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