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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Biography

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-10-21

Place of Birth

Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Cast

Crew

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

20057.7 / 10

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

20067.5 / 10

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

20037.6 / 10

Tampopo

Tampopo

19857.9 / 10

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

20095.8 / 10

Inception

Inception

20108.4 / 10

Shanghai

Shanghai

20106.1 / 10

T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

20037.0 / 10

Space Travelers

Space Travelers

20005.9 / 10

第三の時効

第三の時効

TBA0.0 / 10

The Creator

The Creator

20237.1 / 10

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

20137.0 / 10

Godzilla

Godzilla

20146.3 / 10

Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

20066.0 / 10

The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

19860.0 / 10

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

20207.0 / 10

The Unbroken

The Unbroken

20096.7 / 10

A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

201010.0 / 10

Year One in the North

Year One in the North

20054.9 / 10

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

20126.0 / 10

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

20027.0 / 10

Earth

Earth

20077.6 / 10

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

20145.9 / 10

True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

20238.0 / 10

The Whispered City

The Whispered City

20009.0 / 10

Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

20017.0 / 10

The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

19866.9 / 10

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

20170.0 / 10

MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

19845.5 / 10

Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

20147.7 / 10

Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

19930.0 / 10

All Lives

All Lives

20246.7 / 10

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

20176.1 / 10

Snow Jack

Snow Jack

20140.0 / 10

Rage

Rage

20166.9 / 10

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

19928.5 / 10

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

19858.2 / 10

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

20166.2 / 10

Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

19876.2 / 10

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

20110.0 / 10

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

19928.0 / 10

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

19920.0 / 10

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

20196.7 / 10

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

19807.0 / 10

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

20196.9 / 10

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

20187.8 / 10

Bel Canto

Bel Canto

20185.4 / 10

Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

20206.5 / 10

The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

20170.0 / 10

The King and I

The King and I

20187.0 / 10

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

20246.8 / 10

Bonds

Bonds

19985.2 / 10

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

19977.6 / 10

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

19900.0 / 10

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

19930.0 / 10

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

20057.7 / 10

7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

20185.4 / 10

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

20030.0 / 10

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

20190.0 / 10

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

19917.0 / 10

Kokuho

Kokuho

20250.0 / 10

盤上の向日葵

盤上の向日葵

20250.0 / 10

Harimao

Harimao

19898.0 / 10

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