1960 - Today
Hiroyuki Sanada (真田 広之, Sanada Hiroyuki, 12 October 1960) is a Japanese actor and martial artist. He is best known to international audiences for his roles as Genbu in Ninja in the Dragon's Den, Ryuji Takayama in Ring, Tasogare Seibei in The Twilight Samurai, Ujio in The Last Samurai, Kenji in Rush Hour 3, and Scorpion in Mortal Kombat. His role as 'The Fool' in the Shakespeare play King Lear also gave him notable theatrical notice in the United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiroyuki Sanada has received more than 4,834,783 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Hiroyuki Sanada is the 1,142nd most popular actor (down from 1,021st in 2019), the 483rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 464th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Japanese Actor.
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Among actors, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 1,142 out of 10,030. Before him are Diane Kruger, Mary Steenburgen, Matthew Broderick, Louise Brooks, Gabriel Macht, and Martin Lawrence. After him are Jim Caviezel, Thomas Kretschmann, Jaclyn Smith, Bob Gunton, Conrad Veidt, and Bridget Fonda.
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,136
1953 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 1,137
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,138
1906 - 1985
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 1,139
1972 - Present
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 1,140
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 1,141
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 1,142
1968 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,143
1962 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,144
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,145
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,146
1893 - 1943
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,147
1964 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 1,148
Among people born in 1960, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 53. Before him are Fayez al-Sarraj, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Neil Gaiman, Brian Cowen, Sarah Brightman, and Rafael Benítez. After him are Barham Salih, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Anne Parillaud, Gary Lineker, Gia Carangi, and Damon Wayans.
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 47
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.24
Rank: 48
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 49
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 50
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 51
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 52
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 53
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 54
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 55
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 56
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 57
1960 - 1986
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 58
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 59
Among people born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 483 out of 5,560. Before him are Nobuyuki Oishi (1939), Yoshijirō Umezu (1882), Emperor Montoku (827), Takahashi Korekiyo (1854), Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902), and Kusunoki Masashige (1294). After him are Yamamoto Gonnohyōe (1852), Dom Justo Takayama (1552), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Akiyuki Nosaka (1930), Masaaki Hatsumi (1931), and Ii Naomasa (1561).
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 477
1882 - 1949
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 478
827 - 858
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 479
1854 - 1936
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 480
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 481
1294 - 1336
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 482
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 483
1852 - 1933
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 484
1552 - 1615
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 485
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 486
1930 - 2015
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 487
1931 - Present
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 488
1561 - 1602
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 489
Among actors born in Japan, Hiroyuki Sanada ranks 11. Before him are Takashi Shimura (1905), Sonny Chiba (1939), Setsuko Hara (1920), Tatsuya Nakadai (1932), Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950), and Hibari Misora (1937). After him are Machiko Kyō (1924), Ken Takakura (1931), Akiko Wakabayashi (1941), Victoria Principal (1950), Sessue Hayakawa (1886), and Momoko Kōchi (1932).
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 6
1920 - 2015
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 7
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 9
1937 - 1989
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 11
1924 - 2019
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 12
1931 - 2014
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 13
1941 - Present
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 14
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 15
1886 - 1973
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 16
1932 - 1998
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 17