Personal Info
Birth date
1946-09-26 (78 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also known as
伊川東吾
Yoshiyuki Baba
伊川东吾
Togo Igawa
Biography
Togo Igawa, born in Tokyo on 26 September 1946, is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and Sunshine. He has also appeared in the Israeli movie A Matter of Size and the Thomas and Friends movies Hero of the Rails and Misty Island Rescue in 2009 and 2010. Additionally Igawa provides the voice for the character Professor Moshimo on the cartoon series Robotboy and the voice for the character Hiro, who first appeared in Hero of the Rails, in Thomas and Friends. He will appear in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English. Description above from the Wikipedia article Togo Igawa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Doctor Who
7.551
Overview:
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.Thomas & Friends
6.781
Overview:
Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert Awdry and his son, Christopher Awdry. These books deal with the adventures of a group of anthropomorphised locomotives and road vehicles who live on the fictional Island of Sodor. The books were based on stories Wilbert told to entertain his son, Christopher during his recovery from measles. From Series one to four, many of the stories are based on events from Awdry's personal experience.Archer
7.957
Overview:
Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.The Crown
8.205
Overview:
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.Invasion
7.146
Overview:
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.Lexx
7.1
Overview:
A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.The IT Crowd
8.155
Overview:
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.Torchwood
7.325
Overview:
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.Primeval
7.431
Overview:
When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.Lovejoy
7.3
Overview:
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.Giri/Haji
7.428
Overview:
Soulful thriller set in Tokyo and London, exploring the butterfly effect of a single murder across two cities. A dark, witty and daring examination of morality and redemption.Murder Most Horrid
6.6
Overview:
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist
6.5
Overview:
A multi-layered series that looks back to the formative years of Ryu and Ken as they live a traditional warrior's life in secluded Japan.Eyes Wide Shut
7.484
Overview:
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.Star Wars: The Last Jedi
6.8
Overview:
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.Bugs
6.8
Overview:
Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and science-fiction, involved a team of specialist independent crime-fighting technology experts, who faced a variety of threats based around computers and other modern technology. It was originally broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One, and was produced for the BBC by the independent production company Carnival Films.The Last Samurai
7.593
Overview:
Nathan Algren is an American hired to instruct the Japanese army in the ways of modern warfare, which finds him learning to respect the samurai and the honorable principles that rule them. Pressed to destroy the samurai's way of life in the name of modernization and open trade, Algren decides to become an ultimate warrior himself and to fight for their right to exist.Tetris
7.673
Overview:
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.The Gentlemen
7.7
Overview:
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.Speed Racer
6.292
Overview:
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.Robotboy
7.6
Overview:
Robotboy is the latest creation of the world renowned scientist Professor Moshimo. Due to fears that Robotboy would be stolen by his arch-enemy Dr. Kamikazi and his main henchman Constantine to be used to take over the world, Professor Moshimo entrusts Robotboy to 10-year-old Tommy Turnbull, his biggest fan. While being protected by Tommy and his two friends Lola and Gus, or "G-man" as he calls himself, Robotboy learns how to behave and act as if he were a real boy.47 Ronin
6.19
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Kai—an outcast—joins Oishi, the leader of 47 outcast samurai. Together they seek vengeance upon the treacherous overlord who killed their master and banished their kind. To restore honour to their homeland, the warriors embark upon a quest that challenges them with a series of trials that would destroy ordinary warriors.Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
7.089
Overview:
Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.Johnny English Reborn
6.237
Overview:
The most prominent heads of state in the world begin gathering for a conference that could have a major impact on global politics. When MI-7 receives word that the Chinese premier has become the target of some high-powered killers, it falls on Johnny English to save the day. Armed with the latest high-tech weaponry and gadgets that would make even James Bond jealous, the once-disgraced agent uncovers evidence of a massive conspiracy involving some of the world's most powerful organisations, and vows to redeem his tarnished reputation by stopping the killers before they can strike.Memoirs of a Geisha
