Tadanobu Asano

Personal Info

Birthday

November 27, 1973

(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

Shōgun

Thor: Ragnarok

Mortal Kombat

Thor

Thor: The Dark World

Battleship

Mortal Kombat II

Midway

Filmography

2025
Mortal Kombat II
as Lord Raiden
2024
Ravens
as Masahisa Fukase
Broken Rage
as Detective Inoue
The Box Man
as Fake Doctor
2023
Kubi
as Kuroda Kanbei
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Heihachiro Isogai
2022
Mugonkan
as Kuboshima Seiichiro
2021
Kate
as Renji
Mortal Kombat
as Lord Raiden
Detective Chinatown 3
as Tanaka Naoki
2020
Labyrinth of Cinema
as Sako
Minamata
as Tatsuo Matsumura
2019
Midway
as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Wolf's Calling
as Samurai
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Regular customer
Chiwawa
as Sakata
2018
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
as Kingo Habuta
Punk Samurai Slash Down
as Hanro Chayama
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
The Outsider
as Kiyoshi
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as Christ
2017
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hogun
Dear Etranger
as Makoto Tanaka
Shinjuku Swan II
as Masaki Taki
2016
Silence
as Interpreter
The Wasted Times
as Watabe
Harmonium
as Sotaro Yasaka
2015
Grasshopper
as Kujira
Journey to the Shore
as Yusuke
Parasyte: Part 2
as Goto
2014
Parasyte: Part 1
as Goto
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore
as The Criminal
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
Lupin the 3rd
as Koichi Zenigata
My Man
as Jungo Kusarino
Kiki's Delivery Service
as Dr. Ishi
2013
47 Ronin
as Lord Kira
The Kiyosu Conference
as Toshiie Maeda
Thor: The Dark World
as Hogun
Children Who Won’t Die
as Narrator (voice)
2012
Fly with the Gold
as Kitagawa
The Terminal Trust
as Noriyuki Takai
Dearest
as Policeman
Battleship
as Captain Yugi Nagata
2011
A Ghost of a Chance
as Kenichi Kido
That's the Way!
as Fujio Akatsuka
Thor
as Hogun
Moonlight Mask
as Taro Okamoto
2010
Wandering Home
as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
Vengeance Can Wait
as Hidenori Yamane
2009
Villon's Wife
as Otani
Redline
as Frisbee (voice)
The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity
as Shibasaki
Dumbeast
as Dekogawa
2008
Kabei: Our Mother
as Yamazaki Toru
2007
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
Sad Vacation
as Kenji Shiraishi
The Capricious Robot
as Mr. N
2006
Cross the Lens
as Self
Hana
as Jubei Kanazawa
Invisible Waves
as Kyoji
2005
Tokyo Zombie
as Fujio
Funky Forest: The First Contact
as Masaru Tanaka
The Buried Forest
as San
My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?
as Mizui
Rampo Noir
as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
2004
Vital
as Hiroshi Takagi
Survive Style 5+
as Aman
Café Lumière
as Hajime Takeuchi
The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One
as (voice)
The Face of Jizo
as Mr. Kinoshita
The Taste of Tea
as Ayano Haruno
Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!
as Self
2003
Zatoichi
as Hattori Genosuke
Last Life in the Universe
as Kenji
My Grandpa
as S. Nakatoh
Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
as Himself
Bright Future
as Mamoru Arita
2002
Woman of Water
as Yusaku Miyazawa
2001
Ichi the Killer
as Kakihara
Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle
as Shanao
Distance
as Sakata
Electric Dragon 80000V
as Dragon Eye Morrison
Kaza-hana
as Renji Sawashiro
Ah-So Graham Norton
as Self
2000
Party 7
as Okita Souji
1999
Taboo
as Hyozo Tashiro
One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
as Taizo Ichinose
Hakuchi: The Innocent
as Isawa
Gemini
as Revenger with Sword
Away with Words
as Asano Takashi
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
as Kuroo Samehada
1998
Screwed
as Tsube
Love & Pop
as Captain XX
1997
Labyrinth of Dreams
as Tatsuo Niitaka
1996
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as Man
Focus
as Kanemura
Swallowtail Butterfly
as Customer in the Club
ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius
as Hisoka
Helpless
as Kenji Shiraishi
Picnic
as Tsumuji
1995
Maborosi
as Ikuo
1994
119
as Satoshi Matsushita
1993
Fried Dragon Fish
as Natsuro
1992
The Rocking Horsemen
as Seiichi Shirai
1991
Waiting for the Flood
as Sadahito Iwata
1990
Swimming Upstream
as Ushi