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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Acting · Born 1959-10-21 · 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.

Known For

movie 8.4 Inception
Inception
2010
movie 7.7 Batman Begins
Batman Begins
2005
movie 6.4 Godzilla
Godzilla
2014
movie 6.0 Transformers: Age of Extinction
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
movie 7.6 The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai
2003
movie 6.9 Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
movie 6.1 Transformers: The Last Knight
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
movie 6.7 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
movie 7.8 Isle of Dogs
Isle of Dogs
2018
movie 7.0 The Creator
The Creator
2023
movie 7.6 Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
tv 8.1 Alice in Borderland
Alice in Borderland
2020
movie 7.5 Letters from Iwo Jima
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
movie 5.9 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
movie 6.2 The Sea of Trees
The Sea of Trees
2016
movie 7.8 Tampopo
Tampopo
1985
tv 7.9 Tokyo Vice
Tokyo Vice
2022
movie 7.6 Earth
Earth
2007