Denis Akiyama
- Acting
- June 22, 1952 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- June 28, 2018
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Denis Van Akiyama (May 28, 1952 – June 28, 2018) was a Japanese–Canadian actor and voice actor, best known as providing the voice of Iceman/Bobby Drake, Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada and Sunfire in X-Men and Malachite in the original English version of Sailor Moon. He played Shinji in Johnny Mnemonic. Akiyama was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was also a frequent guest star on Katts and Dog. In 2015, he appeared in the film Pixels. Denis Akiyama was also a gifted musician having played trumpet in The Pukka Orchestra Akiyama died on June 28, 2018, from a "very rare and aggressive cancer". He and his wife Danielle had two children, Kintaro and Miya.
Known for
Filmography
- Carter · Koji Yasuda
- Kill Order · Shiro Fujitaka
- Taken · Sensei
- Kiss and Cry · Shin
- The People Garden · Management 529
- Pixels · Professor Iwatani
- 12 Monkeys · Nakano
- Suits · Mr. Tanaka
- Lost Girl · The Preta
- Resident Evil: Afterlife · Captain Hotaka
- Repo Men · Doctor
- Gangster Exchange · Takayama
- Warehouse 13 · Officer Ogawa
- Toot & Puddle · Dr. Ha Song (Voice)
- Flash of Genius · Dr. Ito
- Cool Money · District Attorney
- The Pacifier · Mr. Chun
- ReGenesis · Crown Attorney
- Kevin Hill · Judge Porter
- Welcome to Mooseport · Izuki Nami
- My Baby's Daddy · Cha Ching
- The Cradle Will Fall · Dr. Fachita
- King
- Mayday · Captain Park, Captain, Flight 007
- Eloise at the Plaza · Prince of Kushin
- The Brady Bunch in the White House · Hopeful Man
- Cypher · Speaker Omaha
- Braceface · Mr. Ling (voice) (uncredited)
- The Judge · Peter Jacoby
- Doc · Mr. Wa
- The Last Debate · TV Makeup Artist
- After Alice · Owen Gackstetter
- Relic Hunter · Colonel Chang
- Killing Moon · Dr. Yamada
- Medabots · Mr. Referee
- The Planet of Junior Brown · Mr. Tanaka
- Lethal Tender · Det. Peter 'Playdo' Ota
- L5: First City in Space · Chieko's Father
- Space Truckers · Tech Leader
- Extreme Measures · Prof. Asakura
- FX: The Series · Lambert Chang, Dr. Miller
- Balance of Power · Hastishita
- Visitors of the Night · Stranger 2
- Johnny Mnemonic · Shinji
- No Price Too High
- WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams · Dockwell (Voice)
- Monster Force
- Bury Me in Niagara · Yamato
- Guilty as Sin · Lab Technician
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues · Lai, Lai Tzu
- X-Men · Sunfire (Voice), Silver Samurai (Voice)
- In the Eyes of a Stranger
- Counterstrike · Lok
- War of the Worlds · Chin
- Dead Ringers · Pharmacist
- Katts and Dog · Ron Nakemura
- Blood Relations · Heart Surgeon
- Friday the 13th: The Series · Hai Kwan
- Captive Hearts · Masato