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.
Born1959-10-21
Place of BirthUonuma, Niigata, Japan
Known For
8.4
Inception
ActionSci-Fi
8.1
Alice in Borderland
MysteryDrama
7.7
Batman Begins
DramaCrime
7.0
The Creator
Sci-FiAction
6.0
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Sci-FiAction
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Sci-FiAction
7.6
The Last Samurai
DramaAction
7.9
Tokyo Vice
CrimeDrama
7.8
Isle of Dogs
AdventureComedy
6.9
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
ActionAdventure
6.4
Godzilla
ActionDrama
6.1
Transformers: The Last Knight
ActionAdventure
9.5
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
MysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
8.3
Segodon
DramaWar & Politics
7.5
Letters from Iwo Jima
ActionDrama
7.6
Memoirs of a Geisha
DramaRomance
9.0
Masamune Shogun
DramaWar & Politics
8.0
Hanekonma
DramaFamily
7.4
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
DramaCrime
9.3
Unbound
Drama
8.8
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
DramaDocumentary
7.8
Kokuho
DramaMusic
5.9
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
AdventureFantasy
6.2
The Sea of Trees
Drama