Ken Watanabe
Born October 21, 1959 · Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Transformers: Age of Extinction
The Last Samurai
Transformers: The Last Knight
Godzilla
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Isle of Dogs
Memoirs of a Geisha
Letters from Iwo Jima
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Kokuho
The Sea of Trees
Tampopo
Bel Canto
Fukushima 50
7 Guardians of the Tomb
Shanghai
Oda Nobunaga
Kensuke's Kingdom
Earth
Rage
Samurai Vengeance
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
The Making of "Tampopo"
The Final Piece
Evolution Within Extinction
Unforgiven
Ashes and Snow
TV Shows
Tokyo Vice
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Segodon
Masamune Shogun
Unbound
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
Hanekonma
Back of Father
The Fire Still Burns
Gokenin Zankuro
Hojo Tokimune
NHK WORLD PRIME
TRUE COLORS
Vessel of Sand
Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
Waga Machi
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Toubousha
五年目のひとり
Kagi-shi
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
Baian the Assassin
Izakaya Chōji
A Tale of Two Truncheons
Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo
Musuko no Gokikan
More Movies
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
Space Travelers
The King and I
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
T.R.Y.
The Unbroken
Memories of Tomorrow
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Year One in the North
The Sea and Poison
All Lives
True Love: Making The Creator
Snow Jack
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
MacArthur's Children
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
An Artist of the Floating World
星ひとつの夜
The Whispered City
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
The Memories of Happiness
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Bonds
Kekkon Annai Mystery
Drowning Fish
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
Takeda Shingen
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Commando Invasion
Hanzo, the Razor
A School Behind Bars
ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES
Baian the Assassin
第三の時効
