Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida (西田 敏行, Nishida Toshiyuki, born November 4, 1947) is a Japanese actor. He has won two Japanese Academy Awards for best actor, for The Silk Road (1988) and Tsuribaka Nisshi 6 (1993). He has also won the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor for Get Up! and Tsuribaka Nisshi 14 (2003). Outside Japan he is best known for his role as Pigsy (Cho Hakkai) in Monkey.

Toshiyuki Nishida
西田 敏行
Nishida in 2018
Born (1947-11-04) November 4, 1947
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)Actor, Executive
Years active1967–present

Nishida serves as the current President of Japan Actors Union and Vice President of the Japan Academy Film Prize Organization Committee. He received the Order of the Rising Sun in 2018.

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