Denis Akiyama
Year Title Role
1988 Dead Ringers Pharmacist
1995 Johnny Mnemonic Shinji
1996 Space Truckers Tech Leader
2002 Cypher Speaker Omaha
2005 The Pacifier Mr. Chun
2010 Repo Men Doctor
2010 Resident Evil : Afterlife Captain Hotaka
2015 Pixels Professor Iwatani
2017 Kill Order Shiro Fujitaka
Filmography -- Film
Denis Van Akiyama (May 28, 1952 - June 28, 2018) was a Japanese-Canadian actor and voice actor, best known as providing the voice of Iceman/Bobby Drake, Silver Samurai/Kenuichio Harada and Sunfire in X-Men and Malachite in the original English version of Sailor Moon. He played Shinji in Johnny Mnemonic. Akiyama was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was also a frequent guest star on Katts and Dog. In 2015, he appeared in the film Pixels. Denis Akiyama was also a gifted musician having played trumpet in The Pukka Orchestra
Akiyama died on June 28, 2018, from a very rare and aggressive cancer. He and his wife Danielle had two children, Kintaro and Miya.