Ken Watanabe
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Person

Ken Watanabe

Known for
Acting
Born
October 21, 1959
Place of birth
Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Also known as
渡邊謙, 渡辺 謙, کِن واتانابه

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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.

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5 Works in the catalog credit them.

Acting (5)

Filmography

  • Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: KeishoTV · 2026 · as 東雲朔太郎 · 9 episodes
  • Samurai VengeanceFilm · 2026 · as Kinji Shinoda
  • Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -Film · 2026 · as Self
  • KokuhoFilm · 2025 · as Hanjiro Hanai
  • LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIERFilm · 2025 · Acting
  • TRUE COLORSTV · 2025 · as Taichirou Tsujimura · 9 episodes
  • The Final PieceFilm · 2025 · as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
  • UnboundTV · 2025 · as Tamema Okitsugu · 48 episodes
  • All LivesFilm · 2024 · Acting
  • Kensuke's KingdomFilm · 2024 · as Kensuke (voice)
  • The CreatorFilm · 2023 · as Harun
  • True Love: Making The CreatorFilm · 2023 · as Self
  • Tokyo ViceTV · 2022 · as Hiroto Katagiri · 18 episodes
  • Alice in BorderlandTV · 2020 · as Old Gentleman · 1 episode
  • Fukushima 50Film · 2020 · as Masao Yoshida
  • TouboushaTV · 2020 · Acting · 2 episodes
  • 劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編Film · 2020 · Acting
  • An Artist of the Floating WorldFilm · 2019 · as Ono Masuji
  • Godzilla: King of the MonstersFilm · 2019 · as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
  • Pokémon Detective PikachuFilm · 2019 · as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
  • 7 Guardians of the TombFilm · 2018 · as Father
  • Bel CantoFilm · 2018 · as Katsumi Hosokawa
  • Isle of DogsFilm · 2018 · as Head Surgeon (voice)
  • SegodonTV · 2018 · as Shimazu Nariakira · 17 episodes
  • The King and IFilm · 2018 · as The King of Siam
  • Dirty, Clean, & InbetweenFilm · 2017 · as Restaurant Patron
  • NHK WORLD PRIMETV · 2017 · as Self - Presenter · 1 episode
  • The Memories of HappinessFilm · 2017 · as Taro Miura
  • Transformers: The Last KnightFilm · 2017 · as Drift (voice)
  • RageFilm · 2016 · as Yohei Maki
  • The Sea of TreesFilm · 2016 · as Takumi Nakamura
  • 五年目のひとりTV · 2016 · as 키자키 슈지 · 1 episode
  • The Secret Lives of Kyoto FolkTV · 2015 · as 東雲朔太郎 · 9 episodes
  • Back of FatherTV · 2014 · as Takamura Kouji · 1 episode
  • Evolution Within ExtinctionFilm · 2014 · as Self
  • GodzillaFilm · 2014 · as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
  • Snow JackFilm · 2014 · as Reiji Kurata
  • Transformers: Age of ExtinctionFilm · 2014 · as Drift (voice)
  • UnforgivenFilm · 2013 · as Jubee Kamata
  • Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeFilm · 2012 · as Junichiro Kawaguchi
  • Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -Film · 2011 · Acting
  • Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjoTV · 2011 · as Regular · 1 episode
  • A School Behind BarsFilm · 2010 · Acting
  • InceptionFilm · 2010 · as Saito
  • ShanghaiFilm · 2010 · as Tanaka
  • Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantFilm · 2009 · as Mr. Tall
  • The UnbrokenFilm · 2009 · as Hajime Onchi
  • 刑事一代 平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史TV · 2009 · Acting · 1 episode
