Denis Akiyama
Also Known As: Dennis Akiyama, Denis Akiyama, Dennis Akayama
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birthday: June 22, 1952
Deathday: June 28, 2018
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Gender: Male
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Cypher
Overview: An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-01
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The Brady Bunch in the White House
Overview: Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States and names Carol as his V.P.!
Genres: Family TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-29
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Guilty as Sin
Overview: Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-06-04
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Welcome to Mooseport
Overview: A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-24
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Repo Men
Overview: In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the best agents in the business, but when he becomes the recipient of an artificial heart, he finds himself in the same dire straits as his many victims.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-18
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Captive Hearts
Overview: December 1944. As their bomber is shot down during a mission over Japan, Sergeant McManus and Robert, a young lieutenant, have no other choice but make a parachute jump. They are captured by local villagers and are saved from execution by Fukushima, the village elder. McManus never accepts his lot unlike Robert, who soon takes an interest in Japanese customs and rites. More, he falls in love with pretty Miyoko, Fukushima's widowed daughter-in-law.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-05
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Gangster Exchange
Overview: Karate meets Kalashnikovs as the uncontrollable force and the immovable object are thrown together in this bloody hilarious action comedy! Hiro's a Tokyo cyber-punk Yakuza with a simple mission: smuggle a toilet made of pure heroin to New York City. If he fails his boss will stick his sword where the rising sun don't shine. Marco's a muscle mountain enforcer working for a family of ex-commandos from the Bosnian war. He's an entry-level thug with dreams of rising up the ranks. But in the Bosnian mob, promotion is spelled AK-47. When a bloody New York mob war erupts and Hiro and Marco snatch the toilet. It's worth millions - if they can find somebody who can decipher the Japanese chemistry formula. Wounded, hunted and dragging a 50-pound toilet made of heroin; they race around New York. Through sleazy alleyways, bouncer brawls, sniper shoot-outs and a biker war they're on a quest to find a Japanese chemist...
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-19
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The Cradle Will Fall
Overview: The suicide of a pregnant woman begins to look like murder and a county prosecutor is called in to investigate.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Cool Money
Overview: Charismatic thief Bobby Comfort escapes from prison, clears himself of all charges, and returns to a home life he finds unsatisfying. Though he is devoted to his wife and daughter, his old life comes calling, both figuratively and literally, in the form of idea man Sammy Nalo. With the help of Comfort's old partner, they begin robbing posh New York City hotels, while second cousin and bumbling cop Phil Parris thinks he can turn Comfort to the straight and narrow.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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Flash of Genius
Overview: In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventing intermittent windshield wipers. Kearns doggedly pursues recognition for his invention, as well as the much-deserved financial rewards for the sake of his wife and six kids.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-07
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In the Eyes of a Stranger
Overview: An overworked woman encounters a pair of armed robbers on the subway home. When one of them is killed, apparently as he divulges the location of some stashed money to her- police place her in protective custody, only she is uncertain what the man told her prior to being shot as she was wearing a pair of headphone as the time. She meets up with a disgruntled cop (Richard Dean Anderson) who decides to join her in searching for the money. A strange twist makes their hunt possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-07
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Blood Relations
Overview: A trip to meet her fiance's family becomes a descent into hell when Marie discovers that her future husband wants more than just a wife... Dying for a rich husband, Marie is thrilled when Thomas brings her home to his family's massive estate. But there is something wrong in the house, and as the days go by and Marie wanders the dim halls, she makes a gruesome discovery. There is a lab underground, and a body, and all that's missing is a brain...
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-01
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Johnny Mnemonic
Overview: In a dystopian 2021, Johnny is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to securely store data too sensitive for regular computer networks. On one delivery run, he accepts a package that not only exceeds the implant's safety limits—and will kill him if the data is not removed in time—but also contains information far more important and valuable than he had ever imagined. On a race against time, he must avoid the assassins sent to kill him and remove the data before it, too, ends his life.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-26
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Lethal Tender
Overview: Bad guys are poisoning drinking water, and there is only one man who can stop them, Jeff Fahey.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-14
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Balance of Power
Overview: A martial arts expert who runs a dojo for under-privileged kids from a dilapidated warehouse is shaken down by gangsters demanding protection money. Then when one of his students is gunned down in the street by the gang, he swears revenge. Meanwhile the gang leader is setting up a death match between the best fighters and is forcing a former trainer to find a new champion by threatening his granddaughter.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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Pixels
Overview: Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-16
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After Alice
Overview: A washed-up detective discovers his own psychic ability when assigned to investigate a serial murder case. The killer has a deranged obsession with the novel "Alice in Wonderland." As the psychopath's bloody reign of terror continues, the cop spirals deeper and deeper into the case where the horrors of the past and present come together.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Extreme Measures
Overview: Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-27
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The Pacifier
Overview: Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
Genres: Comedy Family Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-04
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Killing Moon
Overview: A mysterious disease threatens airline passengers.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-11
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Kiss and Cry
Overview: A romantic drama based on the story of Carley Allison, a promising 18 year old figure skater and singer who made medical history in her fight against a rare 1 in 3.5 billion type of sarcoma.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-02-10
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Dead Ringers
Overview: Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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Bury Me in Niagara
Overview: When the controlling mother (Jean Stapleton) of Martin Mallory (Geraint Wyn Davies) dies, Mallory thinks he's finally free of her meddling. But her ghost appears to him at her funeral, brought back to life by a mysterious Japanese stone. Now, Martin must move her body to Niagara Falls, N.Y., within 48 hours, or she won't be allowed into heaven. To make matters worse, Japanese hit men are trying desperately to get the stone back.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-31
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Resident Evil: Afterlife
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Adventure Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-09
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Kill Order
Overview: A troubled high school student discovers the truth behind his hidden abilities.
Genres: Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-06
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Eloise at the Plaza
Overview: Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a fancy ball as well as how to meet a visiting prince, Eloise makes a new friend around her age! So she decides to take him on a tour of the city - and all while plotting some matchmaking hijinks for her other friends too!
Genres: Comedy Family Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-27
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L5: First City in Space
Overview: Ready for the countdown to tomorrow? Raring to swoop over the rippled red terrain of Mars or touch down on an icy comet? Or do you simply prefer to tune to Channel 29 of your virtual-reality set and join friends for fun and games? L5: First City in Space is your port of departure for all this and more.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-11
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The Planet of Junior Brown
Overview: Powerful story about love, struggle and passion of an over protective mother and her piano prodigy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-06
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The Last Debate
Overview: A presidential debate, unconfirmed rumors and four reporters who take the political process into their own hands. With the election only a week away, the two candidates square off in a final debate. The televised event takes a dramatic turn when the moderator and three panelists confront one of the candidates with unconfirmed rumors and allegations. The debate quickly turns into a witch hunt and destroys one politician's career. They also give Tom Chapman, the up-and-coming reporter investigating the panel's ambush, the story of a lifetime: What went on behind the last debate.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-05
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My Baby's Daddy
Overview: A trio of young men are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-09
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Space Truckers
Overview: John Canyon is one of the last independent space transport entrepreneurs. Rough times force him to carry suspicious cargo to Earth without questions being asked. During the flight the cargo turns out to be multitude of unstoppable and deadly killer robots.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-04
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The People Garden
Overview: Sweetpea searches for her missing rock star boyfriend Jamie in a forest in Japan.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-10
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