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name: "Katsunosuke Hori"
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born: "1 August 1941"
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# Katsunosuke Hori

Actor. Born 1 August 1941 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 August 1941, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** 堀 勝之祐
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4118231, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40329

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Paprika*](https://film.one/film/paprika.md) (80)

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## Biography

Katsunosuke Hori is a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator. He was born on 1 August 1941 in Tokyo and is affiliated with 81 Produce. He began his career in 1959 after training at the Haiyuza Theatre Company acting school and appearing in stage productions and early television dramas.

Hori is known for numerous voice roles in anime and films, including Torataro Shima in *Paprika* (2006), Fu in *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* (2009), the Chief of Forensics Division in *Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence* (2004), and Professor Charles Xavier in the *X-Men* series (2011). He has also worked extensively in dubbing foreign films and television.

*Sources: imdb.com, ja.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paprika* (2006), Fi1m 80, as Torataro Shima (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/paprika.md)

## Also known for

- *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* (2009), Fu (voice)
- *Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence* (2004), Chief of Forensics Division (voice)
- *Monster* (2004), Chief Novera (voice)
- *Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex* (2002), Angelica (voice)
- *Appleseed Alpha* (2014), Mathews (voice)
- *X-Men* (2011), Professor Charles Xavier (voice)
- *Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics* (1987), Bluebeard (voice)
- *The Mysterious Cities of Gold* (1982), Governor Pizarro (voice)

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