Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida
Born November 4, 1947 (1947-11-04) (age 64)
Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan
Occupation Actor
Years active 1967 - present

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行 Nishida Toshiyuki?, born 4 November 1947 in Koriyama, Fukushima Japan) is a Japanese actor. Outside of Japan, Nishida is best known for his portrayal of Pigsy in the TV series Monkey.

Toshiyuki Nishida has received ten Japanese Academy Award nominations, winning twice, for Dun-Huang in 1988 (Best Actor) and Gakko and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 in 1993 (Best Actor).[1] He won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor in 2003 for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14.[2] In Japan he is best known for his fishing comedy series, known as Tsuribaka Nisshi (釣りバカ日誌) ("The Fishing Maniac's Diary"), which currently spans 21 movies.

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