Togo Igawa
| Togo Igawa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 伊川東吾 |
| Born |
September 26, 1946 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation(s) | Actor |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Website | http://www.togoigawa.com/togoigawa.com/Biography.html |
Togo Igawa (伊川 東吾 Igawa Togo), born in Tokyo on 26 September 1946, is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television.
In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and Sunshine. He has also appeared in the Israeli movie A Matter of Size and the Thomas & Friends movies Hero of the Rails and Misty Island Rescue in 2009 and 2010.[1] Additionally Igawa provides the voice for the character Professor Moshimo on the cartoon series Robotboy and the voice for the character Hiro, who first appeared in Hero of the Rails, in Thomas and Friends. He appears in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English, as English's Tibetan guru, and is in the 2013 film Gambit playing businessman Takagawa.
Also, Igawa was voiced the main villain Colonel Lee in the video game Crysis Warhead.
Personal life
Igawa lives in England with his wife Adrienne Baba. He became the first Japanese member of The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986.
Television
- Gems as Mr. Horikoshi/Mr. Jima (1985-1986)
- Never the Twain as Japanese tourist (1988)
- Small World as Prof. Motakazu Umeda (1988)
- Forever Green as Mr. Okisawa (1989)
- Screen Two as Hiroto (1989)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime) as Jafar Shin (voice) (2005)
- Robotboy as Professor Moshimo (2005-2008)
- The IT Crowd as Japanese Boss (2006)
- Thomas & Friends as Hiro (voice) (2009–present)
- Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist as Gotetsu (2014)
- Casualty as Than Sein (2014)
- Archer as Kintaru Sato (voice) (2015)
Filmography
- Kagirinaku toumei ni chikai blue as Okinawa (1979)
- The Man Who Shot Christmas as koji (1984)
- Half Moon Street as Japanese Waiter (1986)
- Incognito as Agachi (1998)
- The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz as Japanese Scuba Diver (1999)
- Code 46 as a Driver (2004)
- Irish Jam as Mr. Suzuki (2006)
- Speed Racer as Tetsuo Togokahn (2008)
- The Hedgehog as Kakuro Ozu (2009)
- Hero of the Rails as Hiro (voice) (2009)
- A Matter of Size as Kitano (2009)
- Misty Island Rescue as Hiro (voice) (2010)
- Johnny English Reborn as Ting Wang (2011)
- Gambit as Takagawa (2012)
- King of the Railway as Hiro (voice) (2013)
- 47 Ronin as Tengu Lord (voice) (2013)
- Hector and the Search for Happiness as Old Monk (2014)
- Everly as Sadist (2014)[2]
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