Hiro Kanagawa

Hiro Kanagawa

actor, writer, additional crew

Hiro Kanagawa was born on Oct 13, 1963 in Japan. Hiro Kanagawa's big-screen debut came with The Round Table - Season 1 directed by Jeff Bleckner in 1992, strarring 1 episode, 1992. Hiro Kanagawa is known for Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan directed by Stephen Scott, Hiro Kanagawa stars as Narrator and Hayate Masao as Ieyasu Tokugawa. Hiro Kanagawa has got 2 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Hiro Kanagawa achieved is UBCP/ACTRA Awards, Vancouver. The upcoming new tvshow Hiro Kanagawa plays is Shogun - Season 1 which will be released on Dec 31, 2023.

Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor and writer. Born in Sapporo, Japan, he spent his childhood in Guelph, Ontario and Sterling Heights, Michigan before attending International Christian University High School in Tokyo where he acted in his first student films and stage productions. Returning to the U.S., he attended Middlebury College, VT, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Tyler School of Art at Temple University before settling in Vancouver, BC. Since 1990, his multi-faceted career has earned him numerous stage awards and distinctions in his native Canada. Internationally, he is perhaps best known for his recurring roles and guest appearances on popular American television series such as Altered Carbon (2018), X Files: aux frontières du réel (1993), iZombie (2015), and Smallville (2001), and for memorable comedic turns in hits like Bêtes de scène (2000) and Supernatural (2005). His screenwriting credits include story editing on the critically-acclaimed Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Da Vinci's City Hall (2005), Intelligence (2005), and Blackstone (2009). Also an accomplished playwright, he received the 2017 Governor-General's Literary Award for Drama for his play Indian Arm.

  • Birthday

    Oct 13, 1963
  • Place of Birth

    Sapporo, Japan
  • Also known

    Hiro Kangawa

Known For

Awards

2 wins & 4 nominations

UBCP/ACTRA Awards, Vancouver
2021
Deeper I Go (2020)
Winner - Best Supporting Performance, Male
Deeper I Go (2020)
Vancouver Short Film Festival
2021
Best Performance by a Man
Winner - Chilliwack Independent Film Festival Award
Deeper I Go (2020)

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