Acting

Tadanobu Asano

Born 1973-11-27 · 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.

Credits

Newest first

All the Lovers in the Night
as Mitsutsuka
2026
Morte Cucina
as Artist
2026
Mortal Kombat II
as Lord Raiden
2026
Ravens
as Masahisa Fukase
2025
Otoko to Tori
Director
2024
Otoko to Tori
Writer
2024
Broken Rage
as Detective Inoue
2024
The Box Man
as Fake Doctor
2024
Kanasando
as Satoru Chinen
2024
The Women in the Lakes
2024
Shōgun
as Kashigi Yabushige
2024
Kubi
as Kuroda Kanbei
2023
We're Broke, My Lord!
as Heihachiro Isogai
2023
Mugonkan
as Kuboshima Seiichiro
2022
Kate
as Renji
2021
Mortal Kombat
as Lord Raiden
2021
Detective Chinatown 3
as Tanaka Naoki
2021
Independence of Japan
2020
Labyrinth of Cinema
as Sako
2020
Minamata
as Tatsuo Matsumura
2020
Followers
as Tamio Mochizuki
2020
Midway
as Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
2019
Wolf's Calling
as Samurai
2019
They Say Nothing Stays the Same
as Regular customer
2019
Chiwawa-chan
as Sakata
2019
KASANE –Beauty and Fate–
as Kingo Habuta
2018
Punk Samurai Slash Down
as Hanro Chayama
2018
The Bastard and the Beautiful World
as Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
2018
The Outsider
as Kiyoshi
2018
The Brand New Legend of the Stardust Brothers
as Christ
2018
Thor: Ragnarok
as Hogun
2017
Detective Yugami
as Yukimasa Yugami
2017
Dear Etranger
as Makoto Tanaka
2017
Shinjuku Swan II
as Masaki Taki
2017
A Life: A Love
as Danjo Masao
2017
Silence
as Interpreter
2016
The Wasted Times
as Watabe
2016
Harmonium
as Sotaro Yasaka
2016
fuji_jukai.mov
as Doctor (Village of Reincarnation)
2016
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015
Grasshopper
as Kujira
2015
Journey to the Shore
as Yusuke
2015
Parasyte: Part 2
as Goto
2015
Parasyte: Part 1
as Goto
2014
Ruined Heart: Another Lovestory 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
2014
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)
2013
An Interview with Alien Sun
as Self
2013
An Interview with Tadanobu Asano
as Self
2013
Ichi the Killer - Making Of
as Self
2013
Ichi the Killer - Behind the Scenes
as Self
2013
Fly with the Gold
as Kitagawa
2012
The Terminal Trust
as Noriyuki Takai
2012
Dearest
as Policeman
2012
Battleship
as Captain Yugi Nagata
2012
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special
2011
A Flawless Concierge
as The Artist
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
2011
Wandering Home
as Yasuyuki Tsukahara
2010
Vengeance Can Wait
as Hidenori Yamane
2010
42 One Dream Rush
2010
42 One Dream Rush
Director
2010
Snow Prince
2009
Photographing Mt. Tsurugi: 873 days of fierce fighting at an altitude of 3,000 meters
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
2009