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Tadanobu Asano's a Japanese film actor. His father suggested he take on what became his first role in the TV show Kimpachi Sensei at 16. His film debut was Swimming Upstream (1990) though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical success in the West was in Hirokazu Koreeda's Maborosi (1995),... See full bio »

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Known For

Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan
Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan Temudjin
(2007)
Battleship
Battleship Captain Yugi Nagata
(2012)
Thor: Ragnarok
Thor: Ragnarok Hogun
(2017)
Thor
Thor Hogun
(2011)
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Filmography

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 2023 Shogun (TV Mini Series) (post-production)
Kashigi Yabushige
- Episode #1.1 (2023) ... Kashigi Yabushige
- Episode #1.10 ... Kashigi Yabushige
- Episode #1.9 ... Kashigi Yabushige
- Episode #1.8 ... Kashigi Yabushige
- Episode #1.7 ... Kashigi Yabushige
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 2021/I Kate
Renji
 2021 Mortal Kombat
Lord Raiden
 2021 Detective Chinatown 3
Tanaka Naoki
 2020 Independence of Japan
Jiro Shirasu
 2020 Followers (TV Series)
Tamio Mochizuki
- Follower (2020) ... Tamio Mochizuki
- Reboot (2020) ... Tamio Mochizuki
- Favorite (2020) ... Tamio Mochizuki
- Freeze (2020) ... Tamio Mochizuki
- Bug (2020) ... Tamio Mochizuki
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 2020 Minamata
Tatsuo Matsumura
 2019 Labyrinth of Cinema
Lt. Sako
 2019 Midway
Tamon Yamaguchi
 2019 Chiwawa
Joe Sakata
 2018 Kasane
Kingo Habuta
 2018 Punk Samurai Slash Down
Hanro Chayama
 2018 The Bastard and the Beautiful World
Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
 2018/I The Outsider
Kiyoshi
 2017 Keiji yugami (TV Mini Series)
Yugami Yukimasa
- Episode #1.10 (2017) ... Yugami Yukimasa
- Episode #1.9 (2017) ... Yugami Yukimasa
- Episode #1.8 (2017) ... Yugami Yukimasa
- Episode #1.7 (2017) ... Yugami Yukimasa
- Episode #1.6 (2017) ... Yugami Yukimasa
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 2017 Thor: Ragnarok
Hogun
 2017 Dear Etranger
Makoto Tanaka
 2017 A Life: Itoshiki Hito (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.10 (2017)
- Episode #1.9 (2017)
- Episode #1.8 (2017)
- Episode #1.7 (2017)
- Episode #1.6 (2017)
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 2017 Shinjuku Swan II
Masaki Taki
 2016 The Wasted Times
Watabe
 2016/I Silence
Interpreter
 2016 Harmonium
Yasaka
 2015/I Grasshopper
Kujira
 2015 Journey to the Shore
Yûsuke
 2015 Parasyte: Part 2
Goto
 2014 Parasyte: Part 1
Goto
 2014 Rupan sansei
Inspector Zenigata
 2014 My Man
Jungo Kusarino
 2014 The Long Goodbye (TV Mini Series)
Masuzawa
- Episode #1.5 (2014) ... Masuzawa
- Episode #1.4 (2014) ... Masuzawa
- Episode #1.3 (2014) ... Masuzawa
- Episode #1.2 (2014) ... Masuzawa
- Episode #1.1 (2014) ... Masuzawa
 2013 47 Ronin
Lord Kira
 2013 Thor: The Dark World
Hogun
 2013 The Kiyosu Conference
Maeda Toshiie
 2012 Fly with the Gold
Kitagawa
 2012 The Terminal Trust
Noriyuki Takai
 2012 Dearest
Policeman
 2012 Battleship
Captain Yugi Nagata
