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Nobuya Shimamoto is known for:

  • Resident Evil: Afterlife
    In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
  • John Wick: Chapter 2
    John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
  • The Day After Tomorrow
    After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

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Biography

Nobuya Shimamoto (born March 18, 1967) 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".