{{short description|Japanese theatre and film actor (born 1960)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Masahiko Nishimura | image = Yokohama International Film Festival 2024 Nishimura Masahiko (53869316514).jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|12|12}} | birth_place = [[Toyama, Toyama]], Japan | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1984–present }} {{nihongo|'''Masahiko Nishimura'''|西村 まさ彦|Nishimura Masahiko|extra=born December 12, 1960}} is a Japanese theatre and film actor. He is best known for his comedic portrayals.
==Biography== Nishimura was born on December 12, 1960, in [[Toyama, Toyama]], Japan. While he attended [[Toyo University]] to study photography, he met [[Kōki Mitani]], a script writer for radio and playwright who aspired to be an actor and who turned his attention to the theatre.
In 1983, Nishimura, Mitani and others including the actors Zen Kajiwara and [[Kazuyuki Aijima]] formed the [[Tokyo Sunshine Boys]], a comedy troupe that grew in popularity over the following ten years. They produced the popular play ''12 Gentle Japanese'', a parody of [[Reginald Rose]]'s ''[[Twelve Angry Men (story)|12 Angry Men]]''. When ''12 Gentle Japanese'' was adapted to film, Nishimura did not form part of the cast.
In the 1990s, the success of the Tokyo Sunshine Boys brought Nishimura parts in television dramas, notably a part in ''Furikaereba Yatsuga Iru'' and as the flamboyant Shintaro Imaizumi in Kōki Mitani's ''[[Furuhata Ninzaburo]]''.
With the release of the Kōki Mitani film adaptation of the play ''[[Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald|Radio no Jikan]]'' in 1997, Nishimura won acclaim for his portrayal of a radio producer—a role for which he won the Best Supporting Actor award from the [[Japanese Academy Awards]] as well as a [[Blue Ribbon Awards|Blue Ribbon Award]].
The Tokyo Sunshine Boys disbanded in 1998, but most of its actors, including Nishimura, continued to work in television.
==Awards== *[[Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year]] (1997)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.producer.or.jp/backnumber/elandor/elandor-00.htm|title= エランドール賞歴代受賞者一覧|access-date= December 11, 2021|work= All Nippon Producers Association}}</ref> *Best Supporting Actor ([[Japanese Academy Awards]]) for [[Kōki Mitani]] ''Radio no Jikan'' *Best Supporting Actor (Japanese Academy Award) for [[Juzo Itami]] ''Marutai no Onna'' *Popularity Award "Most Popular Performer" for 1997 *[[Blue Ribbon Awards]] "Best Supporting Actor" *Best Supporting Actor at the 22nd [[Hochi Film Award]] for ''[[Marutai no onna]]'' and ''[[Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1997/ |script-title=ja:報知映画賞ヒストリー |access-date=2010-12-12 |language=ja |publisher=Cinema Hochi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005192909/http://cinemahochi.yomiuri.co.jp/h_award/1997/ |archive-date=2011-10-05 }}</ref> *[[Kinema Junpo Award]]
==Filmography== ===Films=== *''Tomoko no baai'' (1996) *''Shichi-gatsu nano ka, Hare'' (1996) *''[[Radio no Jikan: Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald|Radio no Jikan: Welcome Back Mr. McDonald]]'' (1997) *''[[Princess Mononoke]]'' (1997) - Kōroku (voice) *''Marutai no onna'' (1997) *''The Black House'' (1999)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/1800/|title= 黒い家|access-date= August 29, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''[[Godzilla 2000]]'' (1999) *''O-juken'' (1999) *''[[Great Teacher Onizuka|GTO]]'' (1999) *''[[Kawa no Nagare no Yō ni]]'' (2000) *''Denen no yuutsu'' (2001) *''Ghiblies: Episode 2'' (2002) *''[[Ganryujima]]'' (2003) - [[Sasaki Kojirō]] *''Nin Nin the Movie'' (2004) *''Furyo shonen no yume'' (2005) *''[[Warai no Daigaku: University of Laughs|Warai no Daigaku]]'' (2006) *''[[Tokyo Family]]'' (2013) - Kōichi Hirayama *''[[Samurai Hustle]]'' (2014) - Kanetsugu Sōma *''[[The Magnificent Nine]]'' (2016) *''[[What a Wonderful Family!]]'' (2016) *''[[What a Wonderful Family!|''What a Wonderful Family! 