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Ken Watanabe

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Born: October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan

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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 Academ...

Filmography66 TITLES
Inception
8.4
Inception2010
Batman Begins
7.7
Batman Begins2005
The Creator
7.0
The Creator2023
The Last Samurai
7.6
The Last Samurai2003
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
6.7
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
6.0
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
Godzilla
6.4
Godzilla2014
Transformers: The Last Knight
6.0
Transformers: The Last Knight2017
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
6.9
Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019
Isle of Dogs
7.8
Isle of Dogs2018
Letters from Iwo Jima
7.5
Letters from Iwo Jima2006
Kokuho
7.9
Kokuho2025
Tampopo
7.8
Tampopo1985
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.6
Memoirs of a Geisha2005
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
5.8
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009
7 Guardians of the Tomb
5.3
7 Guardians of the Tomb2018
Rage
6.8
Rage2016
Unforgiven
7.0
Unforgiven2013
Space Travelers
5.9
Space Travelers2000
An Artist of the Floating World
An Artist of the Floating World2019
The Unbroken
6.7
The Unbroken2009
Shanghai
6.1
Shanghai2010
Earth
7.6
Earth2007
Drowning Fish
7.0
Drowning Fish2001
The Sea and Poison
6.9
The Sea and Poison1986
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
7.0
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era1991
Year One in the North
5.2
Year One in the North2005
T.R.Y.
7.0
T.R.Y.2003
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
7.6
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald1997
Baian the Assassin
Baian the Assassin1990
Fukushima 50
6.5
Fukushima 502020
Snow Jack
Snow Jack2014
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Baian the Assassin: Showdown1993
The Whispered City
9.0
The Whispered City2000
The Final Piece
9.4
The Final Piece2025
Takeda Shingen
Takeda Shingen1991
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
6.0
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home2012
The Sea of Trees
6.2
The Sea of Trees2016
MacArthur's Children
5.0
MacArthur's Children1984
Memories of Tomorrow
6.0
Memories of Tomorrow2006
Bonds
4.8
Bonds1998
第三の時効
第三の時効2003
Kekkon Annai Mystery
8.2
Kekkon Annai Mystery1985
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Another Battle/Conspiracy2003
All Lives
6.7
All Lives2024
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'2007
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
7.0
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS2002
Kensuke's Kingdom
7.2
Kensuke's Kingdom2024
Evolution Within Extinction
7.7
Evolution Within Extinction2014
Hanzo, the Razor
Hanzo, the Razor1993
Samurai Vengeance
9.2
Samurai Vengeance2026
The Memories of Happiness
The Memories of Happiness2017
Bel Canto
5.5
Bel Canto2018
A School Behind Bars
10.0
A School Behind Bars2010
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate1992
True Love: Making The Creator
8.0
True Love: Making The Creator2023
The King and I
7.0
The King and I2018
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
8.5
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi1992
Oda Nobunaga
8.0
Oda Nobunaga1992
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
7.0
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編2020
The Making of "Tampopo"
The Making of "Tampopo"1986
星ひとつの夜
星ひとつの夜2007
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -2011
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER2025
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween2017
Commando Invasion
6.2
Commando Invasion1987