Hiro Kanagawa

1. Early life and education

Hiro Kanagawa dilahirkan pada 13 Oktober 1963, di Sapporo, Hokkaido, Jepun. Bapanya, Koji Kanagawa, berasal dari Muroran, Hokkaido, dan merupakan bekas profesor di Universiti Hokkaido.

Sejak usia tiga tahun sehingga tamat sekolah menengah pertama, Kanagawa menjalani kehidupan berulang-alik antara Kanada dan Amerika Syarikat disebabkan oleh pekerjaan bapanya. Beliau membesar di Guelph, Ontario; Sterling Heights, Michigan; dan Tokyo. Selepas menamatkan sekolah menengah pertama, beliau kembali ke Jepun dan menetap di Suginami-ku, Tokyo. Dari tahun 1978 hingga 1982, beliau belajar muzik di Sekolah Muzik Yamaha di Mitaka, Tokyo. Beliau lulus dari International Christian University High School. Sebelum memulakan kerjaya lakonan, Kanagawa pernah bekerja sebagai pengukir dan pemuzik rock di Tokyo.

1.2. Education

Kanagawa melanjutkan pengajian sarjana mudanya dalam bidang seni arca di Middlebury College, di mana beliau lulus pada tahun 1986. Beliau juga pernah menghadiri Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Beliau juga pernah belajar di Temple University. Selepas menarik diri dari program pascasiswazah pertamanya, beliau mendaftar semula di Simon Fraser University, di mana beliau menyiapkan drama pertamanya dan memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana Seni Halus (MFA) pada tahun 1994.

2. Career

Kanagawa memulakan kerjaya profesionalnya pada tahun 1992, dengan tumpuan awal pada teater. Beliau sering memegang watak pembantu dalam siri televisyen dan filem, dan memulakan kerjaya lakonan suara pada tahun 2001.

2.1. Acting career

Kanagawa telah muncul dalam pelbagai produksi filem, televisyen, animasi, dan permainan video.

2.1.1. Film

Kanagawa telah muncul dalam pelbagai filem, termasuk:

Tahun	Tajuk	Peranan	Catatan
1993	Born Too Soon	Resident
1994	My Name is Kate	Doctor
1994	Voices from Within	Medical Examiner
1995	A Child Is Missing	Agent Kurosaka
	Cyberjack	Kenji
	The Hunted	Deputy
	Hideaway	Nakamura
	Crying Freeman	Yakuza
1996	Mask of Death	ER Doctor
1996	For Hope	Dr. Black
1997	Bliss	Emergency Doctor
	Excess Baggage	Jon
	Survival on the Mountain	Ang
	Tricks	Matsuba
1998	Futuresport	Otomo Akira
1998	American Dragons	Nakai
1999	Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying	Controller
	Resurrection	Tech #2
	The Wonder Cabinet	Dr. Shima-Tsuno
	Aftershock: Earthquake in New York	Official 4
2000	The Guilty	Police Detective
	Protection	Don
	Best in Show	Pet Shop Owner
	Epicenter	Ted
	Beautiful Joe	Japanese Businessman
	The 6th Day	Team Doctor
2001	Josie and the Pussycats	Japanese Delegate
	Touched by a Killer	Steve Tsunaki
	Replicant	Technician 1
2002	La turbulence des fluides	Kiyoshi
	Extreme Ops	Dr. Imaharu
	Living with the Dead	Frank
2003	Little Brother of War	Detective Nolan
2003	Betrayed	Dr. Tanaka
2005	Hiro	Hiro
	Best Friends	Detective Miyashiro
	Elektra	Maizumi
	God's Baboons	Clive
	Bob the Butler	Japanese Plumber
2006	Family in Hiding	Kanagawa
	Spymate	Japanese Chairman
	The Entrance	Detective Nolan
2007	War	Yoshido
2007	The Last Mimzy	Scientist
2008	The Day the Earth Stood Still	Dr. Ikegawa
2009	Hardwired	Dr. Steckler
2009	Girlfriend Experience	John
2010	The King of Fighters	Saisyu Kusanagi
2011	Doomsday Prophecy	Dr. Yates
2011	Earth's Final Hours	Tech
2013	Down River	Aki's Father
2013	Grave Halloween	Jin
2014	Godzilla	Hayato
2015	The Age of Adaline	Kenneth
2018	Fifty Shades Freed	Detective Clark
2019	Midway	Commander Isamu Fujita
2020	Deeper I Go		Filem pendek
2021	Crisis	Dr. Ishiyama
	iDorothy	Sal	Filem pendek
	Hiro and the Emerald Lady	Hiro	Filem pendek
	Needle in a Timestack	Tattersal
	Every Breath You Take	Dr. Toth
2022	Orphan: First Kill	Detective Donnan

