Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Known for
Acting
Born
November 27, 1973 (age 52)
Birthplace
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Biography

Tadanobu Asano, born Tadanobu Sato (born November 27, 1973) is a Japanese actor. He is known for his roles as Dragon Eye Morrison in Electric Dragon 80.000 V, Kakihara in Ichi the Killer, Mamoru Arita in Bright Future, Hattori Genosuke in Zatoichi, Kenji in Last Life in the Universe, Aman in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, and Temudjin in Mongol. Most recently, Asano appeared as Hogun in the film Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Pseudo Idealist poster

Pseudo Idealist

Movie

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Funky Forest: The Second Contact

Funky Forest: The Second Contact

Movie

2026
Mortal Kombat II poster

Mortal Kombat II

Movie · as Lord Raiden

2026
Morte Cucina poster

Morte Cucina

Movie · as Artist

2026
All the Lovers in the Night poster

All the Lovers in the Night

Movie · as Mitsutsuka

2025
Ravens poster

Ravens

Movie · as Masahisa Fukase

2024
The Box Man poster

The Box Man

Movie · as Fake Doctor

2024
The Women in the Lakes poster

The Women in the Lakes

Movie

2024
Kanasando poster

Kanasando

Movie · as Satoru Chinen

2024
Broken Rage poster

Broken Rage

Movie · as Detective Inoue

2024
Shōgun poster

Shōgun

TV · as Kashigi Yabushige · 10 eps

2023
Kubi poster

Kubi

Movie · as Kuroda Kanbei

2023
We're Broke, My Lord! poster

We're Broke, My Lord!

Movie · as Heihachiro Isogai

2022
Mugonkan poster

Mugonkan

Movie · as Kuboshima Seiichiro

2021
Mortal Kombat poster

Mortal Kombat

Movie · as Lord Raiden

2021
Kate poster

Kate

Movie · as Renji

2021
Detective Chinatown 3 poster

Detective Chinatown 3

Movie · as Tanaka Naoki

2021
Welcome Home, Mone poster

Welcome Home, Mone

TV · as Oikawa Shinji · 120 eps

2020
Minamata poster

Minamata

Movie · as Tatsuo Matsumura

2020
Labyrinth of Cinema poster

Labyrinth of Cinema

Movie · as Sako

2020
Independence of Japan poster

Independence of Japan

Movie

2020
Followers poster

Followers

TV · as Tamio Mochizuki · 9 eps

2019
Chiwawa-chan poster

Chiwawa-chan

Movie · as Sakata

2019
Midway poster

Midway

Movie · as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi

2019
Wolf's Calling poster

Wolf's Calling

Movie · as Samurai

2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same poster

They Say Nothing Stays the Same

Movie · as Regular customer

2018
The Outsider poster

The Outsider

Movie · as Kiyoshi

2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World poster

The Bastard and the Beautiful World

Movie · as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)

2018
KASANE –Beauty and Fate– poster

KASANE –Beauty and Fate–

Movie · as Kingo Habuta

2018
Punk Samurai Slash Down poster

Punk Samurai Slash Down

Movie · as Hanro Chayama

2018
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers poster

The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers

Movie · as Christ

2017
Shinjuku Swan II poster

Shinjuku Swan II

Movie · as Masaki Taki

2017
Dear Etranger poster

Dear Etranger

Movie · as Makoto Tanaka

2017
Thor: Ragnarok poster

Thor: Ragnarok

Movie · as Hogun

2017
A Life: A Love poster

A Life: A Love

TV · as Danjo Masao · 10 eps

2017
Detective Yugami poster

Detective Yugami

TV · as Yukimasa Yugami · 10 eps

2016
The Wasted Times poster

The Wasted Times

Movie · as Watabe

2016
Silence poster

Silence

Movie · as Interpreter

2016
Harmonium poster

Harmonium

Movie · as Sotaro Yasaka

2016
fuji_jukai.mov poster

fuji_jukai.mov

Movie · as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)

