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Ken Watanabe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Watanabe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 21, 1959 In Koide, Niigata, Japan
Movie/TV Credits:
77
First Appeared:
In the movie 第三の時効
Latest Project:
Movie Kensuke's Kingdom 2024-02-07
Known For
Poster of Ashes and Snow
Poster of Vessel of Sand
Poster of Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Poster of Masamune Shogun
Filmography
Movie 第三の時効 2025
Movie Kensuke's Kingdom Kensuke 2024-02-07
Movie The Creator Harun 2023-09-27
Series Tokyo Vice Hiroto Katagiri 2022-04-07
Movie Godzilla vs. Kong Bar Patron (uncredited) 2021-03-24
Movie Fukushima 50 Masao Yoshida 2020-03-06
Movie 劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編 2020-10-31
Series Toubousha 2020-12-05
Movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dr. Ishiro Serizawa 2019-05-29
Movie An Artist of the Floating World Ono Masuji 2019-03-30
Movie Pokémon Detective Pikachu Lieutenant Hide Yoshida 2019-05-03
Movie 7 Guardians of the Tomb Father 2018-01-19
Movie The King and I The King of Siam 2018-11-29
Movie Bel Canto Katsumi Hosokawa 2018-09-13
Movie Isle of Dogs Head Surgeon (voice) 2018-03-23
Movie Transformers: The Last Knight Drift (voice) 2017-06-16
Movie The Memories of Happiness Taro Miura 2017-01-08
Movie Rage Yohei Maki 2016-09-17
Movie The Sea of Trees Takumi Nakamura 2016-04-27
Movie Godzilla Dr. Ishiro Serizawa 2014-05-14
Movie Transformers: Age of Extinction Drift (voice) 2014-06-25
Movie Snow Jack Reiji Kurata 2014-08-02
Movie Evolution Within Extinction Self 2014-09-30
Series Back of Father 2014-07-13
Movie Unforgiven Jubee Kamata 2013-09-13
Movie Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home Junichiro Kawaguchi 2012-02-11
Series Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo Regular 2011-10-16
Movie A School Behind Bars 2010-10-11
Movie Shanghai Tanaka 2010-06-10
Movie Inception Saito 2010-07-15
Movie The Unbroken Hajime Onchi 2009-10-23
Movie Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Mr. Tall 2009-10-23
Movie Earth Narrator 2007-10-10
Movie Memories of Tomorrow Masayuki Saeki 2006-05-13
Movie Letters from Iwo Jima General Tadamichi Kuribayashi 2006-12-19
Movie Year One in the North Komatsubara Hideaki 2005-01-14
Movie Memoirs of a Geisha Chairman 2005-12-06
Movie Batman Begins Decoy Ra's al Ghul 2005-06-10
Movie Ashes and Snow Japanese Narrator (voice) 2005-03-05
Series Vessel of Sand Shuichiro Imanishi 2004-01-18
Movie The Last Samurai Moritsugu Katsumoto 2003-12-05
Movie T.R.Y. Masanobu Azuma 2003-01-11
Movie Another Battle/Conspiracy Fujimaki Hiroaki 2003-02-15
Series 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 2003-12-21
Movie Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Okubo 2002-06-16
Movie Drowning Fish Miyota 2001-02-03
Series Hojo Tokimune Hojo Tokiyori 2001-01-07
Movie Space Travelers Sakamaki ("Crusher") 2000-04-08
Series Ikebukuro West Gate Park Yokoyama 2000-04-14
Movie Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa Ishida 2000-07-07
Movie Bonds Detective Sako Akio 1998-06-06
Movie Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Raita Onuki 1997-11-08
Series Gokenin Zankuro Zankuro Matsudaira 1995-01-09
Movie Baian the Assassin: Showdown Dr. Baian 1993-10-06
Series Kagi-shi 1993-03-12
Movie Oda Nobunaga 1992-01-05
Movie Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi Kojiro 1992-02-09
Movie Chronicle of the Town Magistrate Mochizuki Koheita 1992-12-23
Movie A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era Ryoma Sakamoto 1991-07-06
Series Baian the Assassin Fujieda Baian 1991-10-09
Movie Baian the Assassin Dr. Baian 1990-12-26
Series Oda Nobunaga 1989-01-01
Movie The Last American Soldier Father 1988-06-05
Movie Karate Warrior 2 Kimura 1988-09-22
Movie Commando Invasion 1987-01-01
Series Masamune Shogun 伊達政宗 1987-01-04
Movie Karate Warrior Maestro Kimura 1987-09-03
Movie The Making of "Tampopo" Self 1986-01-01
Movie The Sea and Poison Toda 1986-10-17
Movie Tampopo Gun 1985-11-23
Movie Double Edge Yoshiro 1985-01-01
Movie Ninja Warriors Kuroda 1985-06-01
Movie Kekkon Annai Mystery 1985-06-15
Movie Ninja's Force 1984-09-07
Movie MacArthur's Children Tetsuo Nakai 1984-06-23
Movie Invaders of the Lost Gold Lt. Toyoda 1982-09-20
Movie Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance 1980-08-22