Denis Akiyama
Denis Van Akiyama 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.He was 66 years old.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video Games
- Seeing Things
- Captive Hearts as Masato
- Diamonds
- Blood Relations as Heart Surgeon
- Street Legal as Jonathan Imatsu / Satien Loc
- Katts and Dog as Ron Nakemura
- War of the Worlds as Chin
- Counterstrike as Lok
- In the Eyes of a Stranger
- Guilty as Sin as Lab Technician
- Ghost Mom as Yamato
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry
- WildC.A.T.S. as Dockwell
- '
- Johnny Mnemonic as Shinji
- Visitors of the Night as Stranger #2
- Ultraforce
- Little Bear
- The Neverending Story
- Rupert
- '
- ' as Dr. Miller / Lambert Chang
- Balance of Power as Hastishita
- Extreme Measures as Prof. Asakura
- Lethal Tender as Det. Peter 'Playdo' Ota
- ' as Yoshio Mori
- Buried Secrets as Doctor #1
- Flash Gordon
- Diabolik ... Director Graffum
- The Planet of Junior Brown as Mr. Tanaka
- Trader's Boy
- Blazing Dragons
- Stickin' Around
- Pippi Longstocking
- Kassai and Leuk
- Mr. Men and Little Miss
- Birdz
- Ned's Newt
- '
- Noddy
- Anatole
- Bob and Margaret
- The Dumb Bunnies
- Flying Rhino Junior High
- Rolie Polie Olie
- Apocalypse III: Tribulation as Store Clerk
- Rescue Heroes
- Killing Moon as Dr. Yamada
- Redwall
- George and Martha
- Angela Anaconda
- Tales from the Cryptkeeper
- After Alice as Owen Gackstetter
- Corduroy
- Timothy Goes to School
- Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse
- Pelswick
- Eckhart
- '
- Code Name Phoenix as Dr. Fong
- Relic Hunter as Colonel Chang
- The Last Debate as TV Makeup Artist
- The Judge as Peter Jacoby
- Medabots as Mr. Referee
- Pecola
- Haven't We Met Before?
- Quads!
- Beyblade
- Power Stone
- Odyssey 5 as Akegi
- Kaput and Zosky
- Roboroach
- The Brady Bunch in the White House as Hopeful Man
- Jacob Two-Two
- Chilly Beach
- Eloise at the Plaza as Prince of Kushin
- King
- Mayday as Captain
- My Baby's Daddy as Cha Ching
- Welcome to Mooseport as Izuki Nami
- The Cradle Will Fall as Dr. Fachita
- H2O as Kazio Izumi
- Doc as Jian Wa
- Kevin Hill as Judge Porter
- Delilah and Julius
- Time Warp Trio
- Cool Money as District Attorney
- Air Crash Investigation as Captain Masami Takahama
- Grossology
- A Christmas Wedding as Asian Pacific President
- Night as Hikaru
- Storm Hawks
- ' as Oncologist
- Toot and Puddle as Dr. Ha Song
- Flash of Genius as Dr. Ito
- ' as Emperor
- Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid as Kyoto
- Wild Roses as Fukuwawa Sr.
- Warehouse 13 as Officer Ogawa
- Gangster Exchange as Takayama
- Air Crash Investigation as Captain Chun
- Wingin' It as Mr. Nakamora / Mr. Nakamura
- Air Crash Investigation as Captain Park
- The People Garden as Management 529
- Kiss and Cry as Shin Amano