‘Shōgun’ star Hiroyuki Sanada becomes one of most awarded actors on TV with SAG win

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Shōgun actor Hiroyuki Sanada has become one of most awarded actors on TV following his SAG Awards win last night (February 23).The star picked up the Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series at the ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for his role as Lord Yoshii Toranaga in the FX series.Accepting the award, he said: “I started acting in Japan when I was five-years-old, and moved to LA 20 years ago.

Luckily, I worked with great filmmakers and actors, and I learned a lot from all of them. I can see some faces in this room.”“I put everything, every single experience in my life, into Shōgun, then Shōgun brought me here,” Sanada continued. “So I’d like to thank all my coworkers in my life, and I would also like to thank my team for always supporting me.

This is for you. Thank you so much.”It comes after he won similar prizes at last year’s Emmys, this year’s Golden Globes and the Critics’ Choice Awards.

The show won five awards overall last night, including Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series.#ShogunFX star Hiroyuki Sanada accepts the #SAGAwards trophy for best actor in a drama series pic.twitter.com/C8igesLYn7— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) February 24, 2025Based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, the series was overseen by the husband-and-wife creative team of Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, the latter of whom was a co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick.