Hiro Kanagawa
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  • Born:
    • Birthday: 1963-10-13
    • Born Place: Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
  • Also Known As:

    Hiro Kangawa, 神奈川宏幸, 金川弘敦, هیرو کاناگاوا, Hironobu Kanagawa, 金川 弘敦, かながわ ひろのぶ, ヒロ カナガワ

Hiro Kanagawa

Hiro Kanagawa is a highly accomplished Canadian actor, award-winning playwright, and screenwriter based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Born in Sapporo, Japan, in 1963, he grew up across various international locations, including Guelph, Ontario, and Tokyo, cultivating a diverse background before settling in Vancouver in 1990. As an actor, he has an extensive and diverse resume of nearly 170 credits, frequently appearing in projects filmed in the Vancouver area. His notable live-action roles include Captain Tanaka in the Netflix series Altered Carbon, Principal James Kwan in Smallville, Taishi Okamura in The Man in the High Castle, Lieutenant Suzuki in iZombie, and Detective Sato in the Amazon series Upload. He has also appeared in recent hits like Shōgun, The Last of Us, Star Trek: Discovery, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Beyond live-action, Kanagawa is a prolific voice actor, known for roles such as the voice of Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes and the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. As a writer, he is critically acclaimed, having received the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award for Drama for his play Indian Arm. He has also served as a story editor on acclaimed Canadian series like Da Vinci's Inquest and Intelligence.

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