2.1.2. Television

Kanagawa telah memegang pelbagai peranan dalam siri televisyen dan filem televisyen:

Tahun	Tajuk	Peranan	Catatan
1992	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures	Elvis 2	Episod 5
1994	Madison	Teacher	Episod 24
	Highlander: The Series	Akira Yoshida	Episod 45
	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Yakuza Translator	Episod 7
	1994, 1997, 2016	The X-Files	Dr. Yonechi, Peter Tanaka, Garner	3 episod
1996	The Sentinel	Furukawa	Episod 8
	Sliders	Henry	Episod: "Obsession"
	Viper	Otomo	Episod 9
	North of 60	Noriyoshi Misoguchi	Episod 69
	Millennium	Agent Takahashi	Episod 6
1997	Breaker High	Taneka	Episod 1
1997	Survival on the Mountain	Ang	Filem televisyen
1998	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show	Japanese Game Show Host
	First Wave	John	Episod 17
	Millennium	Louis	Episod 45
	Millennium	Rondell	Episod 53
	1998, 2000	The Outer Limits	Ron Hikida / Tali	2 episod
1998-1999	Cold Squad	James Kai
1999	The Net	Frank	Episod: "Y2K - Total System Failure"
2000	Secret Agent Man	Tokyo Chief	Episod 1
	Dark Angel	Theo	Episod: "Pilot"
	Seven Days	Mr. Kim / Dr. Oshima	2 episod
	The Linda McCartney Story	Senior Narcotics Officer	Filem televisyen
	2001	Big Sound	Photographer	Episod 3
The Lone Gunmen	2001	Businessman	Episod 2
2001-02	Smallville	Principal James Kwan	5 episod
2002	Damaged Care	Dr. Kitano	Filem televisyen
	Living with the Dead	Frank the Business Consultant
	Da Vinci's Inquest	Ken Ozaki	Episod 49
2003	Betrayed	Dr. Tanaka	Filem televisyen
2003	1st to Die	Dr. Shimera	Filem televisyen
2005	The 4400	Agent Park	2 episod
	Criminal Minds	Seattle ASAC	Episod: "Extreme Aggressor"
	Steklo	Akira
	Andromeda	Burma	2 episod
	Stargate SG-1	Mr Wayne	Episod: "Full Alert"
	2005-06	Da Vinci's City Hall	Fire Captain Roy Komori	9 episod; juga penulis skrip dan editor cerita
2006	Blade: The Series	Taka	Episod: "The Sacrifice"
2006-07	Intelligence	Detective Ogawa	7 episod; juga editor cerita
2007	Masters of Science Fiction	Oguchi	Episod 2
2008	Heroes and Villains	Mitsunari Ishida	Episod: "Shogun"
	What Color Is Love?	Henry Wong
	The Story of Saiunkoku	Kaku	Episod: "It's the Company That Makes Travel Unpleasant"
2009	Supernatural	Game Show Host	Episod: "Changing Channels"
	Reaper	Morris	3 episod
	Sanctuary	Ark-Fong Li	Episod: "Eulogy"
2010	Caprica	Cyrus Xander	13 episod
	Human Target	Lt. Peale	Episod: "Pilot"
	Fringe	Lawyer	Episod: "The Box"
2011-12	The Secret Circle	Calvin Wilson	2 episod
2012	Continuum	Dr. Ted Gibson	Musim 1 episod 3
2012-14	Blackstone	Harold	4 episod
2013	The Tomorrow People	Corbin	Episod: "All Tomorrow's Parties"
2013	Bates Motel	Dr. Kurata	2 episod
2013-14	Almost Human	Recollectionist	3 episod
2014	The 100	Council Member #3	3 episod, musim 1
2015	The Returned	Dr. Hiromoto	3 episod
	The Magicians	Professor March	2 episod
	The Whispers	Team Member 1 Brent	3 episod
	Dark Matter	Emperor Ishida Tetsuda	2 episod
2015-16	The Man in the High Castle	Taishi Okamura	5 episod
2015-16	Heroes Reborn	Hachiro Otomo/Red Samurai	8 episod
2015, 2018	iZombie	Lieutenant Suzuki	8 episod, berulang musim 1; tetamu musim 4
2016	Timeless	Agent Kondo	Episod: "Pilot"
	Zoo	Curtis	Episod: "The Moon and the Star"
	Kim's Convenience	Pastor Choi	2 episod
2017-18	Legends of Tomorrow	Director Wilbur Bennett	4 episod, musim 3
2018	Altered Carbon	Captain Tanaka	7 episod
	Salvation	Chief Justice Martin Cheng	4 episod
	Designated Survivor	NASA Liaison to the President Richard Kim	Episod: "The Final Frontier"
2019	The Order	Detective Hayashi	Episod: "Hell Week, Part One"
	Warigami	James Ohata	6 episod
	The Terror	Dr. Kitamura	2 episod
	Limetown	R.B. Villard	2 episod
	See	Lord Unoa	4 episod
2020	Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist	Dr. Hamara	3 episod
	Charmed	Dr. Tanaka	Episod: "Unsafe Space"
	Helstrom	Father Sean Okamoto	Episod: "Viaticum"
2021	Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan	Narrator	Peranan suara; 6 episod
2021	The Good Doctor	Dr. Paul Nakano	Episod: "Letting Go"
2022	Star Trek: Discovery	Dr. Hirai	4 episod
2022	Pachinko	Goto-San	Episod: "Chapter One"
2022-23	Upload	Sato	4 episod
2022-23	So Help Me Todd	Alistair Song	2 episod
2023	The Night Agent	FBI Director Willet	3 episod
2023-24	Percy Jackson and the Olympians	Headmaster / Kronos	2 episod
2024	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Fire Lord Sozin	Episod: "Aang"
	Shōgun	Igarashi Yoshitomo	3 episod
	Family Law		1 episod

