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

Mortal Kombat II

Golden Globe Awards

Mortal Kombat

Shōgun

The Private Detective Mike

Thor: Ragnarok

Thor

Thor: The Dark World

All Movies (146)

• Morte Cucina2026 · as Artist
• All the Lovers in the Night2026 · as Mitsutsuka
• Mortal Kombat II2026 · as Lord Raiden
• Ravens2024 · as Masahisa Fukase
• Broken Rage2024 · as Detective Inoue
• The Box Man2024 · as Fake Doctor
• Kanasando2024
• The Women in the Lakes2024
• Kubi2023 · as Kuroda Kanbei
• We're Broke, My Lord!2023 · as Heihachiro Isogai
• Mugonkan2022 · as Kuboshima Seiichiro
• Kate2021 · as Renji
• Mortal Kombat2021 · as Lord Raiden
• Detective Chinatown 32021 · as Tanaka Naoki
• Independence of Japan2020
• Labyrinth of Cinema2020 · as Sako
• Minamata2020 · as Tatsuo Matsumura
• Midway2019 · as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
• Wolf's Calling2019 · as Samurai
• They Say Nothing Stays the Same2019 · as Regular customer
• Chiwawa-chan2019 · as Sakata
• KASANE –Beauty and Fate–2018 · as Kingo Habuta
• Punk Samurai Slash Down2018 · as Hanro Chayama
• The Bastard and the Beautiful World2018 · as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• The Outsider2018 · as Kiyoshi
• The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers2018 · as Christ
• Thor: Ragnarok2017 · as Hogun
• Dear Etranger2017 · as Makoto Tanaka
• Shinjuku Swan II2017 · as Masaki Taki
• Silence2016 · as Interpreter
• The Wasted Times2016 · as Watabe
• Harmonium2016 · as Sotaro Yasaka
• fuji_jukai.mov2016 · as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
• Nagasaki: Memories of My Son2015
• Grasshopper2015 · as Kujira
• Journey to the Shore2015 · as Yusuke
• Parasyte: Part 22015 · as Goto
• Parasyte: Part 12014 · as Goto
• Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory Between a Criminal & a Whore2014 · as The Criminal
• Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema2014 · as Self
• Lupin the 3rd2014 · as Koichi Zenigata
• My Man2014 · as Jungo Kusarino
• Kiki's Delivery Service2014 · as Dr. Ishi
• 47 Ronin2013 · as Lord Kira
• The Kiyosu Conference2013 · as Toshiie Maeda
• Thor: The Dark World2013 · as Hogun
• Children Who Won’t Die2013 · as Narrator (voice)
• An Interview with Alien Sun2013 · as Self
• An Interview with Tadanobu Asano2013 · as Self
• Ichi the Killer - Making Of2013 · as Self
• Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes2013 · as Self
• Fly with the Gold2012 · as Kitagawa
• The Terminal Trust2012 · as Noriyuki Takai
• Dearest2012 · as Policeman
• Battleship2012 · as Captain Yugi Nagata
• Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special2011
• A Flawless Concierge2011 · as The Artist
• A Ghost of a Chance2011 · as Kenichi Kido
• That's the Way!2011 · as Fujio Akatsuka
• Thor2011 · as Hogun
• Moonlight Mask2011 · as Taro Okamoto
• Wandering Home2010 · as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
• Vengeance Can Wait2010 · as Hidenori Yamane
• 42 One Dream Rush2010
• Snow Prince2009
• Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters2009
• SOUL RED Yusaku Matsuda2009
• Villon's Wife2009 · as Otani
• Eatrip2009
• Redline2009 · as Frisbee (voice)
• The Summit: A Chronicle Of Stones to Serenity2009 · as Shibasaki
• Dumbeast2009 · as Dekogawa
• Dreaming Awake2008
• R246 STORY2008
• Buyusenki Battle Chronicle2008
• Kabei: Our Mother2008 · as Yamazaki Toru
• Eli on Ichi2007 · as Self
• Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan2007 · as Genghis Khan / Temüjin
• Sad Vacation2007 · as Kenji Shiraishi
• The Capricious Robot2007 · as Mr. N
• Cross the Lens2006 · as Self
• Hana2006 · as Jubei Kanazawa
• Invisible Waves2006 · as Kyoji
• Tokyo Zombie2005 · as Fujio
• SORANO2005
• Funky Forest: The First Contact2005 · as Masaru Tanaka
• Portrait of the Wind2005
• Takeshis'2005
• The Buried Forest2005 · as San-chan
• My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?2005 · as Mizui
• Rampo Noir2005 · as Man / Kogoro Akechi / Masaki / Fuyo's Lover
• Vital2004 · as Hiroshi Takagi
• Survive Style 5+2004 · as Aman
• Café Lumière2004 · as Hajime Takeuchi
• The Thirsty Flower: Four by Four Equals One2004 · as (voice)
• The Face of Jizo2004 · as Mr. Kinoshita
• The Taste of Tea2004 · as Ayano Haruno
• Tori2004
• Soul Dancing2004
• Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!2004 · as Self
• Dead End Run2003
• Zatoichi2003 · as Hattori Genosuke
• Last Life in the Universe2003 · as Kenji
• My Grandpa2003 · as S. Nakatoh
• Ambivalent Future: Kiyoshi Kurosawa2003 · as Himself
• Bright Future2003 · as Mamoru Arita
• Iden & Tity2003
• Woman of Water2002 · as Yusaku Miyazawa
• Ichi the Killer2001 · as Kakihara
• Gojoe: Spirit War Chronicle2001 · as Shanao
• Distance2001 · as Sakata
• Electric Dragon 80000V2001 · as Dragon Eye Morrison
• Kaza-hana2001 · as Renji Sawashiro
• Ah-So Graham Norton2001 · as Self
• PARTY72000 · as Okita Souji
• Taboo1999 · as Hyozo Tashiro
• One Step on a Mine, It's All Over1999 · as Taizo Ichinose
• Hakuchi: The Innocent1999 · as Isawa
• Gemini1999 · as Revenger with Sword
• Away with Words1999 · as Asano Takashi
• Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl1999 · as Kuroo Samehada
• Document Love & Pop1998
• Falling into the Evening1998
• Screwed1998 · as Tsube
• Typhoon Shelter1998
• Love & Pop1998 · as Captain XX
• Motorola1998
• Tokyo Fair Weather1997
• Labyrinth of Dreams1997 · as Tatsuo Niitaka
• wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net1996 · as Man
• Focus1996 · as Kanemura
• Swallowtail Butterfly1996 · as Customer in the Club
• ACRI: The Legend of Homo-Aquarellius1996 · as Hisoka
• Helpless1996 · as Kenji Shiraishi
• Picnic1996 · as Tsumuji
• Maborosi1995 · as Ikuo
• Story of Four Sisters1995
• 1191994 · as Satoshi Matsushita
• The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark1993 · as Koichi Sunagami
• Fried Dragon Fish1993 · as Natsuro
• The Rocking Horsemen1992 · as Seiichi Shirai
• Waiting for the Flood1991 · as Sadahito Iwata
• Hole in the Pants 5: I Found a Glittering Star!1990
• Swimming Upstream1990 · as Ushi
• Pseudo Idealist—
• Funky Forest: The Second Contact—

All TV Shows (7)

• Shōgun2024 · as Kashigi Yabushige
• Followers2020 · as Tamio Mochizuki
• Detective Yugami2017 · as Yukimasa Yugami
• A Life2017 · as Danjo Masao
• The Long Goodbye2014 · as Banji Masuzawa
• The Private Detective Mike2002
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee