Ken Watanabe

Actor | Producer

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences h...

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The Creator

The Creator

... 2023

Godzilla

Godzilla

... 2014

Inception

Inception

... 2010

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

... 2005

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

... 2017

Fullname:

Ken Watanabe

Date of Birth:

1959-10-21

Country:

Koide, Niigata, Japan

Biography of

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.

Biography of

Ken Watanabe

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Photos

Biography of

Ken Watanabe

Found movies in total

Exposed

Exposed

... 2016

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

... 2015

Lantana

Lantana

... 2001

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

... 2023

Moonlight Butterfly

Moonlight Butterfly

... 2022

The Cell

The Cell

... 2000

House of the Sleeping Beauties

House of the Sleeping Beauties

... 2006

Straight Time

Straight Time

... 1978

Red Sonja

Red Sonja

... 1985