Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

143

Gender

Male

Birthday

1973-11-27 (51 years old)

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
تادانوبو آسانو
تادانوبو ساتو
تادانوبو أسانو

Tadanobu Asano

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

6.8%

Thor

Apr 21, 2011

7.6%

Thor: Ragnarok

Oct 2, 2017

6.5%

Thor: The Dark World

Oct 30, 2013

7.0%

Mortal Kombat

Apr 7, 2021

5.9%

Battleship

Apr 11, 2012

6.2%

47 Ronin

Dec 6, 2013

7.1%

Silence

Dec 23, 2016

7.1%

Midway

Nov 6, 2019

6.6%

Kate

Sep 10, 2021

8.5%

Shōgun

Feb 27, 2024

7.0%

Ichi the Killer

Dec 22, 2001

7.2%

Zatoichi

Sep 6, 2003

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Acting

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Pseudo Idealist

2025

Mortal Kombat II as Lord Raiden

2024		Ravens as Masahisa Fukase
2024		Broken Rage as Detective Inoue
2024		The Box Man as Fake Doctor
2024		Kanasando
2024		The Women in the Lakes
2024		Shōgun as Kashigi Yabushige

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		Independence of Japan
2020		Labyrinth of Cinema as Sako
2020		Minamata as Tatsuo Matsumura
2020		Followers as Tamio Mochizuki

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
2017		Thor: Ragnarok as Hogun
2017		Dear Etranger as Makoto Tanaka
2017		Shinjuku Swan II as Masaki Taki
2017		A Life as Danjo Masao

2016		Silence as Interpreter
2016		The Wasted Times as Watabe
2016		Harmonium as Sotaro Yasaka
2016		寄生兽中国版 as Goto

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
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

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		Redline as Frisbee (voice)
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		Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl as Kuroo Samehada
2002		The Private Detective Mike

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		Kaza-hana as Renji Sawashiro
2001		Ah-So Graham Norton as Self

2000

Party 7 as Okita Souji

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 Takashi

1998		Document Love & Pop
1998		Falling into the Evening
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