2.1.3. Voice acting and video games

Kanagawa juga merupakan seorang pelakon suara yang prolifik dalam media animasi dan permainan video.

2.2. Playwriting and screenwriting

Selain kerjaya lakonan, Kanagawa juga merupakan seorang penulis drama dan penulis skrip. Beliau mengajar penulisan kreatif di jabatan Bahasa Inggeris di Capilano University dan merupakan Ahli Bersekutu Pusat Teater Penulis Drama.

Karya dramanya yang terkenal termasuk Indian Arm, sebuah adaptasi daripada Little Eyolf oleh Henrik Ibsen. Pada tahun 2015, Indian Arm memenangi Jessie Richardson Theatre Award untuk Skrip Cemerlang. Pada tahun 2017, drama ini sekali lagi menerima pengiktirafan dengan memenangi Anugerah Gabenor Jeneral untuk Drama Bahasa Inggeris.

Beliau juga pernah menjadi editor cerita untuk siri televisyen Intelligence (2006-2007). Dalam bidang teater, Kanagawa juga menulis dan mengadaptasi drama "Malay Tiger" (マレーの虎) pada tahun 2003.

Tahun	Anugerah	Kategori	Karya yang Dicalonkan	Hasil
1998	Jessie Richardson Theatre Award		A View From the Bridge	Menang
2006	Leo Awards	Persembahan Terbaik oleh Lelaki dalam Drama Pendek	Hiro	Dicalonkan
2015	Jessie Richardson Theatre Award	Skrip Cemerlang	Indian Arm	Menang
2017	Governor General's Literary Award	Drama Bahasa Inggeris	Indian Arm	Menang
2021	Leo Awards	Persembahan Terbaik oleh Lelaki dalam Drama Pendek	The Tailor	Dicalonkan
	Leo Awards	Persembahan Terbaik oleh Lelaki dalam Drama Pendek	Deeper I Go	Dicalonkan
	Vancouver Short Film Festival	Persembahan Terbaik oleh Lelaki	Deeper I Go	Menang
2021	UBCP/ACTRA Awards	Persembahan Sokongan Terbaik, Lelaki	Deeper I Go	Menang
2022	Leo Awards	Persembahan Terbaik oleh Lelaki dalam Drama Pendek	iDorothy	Dicalonkan

5. Pautan luar

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1. Early life and education

1.1. Childhood and upbringing

1.2. Education

2. Career

2.1. Acting career

2.1.1. Film

2.1.2. Television

2.1.3. Voice acting and video games

2.2. Playwriting and screenwriting

2.3. Other professional activities

3. Personal life

4. Awards and nominations

5. Pautan luar