Masanobu Ando - Japanese Actor - Celebrity

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Masanobu Andō (安藤 政信, Andō Masanobu?, born May 19, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese actor and director.

For his second film, in 1996, he won the Film Academy of Japan's Best New Actor Award, starring in Takeshi Kitano's Kids Return.

Andō has extensive experience in both Japanese television drama and film and has played a large variety of different roles: mentally challenged (Innocent World), bank robber (Space Travelers, Drive), doctor (Transparent), ninja and samurai (Red Shadow), even a corpse (Monday).

Out of all of Andō's characters, he is best known for his role as Kazuo Kiriyama, the heartless, psychopathic killer in the controversial film, Battle Royale (2000). He also played an art forger in the low-budget Battle Royale parody Tokyo 10+01 (2003).

As well as acting, Andō has been in Japanese ad campaigns for the popular Japanese snack food, Pocky, Toyota, and for DoCoMo mobile phones.

In 2003, he directed his first film, Adagietto. Sehr langsam, starring Japanese actress, Kumiko Aso. The short is included in Hiroyuki Nakano's Peacedelic compilation called Short Films. In it, he also stars in the short, 県道スター (loosely translated to "Prefectural road star").

In his spare time, he enjoys photography and shopping.

Masanobu Ando - Japanese Actor - Celebrity

Masanobu Ando Profile

* Name: 安藤政信
* Name (romaji): Ando Masanobu
* Profession: Actor
* Birthdate: 1975-May-19
* Birthplace: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
* Height: 175cm
* Weight: 60kg
* Star sign: Taurus
* Blood type: O
* Talent agency: Stardust

About Masanobu

Masanobu Ando is an established actor both in Japanese television drama and film and has gained a lot of acting experience. Famous directors whom he has worked with before include Kitano Takeshi, Motohiro Katsuyuki and Fukasaku Kinji. He is best known for his role as the the insane killer in Battle Royale (2000). These days he is mainly focusing on films.

TV Series

* Ao no Jidai (TBS, 1998)
* Seija no Koushin (TBS, 1998)
* Tomodachi no Koibito (TBS, 1997)

Movies

* Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)
* Sakuran (2006)
* Akumu Tantei (2006)
* Strawberry Shortcakes (2006)
* 4.6 Billion Years of Love (2006)
* Black Kiss (2006)
* Gimmy Heaven (2005)
* 69 sixty nine (2004)
* Aimless Aegis (2005)
* Synchronicity (2004)
* Short Films (2003)
* Sonic Four Peace Vibe (2003)
* Showa kayo daizenshu (2003)
* Tokyo 10+01 (2003)
* Drive (2002)
* Gakkou no Kaidan Noroi special (2002)
* Transparent: Tribute to a Sad Genius (2001)
* Red Shadow (2001)
* Battle Royale (2000)
* Space Travelers (2000)
* Monday (1999)
* Poppoya (Railroad Man) (1999)
* Adrenaline Drive (1999)
* Innocent World (1998)
* Kids Return (1996)
* Rex: Kyoryu Monoatari (1993)

安藤 政信（あんどう まさのぶ、1975年5月19日 - ）は、日本の俳優。身長175cm。おうし座。血液型O型。スターダストプロモーション所属。

略歴・人物

神奈川県川崎市出身。1994年、神奈川県立向の岡工業高等学校卒業前にスカウトされる。（安藤は高校を留年している）1996年、映画『キッズ・リターン』でデビュー。その年の映画賞を総ナメにする。その後テレビドラマや映画に出演するも、2000年に単発ドラマ『学校の怪談 春の呪いスペシャル』に出演してから全くテレビドラマに出演しておらず、映画を中心に活動している。

以前は一年に一本のペースの出演が望ましいと公言していたものの、映画『46億年の恋』のプロモーションの際に少なすぎることを認め、近年は積極的に映画への出演をしている。