Ben Hiura

Ben Hiura
Born	(1943-01-25) January 25, 1943 Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1960s–present
Children	Akaneko Hiura

Ben Hiura (樋浦勉, Hiura Ben, born Tsutomu Hiura (樋浦勉, Hiura Tsutomu), January 25, 1943) is a Japanese actor and voice actor affiliated with the Seinenza Theater Company.

Filmography

Films

• Goyokin (1969) – Rokuzo
• Mount Hakkoda (1977) – Sato
• Eijanaika (1981)
• The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
• Tōki Rakujitsu (1992)
• Zatōichi (2003)
• Ryuzo and The Seven Henchmen (2015) – Ichizō

Television drama

• Ultraman (1966) – A Truck driver
• Tokugawa Ieyasu (1983) – Hattori Hanzō
• Edo o Kiru (1994)
• Kamen Rider Hibiki (2005)
• Kamen Rider W (2010)

Television animation

• Lupin III Part II (1979) – Gabotto, Bakki
• Master Keaton (1999) – Kendoru
• Golgo 13 (2009) – Roy
• Gosick (2011) – Kazuya's father
• Danchi Tomoo (2013) – Kimifumi Hazama
• Your Lie in April (2014) – Junzō Ibata

OVA

• Submarine 707R (2003) – Captain Yōhei Hayami

Video games

• Kingdom Hearts II (2005) – Banzai
• Project X Zone (2012) – Bruno Delinger
• Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (2015) – Evgeny Rebic

Dubbing roles

Live-action

• Bruce Willis
  • Die Hard – John McClane
  • Die Hard 2 – John McClane
  • Hudson Hawk – Eddie 'Hudson Hawk' Hawkins
  • The Last Boy Scout – Joe Cornelius Hallenbeck
  • Death Becomes Her (1996 NTV edition) – Dr. Ernest Menville
  • Nobody's Fool – Carl Roebuck)
  • North – Narrator, Easter Bunny, Gabby)
  • 12 Monkeys – James Cole
  • Die Hard with a Vengeance – John McClane
  • Four Rooms – Leo
  • Bandits – Joe Blake)
  • Hart's War – Colonel William A. McNamara
  • Hostage (2009 TV Asahi edition) – Police Chief Jeff Talley
  • Sin City – Det. John Hartigan
  • Live Free or Die Hard – John McClane
  • Catch .44 – Mel
  • The Prince – Omar
  • Sin City: A Dame to Kill For – John Hartigan
• Robert De Niro
  • Midnight Run – Jack Walsh
  • Cape Fear – Max Cady
  • Meet the Parents – Jack Tiberius Byrnes
  • Meet the Fockers – Jack Tiberius Byrnes
  • Stardust – Captain Shakespeare
  • Everybody's Fine – Frank Goode
  • Little Fockers – Jack Tiberius Byrnes
  • Killer Elite – Hunter
  • New Year's Eve – Stan Harris
  • Freelancers – Captain Joe Sarcone
  • The Big Wedding – Don Griffin
  • Killing Season – Benjamin Ford
  • The Bag Man – Dragna
• Richard Dreyfuss
  • Jaws (1981 NTV edition) – Matt Hooper
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1982 TV Asahi edition) – Roy Neary
  • The Goodbye Girl – Elliot Garfield
  • Stand by Me (1989 Fuji TV edition) – The Writer
  • Stakeout (NTV edition) – Det. Chris Lecce
  • Always – Pete Sandich
  • Let It Ride – Jay Trotter
  • Once Around – Sam Sharpe
  • Another Stakeout (NTV edition) – Det. Chris Lecce
  • Mr. Holland's Opus (1997 TV Asahi edition) – Glenn Holland
  • The Crew – Bobby Bartellemeo
  • Fail Safe – The President
  • My Life in Ruins – Irv Gideon
  • Squatters – David
• John Malkovich
  • In the Line of Fire (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Mitch Leary
  • Con Air (2000 TV Asahi edition) – Cyrus Grissom
  • Burn After Reading – Osbourne Cox
  • Red – Marvin Boggs
  • Secretariat – Lucien Laurin
  • Red 2 – Marvin Boggs
  • Warm Bodies – Colonel Grigio
• Joe Pesci
  • Lethal Weapon 2 (1993 TV Asahi edition) – Leo Getz
  • Home Alone (1998 TV Asahi edition) – Harry Lime
  • Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1996 TV Asahi edition) – Harry Lime
  • Lethal Weapon 3 (1995 TV Asahi edition) – Leo Getz
  • Casino – Nicholas "Nicky" Santoro
  • Lethal Weapon 4 (2001 NTV and 2003 TV Asahi editions) – Leo Getz
• Danny DeVito
  • Twins (1991 TV Asahi edition) – Vincent Benedict
  • Batman Returns – Oswald Cobblepot / Penguin
  • Jack the Bear – John Leary
  • Mars Attacks! – Rude Gambler
  • Matilda – Harry Wormwood
  • What's the Worst That Could Happen? – Max Fairbanks
• Gary Busey
  • Bulletproof (1990 TV Asahi edition) – Frank McBain
  • Predator 2 (1994 TV Asahi edition) – Peter Keyes
  • Point Break – Angelo Pappas
  • Under Siege – Commander Krill
  • The Rage (TV Tokyo edition) – Art Dacy
• Robin Williams
  • Awakenings – Dr. Malcolm Sayer
  • Hook – Peter Banning/Peter Pan
  • Good Will Hunting – Sean Maguire
  • The Final Cut – Alan Hakman
• Alien (2003 Director's cut DVD/BD) – Brett (Harry Dean Stanton)
• Beverly Hills Cop II – Maxwell Dent (Jürgen Prochnow)
• Big Game (Herbert (Jim Broadbent))
• Eraser (1999 NTV edition) – Johnny Casteleone (Robert Pastorelli)
• Forrest Gump (1998 NTV edition) – Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise)
• Getaway – Mysterious Voice (Jon Voight)
• Ghost Ship – Captain Sean Murphy (Gabriel Byrne)
• The Haunted Mansion – Ezra (Wallace Shawn)
• Insomnia – Will Dormer (Al Pacino)
• Kung Fu Hustle – The Landlord of the Pig Sty Alley (Yuen Wah)
• The Matrix (2002 Fuji TV edition) – Cypher (Joe Pantoliano)
• Mission: Impossible – Eugene Kittridge (Henry Czerny)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark – Arnold Toht (Ronald Lacey)
• Rambo: First Blood Part II (1993 Fuji TV edition) – Marshall Murdock (Charles Napier)
• The Return of the Living Dead (1987 NTV edition) – Freddy (Thom Mathews)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II (1989 NTV edition) – Joey (Thom Mathews)
• Scarface (1989 TV Asahi edition) – Tony Montana (Al Pacino)
• Total Recall (1992 TV Asahi edition) – Benny (Mel Johnson, Jr.)
• True Lies – Salim Abu Aziz (Art Malik)

Animated

• Cars – Ramone
• The Lion King – Banzai
• Toy Story 2 – Al McWhiggin

External links

• Seinenza profile (Japanese)
• Ben Hiura at the Internet Movie Database
• Ben Hiura at Anime News Network's encyclopedia