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.
Selected filmography
Actor
Major television appearances
- 1972 Shin Heike Monogatari, NHK Taiga drama, as Hōjō Yoshitoki
- 1977 花神, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamagata Aritomo
- 1978 Saiyuki, Nippon Television, as Pigsy
- 1981 Onna Taikō-ki, NHK Taiga drama, as Toyotomi Hideyoshi
- 1984 Sanga Moyu, NHK Taiga drama as a fictitious character
- 1988 Takeda Shingen, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamamoto Kansuke
- 1990 Tobu ga gotoku, NHK Taiga drama, as Saigō Takamori
- 1995 Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Yoshimune
- 2000 Aoi Tokugawa Sandai, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Hidetada
- 2003 武蔵 MUSASHI, NHK Taiga drama, as Yamanouchi Hanbei
- 2005 Tiger and Dragon, TBS Renzoku drama, as Hayashiyatei Donbei
- 2005 Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika as elder Toshiaki Yajima
- 2006 Kōmyō-ga-tsuji, NHK Taiga drama, as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- 2010 Saka no ue no kumo NHK Taiga drama as Takahashi Korekiyo)
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Nishida, Toshiyuki |
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Date of birth |
4 November 1947 |
Place of birth |
Koriyama, Fukushima, Japan |
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