Ken Watanabe

Actor

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.

Born: October 21, 1959 (Age 65) in Koide, Niigata, Japan

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Batman Begins Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	Ra's al Ghul	2005
The Last Samurai Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Moritsugu Katsumoto	2003
Letters from Iwo Jima Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	General Tadamichi Kuribayashi	2006
Memoirs of a Geisha Movie	7.5	Actor	Chairman	2005
Tampopo Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	8.1	Actor	枪	1985
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	5.6	Actor	Mr. Tall	2009
Inception Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	9	Actor	Saito	2010
T.R.Y. Movie	5.4	Actor	Masanobu Azuma	2003
Space Travelers Movie	6.5	Actor	Sakamaki ("Crusher")	2000
Earth Movie	7.8	Actor	Narrator (voice)	2007
Unforgiven Movie	7.1	Actor	Jubee Kamata	2013
Memories of Tomorrow Movie	7.3	Actor	Masayuki Saeki	2006
The Unbroken Movie	6.5	Actor	Hajime Onchi	2009
Year One in the North Movie	6.4	Actor	Komatsubara Hideaki	2005
Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	5.7	Actor	Drift (voice)	2014
Godzilla Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Dr. Ishiro Serizawa	2014
The Sea and Poison Movie	7.2	Actor	Toda	1986
The Sea of Trees Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.9	Actor	Takumi Nakamura	2016
MacArthur's Children Movie	6.7	Actor	Tetsuo Nakai	1984
Transformers: The Last Knight Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Drift (voice)	2017
Rage Movie	7.1	Actor	Yohei Maki	2016
Shanghai Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.1	Actor	Tanaka	2010
Drowning Fish Movie	6.3	Actor	Miyota	2001
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.2	Actor	Dr. Ishiro Serizawa	2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Lieutenant Hide Yoshida	2019
Isle of Dogs Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	7.9	Actor	Head Surgeon (voice)	2018
Bel Canto Movie Available on 18 streaming services.	5.6	Actor	Katsumi Hosokawa	2018
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS Movie	7.1	Actor	Okubo	2002
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home Movie	5.5	Actor	Junichiro Kawaguchi	2012
The Whispered City Movie	5.9	Actor	Ishida	2000
Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance Movie	4.5	Actor	Samurai Master	1980
The King and I Movie	7.8	Actor	The King of Siam	2018
Kekkon Annai Mystery Movie	5.6	Actor		1985
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate Movie	5.5	Actor	Mochizuki Koheita	1992
Commando Invasion Movie	5.4	Actor		1987
Kensuke's Kingdom Movie	7	Actor	Kensuke (voice)	2024
Bonds Movie	6.6	Actor	Detective Sako Akio	1998
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald Movie	7.8	Actor	Raita Onuki	1997
Fukushima 50 Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Masao Yoshida	2020
7 Guardians of the Tomb Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	4.6	Actor	Father	2018
Tokyo Vice TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.2	Actor	Hiroto Katagiri 18 Episodes	2022-2024
Another Battle/Conspiracy Movie	6.8	Actor	Fujimaki Hiroaki	2003
The Creator Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Harun	2023
The Making of "Tampopo" Movie	7.9	Actor	Self	1986
True Love: Making The Creator Movie		Actor	Self
All Lives Movie		Actor		2024
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera - Movie		Actor
Baian the Assassin: Showdown Movie		Actor	Dr. Baian	1993
Evolution Within Extinction Movie	6.6	Actor	Self	2014
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era Movie	5.8	Actor	Ryoma Sakamoto	1991
Ikebukuro West Gate Park TV Show Available on 1 streaming services.	7.5	Actor	Yokoyama 11 Episodes	2000
Hôjô Tokimune TV Show	7.7	Actor	Hojo Tokiyori 49 Episodes	2001-2001
Suna no utsuwa TV Show	7.7	Actor	Shuichiro Imanishi 11 Episodes	2004
Gyoretsuno dekiru horitsu sodanjo TV Show		Actor	Regular 1 Episode	2002
Gokenin Zankurô TV Show	7.7	Actor	Zankuro Matsudaira 8 Episodes	1995-2002
Homura tatsu TV Show		Actor	Fujiwara Tsunekiyo 35 Episodes	1993
Dokugan-ryu Masamune TV Show	8.3	Actor	伊達政宗 50 Episodes	1987
Segodon TV Show	5.7	Actor	Shimazu Nariakira 17 Episodes	2018
Hanekonma TV Show	8.2	Actor	Genzo Onodera 156 Episodes	1986-1986
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen TV Show		Actor	5 Episodes	1990
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 TV Show		Actor	6 Episodes	2003
NHK WORLD PRIME TV Show		Actor	Self - Presenter 1 Episode	2017-2024
強行犯捜査第七係 TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	2002
Izakaya Chōji TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	1992-1992
Waga Machi TV Show		Actor	10 Episodes	1992-1998
Mibu gishi den: Shinsengumi de ichiban tsuyokatta otoko Movie		Actor	4 Episodes	2002
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」 TV Show		Actor	1 Episode	2003
五年目のひとり TV Show		Actor	키자키 슈지 1 Episode	2016
Toubousha TV Show		Actor	2 Episodes	2020-2020
Silver Jack Movie	4.5	Actor	Reiji Kurata	2014
The Memories of Happiness Movie	5.3	Actor	Taro Miura	2017
Hei no naka no chûgakkô Movie	6.2	Actor		2010
Oda Nobunaga Movie	7.1	Actor		1992
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi Movie	5.4	Actor	Kojirō	1992
An Artist of the Floating World Movie Available on 3 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Ono Masuji	2019
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween Movie		Actor	Restaurant Patron	2017
Hanzo, the Razor Movie	5.7	Actor		1993
Baian the Assassin Limited Series	7.6	Actor	Fujieda Baian 5 Episodes	1990
Fathers Limited Series	5.9	Actor	Takamura Kouji 1 Episode	2014
Tokyo Vice TV Show Available on 2 streaming services.	8.2	Production	Executive Producer 18 Episodes	2022-2024
ハリマオ Movie		Production	Producer
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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