Tadanobu Asano
November 27, 1973 (52 years old) in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Credits
- 2026 · Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden
- 2025 · Morte Cucina as
- 2024 · Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
- 2024 · Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
- 2024 · The Box Man as Fake Doctor
- 2024 · Kanasando as
- 2024 · The Women in the Lakes as
- 2024 · Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige
- 2023 · Kubi as Kuroda Kanbei
- 2023 · We're Broke, My Lord! as Heihachiro Isogai
- 2022 · Mugonkan as Kuboshima Seiichiro
- 2021 · Kate as Renji
- 2021 · Mortal Kombat as Lord Raiden
- 2021 · Detective Chinatown 3 as Tanaka Naoki
- 2020 · Independence of Japan as
- 2020 · Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
- 2020 · Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
- 2019 · Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- 2019 · Wolf's Calling as Samurai
- 2019 · Chiwawa as Sakata
- 2018 · Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
- 2018 · The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
- 2018 · The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
- 2013 · 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
- 2011 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special as
- 2010 · 42 One Dream Rush as
- 2009 · Villon's Wife as Otani
- 2009 · Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- 2007 · Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
- 2004 · Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- 2003 · Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- 2003 · My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- 2003 · Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
- 2002 · Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2001 · Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
- 2001 · Distance as Sakata
- 1999 · One Step on a Mine, It's All Over as Taizo Ichinose
- 1999 · Hakuchi: The Innocent as Isawa
- 1999 · Gemini as Revenger with Sword
- 1998 · Falling into the Evening as
- 1996 · Picnic as Tsumuji
- 1994 · 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
- 1990 · Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! as
- Future · All the Lovers in the Night as
- 2020 · Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- 2018 · KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta
- 2018 · The Outsider as Kiyoshi
- 2017 · Detective Yugami as Yukimasa Yugami
- 2017 · Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
- 2017 · Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
- 2017 · Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
- 2017 · A Life as Danjo Masao
- 2016 · Silence as Interpreter
- 2016 · The Wasted Times as Watabe
- 2016 · Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
- 2015 · Nagasaki: Memories of My Son as
- 2015 · Grasshopper as Kujira
- 2015 · Journey to the Shore as Yusuke
- 2015 · Parasyte: Part 2 as Goto
- 2014 · Parasyte: Part 1 as Goto
- 2014 · Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore as The Criminal
- 2014 · Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema as Self
- 2014 · Lupin the 3rd as Koichi Zenigata
- 2014 · My Man as Jungo Kusarino
- 2014 · The Long Goodbye as Banji Masuzawa
- 2014 · Kiki's Delivery Service as Dr. Ishi
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
- 2013 · Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
- 2012 · Dearest as Policeman
- 2012 · Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- 2011 · A Flawless Concierge as The Artist
- 2011 · Once in a Blue Moon as Kenichi Kido
- 2011 · That's the Way! as Fujio Akatsuka
- 2011 · Thor as Hogun
- 2011 · Moonlight Mask as Taro Okamoto
- 2010 · Wandering Home as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
- 2010 · Vengeance Can Wait as Hidenori Yamane
- 2009 · Snow Prince as
- 2009 · Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters as
- 2009 · SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda as
- 2009 · Eatrip as
- 2009 · Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- 2008 · Dreaming Awake as
- 2008 · R246 STORY as
- 2008 · Buyusenki Battle Chronicle as
- 2008 · Kabei: Our Mother as Yamazaki Toru
- 2007 · Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
- 2007 · The Capricious Robot as Mr. N
- 2006 · Cross the Lens as Self
- 2006 · Hana as Jubei Kanazawa
- 2006 · Invisible Waves as Kyoji
- 2005 · Tokyo Zombie as Fujio
- 2005 · SORANO as
- 2005 · Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
- 2005 · Portrait of the Wind as
- 2005 · Takeshis' as
- 2005 · The Buried Forest as San
- 2005 · My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- 2005 · Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- 2004 · Survive Style 5+ as Aman
- 2004 · Café Lumière as Hajime Takeuchi
- 2004 · The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One as (voice)
- 2004 · The Face of Jizo as Mr. Kinoshita
- 2004 · The Taste of Tea as Ayano Haruno
- 2004 · Tori as
- 2004 · Soul Dancing as
- 2004 · Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
- 2003 · Dead End Run as
- 2003 · Zatoichi as Hattori Genosuke
- 2003 · Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- 2003 · Iden & Tity as
- 2001 · Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- 2001 · Electric Dragon 80000V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- 2001 · Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- 2001 · Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
- 2000 · Party 7 as Okita Souji
- 1999 · Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- 1999 · Away with Words as Asano Takashi
- 1999 · Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- 1998 · Document Love & Pop as
- 1998 · Screwed as Tsube
- 1998 · Love & Pop as Captain XX
- 1998 · Motorola as
- 1997 · Tokyo Fair Weather as
- 1997 · Labyrinth of Dreams as Tatsuo Niitaka
- 1996 · wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net as Man
- Future · Pseudo Idealist as
- 1996 · Focus as Kanemura
- 1996 · Swallowtail Butterfly as Customer in the Club
- 1996 · ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius as Hisoka
- 1996 · Helpless as Kenji Shiraishi
- 1995 · Maborosi as Ikuo
- 1995 · Story of Four Sisters as
- 1993 · The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as
- 1992 · The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
- 1991 · Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
- 1990 · Swimming Upstream as Ushi
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Funky Forest: The Second Contact as