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Toshiyuki Nishida

Born 1947-11-04

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947, died October 17, 2024) was a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.

Known for

Sukiyaki Western Django 2007 · 6.1 Emperor 2012 · 6.5 The Ramen Girl 2008 · 6.3 A Letter to Momo 2012 · 7.2 Beyond Outrage 2012 · 6.7 Space Battleship Yamato 2010 · 6.0 Outrage Coda 2017 · 6.4 Like a Dragon: Yakuza 2024 · 5.5 The Magic Hour 2008 · 7.1 The Miracles of the Namiya General Store 2017 · 6.7 Love & Peace 2015 · 6.8 A Ghost of a Chance 2011 · 6.9 The Kiyosu Conference 2013 · 6.4 Ballad of Orin 1977 · 7.4 A Tale of Samurai Cooking: A True Love Story 2013 · 6.7 Tiger and Dragon 2005 · 7.8 Voices in the Wind 2020 · 6.8 The Detective Is in the Bar 2011 · 6.3 What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? 2022 · 4.4 A Class to Remember 1993 · 7.0 Galaxy Turnpike 2015 · 4.7 Castle Under Fiery Skies 2009 · 6.5 Gakkô II 1996 · 6.7 O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan 1992 · 7.0 Station to Heaven 1984 · 7.2 Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro no endan 1993 · 6.9 A Morning of Farewell 2021 · 5.5 There Goes Our Hero: After the Ball Game 1980 · 6.0 Chichi yo, anata wa erakatta - 1969 nen no oyaji to boku 2009