Hiroshi Abe (阿部 寛 Abe Hiroshi, born June 22, 1964) is a popular actor famous for his charismatic character.

Abe was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Classified as a "maniac" actor, he stars in a range of fields, from comedy to horror and historical plays to the popular shows. He has an important part in Japanese entertainment, lead actor in TV shows, movies, starring in numerous commercials throughout the year. He is popular for his handsome face and style, along with his sense of humor. He is a 1988 graduate of Chuo University .

• Height:189cm
• Weight:75kg
• Shoes:27cm
• Hobbys: Tennis, Marcial Arts
• Favorite Food: Japanese Food
• Dislikes in Food: Chocolate
• Favorite Alcohol: Beer, Sake (Japanese Wine)
• Favorite Color: Black

Biography

His debut was in March 1985, winning "Shueisha 3rd Nonno Boyfreind Champion". (He won the championship in one of the most popular magazines for Japanese female teenagers). With this, he started starring in "nonno" and "men's nonno". Especially, he was on the cover of "men's nonno" 43 consecutive times since its first issue.

He also starred in "Warratte iitomo" cool guy's section ("Warratte iitomo" the most popular show starting at noon which everyone in Japan knows). In his last year of college, he starred in a movie "haikara san goes the way"(haikarasan meaning "someone on the trend") which was his first step as an professional actor. From then on, he's taking part in the Japanese television, movies, stage dramas, and commercial indrustry as one of our best leading actors.

Though he was the ultimate guy of his time as a model, with the failing Japanese economy and many scandals, his transformation from a model to an actor was a hard start. But with his first stage and movie, he turned into one of our best leading actors.

Teleplay

Starting with "Let's have Romance" (Koi wo simashō Yumin wo kikinagara)in 1988, he has appeared in 41 shows, just to the year of 1995. From the year 1996 through 2003, he's starred and co-starred appearing in at least one show in every season, counting 43.

Played Leading Actor in:

• "TRICK" seiries (2000 summer,2002 winter, 2003 autumn)
• "Smile" ("Egao no Hōsoku") (2003 spring)
• "Rika" (2003 March1)(Won for Best Horror Film of the year)
• "The Last Lawyer" (2003 winter)
• "My Little Chef" (2002 summer)
• Glorious Yorujuro"(Appare Yorujūrō)(1996 Sep-1997 March)

Others he Co-starred in:

• "MUSASHI" (2003) (a historical saga series on NHK, most known TV programs in Japan)
• "Raining Through Midnight" (Mayonaka no ame)(2002 autumn)
• "Wedding Planner" (2003 spring)
• "Antique"(2001 autumn)
• "Hero " (2001 winter)(Most watched program in Japanese history)
• "YASHA"(2000 spring)
• "Honeymoon Divorce" (Narita Rikon) (1997 Autumn)

He also stars in "Special Research Project 200X", and is seen as a narrator occasionally.

Filmography He has starred in 36 movies, starting with "Haikarasan ga toru"(1988). Eversince, he has been in the screens as an leading actor, many of them in minor movies such as "Ruga"(1994) which won grand prize for "The Independent Movies Film Festival Proffesional Prize".

• TRICK (2002)
• Platonic Sex (2001)
• RUSH! (2001)
• Blood Sucking Space(2001) (Chi wo suu uchuu)
• Tokyo Riders (2000)

Commercials With his popularity, he has been in many kinds of commercials, starting with toothbrushes to mansions. As of March 2004, he has been starring for VISA, Sekisui Chemical Industry, Johnson & Johnson, Glico(Gum), Sapporo Beer, Toyota, National, and many others. It has been noted that these commercials range from serious to comical, Daily Life Utilities to mansions and credit cards.

On Stage

• 2004 Chikamatu Double Suicide Chikamatu Shinchuu monogatari- sore ha koi)
• 2002, 1998, 1993-96 Atami Murder-Monte Carlo Illusion (Atami satujinn jikenn-monntekaruro iryu-jonn)
• 2001 One Who Brings It Up (mochiageru hito)
• 2000 New Jigokuhen (SinJigokuhen) (Famous novel from Japanese literature)
• 1992 Sometime, Somewhere (aruhi dokokade)

More He has released 8 photo collections, 2 records, 4 videos, and 2 radio programs in his career. He is an actor from Moda Office, an office run by elitism specialising in actor-management, consisting of Abe, Yuko Natori, Tomomi Sato, focusing in TV entertainment in their original pace.