  • EarthFilm · 2007 · as Narrator (voice)
  • Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'Film · 2007 · as Self
  • 星ひとつの夜Film · 2007 · as Nonoyama Hiroji
  • Letters from Iwo JimaFilm · 2006 · as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
  • Memories of TomorrowFilm · 2006 · as Masayuki Saeki
  • Ashes and SnowFilm · 2005 · as Japanese Narrator (voice)
  • Batman BeginsFilm · 2005 · as Ra's al Ghul
  • Memoirs of a GeishaFilm · 2005 · as Chairman
  • Year One in the NorthFilm · 2005 · as Komatsubara Hideaki
  • Vessel of SandTV · 2004 · as Shuichiro Imanishi · 11 episodes
  • Another Battle/ConspiracyFilm · 2003 · as Fujimaki Hiroaki
  • T.R.Y.Film · 2003 · as Masanobu Azuma
  • The Last SamuraiFilm · 2003 · as Moritsugu Katsumoto
  • 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語TV · 2003 · Acting · 6 episodes
  • 第三の時効Film · 2003 · Acting
  • 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」TV · 2003 · Acting · 1 episode
  • Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSFilm · 2002 · as Okubo
  • Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta OtokoTV · 2002 · Acting · 4 episodes
  • 強行犯捜査第七係TV · 2002 · Acting · 1 episode
  • 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)TV · 2002 · Acting · 6 episodes
  • Drowning FishFilm · 2001 · as Miyota
  • Hojo TokimuneTV · 2001 · as Hojo Tokiyori · 49 episodes
  • Love of a Thousand Years - Story of GenjiFilm · 2001 · Acting
  • Proof of the Man 2001Film · 2001 · as Munesue Koichiro
  • Ikebukuro West Gate ParkTV · 2000 · as Yokoyama · 11 episodes
  • Space TravelersFilm · 2000 · as Sakamaki ("Crusher")
  • The Whispered CityFilm · 2000 · as Ishida
  • BondsFilm · 1998 · as Detective Sako Akio
  • Shimei TehaiTV · 1998 · Acting · 4 episodes
  • Welcome Back, Mr. McDonaldFilm · 1997 · as Raita Onuki
  • Gokenin ZankuroTV · 1995 · as Zankuro Matsudaira · 8 episodes
  • Baian the Assassin: ShowdownFilm · 1993 · as Dr. Baian
  • Hanzo, the RazorFilm · 1993 · Acting
  • Kagi-shiTV · 1993 · Acting · 1 episode
  • The Fire Still BurnsTV · 1993 · as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo · 35 episodes
  • Chronicle of the Town MagistrateFilm · 1992 · as Mochizuki Koheita
  • Ganryujima: Kojiro and MusashiFilm · 1992 · as Kojirō
  • Izakaya ChōjiTV · 1992 · Acting · 1 episode
  • Oda NobunagaFilm · 1992 · Acting
  • Waga MachiTV · 1992 · Acting · 10 episodes
  • A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraFilm · 1991 · as Ryoma Sakamoto
  • Baian the AssassinTV · 1991 · as Fujieda Baian · 5 episodes
  • Takeda ShingenFilm · 1991 · as Narrator
  • Baian the AssassinFilm · 1990 · as Dr. Baian
  • Musuko no GokikanTV · 1990 · Acting · 2 episodes
  • Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari TokubetsuhenTV · 1990 · Acting · 5 episodes
  • HarimaoFilm · 1989 · Producer
  • Oda NobunagaTV · 1989 · Acting · 1 episode
  • Commando InvasionFilm · 1987 · Acting
  • Masamune ShogunTV · 1987 · as 伊達政宗 · 50 episodes
  • HanekonmaTV · 1986 · as Genzo Onodera · 156 episodes
  • The Making of "Tampopo"Film · 1986 · as Self
  • The Sea and PoisonFilm · 1986 · as Toda
  • Kekkon Annai MysteryFilm · 1985 · Acting
  • TampopoFilm · 1985 · as Gun
  • A Tale of Two TruncheonsTV · 1984 · Acting · 13 episodes
  • MacArthur's ChildrenFilm · 1984 · as Tetsuo Nakai

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