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Tadanobu Asano
Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born November 27, 1973 (50 years)
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
Filmography
| 2025 | Mortal Kombat 2 · as Lord Raiden |
| 2024 | The Box Man · as Fake Doctor |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Shōgun (TV Series) · as Kashigi Yabushige |
| 2023 | Kubi · as Kuroda Kanbei |
| 2023 | Daimyô-tôsan · as Heihachiro Isogai |
| 2023 | Rebooting (TV Series) · as Takagi |
| 2022 | Thor: Love and Thunder · as Hogun |
| 2021 | Kate · as Renji |
| 2021 | Welcome Home, Monet (TV Series) · as Shinji Oikawa |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat · as Lord Raiden |
| 2021 | Detective Chinatown 3 · as Tanaka Naoki |
| 2020 | Independence of Japan · as Jiro Shirasu |
| 2020 | Minamata · as Tatsuo Matsumura |
| 2020 | Followers (TV Series) · as Tamio Mochizuki |
| 2019 | Midway · as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi |
| 2019 | Labyrinth of Cinema · as Sako |
| 2019 | Noroshi ga yobu · as Samurai |
| 2019 | They Say Nothing Stays the Same · as Regular Customer |
| 2019 | Chiwawa · as Sakata |
| 2019 | Idaten (TV Series) · as Shojiro Kawashima |
| 2018 | Kasane · 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 |
| 2017 | Thor: Ragnarok · as Hogun |
| 2017 | Detective Yugami (TV Series) · as Yukimasa Yugami |
| 2017 | Dear Etranger · as Makoto Tanaka |
| 2017 | Shinjuku Swan II · as Masaki Taki |
| 2017 | A LIFE (TV Series) · as Danjo Masao |
| 2016 | Silence · as Interpreter |
| 2016 | The Wasted Times · as Watabe |
| 2016 | The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers · as Christ |
| 2016 | Harmonium · as Sotaro Yasaka |
| 2015 | |
| 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 Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore · as The Criminal |
| 2014 | Lupin the 3rd · as Koichi Zenigata |
| 2014 | My Man · as Jungo Kusarino |
| 2014 | The Long Goodbye (TV Series) · 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 |
| 2012 | Fly with the Gold · as Kitagawa |
| 2012 | The Terminal Trust · as Noriyuki Takai |
| 2012 | Dearest · as Policeman |
| 2012 | Battleship · as Captain Yugi Nagata |
| 2012 | Children Who Won't Die · as Cast |
| 2011 | |
| 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 | |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Villon's Wife · as Otani |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Redline · as Frisbee (voice) |
| 2009 | Mt. Tsurugidake · as Shibasaki |
| 2009 | Dumbeast · as Dekogawa |
| 2008 | Kabei: Our Mother · as Yamazaki Toru |
| 2007 | Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan · as Genghis Khan / Temüjin |
| 2007 | Sad Vacation · as Kenji Shiraishi |
| 2006 | Hana · as Jubei Kanazawa |
| 2006 | Invisible Waves · as Kyoji |
| 2005 | Tokyo Zombie · as Fujio |
| 2005 | Rampo Noir · as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Funky Forest: The First Contact · as Masaru Tanaka |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Buried Forest · as San |
| 2005 | My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? · as Mizui |
| 2004 | Vital · as Hiroshi Takagi |
| 2004 | Survive Style 5+ · as Aman |
| 2004 | The Face of Jizo · as Mr. Kinoshita |
| 2004 | The Taste of Tea · as Ayano Haruno |
| 2003 | Café Lumière · as Hajime Takeuchi |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | |
| 2003 | The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi · as Hattori Genosuke |
| 2003 | Last Life in the Universe · as Kenji |
| 2003 | My Grandpa · as S. Nakatoh |
| 2002 | Bright Future · as Mamoru Arita |
| 2002 | Woman of Water · as Yusaku Miyazawa |
| 2002 | The Private Detective Mike Hama (TV Series) |
| 2001 | Ichi the Killer · as Kakihara |
| 2001 | Distance · as Sakata |
| 2001 | Electric Dragon 80.000 V · as Dragon Eye Morrison |
| 2000 | Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle · as Shanao |
| 2000 | Party 7 · as Okita Souji |
| 2000 | Umbrella Flower · as Renji Sawashiro |
| 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 |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl · as Kuroo Samehada |
| 1998 | Neji-shiki · as Tsube |
| 1998 | Love & Pop · as Captain Xx |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Labyrinth of Dreams · as Tatsuo Niitaka |
| 1996 | [Focus] · as Kanemura |
| 1996 | Swallowtail Butterfly · as Customer In The Club |
| 1996 | Acri · as Hisoka |
| 1996 | Helpless · as Kenji Shiraishi |
| 1996 | Picnic · as Tsumuji |
| 1995 | Maborosi · as Ikuo |
| 1994 | 119 · as Satoshi Matsushita |
| 1993 | |
| 1993 | Fried Dragon Fish · as Natsuro |
| 1992 | The Rocking Horsemen · as Seiichi Shirai |
| 1990 | |
| 1979 | Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (TV Series) · as Cast |