kitamura 2 episodes
2019 Limetown R.B. Villard 2 episodes
2019 See Lord Unoa 4 episodes
2020 Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Dr. Hamara 3 episodes
2020 Helstrom Father Sean Okamoto Episode: "Viaticum"
2021 Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan Narrator 6 episodes
2021 The Good Doctor Dr. Paul Nakano Episode: "Letting Go"
2021 Upload Sato 3 episodes
2022 Star Trek: Discovery Dr. Hirai 4 episodes
2022 Pachinko Goto-San Episode: "Chapter One"
2022–2023 So Help Me Todd Alistair Song 2 episodes

Voice acting

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Mobile Suit Gundam Gihren Zabi
2001 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat The Foolish Magistrate
2003 Master Keaton Fumio Hisayama
2004 InuYasha Saint Hakushin
2006–07 Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes Mr. Fantastic
2007 Black Lagoon Col. Matsuto
2020 Monster Beach Stress Leave
2021 Future Boy Conan Dr. Briac Lao
2022 Team Zenko Go Mr. Tanaka

Games

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front Gihren Zabi
2001 Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon Gihren Zabi

References

  1. 1 2 "God's Baboons » Cast » Hiro Kanagawa". Godsbaboons.com. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
  2. 1 2 Birnie, Peter (November 25, 2010). "Stanley Park storm inspires Christmas play". The Vancouver Sun. Postmedia. p. C.7. Archived from the original on June 24, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ Fleshman, Cu (2019-10-30). "From 'Limetown' to 'See,' Actor Hiro Kanagawa Is Turning Up The Thrills". Character Media. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
  4. 1 2 Middlebury College (2018). Middlebury College magazine. Vol. 92, No. 3 : 2018. Middlebury, Vt. : The College, 1981-.
  5. 1 2 Cleugh, Janis (October 17, 2017). "PoMo playwright up for GG award". Tri-City News. Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  6. ↑ "Hiro Kanagawa | Asian Heritage in Canada". Retrieved 2020-02-08.
  7. ↑ Hennig, Clare (November 5, 2017). "Port Moody playwright wins national award for Indian Arm". CBC. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Governor General Literary Awards announced: Joel Thomas Hynes wins top English fiction prize". CBC News, November 1, 2017.
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