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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

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 information

Birthday

1959-10-21

Birth Place

Koide, Niigata, Japan

Movies and TV shows :

7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

2018

5.4

Movie
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

1991

7.0

Movie
A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

2010

10.0

Movie
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

2011

0.0

Movie
All Lives

All Lives

2024

6.5

Movie
An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

2019

0.0

Movie
Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

2003

0.0

Movie
poster

Back of Father

2014

8.0

TV
Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Baian the Assassin

1991

10.0

TV
Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

1993

0.0

Movie
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005

7.7

Movie
Bel Canto

Bel Canto

2018

5.4

Movie
Bonds

Bonds

1998

5.2

Movie
Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

1980

7.0

Movie
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

1992

0.0

Movie
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

2009

5.8

Movie
Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

1987

6.2

Movie
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

2002

0.0

Movie
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

2017

0.0

Movie
Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

2001

7.0

Movie
Earth

Earth

2007

7.6

Movie
Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

2014

7.5

Movie
Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

2020

6.4

Movie
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

1992

8.5

Movie
Godzilla

Godzilla

2014

6.3

Movie
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019

6.7

Movie
poster

Gokenin Zankuro

1995

8.0

TV
poster

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

2011

0.0

TV
poster

Hanekonma

1986

8.0

TV
Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

1993

0.0

Movie
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

2012

4.5

Movie
poster

Hojo Tokimune

2001

0.0

TV
poster

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2000

7.8

TV
Inception

Inception

2010

8.4

Movie
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

7.9

Movie
poster

Izakaya Chōji

1992

0.0

TV
poster

Kagi-shi

1993

0.0

TV
Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

1985

8.2

Movie
Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024

6.7

Movie
Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006

7.5

Movie
MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

1984

5.4

Movie
poster

Masamune Shogun

1987

9.2

TV
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

7.7

Movie
Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

2006

6.0

Movie
poster

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

2002

0.0

TV
National Treasure

National Treasure

2025

0.0

Movie
poster

NHK WORLD PRIME

2017

9.0

TV
Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

1992

8.0

Movie
poster

Oda Nobunaga

1989

0.0

TV
Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

6.9

Movie
Rage

Rage

2016

6.7

Movie
poster

Segodon

2018

8.2

TV
Shanghai

Shanghai

2010

6.1

Movie
poster

Shimei Tehai

1998

0.0

TV
Snow Jack

Snow Jack

2014

0.0

Movie
Space Travelers

Space Travelers

2000

5.5

Movie
T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

2003

7.0

Movie
Tampopo

Tampopo

1985

7.9

Movie
The Creator

The Creator

2023

7.1

Movie
poster

The Fire Still Burns

1993

0.0

TV
The King and I

The King and I

2018

7.0

Movie
The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003

7.6

Movie
The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986

0.0

Movie
The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

2017

0.0

Movie
The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

1986

6.9

Movie
The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

2016

6.2

Movie
The Unbroken

The Unbroken

2009

6.7

Movie
The Whispered City

The Whispered City

2000

0.0

Movie
poster

Tokyo Vice

2022

7.9

TV
poster

Toubousha

2020

7.0

TV
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

5.9

Movie
Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

6.1

Movie
True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

2023

8.0

Movie
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

2013

7.0

Movie
poster

Vessel of Sand

2004

4.0

TV
poster

Waga Machi

1992

0.0

TV
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

1997

7.5

Movie
Year One in the North

Year One in the North

2005

4.9

Movie
poster

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990

9.5

TV
poster

五年目のひとり

2016

0.0

TV
劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

2020

7.0

Movie
poster

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

2003

0.0

TV
poster

強行犯捜査第七係

2002

0.0

TV
poster

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

2002

0.0

TV
第三の時効

第三の時効

0.0

Movie
poster

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

2003

0.0

TV