Tadanobu Asano

Known for: Acting

Born: 1973-11-27 (age 52)

From: 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.

Filmography (153)

MOVIE
All the Lovers in the Night
2027
as Mitsutsuka
MOVIE★ 0.5
Morte Cucina
2026
as Artist
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mortal Kombat II
2026
as Lord Raiden
MOVIE
Ravens
2024
as Masahisa Fukase
MOVIE★ 6.7
Broken Rage
2024
as Detective Inoue
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Box Man
2024
as Fake Doctor
MOVIE
Kanasando
2024
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Women in the Lakes
2024
TV★ 8.4
Shōgun
2024
as Kashigi Yabushige
MOVIE★ 6.9
Kubi
2023
as Kuroda Kanbei
MOVIE★ 7.4
We're Broke, My Lord!
2023
as Heihachiro Isogai
MOVIE
Mugonkan
2022
as Kuboshima Seiichiro
MOVIE★ 6.6
Kate
2021
as Renji
MOVIE★ 7.1
Mortal Kombat
2021
as Lord Raiden
MOVIE★ 5.6
Detective Chinatown 3
2021
as Tanaka Naoki
MOVIE
Independence of Japan
2020
MOVIE★ 6.8
Labyrinth of Cinema
2020
as Sako
MOVIE★ 6.9
Minamata
2020
as Tatsuo Matsumura
TV★ 6.7
Followers
2020
as Tamio Mochizuki
MOVIE★ 7.1
Midway
2019
as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
MOVIE★ 6.6
Wolf's Calling
2019
as Samurai
MOVIE★ 6.8
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
2019
as Regular customer
MOVIE★ 6.8
Chiwawa-chan
2019
as Sakata
MOVIE★ 6.8
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
2018
as Kingo Habuta
MOVIE★ 5.6
Punk Samurai Slash Down
2018
as Hanro Chayama
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
2018
as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Outsider
2018
as Kiyoshi
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
2018
as Christ
TV★ 8.2
Detective Yugami
2017
as Yukimasa Yugami
MOVIE★ 7.6
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
as Hogun
MOVIE★ 7.1
Dear Etranger
2017
as Makoto Tanaka
MOVIE★ 4.8
Shinjuku Swan II
2017
as Masaki Taki
TV★ 7.0
A Life
2017
as Danjo Masao
MOVIE★ 7.1
Silence
2016
as Interpreter
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Wasted Times
2016
as Watabe
MOVIE★ 6.6
Harmonium
2016
as Sotaro Yasaka
MOVIE★ 4.5
fuji_jukai.mov
2016
as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
MOVIE★ 5.9
Grasshopper
2015
as Kujira
MOVIE★ 6.6
Journey to the Shore
2015
as Yusuke
MOVIE★ 7.0
Parasyte: Part 2
2015
as Goto
MOVIE★ 7.0
Parasyte: Part 1
2014
as Goto
MOVIE★ 6.1
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
2014
as The Criminal
MOVIE★ 7.2
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lupin the 3rd
2014
as Koichi Zenigata
MOVIE★ 5.8
My Man
2014
as Jungo Kusarino
TV★ 6.8
The Long Goodbye
2014
as Banji Masuzawa
MOVIE★ 6.0
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014
as Dr. Ishi
MOVIE★ 6.2
47 Ronin
2013
as Lord Kira
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Kiyosu Conference
2013
as Toshiie Maeda
MOVIE★ 6.5
Thor: The Dark World
2013
as Hogun
MOVIE
Children Who Won’t Die
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
An Interview with Alien Sun
2013
as Self
MOVIE
An Interview with Tadanobu Asano
2013
as Self
MOVIE
Ichi the Killer - Making Of
2013
as Self
MOVIE
Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fly with the Gold
2012
as Kitagawa
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Terminal Trust
2012
as Noriyuki Takai
MOVIE★ 6.7
Dearest
2012
as Policeman
MOVIE★ 5.9
Battleship
2012
as Captain Yugi Nagata
MOVIE★ 6.7
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011
MOVIE★ 5.5
A Flawless Concierge
2011
as The Artist
MOVIE★ 7.3
A Ghost of a Chance
2011
as Kenichi Kido
MOVIE
That's the Way!
2011
as Fujio Akatsuka
MOVIE★ 6.8
Thor
2011
as Hogun
MOVIE
Moonlight Mask
2011
as Taro Okamoto
MOVIE★ 6.2
Wandering Home
2010
as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
MOVIE★ 6.2
Vengeance Can Wait
2010
as Hidenori Yamane
MOVIE★ 5.0
42 One Dream Rush
2010
MOVIE★ 5.9
Snow Prince
2009
MOVIE
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
2009
MOVIE
SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda
2009
MOVIE★ 6.5
Villon's Wife
2009
as Otani
MOVIE
Eatrip
2009
MOVIE★ 7.5
Redline
2009
as Frisbee (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
