Masanori Ishii

Known for: Acting

Born: 1973-03-21 (age 53)

From: Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Masanori Ishii is a Japanese actor, comedian and narrator. In August 1994, he teamed up with Yoshiyuki Ishizuka to form the comedy duo "Ari to kirigirisu" or "Ant to the Grasshopper". He has had roles in such works as The Incite Mill, Suite Dreams, Journey to the West.

Filmography (53)

TV
Midsummer, Grasping Love
2025
as Yuuki Suga
TV
Forbidden to Love
2025
as Shoichi Tokushima
MOVIE★ 6.0
大川と小川の休日捜査
2024
TV★ 8.0
Secret Makeover
2024
as Oginome Seiji
MOVIE
Hare no Hi Cinderella Wedding Dress wo Nihon e! Aru Josei no Chosen
2024
as Akutagawa Hiroshi
TV★ 7.0
Sell My Hand
2023
as Hino Wataru
TV
Bittersweet
2023
as Yasunori Makimura
TV★ 7.3
Guardian of the Market
2022
TV
Run Through Beyond the Wind
2021
MOVIE★ 6.7
What Happened to Our Nest Egg!?
2021
as Hidenori Sakurai
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fukushima 50
2020
as Yasuaki Kudo
TV★ 8.3
Hikinukiya: Headhunter no Ryugi
2019
MOVIE★ 4.5
Eien no Nispa
2019
as Horii Izumonokami
TV★ 7.0
Millionaire Samurai Constable
2019
TV★ 7.8
In Hand
2019
TV★ 6.9
Radiation House
2019
as Fukuzo Yamada
MOVIE
Kuinige Killer
2018
as Jun
MOVIE★ 6.0
Odd Detective 15
2017
as Yukihito Anekoji
MOVIE★ 6.0
Odd Detective 14
2016
as Yukihito Anekoji
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Stare
2016
TV
あてなよる
2015
TV★ 6.5
Ms. Sadistic Detective
2015
MOVIE★ 6.4
Maestro!
2015
TV★ 6.5
Starman: A Love Story
2013
as Kosuke Maekawa
TV★ 9.0
Kumokiri Nizaemon
2013
TV
The Farthest Galaxy
2013
TV★ 8.9
Solitary Gourmet
2012
TV★ 6.0
Secret Relationship: The teacher is my housemate
2011
TV
NHK Special: Unsolved Cases
2011
TV
Striped Sheep
2011
as Yanagihara Keitarou
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Incite Mill
2010
as Munehiro Nishino
TV★ 5.7
Spiritual Teacher, Kyoko Odagiri
2010
as Takahashi Koichi
MOVIE
Hybrid Battle: PRIUS vs INSIGHT
2010
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nagai Nagai Satsujin
2008
as Nobuo Takai
TV★ 8.2
Galileo
2007
as Nobuhiko Kurita
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Graduates
2007
as Shinpei Kaneko
TV★ 7.1
Kekkaishi
2006
as Hakubi (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Suite Dreams
2006
as Kurodo
MOVIE
Furuhata Ninzaburo Final: A Fair Murderer
2006
MOVIE
Furuhata Ninzaburo The Resurrection Of Death
2006
MOVIE
Fugitive Joichiro Kijima
2005
TV★ 7.7
GARO
2005
as Seiji Kawabata
MOVIE★ 7.4
Negotiator
2005
TV
Gekidan Engimono
2004
TV
Zenigata Heiji
2004
as Hachigoro
TV★ 8.0
Okashina Keiji
2003
TV
ギンザの恋
2002
as Jun Ishida
TV★ 7.9
Hero
2001
as Naoya Mishima
TV
Cupid's Arrows
2000
MOVIE
The Terror of Dr. Kuroiwa
1999
TV★ 8.0
Furuhata Ninzaburo Extra: Police Officer Imaizumi Shintaro
1996
TV★ 8.8
Furuhata Ninzaburo
1994
as 西園寺守
MOVIE
横山秀夫サスペンス「沈黙のアリバイ」
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