2'']]'' (2017) *''Linking Love'' (2017) *''[[What a Wonderful Family!|''What a Wonderful Family! 3: My Wife, My Life'']]'' (2018) *''Iwane: Sword of Serenity'' (2019) *''JK Rock'' (2019) *''Samurai Shifters'' (2019) *''The 47 Ronin in Debt'' (2019) *''Apparel Designer'' (2020) *''Angry Rice Wives'' (2021) *''The Supporting Actors: The Movie'' (2021) - himself<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/94194/|title= バイプレイヤーズ もしも100人の名脇役が映画を作ったら|access-date= February 9, 2021|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''My Father's Tracks'' (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/438826|title= 西村まさ彦、佐藤隆太、田中俊介が「僕と彼女とラリーと」に出演、予告編も公開|access-date= July 30, 2021|work= Crank-in!}}</ref> *''Dreaming of the Meridian Arc'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/457062|title= 志の輔の落語を実写化した「大河への道」に岸井ゆきの、橋爪功ら出演、全員1人2役|access-date= December 11, 2021|work= Natalie}}</ref> *''The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/94731/|title= バスカヴィル家の犬 シャーロック劇場版|access-date= January 6, 2022|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''Mado'' (2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/98260/|title= 窓 MADO|access-date= November 4, 2022|work= eiga.com}}</ref> *''The Ohara Family Rhapsody'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/99290/|title= お終活 再春！人生ラプソディ|access-date= May 26, 2023|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''Our Last Day'' (2024)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/101325/|title= 祝日|access-date= April 24, 2024|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''End-of-Life Concierge 3'' (2026)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/105036/|title= お終活3 幸春! 人生メモリーズ|access-date= 17 November 2025|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref> *''AnyMart'' (2026)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://eiga.com/movie/105408/|title= チルド|access-date= 16 January 2026|website= eiga.com|language=ja}}</ref>
===Television=== *''Furikaereba Yatsu ga Iru''(1993) *''[[Furuhata Ninzaburo]]'' (1994) - Shintaro Imaizumi *''Ousama no restoran'' (1995) *''[[Hideyoshi (TV series)|Hideyoshi]]'' (1996) - [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000936094/cast/|title= 秀吉の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= May 26, 2024|work= The Television}}</ref> *''Otona no otoko'' (1997) *''[[Sōrito Yobanaide]]'' (1997) - Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister *''[[Yamato Nadeshiko]]'' (2000) *''Yome wa mitsuboshi'' (2001) *''Koi no chikara'' (2002) *''Itsumo futari de'' (2003) *''Kanojo ga shinjatta'' (2004) *''[[Wonderful Life (2004 TV series)|Wonderful Life]]'' (2004) *''[[Nodame Cantabile]]'' (2006) *''[[Karei-naru Ichizoku|The Family]]'' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.mbs.jp/pgm/tbs_karei2007/1170032832.shtml|title= 華麗なる一族|accessdate= June 16, 2021|work= MBS|archive-date= November 29, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211129093127/https://www.mbs.jp/pgm/tbs_karei2007/1170032832.shtml|url-status= dead}}</ref> *''[[Sanada Maru (TV series)|Sanada Maru]]'' (2016) - Muroga Masatake<ref>{{cite web |url= https://thetv.jp/program/0000885319/cast/|title= 真田丸の出演者・キャスト一覧|access-date= April 24, 2024|work= The Television}}</ref> *''Kyoaku wa Nemurasenai'' (2016) - Nobutsuna Nakae *''Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Hokusai's Daughter'' (2017), [[Nishimura Yohachi]]<ref name=yohachi/> *''[[Awaiting Kirin]]'' (2020) - Akechi Mitsuyasu<ref>{{cite web |url= https://haiyaku.web.fc2.com/20-taiga.html|title= 麒麟がくる|access-date= 1 October 2024|work= Haiyaku Jiten}}</ref> *''[[Unbound (TV series)|Unbound]]'' (2025), Nishimura Yohachi<ref name=yohachi>{{cite web |url= https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/571425|title= 横浜流星主演の大河ドラマ「べらぼう」に西村まさ彦、水沢林太郎、里見浩太朗ら|access-date= April 30, 2024|work= Natalie}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0632761}} *{{ann|people|2041}}
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