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