2009
as Shibasaki
MOVIE★ 7.5
Dumbeast
2009
as Dekogawa
MOVIE
Dreaming Awake
2008
MOVIE
R246 STORY
2008
MOVIE★ 4.0
Buyusenki Battle Chronicle
2008
MOVIE★ 7.4
Kabei: Our Mother
2008
as Yamazaki Toru
MOVIE
Eli on Ichi
2007
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
2007
as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sad Vacation
2007
as Kenji Shiraishi
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Capricious Robot
2007
as Mr. N
MOVIE
Cross the Lens
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hana
2006
as Jubei Kanazawa
MOVIE★ 5.9
Invisible Waves
2006
as Kyoji
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tokyo Zombie
2005
as Fujio
MOVIE
SORANO
2005
MOVIE★ 6.4
Funky Forest: The First Contact
2005
as Masaru Tanaka
MOVIE★ 7.0
Portrait of the Wind
2005
MOVIE★ 6.1
Takeshis'
2005
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Buried Forest
2005
as San-chan
MOVIE★ 7.3
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
2005
as Mizui
MOVIE★ 5.7
Rampo Noir
2005
as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
MOVIE★ 6.7
Vital
2004
as Hiroshi Takagi
MOVIE★ 7.3
Survive Style 5+
2004
as Aman
MOVIE★ 6.7
Café Lumière
2004
as Hajime Takeuchi
MOVIE
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
2004
as (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Face of Jizo
2004
as Mr. Kinoshita
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Taste of Tea
2004
as Ayano Haruno
MOVIE★ 10.0
Tori
2004
MOVIE
Soul Dancing
2004
MOVIE★ 8.5
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dead End Run
2003
MOVIE★ 7.2
Zatoichi
2003
as Hattori Genosuke
MOVIE★ 7.1
Last Life in the Universe
2003
as Kenji
MOVIE★ 6.8
My Grandpa
2003
as S. Nakatoh
MOVIE
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 6.8
Bright Future
2003
as Mamoru Arita
MOVIE★ 8.5
Iden & Tity
2003
MOVIE★ 6.2
Woman of Water
2002
as Yusaku Miyazawa
TV★ 8.5
The Private Detective Mike
2002
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ichi the Killer
2001
as Kakihara
MOVIE★ 6.8
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
2001
as Shanao
MOVIE★ 6.5
Distance
2001
as Sakata
MOVIE★ 6.8
Electric Dragon 80000V
2001
as Dragon Eye Morrison
MOVIE★ 5.6
Kaza-hana
2001
as Renji Sawashiro
MOVIE★ 7.0
Ah-So Graham Norton
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
PARTY7
2000
as Okita Souji
MOVIE★ 6.6
Taboo
1999
as Hyozo Tashiro
MOVIE★ 7.0
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
1999
as Taizo Ichinose
MOVIE★ 6.0
Hakuchi: The Innocent
1999
as Isawa
MOVIE★ 6.5
Gemini
1999
as Revenger with Sword
MOVIE★ 6.4
Away with Words
1999
as Asano Takashi
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
1999
as Kuroo Samehada
MOVIE★ 7.0
Document Love & Pop
1998
MOVIE★ 7.0
Falling into the Evening
1998
MOVIE★ 4.9
Screwed
1998
as Tsube
MOVIE
Typhoon Shelter
1998
MOVIE★ 7.7
Love & Pop
1998
as Captain XX
MOVIE★ 4.8
Motorola
1998
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tokyo Fair Weather
1997
MOVIE★ 6.9
Labyrinth of Dreams
1997
as Tatsuo Niitaka
MOVIE★ 6.5
wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net
1996
as Man
MOVIE★ 5.8
Focus
1996
as Kanemura
MOVIE★ 7.5
Swallowtail Butterfly
1996
as Customer in the Club
MOVIE★ 10.0
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
1996
as Hisoka
MOVIE★ 6.3
Helpless
1996
as Kenji Shiraishi
MOVIE★ 6.8
Picnic
1996
as Tsumuji
MOVIE★ 7.5
Maborosi
1995
as Ikuo
MOVIE★ 8.0
Story of Four Sisters
1995
MOVIE★ 6.3
119
1994
as Satoshi Matsushita
MOVIE★ 9.0
The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark
1993
as Koichi Sunagami
MOVIE★ 6.3
Fried Dragon Fish
1993
as Natsuro
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Rocking Horsemen
1992
as Seiichi Shirai
MOVIE★ 10.0
Waiting for the Flood
1991
as Sadahito Iwata
MOVIE
Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!
1990
MOVIE★ 4.3
Swimming Upstream
1990
as Ushi
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE
Pseudo Idealist
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MOVIE
Funky Forest: The Second Contact
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