Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

1959-10-21

THE 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,

ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

Tampopo

Tampopo

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Inception

Inception

Shanghai

Shanghai

T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

Space Travelers

Space Travelers

第三の時効

第三の時効

The Creator

The Creator

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

Godzilla

Godzilla

Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

The Unbroken

The Unbroken

A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

Year One in the North

Year One in the North

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Earth

Earth

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

The Whispered City

The Whispered City

Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

All Lives

All Lives

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

Snow Jack

Snow Jack

Rage

Rage

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Bel Canto

Bel Canto

Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

The King and I

The King and I

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

Bonds

Bonds

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

National Treasure

National Treasure