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