Shinichi Tsutsumi

He won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2005 for Always: Sunset on Third Street. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in Yasu – A Single Father's Story.

• Name — Shinichi Tsutsumi • Native Name — 堤 真一 • Born — 7 July 1964 • Birthplace — Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1984–present

Tsutsumi was born in Hyōgo Prefecture. He began training at the age of 18 with Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba's Japan Action Club. When he was at Japan Action Club (JAC) he had been the manager of Hiroyuki Sanada for several years. In 2013, he was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best actor for his role in Yasu – A Single Father's Story.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1987 — Hashi no Ue ni Oideyo — Haruki — Lead role; television film • Dokuganryu Masamune — Ashina Yoshihiro — Taiga drama • 1988 — Takeda Shingen — Takeda Yoshinobu — Taiga drama • 1990 — Tobu ga Gotoku — Yazaki Hachirōta — Taiga drama • 1995 — Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune — Tokugawa Yoshimichi — Taiga drama • 1996 — Pure — Tōru Sawatari • 1999 — Genroku Ryoran — Takada Gunbei — Taiga drama • Doctor — Kazuma Aso — Lead role • 2000 — Yamatonadeshiko — Ōsuke Nakahara • 2001 — Chūshingura 1/47 — Asano "Takumi no Kami" Naganori — Television film • 2002 — Koi no Chikara — Kotaro Nukui • The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine — Kenichiro Nabeshima • 2003 — Musashi — Hon'iden Matahachi — Taiga drama • Good Luck!! — Kazuki Kōda • 2006 — Sailor Suit and Machine Gun — Makoto Sakuma • 2007 — SP — Sōichirō Ogata • 2012 — Yasu – A Single Father’s Story — Yasuo Ichikawa — Lead role • 2015 — Massan — Kinjirō Kamoi — Asadora • 2018 — From Today, It's My Turn!! — Yakuza — Cameo; episode 10 • 2021 — Reach Beyond the Blue Sky — Hiraoka Enshirō — Taiga drama • 2022 — Adventure of Comandante Cappellini — Tadashi Hirota — Television film • If My Wife Becomes an Elementary School Student. — Keisuke Niijima — Lead role • 2025 — The Ghost Writer's Wife — Den Ushimizu — Asadora • After the Quake — Miyake — Episode 2; miniseries • 2026 — Gift — Fumito Gotetsu — Lead role • Mou Papa! — Ryota Tarayama

• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. References • 1994 — Kilu — Temjin (Genghis Khan) — Lead role • 1995 — The Changeling — De Flores — Lead role • 1996 — Piano — Platonov — Lead role • Macbeth — Macduff • 1997 — Kilu — Temjin (Genghis Khan) — Lead role • Toudai — Noboru Kurokawa — Lead role • 1998 — A Prayer for My Daughter — Jack Delasante • Lulu — Alwa • 1999 — A View from the Bridge — Eddie Carbone — Lead role • Pandora's Bell — Mizuwo — Lead role • 2001 — Beast is Red — Yajiro — Lead role • In the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom — Mimio — Lead role • 2002 — A Streetcar Named Desire — Stanley Kowalski — Lead role • Aterui — Sakanoue no Tamuramaro — Lead role • 2006 — Tango at the end of winter — Lead role • 2008 — A Doll's House — Torvald Helmer — Lead role • 2010 — K2 — Harold — Lead role • 2013 — Macbeth — Macbeth — Lead role • 2014 — The Lonesome West — Coleman — Lead role • 2015 — Three Sisters — Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin • Tomorrow the end of police officer Saibara — Saibara — Lead role • 2016 — Arcadia — Bernard Nightingale — Lead role • The Crucible — John Proctor — Lead role • 2018 — Chikamatsu Shinjyu Monogatari — Chubei — Lead role • Oran Toujou — Kogoro Akechi — Lead role • An Enemy of the People — Doctor Thomas Stockmann — Lead role • 2019 — Every Good Boy Deserves Favour — Alexander Ivanov — Lead role • Venice Concerto of Love — Florind • Death and the Maiden — Gerardo Escobar — Lead role • 2020 — Twelve Angry Men — Juror 8 — Lead role • 2021 — Peter and Wendy — Captain Hook and Mr. Darling • 2022 — All My Sons — Joe Keller — Lead role

• Year — Title — Role — Ref. References • 2020 — Yakuza: Like a Dragon — Jo Sawashiro • 2024 — Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth — Jo Sawashiro

• Year — Title — Ref. References • 2007 — Fujitsu FMV • 2008 — Lixil Group Tostem and Lixil • 2012 — Daihatsu Mira e:S • Asahi Beer Zerokaku • 2013–2017 — AXA General Insurance Company Limited • 2014 — Hino Motors Hino Dutro • 2015 — NTT Docomo • 2017–present — Kirin Ichiban Shibori