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