Denis Akiyama

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1952-06-22

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Denis Akiyama

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.

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Acting History

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
Toot & Puddle as Dr. Ha Song (voice)
2008
Flash of Genius as Dr. Ito
2005
King
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
The Judge as Peter Jacoby
2001
Doc
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
Visitors of the Night as Stranger 2
1995
Johnny Mnemonic as Shinji
1995
No Price Too High
1994
WildC.A.T.S: Covert Action Teams as Dockwell (voice)
1994
Monster Force
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
1992
X-Men as Sunfire (voice)
1992
X-Men as Silver Samurai (voice)
1992
In the Eyes of a Stranger
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