Hiro Kanagawa

He is also a four-time Leo Award nominee.

• Name — Hiro Kanagawa • Native Name — 金川 弘敦 • Birth Name — Hironobu Kanagawa • Born — 13 October 1963 • Birthplace — Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan • Education — * Middlebury College (BA) • Simon Fraser University (MA) • Occupation — * Actor • playwright • screenwriter • Years Active — 1979–present • Website — https: www.hirokanagawa.com/ Kanagawa Hironobu

Kanagawa was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan and grew up in Guelph, Ontario, Sterling Heights, Michigan, and Tokyo. He graduated from International Christian University High School. Prior to his acting career, he worked in Tokyo as a sculptor and rock musician. Kanagawa conducted his undergraduate studies in sculpting at Middlebury College, where he graduated in 1986. He also attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. After dropping out of his initial graduate program, he re-enrolled at Simon Fraser University, where he completed his first play and completed his MFA in 1994.

Kanagawa played Principal Kwan in the television series Smallville. He also voiced Gihren Zabi from Mobile Suit Gundam. He was also the voice of Mister Fantastic on Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Kanagawa has the distinction of having played three different characters in the television series The X-Files, appearing independently in seasons 2, 4, and 10. From 2015 to 2016, he played Yakuza boss Tashi in the alternate history series The Man in the High Castle. Besides acting, Kanagawa is also a playwright and screenwriter and teaches creative writing in the English department at Capilano University. He is an Associate Member of the Playwrights' Theatre Centre. In 2015, he won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Script for his play Indian Arm, an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's Little Eyolf. In 2017, Indian Arm won the Governor General's Award for English-language drama.

