Tadanobu Asano
November 27, 1973 (51 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
- 2025 · Mortal Kombat 2 as Lord Raiden
- 2024 · Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
- 2024 · Broken Rage as 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 · Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
- 2020 · Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
- 2020 · Followers as Tamio Mochizuki
- 2019 · Midway as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
- 2019 · Wolf's Calling as Samurai
- 2019 · They Say Nothing Stays the Same as Regular customer
- 2019 · Chiwawa as Sakata
- 2018 · KASANE –Beauty and Fate– as Kingo Habuta
- 2018 · Punk Samurai Slash Down as Hanro Chayama
- 2018 · The Bastard and the Beautiful World as Daimon
- 2018 · The Outsider as Kiyoshi
- 2018 · The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers as Christ
- 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 Love Story 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 · 47 Ronin as Lord Kira
- 2013 · The Kiyosu Conference as Toshiie Maeda
- 2013 · Thor: The Dark World as Hogun
- 2013 · Children Who Won’t Die as Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Fly with the Gold as Kitagawa
- 2012 · The Terminal Trust as Noriyuki Takai
- 2012 · Dearest as Policeman
- 2012 · Battleship as Captain Yugi Nagata
- 2011 · Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special as
- 2011 · A Flawless Concierge as
- 2011 · A Ghost of a Chance 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
- 2010 · 42 One Dream Rush as
- 2010 · Redline as Frisbee (voice)
- 2009 · Snow Prince as
- 2009 · Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi as
- 2009 · SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda as
- 2009 · Villon's Wife as Otani
- 2009 · Eatrip as
- 2009 · The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
- 2009 · Dumbeast as Dekogawa
- 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 · Sad Vacation as Kenji Shiraishi
- 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 · My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? as Mizui
- 2005 · The Buried Forest as San
- 2005 · Rampo Noir as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
- 2004 · Vital as Hiroshi Takagi
- 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 · Last Life in the Universe as Kenji
- 2003 · My Grandpa as S. Nakatoh
- 2003 · Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Himself
- 2003 · Bright Future as Mamoru Arita
- 2003 · Iden & Tity as
- 2002 · Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
- 2002 · The Private Detective Mike as
- 2001 · Ichi the Killer as Kakihara
- 2001 · Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle as Shanao
- 2001 · Distance as Sakata
- 2001 · Electric Dragon 80.000 V as Dragon Eye Morrison
- 2001 · Ah-So Graham Norton as Self
- 2000 · Party 7 as Okita Souji
- 2000 · Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
- 1999 · Taboo as Hyozo Tashiro
- 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
- 1999 · Away with Words as Asano Takashi
- 1998 · Document Love & Pop as
- 1998 · Falling into the Evening as
- 1998 · Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
- 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
- 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
- 1996 · Picnic as Tsumuji
- 1995 · Maborosi as Ikuo
- 1995 · Story of Four Sisters as
- 1994 · 119 as Satoshi Matsushita
- 1993 · The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark as
- 1993 · Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
- 1992 · The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
- 1990 · Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star! as
- Future · Pseudo Idealist as
- 1991 · Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
- 1990 · Swimming Upstream as