7.656
Overview:
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.Ninja
6.085
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A westerner named Casey, studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New York to protect the legendary Yoroi Bitsu, an armored chest that contains the weapons of the last Koga Ninja.Revolver
6.343
Overview:
Hotshot gambler Jake Green is long on bravado and seriously short of common sense. Rarely is he allowed in any casino because he's a bona fide winner and, in fact, has taken so much money over the years that he's the sole client of his accountant elder brother, Billy. Invited to a private game, Jake is in fear of losing his life.Nice Day at the Office
NYR
Overview:
Nice Day at the Office is a British sitcom starring Timothy Spall, John Sessions and David Haig as put-upon and frustrated employees of a large company.Hector and the Search for Happiness
6.706
Overview:
Hector is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life. As he tells his girlfriend, Clara, he feels like a fraud: he hasn’t really tasted life, and yet he’s offering advice to patients who are just not getting any happier. So Hector decides to break out of his deluded and routine driven life. Armed with buckets of courage and child-like curiosity, he embarks on a global quest in hopes of uncovering the elusive secret formula for true happiness. And so begins a larger than life adventure with riotously funny results.Acting
TBAWelcome to Paradise as Junichi
TBAKing of Iron Fist Tournament as Jinpachi Mishima
2023Tetris as Hiroshi Yamauchi
2021National Theatre Live: After Life as Ichiro Watanabe
2021Invasion (5 Episodes) as Ikuro Murai
2021Moley (52 Episodes) as Mystic Mole (voice)
2020The Host as Lau Hoi Ho
2020The Gentlemen as Wang Yong
2019Master Moley by Royal Invitation as Mystic Mole (voice)
2019Giri/Haji (6 Episodes) as Hotaka
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again as Mr. Tatyama
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Resistance Bridge Officer
2017The Last Recipe as Shotaro Kamata
2016The Crown (1 Episode) as Emperor Hirohito
2016Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Hiro (voice)
2016Breaking the Bank as Nakamura
2016The Confessions as Ministro giapponese
2015The Real Miyagi as Self
2014Everly as The Sadist
2014Hector and the Search for Happiness as Old Monk
2014Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist The Movie as Goutetsu / Goma
2014Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (12 Episodes) as Gôtetsu
2014Thomas & Friends: Spills & Thrills as Hiro (voice)
2014Kano as Coach Sato
201347 Ronin as Tengu Lord
2013Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway as Hiro (voice)
2013Tasting Menu as Ishao
2012Thomas & Friends: Sticky Situations as Hiro (voice)
2012Thomas & Friends: Schoolhouse Delivery as Hiro (voice)
2012Gambit as Takagawa
2012Thomas and Friends: Up Up & Away! as Hiro (voice)
2011Thomas & Friends: Merry Christmas, Thomas! as Hiro (voice) (archive footage)
2011Johnny English Reborn as Ting Wang
2011Thomas & Friends: Wobbly Wheels & Whistles as Hiro (voice)
2010Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue as Hiro (voice)
2009Ninja as Sensei
2009Archer (1 Episode) as Kintaru Sato (voice)
2009Thomas & Friends: Hero of the Rails - The Movie as Hiro (voice)
2009The Hedgehog as Kakuro Ozu
2009A Matter of Size as Kitano
2009Night Train as Yamashita
2009John Rabe as Fukuda Tokuyasu
2008Speed Racer as Mr. Togokahn
2007Primeval (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Torchwood (1 Episode) as Dr Tanizaki
2006Waiter as Makino
2006The IT Crowd (1, 1 Episode) as Japanese Boss, Mr. Yamamoto
2006Irish Jam as Mr. Suzuki
2005Memoirs of a Geisha as Tanaka
2005Robotboy (130 Episodes) as Unknown
2005Revolver as Fred
2005Doctor Who (1 Episode) as Secretary General
2004Stratosphere Girl as Oshima
2003The Last Samurai as General Hasegawa
2003Code 46 as Driver
2001Noche de reyes as Sr. Okamura
2001The Parole Officer as Japanese Businessman
2000The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz as Japanese scuba diver
1999Topsy-Turvy as First Kabuki Actor
1999Eyes Wide Shut as Japanese Man #1
1998Felice… Felice… as Kurosu
1997Incognito as Thomas Agachi
1997Lexx (1 Episode) as Monk
1996National Achievement Day as Togo
1995Bugs (1 Episode) as Embassy Man
1995Rik Mayall Presents: Dirty Old Town as Japanese Waiter
1994Nice Day at the Office (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1994A Business Affair as Japanese Golfer
1994Power and Lovers as Iki
1993How to speak Japanese as Isono
1992Just Like a Woman as Akira Watanabe
1991Murder Most Horrid (1 Episode) as Japanese Tourist
1989Wilt as Japanese Visitor
1989Defrosting the Fridge as Mr. Hiroto
1986Lovejoy (1 Episode) as Mr Kashimoto
1984Thomas & Friends (20 Episodes) as Hiro (voice)
1979Almost Transparent Blue as Okinawa