Tadanobu Asano
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1973-11-27 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as
- Tadanobu Satô · あさの ただのぶ · Tadanobu Sato · Mach 1.67 · Asano Tadanobu · 浅野 忠信
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (146)
Mortal Kombat II
2026
as Lord Raiden
Mortal Kombat
2021
as Lord Raiden
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Hogun
Thor
2011
as Hogun
Zatoichi
2003
as Hattori Genosuke
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Hogun
Battleship
2012
as Captain Yugi Nagata
47 Ronin
2013
as Lord Kira
Midway
2019
as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Silence
2016
as Interpreter
Ichi the Killer
2001
as Kakihara
Redline
2009
as Frisbee (voice)
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
as Tanaka Naoki
Kate
2021
as Renji
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
as Goto
The Taste of Tea
2004
as Ayano Haruno
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
as Goto
The Outsider
2018
as Kiyoshi
Minamata
2020
as Tatsuo Matsumura
Taboo
1999
as Hyozo Tashiro
My Man
2014
as Jungo Kusarino
Love & Pop
1998
as Captain XX
Maborosi
1995
as Ikuo
Survive Style 5+
2004
as Aman
The Wasted Times
2016
as Watabe
Hana
2006
as Jubei Kanazawa
Lupin the 3rd
2014
as Koichi Zenigata
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
as Customer in the Club
Kubi
2023
as Kuroda Kanbei
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014
as Dr. Ishi
Takeshis'
2005
Shinjuku Swan II
2017
as Masaki Taki
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
as Sako
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
as Heihachiro Isogai
Journey to the Shore
2015
as Yusuke
Sad Vacation
2007
as Kenji Shiraishi
Last Life in the Universe
2003
as Kenji
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
as Seiichi Shirai
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Toshiie Maeda
Villon's Wife
2009
as Otani
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1999
as Kuroo Samehada
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
as Masaru Tanaka
Gemini
1999
as Revenger with Sword
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
as Yamazaki Toru
Dear Etranger
2017
as Makoto Tanaka
Rampo Noir
2005
as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
Dearest
2012
as Policeman
Distance
2001
as Sakata
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
as Kenichi Kido
Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018
as Hanro Chayama
Picnic
1996
as Tsumuji
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Regular customer
Grasshopper
2015
as Kujira
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
Tokyo Zombie
2005
as Fujio
Vital
2004
as Hiroshi Takagi
Falling into the Evening
1998
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
as Christ
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
as Shanao
A Flawless Concierge
2011
as The Artist
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
as Mizui
The Box Man
2024
as Fake Doctor
Dumbeast
2009
as Dekogawa
Bright Future
2003
as Mamoru Arita
Café Lumière
2004
as Hajime Takeuchi
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Shibasaki
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
as Self
Wandering Home
2010
as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
Labyrinth of Dreams
1997
as Tatsuo Niitaka
119
1994
as Satoshi Matsushita
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018
as Kingo Habuta
Screwed
1998
as Tsube
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999
as Isawa
Moonlight Mask
2011
as Taro Okamoto
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Broken Rage
2024
as Detective Inoue
Chiwawa-chan
2019
as Sakata
Kaza-hana
2001
as Renji Sawashiro
Story of Four Sisters
1995
Dreaming Awake
2008
Party 7
2000
as Okita Souji
Helpless
1996
as Kenji Shiraishi
42 One Dream Rush
2010
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
as The Criminal
Iden & Tity
2003
Wolf's Calling
2019
as Samurai
Waiting for the Flood
1991
as Sadahito Iwata
Swimming Upstream
1990
as Ushi
Mugonkan
2022
as Kuboshima Seiichiro
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Noriyuki Takai
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
as Self
R246 STORY
2008
Harmonium
2016
as Sotaro Yasaka
That's the Way!
2011
as Fujio Akatsuka
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018
as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
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1996
as Man
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
1996
as Hisoka
Motorola
1998
Invisible Waves
2006
as Kyoji
Ravens
2024
as Masahisa Fukase
The Buried Forest
2005
as San
The Face of Jizo
2004
as Mr. Kinoshita
Kanasando
2024
Fly with the Gold
2012
as Kitagawa
Document Love & Pop
1998
Focus
1996
as Kanemura
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
Electric Dragon 80000V
2001
as Dragon Eye Morrison
Portrait of the Wind
2005
Woman of Water
2002
as Yusaku Miyazawa
All the Lovers in the Night
2026
as Mitsutsuka
fuji_jukai.mov
2016
as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
1999
as Taizo Ichinose
Snow Prince
2009
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
About Tadanobu Asano
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. With 153 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Tadanobu Asano has appeared in 146 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tadanobu Asano Movies
- Mortal Kombat II (2026) — as Lord Raiden
- Mortal Kombat (2021) — as Lord Raiden
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — as Hogun
- Thor (2011) — as Hogun
- Zatoichi (2003) — as Hattori Genosuke
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