Hiroshi Ohmori

Born 1954-12-19 · Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Ohmori (大森 博史, Ōmori Hiroshi, born December 19, 1954, in Tokyo) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. After studying at Gakushuin University, which he left before graduating, he began his acting career with the theatre company On Theater Jiyū Gekijō. Over the course of his career, he has appeared in numerous films, television dramas, and stage productions, including Shanghai Bansukingu, The Land of Hope, Aibō II, Hero Show, and New Cinema Kabuki: Sannin Kichisa. His television credits include Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru, Dr. Coto Shinryōjo, JIN, Keishichō Sōsa Ikka 9-gakari, Boku to Shippo to Kagurazaka, In Hand, and NHK's historical drama Hikaru Kimi e. A significant part of Hiroshi's career has been devoted to the theatre, where he has performed in works by Shakespeare, Bertolt Brecht, and Samuel Beckett, while collaborating with prominent figures of contemporary Japanese theatre. He has also served as a lecturer in the College of Art at Nihon University and is currently represented by Mantenboshi. *** Not to be confused with: 大森ヒロシ (Hiroshi Ōmori, born 1963), a different Japanese actor, playwright, and theatre director.