Kanagawa has lived in British Columbia since 1990. He resides in Port Moody, British Columbia, with his wife, artist Tasha Faye Evans. They have two children together.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1994 — Madison — Teacher • Highlander: The Series — Akira Yoshida — Episode: "The Samurai" • M.A.N.T.I.S. — Yakuza Translator • 1994, 1997, 2016 — data-sort-value="X-Files, The" | The X-Files — Dr. Yonechi, Peter Tanaka, Garner — 3 episodes • 1998, 2000 — data-sort-value="Outer Limits, The" | The Outer Limits — Ron Hikida / Tali — 2 episodes • 1996 — Sliders — Henry — Episode: "Obsession" • 1998 — Cold Squad • data-sort-value="Inspectors, The" | The Inspectors — Polygraph Tech — Television film • 1999 — data-sort-value="Net, The" | The Net — Frank — Episode: "Y2K - Total System Failure" • 2000 — Seven Days — Mr. Kim / Dr. Oshima — 2 episodes • Dark Angel — Theo — Episode: "Pilot" • The Linda McCartney Story — Senior Narcotics Officer — Television film • 2001–02 — Smallville — Principal James Kwan — 5 episodes • 2002 — Damaged Care — Dr. Kitano • Living with the Dead — Frank the Business Consultant • 2003 — Betrayed — Dr. Tanaka — Television film • 2005 — data-sort-value="4400, The" | The 4400 — Agent Park — 2 episodes • Criminal Minds — Seattle ASAC — Episode: "Extreme Aggressor" • Steklo — Akira • Andromeda — Burma — 2 episodes • Stargate SG-1 — Mr Wayne — Episode: "Full Alert" • Da Vinci's City Hall — Fire Captain Roy Komori — 9 episodes • 2006 — Blade: The Series — Taka — Episode: "The Sacrifice" • 2007 — Intelligence — Detective Ogawa — 7 episodes • 2008 — Heroes and Villains — Mitsunari Ishida — Episode: "Shogun" • What Color Is Love? — Henry Wong — Episode: • data-sort-value="Story of Saiunkoku, The" | The Story of Saiunkoku — Kaku — Episode: "It's the Company That Makes Travel Unpleasant" • 2009 — Supernatural — Game Show Host — Episode: "Changing Channels" • Reaper — Morris — 3 episodes • Sanctuary — Ark-Fong Li — Episode: "Eulogy" • 2010 — Caprica — Cyrus Xander — 13 episodes • Human Target — Lt. Peale — Episode: "Pilot" • Fringe — Lawyer — Episode: "The Box" • 2011–12 — data-sort-value="Secret Circle, The" | The Secret Circle — Calvin Wilson — 2 episodes • 2012 — Continuum — Dr. Ted Gibson — 1 episode • 2012–14 — Blackstone — Harold — 4 episodes • 2013 — data-sort-value="Tomorrow People, The" | The Tomorrow People — Corbin — Episode: "All Tomorrow's Parties" • Bates Motel — Dr. Kurata — 2 episodes • 2013–14 — Almost Human — Recollectionist — 3 episodes • 2014 — data-sort-value="100, The" | The 100 — Council Member #3 — 3 episodes • 2015 — data-sort-value="Returned, The" | The Returned — Dr. Hiromoto — 3 episodes • data-sort-value="Magicians, The" | The Magicians — Professor March — 2 episodes • data-sort-value="Whispers, The" | The Whispers — Team Member 1 Brent — 3 episodes • Dark Matter — Emperor Ishida Tetsuda — 2 episodes • 2015–16 — data-sort-value="Man in the High Castle, The" | The Man in the High Castle — Taishi Okamura — 5 episodes • Heroes Reborn — Hachiro Otomo/Red Samurai — 8 episodes • 2015, 2018 — iZombie — Lieutenant Suzuki — Recurring season 1; guest season 4 • 2016 — Timeless — Agent Kondo — Episode: "Pilot" • Zoo — Curtis — Episode: "The Moon and the Star" • Kim's Convenience — Pastor Choi — 2 episodes • 2017–18 — Legends of Tomorrow — Director Wilbur Bennett — 4 episodes • 2018 — Altered Carbon — Captain Tanaka — 7 episodes • Salvation — Chief Justice Martin Cheng — 4 episodes • Designated Survivor — NASA Liaison to the President Richard Kim — Episode: "The Final Frontier" • 2019 — data-sort-value="Order, The" | The Order — Detective Hayashi — Episode: "Hell Week, Part One" • Warigami — James Ohata — 6 episodes • data-sort-value="Terror, The" | The Terror — Dr. Kitamura — 2 episodes • Limetown — R.B. Villard — 2 episodes • See — Lord Unoa — 4 episodes • 2020 — Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist — Dr. Hamara — 3 episodes • Charmed — Dr. Tanaka — Episode: "Unsafe Space" • Helstrom — Father Sean Okamoto — Episode: "Viaticum" • 2021 — Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan — Narrator (voice) — 6 episodes • data-sort-value="Good Doctor, The" | The Good Doctor — Dr. Paul Nakano — Episode: "Letting Go" • 2022 — Star Trek: Discovery — Dr. Hirai — 4 episodes • Pachinko — Goto-San — Episode: "Chapter One" • 2022–23 — Upload — Sato — 4 episodes • So Help Me Todd — Alistair Song — 2 episodes • 2023 — data-sort-value="Night Agent, The" | The Night Agent — FBI Director Willet — 3 episodes • 2023–24 — Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Headmaster / Kronos — 2 episodes • 2024 — Avatar: The Last Airbender — Fire Lord Sozin — Episode: "Aang" • Shōgun — Igarashi Yoshitomo — 3 episodes • Family Law — 1 episode • 2025 — The Last of Us — Carlisle — Episode: "The Path"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — Mobile Suit Gundam — Gihren Zabi — English-language dub • Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat — The Foolish Magistrate • 2003 — Master Keaton — Fumio Hisayama — English-language dub • 2004 — InuYasha — Saint Hakushin • 2005 — Hikaru no Go — Rinshin Li • 2006–07 — Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes — Mister Fantastic • 2007 — Black Lagoon — Col. Matsuto — English-language dub • The Story of Saiunkoku — Kaku • 2020 — Monster Beach — Stress Leave • Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai — Matoriv, Sigma — English-language dub • 2021 — Future Boy Conan — Dr. Briac Lao — English-language dub • 2022 — Team Zenko Go — Mr. Tanaka • 2024 — Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction — Katsuaki Ognio, Tokushima — English-language dub

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2001 — Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front — Gihren Zabi — English version • Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon • 2003 — Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space • 2023 — Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest - The Adventures of Dai — Matoriv • 2025 — Assassin's Creed Shadows — Oda Nobunaga