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<infobox> <image source="image" /> <title source="name"><default>Hiro Kanagawa</default></title> <group> <header>Biographical information</header> <label>Full name</label> <label>Born</label> <label>Died</label> <label>First credit</label> </group> <group> <header>Further information</header> <label>Link(s)</label> </group> </infobox>Hiro Kanagawa (Japanese: ้ๅท ๅผๆฆ, Kanagawa Hironobu) is a Japanese-Canadian actor. He plays Fire Lord Sozin in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.[1]
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) credits
Fire Lord Sozin
Selected other credits
Television
- Star Trek: Discovery
- Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
- iZombie
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Altered Carbon
- Smallville
- The Man in the High Castle
- Kim's Convenience
- Heroes Reborn
- The X Files
- The 100
- Caprica
- Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes
- Highlander
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures
- Mobile Suit Gundam
Filmography
- Godzilla (2014)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Biography
Kanagawa was born in Japan, and lived in Canada and the United States as he grew up. An early role included providing the voice of Gihren Zabi in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam.
He completed his undergraduate studies at Middlebury College. Since 1990, he has lived in Vancouver, Canada.
In his career as an actor, he has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series shot in the Vancouver area, including Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla (2008), The Man in the High Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, and Kim's Covenience.
Besides acting, he is also a playwright and screenwriter. 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.