‘Shōgun”s Tadanobu Asano Introduces Himself to Hollywood After Winning the 2025 Golden Globes: “A Very Big Gift!”

“Shogun”Tadanobu Asano took home the trophy for best performance by an actor in a supporting role at the 2025 Golden Globes.

“Wow, maybe you don’t know me. “I am an actor from Japan and my name is Tadanobu Asano,” the actor said on Sunday, January 5, after taking the stage at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to accept the trophy. “This is a very big gift for me! I am very happy. Thank you!”

He fought with candidates Javier Bardem IN Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez, Harrison Ford IN ShrinkingJack Lowden w Slow horsesDiego Luna w La Máquina and Ebon Moss-Bachrach w Bear.

Although only one actor could receive the award, this year there were outstanding actors and performances in this category.

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This is the first Golden Globe nomination for 51-year-old Asano, which he received for his role as Kashigi Yabushige in the film Shogun. The FX drama was the second most nominated series at this year’s Golden Globes, earning four nominations – including best television series – alongside Only murders in the building (both landed with just one under Bear). Also nominated are actors Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada and Anna Sawai.

Shogun it also gained widespread acclaim at the 2024 Emmy Awards, where it received 25 nominations and 18 wins – more than any other show. The series is expected to run for three seasons, but it is unknown whether Asano will return after the first season ends with his death by ritual suicide.

In an interview with Hollywood reporterco-creator Justin Marks said: “Season three is really the ending. We know where it starts, we know where it ends, and we know who is on the journey.

He continued, “We’re just focusing on part two right now to really make sure we can get to that point.”

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Bardem, 55, starred in Monsters: The Story of Lyle and Erik Menendez as José Menendez This is his sixth Golden Globe nomination, and he has won one award for best supporting actor in any film since his role in the 2008 film. This is no country for old men.

In November, the Spanish actor spoke out Diversity How he got into character for the award-worthy part, saying, “I didn’t know much or nothing about the story when (series co-creator) Ryan Murphy talked to me because it wasn’t that big in Spain.”

“And once I got into it, I thought, ‘Wow, this is really, really sensitive material,'” he added. “I knew I had to trust the research that Ryan and (co-creator) Ian Brennan had done. Everything was in writing. So I said, “I don’t need to talk to anyone.” And I was also very, very… not afraid of the word, but I never felt for a second that I would be able to sit down with the murderers.”

His costar and on-screen son Cooper Kochwho played Erik Menendez, was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology or Television Movie, and the series itself was nominated for Best Picture in that category.

The legendary Ford, 82, plays psychiatrist Paul Rhodes, who is struggling with a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Shrinking. He was applauded for his portrayal of this character, tell PEOPLE in December that he takes the role “deadly, damn seriously.”

“We have no intention of making a joke of this,” he explained. “But there are people who absorb these kinds of experiences with grace, courage and a bit of wisdom. And that doesn’t mean some people don’t do it.

“I just want to say that this is a person particularly qualified to convey it like it is, and I think it is worth sharing with our audience,” he added.

Ford has a long history of achievements at the Golden Globes, having been nominated in five categories and honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2002. In addition to this nomination, the series was also recognized with this year’s nomination for Ford’s costar Jason Segel for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series.

Lowden, 34, received a nomination for his role as River Cartwright in the thriller series Slow horses. The series was also nominated for best television series and lead role Gary Oldman He received a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Oldman was also nominated in 2024.

Slow horses, which has four seasons, was created by Will Smith (other than the famous actor Will Smith), which won the 2024 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series in September.

When accepting his award then, he joked: “First of all, relax – despite my name, I come in peace” – a reference to the moment when the 55-year-old Oscar winner struck Chris Rock on stage in 2021. The joke drew laughter and applause from the audience Slow horsesSmith, who adapted the Apple TV+ series from Mick Herron Slough’s house spy novels.

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Luna (45) has a chance for her second Golden Globe nomination La Maquina, Hulu’s first Spanish-language series. He is the only person to appear in the series nominated after six episodes, which tell the story of the life and last fight of a professional boxer (Gael Garcia Bernal).

In October, Luna he explained to PEOPLE how he and Bernal, whom he had known since childhood, worked together in the coming-of-age drama.

“We have done a lot to cultivate this friendship, and many times in our lives we have asked each other, ‘You have to wake up here. We have to deal with this. Sometimes he, sometimes me, sometimes someone else comes and says, “Guys, are you sure you’re doing what you’re supposed to be doing?” – Luna said. “But there is something bigger that holds us together.”

Moss-Bachrach, 47, was one of five FX nominees Bear received this year. He was also nominated in the same category at the 2024 Golden Globes before winning an Emmy in 2024 for his role as Richard “Richie” Jeromovich (his first ever).

“This work is a huge gift. It’s a huge honor to work with these wonderful actors. We have the best team. We have an amazing team from Chicago,” he said. – he said in his acceptance speech in January 2024, before you thank your next loved ones and colleagues.

He later told Guardian that it was “one of the happiest nights of my life.”

The series about the eclectic workers of a Chicago sandwich shop was also nominated for best musical or comedy series and a star nomination Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy Allen White AND Liza Colon-Zayasat this year’s Golden Globes.

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