 2011 Yonimo kimyô na monogatari Fall 2011 (TV Movie)
Killer
 2011 Shadows of the Damned (Video Game)
Garcia (voice)
 2011 Korede iinoda! Eiga Akatsuka Fujio
Fujio Akatsuka
 2011 Thor
Hogun
 2011 Moonlight Mask
Okamoto
 2010 Wandering Home
Yasuyuki Tsukahara
 2010 Vengeance Can Wait
Hidenori Yamane
 2010 42 One Dream Rush (Short)
 2009 Snow Prince
 2009 Villon's Wife
Otani
 2009 Redline
Frisbee (voice)
 2009 Dumbeast
Dekogawa
 2009 Mt. Tsurugidake
Shibasaki
 2008 Dreaming Awake
Black Marketeer
 2008 R246 Story
 2008 Kabei: Our Mother
Yamazaki Toru
 2007 Sad Vacation
Kenji Shiraishi
 2007 Kimagure robotto (Video short)
Mr. N
 2006 Hana
Jubei Kanazawa
 2006 Invisible Waves
Kyoji
 2005 Tokyo Zombie
Fujio
 2005 Rampo Noir
Private Detective Kogorô / Man / Masaki (stories 'Imomushi' - 'Kagami jigoku' - 'Kasei no unga' - 'Mushi')
 2005 Portrait of the Wind
Tamio Murase
 2005 The Buried Forest
San-chan
 2004 Tori
 2004 Vital
Hiroshi Takagi
 2004 Survive Style 5+
Aman
 2004 The Face of Jizo
Kinoshita
 2004 Cha no aji
Ayano Haruno - uncle
 2003 Café Lumière
Hajime Takeuchi
 2003 Dead End Run
 2003 The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi
Hattori Genosuke
 2003 My Grandpa
S. Nakatoh
 2002 Bright Future
Mamoru Arita
 2002 Woman of Water
Yusaku
 2001 Ichi the Killer
Kakihara
 2001 Distance
Sakata
 2001 Electric Dragon 80.000 V
Dragon Eye Morrison
 2000 Party 7
Okita Souji
 2000 Umbrella Flower
Sawaki
 1999 Taboo
Samurai Hyozo Tashiro
 1999 One Step on a Mine, It's All Over
Taizo Ichinose
 1999 Hakuchi: The Innocent
Isawa
 1999 Gemini
Revenger with Sword
 1999 San tiao ren
Asano Takashi (adult)
 1998 Motorola (Short)
 1998 Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Kuroo Samehada
 1998 Neji-shiki
Tsube
 1998 Love & Pop
Captain XX
 1997 Tokyo biyori
 1997 Labyrinth of Dreams
Tatsuo Niitaka
 1996 wkw/tk/1996@7'55''hk.net (Short)
Man
 1996 Focus
Kanemura
 1996 Swallowtail Butterfly
Customer in club
 1996 Acri
Hisoka
 1996 Helpless
Kenji Shiraishi
 1996 Picnic
Tsumuji
 1995 Maborosi
Ikuo
 1995 Yonshimai monogatari
Akira Higuchi
 1994 119
Satoshi Matsushita
 1993 Haru no ichizoku (TV Series)
 1993 Fried Dragon Fish (TV Movie)
Natsuro
 1992 The Rocking Horsemen
Seiichi Shirai
 1991 Aitsu
Sadahito Iwata
 1990 Swimming Upstream
Ushi
 1979 Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B (TV Series) (as Sato Tadanobu)
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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Sato Tadanobu

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)

Spouse:

Chara  (divorced)  (2 children)

Children:

Sumire | See more »

Parents:

Sato, Yukihisa | Sato, Junko
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Personal Quote:

[on Thor (2011)] I have blood from Dutch and Norwegian. So, I feel like it was necessity that I could join the film. Because I feel "Thor" is the beginning of finding my roots, and I found that I have family in America, I want to take my time and put effort on my future work so that foreign people get to know me better, and I also want to enjoy that process itself!

Trivia:

Father of Himi Satô & Sumire. See more »

Nickname:

Tad
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