Ken Watanabe
ActingBorn: October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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 Academ...
All Credits103 Titles
Film
69 Titles
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Inception2010
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Batman Begins2005
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Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019
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The Creator2023
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Godzilla2014
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The Last Samurai2003
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Transformers: The Last Knight2017
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Isle of Dogs2018
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019
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Memoirs of a Geisha2005
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Kokuho2025
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Tampopo1985
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Letters from Iwo Jima2006
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009
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Shanghai2010
Series
34 Titles
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Alice in Borderland2020–
9.5
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Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990–
7.8
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Tokyo Vice2022–
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Segodon2018–
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Back of Father2014–
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park2000–
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Masamune Shogun1987–
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NHK WORLD PRIME2017–
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川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語2003–
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Unbound2025–
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Gokenin Zankuro1995–
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TRUE COLORS2025–
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Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko2002–
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Hanekonma1986–
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The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk2015–
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The Fire Still Burns1993–