Tadanobu Asano
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Asano at the world premiere of Thor
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Tadanobu Satō 佐藤 忠信 November 27, 1973 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Occupation | Actor, musician |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Chara (1995–2009) |
| Website | www |
Tadanobu Satō (佐藤 忠信 Satō Tadanobu?, born November 27, 1973), better known by his stage name Tadanobu Asano (浅野 忠信 Asano Tadanobu?) is a Japanese actor and musician.
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, A man in Survive Style 5+, Ayano in The Taste of Tea, Temujin in Mongol, Captain Yugi Nagata in Battleship, Lord Kira Yoshinaka in the 47 Ronin, and Hogun in Thor, based on the Marvel Comics character.
Asano was born in the Honmoku area of Yokohama to artist Yukihisa Satō (佐藤 幸久 Satō Yukihisa?) and mother Junko (順子) whose father was Willard Overing, a U.S. citizen, whom Asano never met. He has Norwegian and Dutch ancestry through this maternal grandfather. Asano has an older brother, Kujun Satō, born in 1971, who is a musician and a partner in Anore Inc., a talent agency Asano and their father Yukihisa Satō founded.
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