Shiina Kippei

Shiina Kippei (椎名桔平) was born on July 14, 1964 in Japan. Shiina Kippei movies and tv shows: Code Blue: Another Everyday, Last Chance, Unexploded Bomb, Code Blue 3, Izakaya Fuji...
Shiina Kippei is a member of Japan

An actor whose versatility allows him to deftly assume a wide range of characters, Shiina's first true breakthrough performance was in the 1993 film Nûdo no yoru (1993) opposite 'Jinpachi Netzu'. His portrayal of a young yakuza enamored with his boss led to a Best New Actor Award at the 9th Takasaki Film Festival. Since then Shiina has kept busy with regular roles in television dramas, further filling out his burgeoning filmography with lead film roles and the infrequent return to his roots in live theater.

Shiina has largely managed to keep his private life private, which is quite a feat in a country with particularly overzealous paparazzi. The actor declines to talk much about himself in interviews, citing that his personal life is largely irrelevant for audiences that should be occupied with his characters instead. According to an interview with Yomiuri Shinbun, however, we do know that he was once quite the soccer player, with presumably enough talent to match his aspirations to play in Japan's professional league.

The actor has his own personal homepage at: www.kippei.net.


(source: imdb.com)