Tadanobu Asano
Birthdate
November 27, 1973 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
November 27, 1973 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Known For
Acting
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.
Tadanobu Asano's LGBTQ+ Titles
Away with Words
Asano
Acting (141)
Pseudo Idealist
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
2024
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige (10 episodes)
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 (9 episodes)
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 (10 episodes)
2017
Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
2017
Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
2017
Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
2017
A Life as Danjo Masao (10 episodes)
2016
Silence as Interpreter
2016
The Wasted Times as Watabe
2016
Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
2015
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
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 (5 episodes)
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
2011
A Flawless Concierge
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
2010
Redline as Frisbee (voice)
2009
Snow Prince
2009
Tsurugi-dake satsuei no ki hyōkō 3000 mētoru, gekitō no 873-nichi
2009
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
Villon's Wife as Otani
2009
Eatrip
2009
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity as Shibasaki
2009
Dumbeast as Dekogawa
2008
Dreaming Awake
2008
R246 STORY
2008
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
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
2005
Funky Forest: The First Contact as Masaru Tanaka
2005
Portrait of the Wind
2005
Takeshis'
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
2004
Soul Dancing
2004
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell! as Self
2003
Dead End Run
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
2002
Woman of Water as Yusaku Miyazawa
2002
The Private Detective Mike (1 episode)
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
1998
Document Love & Pop
1998
Falling into the Evening
1998
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
1998
Screwed as Tsube
1998
Love & Pop as Captain XX
1998
Motorola
1997
Tokyo Fair Weather
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
1994
119 as Satoshi Matsushita
1993
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
Fried Dragon Fish as Natsuro
1992
The Rocking Horsemen as Seiichi Shirai
1991
Waiting for the Flood as Sadahito Iwata
1990
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star in my Pants!
1990
Swimming Upstream
Directing (4)
2024
Otoko to Tori
• Director
2010
42 One Dream Rush
• Director
2008
R246 STORY
• Director
2004
Tori
• Director
Writing (1)
2024
Otoko to Tori
• Writer
Sound (1)
2003
1-Ichi
• Original Music Composer