1959-10-21 Koide, Niigata, Japan
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.
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Kensuke's Kingdom | Kensuke | 2024-02-07 |
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生きとし生けるもの | 2024-05-06 | |
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True Love: Making 'The Creator' | Self | 2023-11-14 |
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The Creator | Harun | 2023-09-27 |
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劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編 | 2020-10-31 | |
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Fukushima 50 | Masao Yoshida | 2020-03-06 |
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浮世の画家 | Ono Masuji | 2019-03-30 |
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 2019-05-29 |
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Lieutenant Hide Yoshida | 2019-05-03 |
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The King and I | The King of Siam | 2018-11-29 |
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Isle of Dogs | Head Surgeon (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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Bel Canto | Katsumi Hosokawa | 2018-09-13 |
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7 Guardians of the Tomb | Father | 2018-01-19 |
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しあわせの記憶 | Taro Miura | 2017-01-08 |
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Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween | Restaurant Patron | 2017-01-28 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Drift (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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怒り | Yohei Maki | 2016-09-17 |
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The Sea of Trees | Takumi Nakamura | 2016-04-27 |
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白銀ジャック | Reiji Kurata | 2014-08-02 |
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Godzilla | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 2014-05-14 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Drift (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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許されざる者 | Jubee Kamata | 2013-09-13 |
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はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還 | Junichiro Kawaguchi | 2012-02-11 |
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Inception | Saito | 2010-07-15 |
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塀の中の中学校 | 2010-10-11 | |
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Shanghai | Tanaka | 2010-06-10 |
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沈まぬ太陽 | Hajime Onchi | 2009-10-23 |
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Mr. Tall | 2009-10-23 |
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Earth | Narrator | 2007-10-10 |
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Letters from Iwo Jima | General Tadamichi Kuribayashi | 2006-12-09 |
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明日の記憶 | Masayuki Saeki | 2006-05-13 |
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Batman Begins | Decoy Ra's al Ghul | 2005-06-10 |
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Memoirs of a Geisha | Chairman | 2005-12-06 |
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北の零年 | Komatsubara Hideaki | 2005-01-14 |
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The Last Samurai | Moritsugu Katsumoto | 2003-12-05 |
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新・仁義なき戦い/謀殺 | Fujimaki Hiroaki | 2003-02-15 |
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トライ | Masanobu Azuma | 2003-01-11 |
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陽はまた昇る | Okubo | 2002-06-16 |
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溺れる魚 | Miyota | 2001-02-03 |
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ざわざわ下北沢 | Ishida | 2000-07-07 |
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スペーストラベラーズ | Sakamaki ("Crusher") | 2000-04-08 |
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絆 | Detective Sako Akio | 1998-06-06 |
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ラヂオの時間 | Raita Onuki | 1997-11-08 |
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御用牙 | 1993-01-01 | |
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仕掛人 藤枝梅安スペシャル 対決 | Dr. Baian | 1993-10-06 |
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織田信長 | 1992-01-05 | |
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町奉行日記 | Mochizuki Koheita | 1992-12-23 |
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巌流島 小次郎と武蔵 | Kojirō | 1992-01-01 |
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幕末純情伝 | Ryoma Sakamoto | 1991-07-06 |
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仕掛人 藤枝梅安スペシャル | Dr. Baian | 1990-12-26 |
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Commando Invasion | 1987-01-01 | |
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海と毒薬 | Toda | 1986-10-17 |
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伊丹十三の「タンポポ」撮影日記 | Self | 1986-01-01 |
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結婚案内ミステリー | 1985-06-15 | |
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タンポポ | Gun | 1985-11-23 |
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瀬戸内少年野球団 | Tetsuo Nakai | 1984-06-23 |
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Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance | 1980-08-22 | |
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