Toshinori Omi | |
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Native name | 尾美としのり |
Born |
Tokyo, Japan |
December 7, 1965
Occupation | Actor |
Toshinori Omi (尾美としのり Omi Toshinori?, born 7 December 1965) is a Japanese actor.
Born in Tokyo, Omi joined the children's theater troupe Himawari Theatre Group when he was still in kindergarten. He made his film debut at age 13 in Kon Ichikawa's Hi no Tori (1978) and got his first starring role in a film with Shinji Somai's Tonda Couple (1980). He starred in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Tenkosei (1982), for which he won a Japan Academy Prize best newcomer award. He appeared in most of Obayashi's films until the mid-1990s. Since then he has moved on to adult roles, playing white collar businessmen and fathers.