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