Ben Hiura

Ben Hiura
Born	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
  • Heist – Francis "The Pope" Silva
• 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)
• Survivor – Bill Talbot (Robert Forster)
• The Sweeney – Detective Inspector Jack Regan (Ray Winstone)
• 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