Denis Akiyama

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-06-22 (66 years old)

Deathday

2018-06-28

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...

Acting

2002

Cypher

as Speaker Omaha

1993

Guilty as Sin

as Lab Technician

2004

2010

Repo Men

as Doctor

1987

2010

2004

The Cradle Will Fall

as Dr. Fachita

2005

Cool Money

as District Attorney

2008

Flash of Genius

as Dr. Ito

1988

Blood Relations

as Heart Surgeon

1995

1997

Lethal Tender

as Det. Peter 'Playdo' Ota

1996

Balance of Power

as Hastishita

2015

Pixels

as Professor Iwatani

2000

After Alice

as Owen Gackstetter

1996

Extreme Measures

as Prof. Asakura

2005

The Pacifier

as Mr. Chun

1999

Killing Moon

as Dr. Yamada

2017

1988

Dead Ringers

as Pharmacist

1993

2010

Resident Evil: Afterlife

as Captain Hotaka

2017

Kill Order

as Shiro Fujitaka

2003

Eloise at the Plaza

as Prince of Kushin

1996

L5: First City in Space

as Chieko's Father

2000

The Last Debate

as TV Makeup Artist

2004

My Baby's Daddy

as Cha Ching

1996

Space Truckers

as Tech Leader

2016

The People Garden

as Management 529

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