Denis Akiyama
Actor
Biography
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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 his wife Danielle had two children, Kintaro and Miya.
Filmography
Resident Evil: Afterlife
as Captain Hotaka 2010
The Pacifier
as Mr. Chun 2005
Repo Men
as Doctor 2010
Johnny Mnemonic
as Shinji 1995
Dead Ringers
as Pharmacist 1988
Cypher
as Speaker Omaha 2002
Kiss and Cry
as Shin 2017
Extreme Measures
as Prof. Asakura 1996
Flash of Genius
as Dr. Ito 2008
Space Truckers
as Tech Leader 1996
Welcome to Mooseport
as Izuki Nami 2004
Guilty as Sin
as Lab Technician 1993
Eloise at the Plaza
as Prince of Kushin 2003
My Baby's Daddy
as Cha Ching 2004
The Brady Bunch in the White House
as Hopeful Man 2002
Kill Order
as Shiro Fujitaka 2017