Ken Watanabe
Japanese actor · Japan · On the map · Actors · Born 1959 · age 67
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. He is best 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.
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Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: KeishoSeries, 東雲朔太郎
Samurai VengeanceFilm, 2026Kinji Shinoda2024
Kensuke's KingdomFilm, Kensuke (voice)2022
Tokyo ViceSeries, Producer2020
Fukushima 50Film, Masao Yoshida2018
SegodonSeries, Shimazu Nariakira
7 Guardians of the TombFilm, 2018Father2017
Transformers: The Last KnightFilm, Drift (voice)2014
Back of FatherSeries, Takamura Kouji
Evolution Within ExtinctionFilm, 20142012
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeFilm, Junichiro Kawaguchi2009
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantFilm, Mr. Tall2007Blue Ribbon Awards for Best ActorAward2006
Letters from Iwo JimaFilm, General Tadamichi Kuribayashi2003
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語Series
T.R.Y.Film, 2003Masanobu Azuma2001
Hojo TokimuneSeries, Hojo Tokiyori
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of GenjiFilm, 20011998
BondsFilm, Detective Sako Akio1995
Gokenin ZankuroSeries, Zankuro Matsudaira1991
Baian the AssassinSeries, Fujieda Baian1987Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the YearAward
Masamune ShogunSeries, 1987伊達政宗1986
The Sea and PoisonFilm, Toda1984
A Tale of Two TruncheonsSeries
MacArthur's ChildrenFilm, 1984Tetsuo Nakai1959Born21 October 1959People around Ken
Mary Parent Produced Godzilla (2014)
Lee Sang-il Directed Kokuho, Rage and Unforgiven
Setsurō Wakamatsu Directed Fukushima 50 and Shizumanu Taiyō
Steven Spielberg Produced Letters from Iwo Jima (2007)
Thomas Tull Produced Godzilla (2014)
Christopher Nolan Produced Inception (2010)
Hans Zimmer Wrote Inception and Batman Begins
Emma Thomas Produced Inception and Batman Begins
Gareth Edwards Directed Godzilla and The Creator
Paul Weitz Directed Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2010)
Cillian Murphy Also in Inception and Batman Begins
Michael Bay Directed Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Sally Hawkins Also in Godzilla (2014)
Gemma Chan Also in Shanghai (2011)
Rob Letterman Directed Detective Pikachu (2019)
Jūzō Itami Directed Tampopo (1985)
Kyōka Suzuki Also in Shizumanu Taiyō (2009)
Tohoru Masamune Also in Memoirs of a Geisha and Shanghai
Lorenzo di Bonaventura Produced Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Ian Bryce Produced Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Teruyuki Kagawa Also in Shizumanu Taiyō (2009)
Tom DeSanto Produced Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Don Murphy Produced Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Hideji Ōtaki Also in MacArthur's Children and Tampopo
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Inception 2010
Kokuho 2025
Isle of Dogs 2018
Tampopo 1985
Earth 2007
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Filmography 40
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Television 24
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Among other awards, Watanabe has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for The Unbroken. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films Batman Begins and Inception, as well as Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