2015
Grasshopper poster

Grasshopper

Movie · as Kujira

2015
Parasyte: Part 2 poster

Parasyte: Part 2

Movie · as Goto

2015
Journey to the Shore poster

Journey to the Shore

Movie · as Yusuke

2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son poster

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

Movie

2014
Lupin the 3rd poster

Lupin the 3rd

Movie · as Koichi Zenigata

2014
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore poster

Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore

Movie · as The Criminal

2014
My Man poster

My Man

Movie · as Jungo Kusarino

2014
Parasyte: Part 1 poster

Parasyte: Part 1

Movie · as Goto

2014
Kiki's Delivery Service poster

Kiki's Delivery Service

Movie · as Dr. Ishi

2014
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema poster

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Movie · as Self

2014
The Long Goodbye poster

The Long Goodbye

TV · as Banji Masuzawa · 5 eps

2013
47 Ronin poster

47 Ronin

Movie · as Lord Kira

2013
Children Who Won’t Die poster

Children Who Won’t Die

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Thor: The Dark World poster

Thor: The Dark World

Movie · as Hogun

2013
The Kiyosu Conference poster

The Kiyosu Conference

Movie · as Toshiie Maeda

2013
An Interview with Alien Sun poster

An Interview with Alien Sun

Movie · as Self

2013
An Interview with Tadanobu Asano poster

An Interview with Tadanobu Asano

Movie · as Self

2013
Ichi the Killer - Making Of poster

Ichi the Killer - Making Of

Movie · as Self

2013
Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes poster

Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes

Movie · as Self

2012
Battleship poster

Battleship

Movie · as Captain Yugi Nagata

2012
Dearest poster

Dearest

Movie · as Policeman

2012
The Terminal Trust poster

The Terminal Trust

Movie · as Noriyuki Takai

2012
Fly with the Gold poster

Fly with the Gold

Movie · as Kitagawa

2011
Thor poster

Thor

Movie · as Hogun

2011
That's the Way! poster

That's the Way!

Movie · as Fujio Akatsuka

2011
Moonlight Mask poster

Moonlight Mask

Movie · as Taro Okamoto

2011
A Ghost of a Chance poster

A Ghost of a Chance

Movie · as Kenichi Kido

2011
A Flawless Concierge poster

A Flawless Concierge

Movie · as The Artist

2011
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special poster

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special

Movie

2010
Wandering Home poster

Wandering Home

Movie · as Yasuyuki Tsukahara

2010
Vengeance Can Wait poster

Vengeance Can Wait

Movie · as Hidenori Yamane

2010
42 One Dream Rush poster

42 One Dream Rush

Movie

2009
Dumbeast poster

Dumbeast

Movie · as Dekogawa

2009
Redline poster

Redline

Movie · as Frisbee (voice)

2009
Eatrip poster

Eatrip

Movie

2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity poster

The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity

Movie · as Shibasaki

2009
Villon's Wife poster

Villon's Wife

Movie · as Otani

2009
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters poster

Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters

Movie

2009
Snow Prince poster

Snow Prince

Movie

2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda poster

SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda

Movie

2008
Kabei: Our Mother poster

Kabei: Our Mother

Movie · as Yamazaki Toru

2008
Dreaming Awake

Dreaming Awake

Movie

2008
R246 STORY poster

R246 STORY

Movie

2008
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle

Buyusenki Battle Chronicle

Movie

2008
Family History poster

Family History

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan poster

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan

Movie · as Genghis Khan / Temüjin

2007
Sad Vacation poster

Sad Vacation

Movie · as Kenji Shiraishi

2007
The Capricious Robot poster

The Capricious Robot

Movie · as Mr. N

2007
Eli on Ichi poster

Eli on Ichi

Movie · as Self

2006
Hana poster

Hana

Movie · as Jubei Kanazawa

2006
Invisible Waves poster

Invisible Waves

Movie · as Kyoji

2006
Cross the Lens poster

Cross the Lens

Movie · as Self

2006
Survive Style 5+: Making Off

Survive Style 5+: Making Off

Movie

2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact poster

Funky Forest: The First Contact

Movie · as Masaru Tanaka

2005
The Buried Forest poster

The Buried Forest

Movie · as San-chan

2005
Tokyo Zombie poster

Tokyo Zombie

Movie · as Fujio

2005
Rampo Noir poster

Rampo Noir

Movie · as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover

2005
SORANO poster

SORANO

Movie

2005
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? poster

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?

