Actor / Musician
Born November 27, 1973 in the Kanagawa prefecture of Japan.
In 2003, he received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 60th Annual Venice Film Festival for his role in the arthouse film Last Life In The Universe directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. He later portrayed a young Genghis Khan in Sergei Bodrov’s film Mongol, which was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 80th Academy Awards in 2008.
In 2010, he was nominated for a Best Actor award at the 33rd Japanese Academy Awards for his roles in the films Villon’s Wife and Mt. Tsurugidake.
In 2011, he had his Hollywood debut in the Marvel Studios film Thor, directed by Kenneth Branagh. Just last year, he won the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in the Kazuyoshi Kumakiri film My Man, which also won the coveted Golden George award. Earlier this year he also received an award for Best Actor at the 57th Blue Ribbon Awards for the same role.
His newest film, Takashi Yamazaki’s Parasyte: Part 2, is currently in theaters.
His upcoming films include the Kiyoshi Kurosawa directed Journey To The Shore, which has already received a prize for Best Director at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, and Tomoyuki Takimoto directed Grasshopper, set to premiere October 1 and November 7, respectively.
With his unique presence in internationally acclaimed films, Tadanobu Asano has come to be a major representative of Japan and is known as one of the premier Japanese actors of today.
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1973年11月27日生まれ。神奈川県出身。
2003年、ペンエーグ・ラッタナルアーン監督『地球で最後のふたり』で第60回ベネチア国際映画祭コントロコレンテ部門主演男優賞を受賞。
主演作、セルゲイ・ボドロフ監督『モンゴル』は、2008年の第80回米国アカデミー賞で外国語映画賞にノミネートされた。
2010年には木村大作監督『劔岳 点の記』と根岸吉太郎監督『ヴィヨンの妻 ～桜桃とタンポポ～』にて、第33回日本アカデミー賞優秀主演男優賞をダブル受賞する。
2011年、ケネス・ブラナー監督『マイティ・ソー』でハリウッドデビュー。
昨年、熊切和嘉監督『私の男』にて第36回モスクワ国際映画祭コンペティション部門最優秀作品賞と最優秀男優賞をダブル受賞し、さらに同作で今年の第57回ブルーリボン賞主演男優賞を受賞した。
現在、山崎貴監督『寄生獣 完結編』が公開中。
そして今後は、今年の第68回カンヌ国際映画祭「ある視点」部門監督賞受賞作品の黒沢清監督『岸辺の旅』が10月1日に、瀧本智行監督『グラスホッパー』が11月7日に公開される。
独特の存在感があり、映画を中心に世界で活躍している日本を代表する俳優の1人。▼ 映画『私の男』海外予告編（”MY MAN”）▼ Thor: The Dark World Official Trailer HD
Event Details*:
★ August 7th (Fri): Opening Night @ The Castro
★ August 8th (Sat) @ NEW PEOPLE Cinema
6:00pm: “My Man” – Film screening and Q&A by Tadanobu Asano
*He will be joining more events at J-POP SUMMIT @ Fort Mason Center! Stay tuned!
