Tadanobu Asano Net Worth

Tadanobu Asano is a Japanese film actor, director, composer, and vocalist. He began his career at the age of 16 in the TV show "Kimpachi Sensei" and made his film debut in 1990 with Swimming Upstream. His first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). He gained international recognition for his roles in Gohatto (1999) and Zatôichi (2003). He is also a family man, married to J-Pop idol Chara, and has directed commercial TV spots for her. Asano is also an artist and model, working with Japanese designers Takeo Kikuchi and Jun Takahashi.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Composer
Birth Day November 27, 1973
Birth Place  Yokohama, Japan, Japan
Age 50 YEARS OLD
Birth Sign Sagittarius
Occupation Actor, musician
Years active 1988–present
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 ⁄2 in)
Spouse(s) Chara (1995–2009)
Children 2
Website www.asanotadanobu.com

💰 Net worth: $1 Million (2024)

Tadanobu Asano, a multi-talented individual, has made his mark as an actor, director, and composer in Japan. With his remarkable skills and captivating performances, he has garnered substantial success and recognition in the industry. As of 2024, Tadanobu Asano's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. With his impressive body of work and diverse range of talents, it comes as no surprise that he has achieved this level of financial stability. Asano's dedication to his craft and his ability to excel in various roles have cemented his status as a respected figure in the Japanese entertainment industry.

Biography/Timeline

1990

His father, an actors' agent, suggested he take on his first acting role in the TV show Kinpachi Sensei at the age of 16. His film debut was in the 1990 Swimming Upstream (Bataashi Kingyo), though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical success internationally was Hirokazu Koreeda's Maboroshi no Hikari (1995), in which he played a man who inexplicably throws himself in front of a train, widowing his wife and orphaning his infant son. He also worked with Koreeda in the pseudo-documentary Distance in 2001. His best known works internationally are the samurai films Gohatto (aka Taboo, 1999) and Zatoichi (2003), as well as the critically acclaimed Bright Future.

1994

Asano met J-Pop idol Chara on the set of Iwai's Picnic (1994). They were married in March 1995 and Chara became pregnant with their first child, Sumire, who was born on July 4. In 1999, they also had a son. In July 2009, Chara announced on her website that the couple would be getting an amicable divorce. She received custody of both their children.

1996

In addition to his acting career, Asano directed commercial TV spots for his then-wife, Chara. He is a musician; he formed the band MACH-1.67 with Director Sogo Ishii in 1996 and, from time to time, plays in the bands Peace Pill and Safari. He is an Artist and a model, most notably for Japanese fashion designers Jun Takahashi and Takeo Kikuchi, for whom he filmed a series of commercial spots directed by Wong Kar-wai: one released under the name "wkw/tk/1996@7'55"hk.net".

1997

He won the Most Popular Performer award at the 1997 Japanese Academy Awards for Acri and was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor category in 2004 for his performance in Zatôichi. He also received the Upstream Prize for Best Actor at the 2003 Venice Film Festival for his role in Last Life in the Universe. In 2014 he won the award for Best Actor at the 36th Moscow International Film Festival for his role in My Man.

2003

He acted in Katsuhito Ishii's 2003 film The Taste of Tea, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. He appeared as the lead actor in Last Life in the Universe (2003) by Thai Director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang and starred in a follow-up film by Pen-Ek, Invisible Waves, in 2006. In 2007 he starred as the young Genghis Khan in Sergei Bodrov's Oscar-nominated film Mongol. In Villon's Wife (2009), he played the part of an alcoholic writer; he has stated that since he doesn't drink alcohol, he based his performance on people he knows, a lot of whom drink. In 2011, he starred in the Marvel Studios film Thor as the Asgardian warrior Hogun, a member of the Warriors Three and companion to Thor. He reprised the role in 2013's Thor: The Dark World and 2017's Thor: Ragnarok.

2016

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 the Marvel Cinematic Universe, based on the Marvel Comics character. In 2016, he appeared as the Interpreter in Martin Scorsese's Silence.

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