Movie · as Mizui

2005
Portrait of the Wind poster

Portrait of the Wind

Movie

2005
Takeshis' poster

Takeshis'

Movie

2004
Vital poster

Vital

Movie · as Hiroshi Takagi

2004
The Taste of Tea poster

The Taste of Tea

Movie · as Ayano Haruno

2004
Survive Style 5+ poster

Survive Style 5+

Movie · as Aman

2004
Café Lumière poster

Café Lumière

Movie · as Hajime Takeuchi

2004
The Face of Jizo poster

The Face of Jizo

Movie · as Mr. Kinoshita

2004
Tori

Tori

Movie

2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! poster

Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!

Movie · as Self

2004
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One poster

The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One

Movie · as (voice)

2004
Soul Dancing poster

Soul Dancing

Movie

2003
Zatoichi poster

Zatoichi

Movie · as Hattori Genosuke

2003
Last Life in the Universe poster

Last Life in the Universe

Movie · as Kenji

2003
Bright Future poster

Bright Future

Movie · as Mamoru Arita

2003
Iden & Tity poster

Iden & Tity

Movie

2003
Dead End Run poster

Dead End Run

Movie

2003
My Grandpa poster

My Grandpa

Movie · as S. Nakatoh

2003
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa poster

Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Movie · as Himself

2002
Woman of Water poster

Woman of Water

Movie · as Yusaku Miyazawa

2002
The Private Detective Mike poster

The Private Detective Mike

TV · 1 ep

2001
Distance poster

Distance

Movie · as Sakata

2001
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle poster

Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle

Movie · as Shanao

2001
Electric Dragon 80000V poster

Electric Dragon 80000V

Movie · as Dragon Eye Morrison

2001
Ichi the Killer poster

Ichi the Killer

Movie · as Kakihara

2001
Kaza-hana poster

Kaza-hana

Movie · as Renji Sawashiro

2001
Ah-So Graham Norton poster

Ah-So Graham Norton

Movie · as Self

2000
Party 7 poster

Party 7

Movie · as Okita Souji

1999
Taboo poster

Taboo

Movie · as Hyozo Tashiro

1999
Away with Words poster

Away with Words

Movie · as Asano Takashi

1999
Gemini poster

Gemini

Movie · as Revenger with Sword

1999
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl poster

Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

Movie · as Kuroo Samehada

1999
Hakuchi: The Innocent poster

Hakuchi: The Innocent

Movie · as Isawa

1999
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over

One Step on a Mine, It's All Over

Movie · as Taizo Ichinose

1998
Love & Pop poster

Love & Pop

Movie · as Captain XX

1998
Screwed poster

Screwed

Movie · as Tsube

1998
Falling into the Evening poster

Falling into the Evening

Movie

1998
Document Love & Pop poster

Document Love & Pop

Movie

1998
Motorola poster

Motorola

Movie

1998
Typhoon Shelter poster

Typhoon Shelter

Movie

1997
Labyrinth of Dreams poster

Labyrinth of Dreams

Movie · as Tatsuo Niitaka

1997
Tokyo Fair Weather poster

Tokyo Fair Weather

Movie

1996
Picnic poster

Picnic

Movie · as Tsumuji

1996
Helpless poster

Helpless

Movie · as Kenji Shiraishi

1996
Focus poster

Focus

Movie · as Kanemura

1996
wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net poster

wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net

Movie · as Man

1996
Swallowtail Butterfly poster

Swallowtail Butterfly

Movie · as Customer in the Club

1996
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius poster

ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius

Movie · as Hisoka

1996
命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘 poster

命捧げ候 夢追い坂の決闘

Movie

1995
Maborosi poster

Maborosi

Movie · as Ikuo

1995
Story of Four Sisters

Story of Four Sisters

Movie

1994
119 poster

119

Movie · as Satoshi Matsushita

1993
Fried Dragon Fish poster

Fried Dragon Fish

Movie · as Natsuro

1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark poster

The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark

Movie · as Koichi Sunagami

1992
The Rocking Horsemen poster

The Rocking Horsemen

Movie · as Seiichi Shirai

1991
Waiting for the Flood poster

Waiting for the Flood

Movie · as Sadahito Iwata

1990
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! poster

Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!

Movie

1990
Swimming Upstream poster

Swimming Upstream

Movie · as Ushi

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep