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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Filmography
all 84
Movies 61
TV Shows 23
self 5
Voice 3
Narrator 2
Ikitoshi Ikeru Mono (2024)
Movie
Kensuke
Kensuke's Kingdom (2024)
Movie
8
Self
True Love: Making 'The Creator' (2023)
Movie
Harun
The Creator (2023)
Movie
5.67
Hiroto Katagiri
Tokyo Vice (2022)
TV
9
Toubousha (2020)
TV
劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編 (2020)
Movie
Masao Yoshida
Fukushima 50 (2020)
Movie
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Movie
6.51
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Movie
6.76
Ono Masuji
An Artist of the Floating World (2019)
Movie
The King of Siam
The King and I (2018)
Movie
Hosokawa
Bel Canto (2018)
Movie
Head Surgeon (voice)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Movie
6.18
Father
7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018)
Movie
6
Shimazu Nariakira
Segodon (2018)
TV
Self - Presenter
NHK WORLD PRIME (2017)
TV
Drift (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Movie
5.79
Restaurant Patron
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween (2017)
Movie
Taro Miura
The Memories of Happiness (2017)
Movie
Yohei Maki
Rage (2016)
Movie
6.5
Takumi Nakamura
The Sea of Trees (2016)
Movie
6
Self
Evolution Within Extinction (2014)
Movie
Self
Godzilla: Force of Nature (2014)
Movie
8
Reiji kurata
Snow Jack (2014)
Movie
Actor
Back of Father (2014)
TV
Drift (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Movie
6.58
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Godzilla (2014)
Movie
6.07
Jubee kamata
Unforgiven (2013)
Movie
Shunichiro Yamaguchi
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
Movie
Regular
Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo (2011)
TV
A School Behind Bars (2010)
Movie
Saito
Inception (2010)
Movie
8.47
Tanaka
Shanghai (2010)
Movie
6
Narration
Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
TV
Hajime Onchi
The Unbroken (2009)
Movie
Mr. Tall
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Movie
6
Narrator
Earth (2007)
Movie
General Kuribayashi
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Movie
3
Masayuki Saeki
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Movie
Chairman
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Movie
5
Ra's Al Ghul
Batman Begins (2005)
Movie
6.29
Japanese Narrator
Ashes and Snow (2005)
Movie
1
Hideaki Komatsubara
Year One in the North (2005)
Movie
Shuichiro Imanishi
Vessel of Sand (2004)
TV
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003)
TV
Katsumoto
The Last Samurai (2003)
Movie
5.38
Fujimaki Hiroaki
Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003)
Movie
Masanobu Azuma
T.R.Y. (2003)
Movie
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) (2002)
TV
強行犯捜査第七係 (2002)
TV
Okubo
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002)
Movie
Miyota
Drowning Fish (2001)
Movie
Hojo Tokiyori
Hojo Tokimune (2001)
TV
Ishida
Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000)
Movie
Yokoyama
Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000)
TV
Sakamaki ('Crusher')
Space Travelers (2000)
Movie
Detective Sako Akio
Bonds (1998)
Movie
Raita Onuki
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Movie
Zankurô Matsudaira
Gokenin Zankuro (1995)
TV
Dr. Baian
Baian the Assassin: Showdown (1993)
Movie
Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
The Fire Still Burns (1993)
TV
Kagi-shi (1993)
TV
Actor
Hanzo, the Razor (1993)
Movie
Mochizuki Koheita
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1992)
Movie
Waga Machi (1992)
TV
Izakaya Chōji (1992)
TV
Kojiro Sasaki
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992)
Movie
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga (1992)
Movie
Fujieda Baian
Baian the Assassin (1991)
TV
Ryouma Sakamoto
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)
Movie
Dr. Baian
Baian the Assassin (1990)
Movie
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990)
TV
Oda Nobunaga (1989)
TV
Date Masamune
Masamune Shogun (1987)
TV
Commando Invasion (1987)
Movie
Toda
The Sea and Poison (1986)
Movie
Genzo Onodera
Hanekonma (1986)
TV
Self
The Making of "Tampopo" (1986)
Movie
Gun
Tampopo (1985)
Movie
Funayama Tetsuya
Kekkon Annai Mystery (1985)
Movie
Tetsuo
MacArthur's Children (1984)
Movie
Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance (1980)
Movie
第三の時効
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.84
Based on 6.87 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1980
1993
2005
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2024
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1959-10-21 (64 years old)
Birth NameKensaku Watanabe
Birth PlaceUonuma, Japan
Height184-centimeter
RelationshipsKaho Minami (2005-12-03 - 2018-05-17)
ChildrenDai Watanabe, Anne Watanabe
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As渡辺謙, 와타나베 켄, Кэн Ватанабэ, 渡边谦, Кен Ватанабе
AwardsElan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor
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