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), The X-Files (1993), iZombie (2015), and Smallville (2001), and for memorable comedic turns in hits like Best in Show (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.
Hiro Kanagawa
Movies
War
After his partner Tom Lone and family are killed apparently by the infamous and elusive assassin Rogue, FBI agent John Crawford becomes obsessed with revenge as his world unravels into a vortex of guilt and betrayal. Rogue eventually resurfaces to settle a score of his own, setting off a bloody…
Fun Facts
Only thing for voicework that he is best known for is the English voice of Gihren Zabi in Kidô senshi Gundam anime and video game series of the story of the Universal Century 0079 war of the Earth Federation and the Federation of Zeon. That is the time that Amuro Ray is the hero of this story and Char Aznable the rival of Amuro.
His play "The Patron Saint of Stanley Park"" was nominated for a 2011 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding New Script and is being remounted by the Arts Club Theatre for their 2011-2012 season.
Invited to the Stratford Playwright's Retreat at the 2011 Stratford Festival.
He made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X-Files (1993)