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Nobuya Shimamoto

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Nobuya Shimamoto
The Telephone Eulogies, is a living experiment on film that combines a children's game of broken telephone, a self-penned eulogy and a trans-cultural cast of translators, performers and language enthusiasts.
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Nobuya Shimamoto is a Japanese actor and stunt performer known for Shogun (FX, 2024), Blood and Treasure 2 (CBS, 2022), Midway (Lionsgate, 2019), and Gangster Exchange (2010). He was nominated in several awards which highlights his talent in acting such as Gemini Awards, Action on Film Festival (LA) and ACTRA awards. One of his memorable performances is a theater play with Théâtre Incliné, " Train: La Promesse de Miyazawa" (2013-2014), shortly after his wife Marie-José passed away in 2011. It was performed and toured in Quebec, Canada and France.

Nobuya was born and raised in Japan and has samurai ancestral roots from his mother. Since his parents were very supportive of participating in sports activities, he joined karate, baseball and swimming team when he was young. That backbone made him become an avid athlete. Now, he is a martial arts practitioner and a certified black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Off screen, he enjoys riding & fixing motorcycles, track-days, playing music, painting and cooking. His daughter called kitchen as "Resto chez Papa" because after years of being a single father made him an excellent cook. Quotes: "Actions speak louder than words" and "Be yourself".
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    • Awards
      • 5 nominations total

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    Known for

    Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun (2024)
    Shōgun
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Nebara Jozen
    Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Mandy Moore, Etsushi Toyokawa, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, and Ed Skrein in Midway (2019)
    Midway
    6.7
    • Kaku Tomeo
    • 2019
    Oded Fehr, Matt Barr, Katia Winter, and Sofia Pernas in Blood & Treasure (2019)
    Blood & Treasure
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Sukh

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    Actor



    • Assassin's Creed Shadows (2025)
      Assassin's Creed Shadows
      6.9
      Video Game
      • Hattori Hanzo
      • 2025
    • Deja-Vu Souls never die (2024)
      Deja-Vu Souls never die
      Short
      • Masayuki
      • 2024
    • Air Crash Investigation Special Report (2018)
      Air Crash Investigation Special Report
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Passenger Ikegami (segment: Philippine Airlines Flight 434)
      • 2024
    • Hiroyuki Sanada in Shōgun (2024)
      Shōgun
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Nebara Jozen
      • 2024
    • Oded Fehr, Matt Barr, Katia Winter, and Sofia Pernas in Blood & Treasure (2019)
      Blood & Treasure
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Sukh
      • 2022
    • Youn Yuh-jung, Kwon Eun-sung, Lee Min-ho, Anna Sawai, Jin Ha, Kim Kang-hoon, and Minha Kim in Pachinko (2022)
      Pachinko
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Genta
      • 2022
    • Future Man (2017)
      Future Man
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Samurai
      • 2020
    • Woody Harrelson, Dennis Quaid, Aaron Eckhart, Mandy Moore, Etsushi Toyokawa, Patrick Wilson, Luke Evans, Nick Jonas, and Ed Skrein in Midway (2019)
      Midway
      6.7
      • Kaku Tomeo
      • 2019
    • Mads Mikkelsen in Polar (2019)
      Polar
      6.3
      • Torture Chamber Guard
      • 2019
    • Family First (2018)
      Family First
      6.9
      • Gérant du bar de quartier
      • 2018
    • Jennifer Lawrence in Mother! (2017)
      Mother!
      6.6
      • Underling (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Origami (2017)
      Origami
      5.9
      • Policier Tokyo
      • 2017
    • Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
      John Wick: Chapter 2
      7.4
      • Assassin (uncredited)
      • 2017
    • Cary Elwes, Dennis Quaid, Kate Bosworth, and Christian Cooke in The Art of More (2015)
      The Art of More
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Hiroshi Takeshita
      • 2016
    • Adrian Holmes and Jared Keeso in 19-2 (2014)
      19-2
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Sparring Partner
      • 2016

    Stunts



    • Witchboard (2024)
      Witchboard
      7.5
      • stunt performer
      • 2024
    • Dermot Mulroney, Courteney Cox, Hayden Panettiere, Tony Revolori, Liana Liberato, Josh Segarra, Mason Gooding, Samara Weaving, Melissa Barrera, Jenna Ortega, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Jack Champion, and Devyn Nekoda in Scream VI (2023)
      Scream VI
      6.4
      • stunts
      • 2023
    • Bill Nye in The End Is Nye (2022)
      The End Is Nye
      7.2
      TV Series
      • stunt performer (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)
      Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
      8.5
      Video Game
      • stunts
      • 2021
    • Giancarlo Esposito and Anthony Gonzalez in Far Cry 6 (2021)
      Far Cry 6
      7.2
      Video Game
      • stunt performer
      • 2021
    • Ray McKinnon, Mads Mikkelsen, David Oyelowo, Kurt Sutter, Mylène Dinh-Robic, Nick Jonas, Tom Holland, Daisy Ridley, and Cynthia Erivo in Chaos Walking (2021)
      Chaos Walking
      5.7
      • stunt performer: Prentisstown Men
      • 2021
    • Rufus Sewell in The Man in the High Castle (2015)
      The Man in the High Castle
      7.9
      TV Series
      • stunt performer
      • 2018–2019
    • Ghost Recon: Breakpoint (2019)
      Ghost Recon: Breakpoint
      6.4
      Video Game
      • stunt performer
      • 2019
    • Mads Mikkelsen in Polar (2019)
      Polar
      6.3
      • stunt performer
      • 2019
    • Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (2018)
      Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
      8.4
      Video Game
      • stunts
      • 2018
    • Dwayne Johnson in Skyscraper (2018)
      Skyscraper
      5.8
      • stunts
      • 2018
    • Tony Schiena in Darc (2018)
      Darc
      5.8
      • stunt performer
      • stunts
      • 2018
    • Bruce Willis in Death Wish (2018)
      Death Wish
      6.3
      • stunt performer
      • stunts
      • 2018
    • Jennifer Lawrence in Mother! (2017)
      Mother!
      6.6
      • stunt performer
      • 2017
    • Colm Feore and Patrick Huard in Bon Cop Bad Cop 2 (2017)
      Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
      6.6
      • stunt performer
      • 2017

    Producer



    • Paral'elles (2024)
      Paral'elles
      Short
      • associate producer
      • 2024

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    The Telephone Eulogies
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    The Telephone Eulogies

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      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)

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