Hiroshi Mikami | |
Native Name: | 三上 博史 |
Birth Date: | 1962 7, df=yes |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1979–present |
is a Japanese actor.
Mikami grew up in the 1960s with a family that was closely related to the entertainment industry with his mother being an actress and his uncle being a film producer. Mikami was in high school where he went for his first audition and earned the lead role in Grass Labyrinth directed by Shuji Terayama. The film won critical praise in France where it became part of the trilogy Collections privées.
Mikami went on to star in various projects, including the television comedy Kimi no Hitomi wo Taiho Suru and the film Desert Moon, which screened in competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. He also has worked in stage, as in 2004, when he played the titular Hedwig in the Japanese version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch.[1]