Denis Akiyama
June 22, 1952 (72 years old) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Credits
- 2018 · Carter as Koji Yasuda
- 2017 · Kill Order as Shiro Fujitaka
- 2017 · Taken as Sensei
- 2017 · Kiss and Cry as Shin
- 2016 · The People Garden as Management 529
- 2015 · Pixels as Professor Iwatani
- 2015 · 12 Monkeys as Nakano
- 2011 · Suits as Mr. Tanaka
- 2010 · Lost Girl as The Preta
- 2010 · Resident Evil: Afterlife as Captain Hotaka
- 2010 · Repo Men as Doctor
- 2010 · Gangster Exchange as Takayama
- 2009 · Warehouse 13 as Officer Ogawa
- 2008 · Flash of Genius as Dr. Ito
- 2005 · King as
- 2005 · Cool Money as District Attorney
- 2005 · The Pacifier as Mr. Chun
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Crown Attorney
- 2004 · Kevin Hill as Judge Porter
- 2004 · Welcome to Mooseport as Izuki Nami
- 2004 · My Baby's Daddy as Cha Ching
- 2004 · The Cradle Will Fall as Dr. Fachita
- 2003 · Mayday as Captain Park
- 2003 · Mayday as Captain, Flight 007
- 2003 · Mayday as Captain
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Prince of Kushin
- 2002 · The Brady Bunch in the White House as Hopeful Man
- 2002 · Cypher as Speaker Omaha
- 2001 · Braceface as Mr. Ling (voice) (uncredited)
- 2001 · Doc as
- 2000 · The Last Debate as TV Makeup Artist
- 2000 · After Alice as Owen Gackstetter
- 1999 · Relic Hunter as Colonel Chang
- 1999 · Killing Moon as Dr. Yamada
- 1999 · Medabots as Mr. Referee
- 1997 · The Planet of Junior Brown as Mr. Tanaka
- 1997 · Lethal Tender as Det. Peter 'Playdo' Ota
- 1996 · L5: First City in Space as Chieko's Father
- 1996 · Space Truckers as Tech Leader
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Prof. Asakura
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Lambert Chang
- 1996 · FX: The Series as Dr. Miller
- 1996 · Balance of Power as Hastishita
- 1995 · Johnny Mnemonic as Shinji
- 1995 · No Price Too High as
- 1994 · WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams as Dockwell (voice)
- 1994 · Monster Force as
- 1993 · Bury Me in Niagara as Yamato
- 1993 · Guilty as Sin as Lab Technician
- 1993 · Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Lai
- 1993 · Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Lai Tzu
- 1992 · X-Men as
- 1992 · X-Men as Sunfire (voice)
- 1992 · X-Men as Silver Samurai (voice)
- 1992 · In the Eyes of a Stranger as
- 1990 · Counterstrike as Lok
- 1988 · War of the Worlds as Chin
- 1988 · Dead Ringers as Pharmacist
- 1988 · Katts and Dog as Ron Nakemura
- 1988 · Blood Relations as Heart Surgeon
- 1987 · Friday the 13th: The Series as Hai Kwan
- 1987 · Captive Hearts as Masato