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Hiro Kanagawa

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Hiro Kanagawa is a Vancouver-based actor and writer. Born in Sapporo, Japan, he spent his childhood in Guelph, Ontario and Sterling Heights, Michigan before attending International Christian University High School in Tokyo where he acted in his first student films and stage productions. Returning to the U.S., he attended Middlebury College, VT, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Tyler School of Art at Temple University before settling in Vancouver, BC. Since 1990, his multi-faceted career has earned him numerous stage awards and distinctions in his native Canada. Internationally, he is perhaps best known for his recurring roles and guest appearances on popular American television series such as Altered Carbon (2018), The X-Files (1993), iZombie (2015), and Smallville (2001), and for memorable comedic turns in hits like Best in Show (2000) and Supernatural (2005). His screenwriting credits include story editing on the critically-acclaimed Canadian series Da Vinci's Inquest (1998), Da Vinci's City Hall (2005), Intelligence (2005), and Blackstone (2009). Also an accomplished playwright, he received the 2017 Governor-General's Literary Award for Drama for his play Indian Arm.
- IMDb mini biography by: Hiro Kanagawa

He made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X-Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001).
Invited to the Stratford Playwright's Retreat at the 2011 Stratford Festival.
His play "The Patron Saint of Stanley Park" was nominated for a 2011 Jessie Richardson Award for Outstanding New Script and is being remounted by the Arts Club Theatre for their 2011-2012 season.
Born on the same day as Chris Carter. He made several guest appearances on The X-Files (1993) and Millennium (1996), both of which were created by Carter.
As of 2024, he has played a character with the name Tanaka eight times, as well as one Tanaki and one Taneka.

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