1974-07-27 ( 50 years old ) in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Takehiro Hira (平 岳大, Hira Takehiro, born July 27, 1974) is a Japanese theatre, film, and television actor.
Hira was born in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, to actors Mikijirō Hira and Yoshiko Sakuma. He was raised in Japan until he was 15 years old. He went to high school at Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, and then attended Brown University.
He made his theatrical debut in 2002 with Rokumeikan, which was written by Yukio Mishima. He worked closely with his father, Mikijirō Hira, who was also a Japanese actor. Takehiro played the role of Iago in the production of Othello with his father playing Othello. He received major recognition when he played the last shogun, Yoshinobu Tokugawa, in the NHK taiga drama Atsuhime. He has appeared in several films of Takashi Miike, including Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ace Attorney, and Aku no Kyoten. He plays Natsuka Masaie in the big-budget film Nobou's Castle.
He played the role of the Player Queen in the English stage production of Hamlet in 2005, in which the title role was played by Michael Maloney. This three-month tour was received well at many places in the UK.
Hira played the lead role in the 2019 British TV series Giri/Haji. He has also had notable parts in the American films Lost Girls & Love Hotels (2020) and Snake Eyes (2021) and a minor role in Gran Turismo. In 2024, Hira starred in FX's adaptation of Shōgun.
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Movies
Tornado
2025-05-23
Captain America: Brave New World
2025-02-12
Crosspoint
2024-10-16
Rumours
2024-07-01
The Contestant
2023-09-08
Gran Turismo
2023-08-09
We Couldn't Become Adults
2021-11-05
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
2021-07-22
Lost Girls & Love Hotels
2020-09-18
Erica 38
2019-06-07
Koujin
2018-09-17
Killing for the Prosecution
2018-08-24
Sekigahara
2017-08-26
Foujita
2015-11-24
Sleeping Forest
2014-01-02
Bushido
2013-10-19
Lesson of the Evil
2012-11-10
The Floating Castle
2012-11-02
Kekkon Houkoku
2012-09-06
Ace Attorney
2012-02-11
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
2011-10-15
AIBOU: The Movie II
2010-12-23
SP: The Motion Picture
2010-10-30
Goodbye, Someday
2010-01-23
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