Tadanobu Asano
Acting1973Yokohama, 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
Acting History
Future
2026
Mortal Kombat II
as Lord Raiden
2025
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee• 1 eps
2024
The Box Man
as Fake Doctor
Ravens
as Masahisa Fukase
Broken Rage
as Detective Inoue
Shōgun
TVas Kashigi Yabushige• 10 eps
Otoko to Tori
Director
Otoko to Tori
Writer
2023
Kubi
as Kuroda Kanbei
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Heihachiro Isogai
2022
Mugonkan
as Kuboshima Seiichiro
2021
2020
2019
Midway
as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Regular customer
Wolf's Calling
as Samurai
Chiwawa-chan
as Sakata
2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
as Kingo Habuta
Punk Samurai Slash Down
as Hanro Chayama
The Outsider
as Kiyoshi
2017
Shinjuku Swan II
as Masaki Taki
Dear Etranger
as Makoto Tanaka
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hogun
Detective Yugami
TVas Yukimasa Yugami• 10 eps
A Life
TVas Danjo Masao
2016
The Wasted Times
as Watabe
Harmonium
as Sotaro Yasaka
fuji_jukai.mov
as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
Silence
as Interpreter
2015
2014
Lupin the 3rd
as Koichi Zenigata
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Dr. Ishi
Parasyte: Part 1
as Goto
My Man
as Jungo Kusarino
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
as The Criminal
The Long Goodbye
TVas Banji Masuzawa• 5 eps
2013
The Kiyosu Conference
as Toshiie Maeda
47 Ronin
as Lord Kira
Children Who Won’t Die
as Narrator (voice)
Thor: The Dark World
as Hogun
2012
The Terminal Trust
as Noriyuki Takai
Fly with the Gold
as Kitagawa
Dearest
as Policeman
Battleship
as Captain Yugi Nagata
2011
Moonlight Mask
as Taro Okamoto
That's the Way!
as Fujio Akatsuka
A Ghost of a Chance
as Kenichi Kido
A Flawless Concierge
as The Artist
Thor
as Hogun
2010
2009
2008
Kabei: Our Mother
as Yamazaki Toru
R246 STORY
Director
2007
Sad Vacation
as Kenji Shiraishi
The Capricious Robot
as Mr. N
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
2006
2005
The Buried Forest
as San
Funky Forest: The First Contact
as Masaru Tanaka
Rampo Noir
as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
Tokyo Zombie
as Fujio
2004
Vital
as Hiroshi Takagi
The Taste of Tea
as Ayano Haruno
The Face of Jizo
as Mr. Kinoshita
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
Café Lumière
as Hajime Takeuchi
Survive Style 5+
as Aman
Tori
Director
2003
Zatoichi
as Hattori Genosuke
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
as Himself
Last Life in the Universe
as Kenji
Bright Future
as Mamoru Arita
My Grandpa
as S. Nakatoh
1-Ichi
Original Music Composer
2002
Woman of Water
as Yusaku Miyazawa
2001
Distance
as Sakata
Electric Dragon 80000V
as Dragon Eye Morrison
Ichi the Killer
as Kakihara
Kaza-hana
as Renji Sawashiro
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
as Shanao
Ah-So Graham Norton
as Self
2000
Party 7
as Okita Souji
1999
Gemini
as Revenger with Sword
Away with Words
as Asano Takashi
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
as Kuroo Samehada
Taboo
as Hyozo Tashiro
Hakuchi: The Innocent
as Isawa
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
as Taizo Ichinose
1998
Screwed
as Tsube
Love & Pop
as Captain XX
1997
Labyrinth of Dreams
as Tatsuo Niitaka
1996
Swallowtail Butterfly
as Customer in the Club
Helpless
as Kenji Shiraishi
Picnic
as Tsumuji
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
as Hisoka
Focus
as Kanemura
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as Man
1995
1994
119
as Satoshi Matsushita
1992
The Rocking Horsemen
as Seiichi Shirai
1991
Waiting for the Flood
as Sadahito Iwata