1959-10-21 Uonuma, 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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国宝 | Hanjiro | 2025-06-06 |
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盤上の向日葵 | Shigeyoshi Toumyo | 2025-10-31 |
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Kensuke's Kingdom | Kensuke (voice) | 2024-02-07 |
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生きとし生けるもの | 2024-05-06 | |
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The Creator | Harun | 2023-09-27 |
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True Love: Making The Creator | Self | 2023-11-14 |
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Fukushima 50 | Masao Yoshida | 2020-03-06 |
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劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 | 2020-10-31 | |
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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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Bel Canto | Katsumi Hosokawa | 2018-09-13 |
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Isle of Dogs | Head Surgeon (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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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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The Sea of Trees | Takumi Nakamura | 2016-04-27 |
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怒り | Yohei Maki | 2016-09-17 |
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白銀ジャック | Reiji Kurata | 2014-08-02 |
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Transformers: Age of Extinction | Drift (voice) | 2014-06-25 |
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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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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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Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera - | 2011-01-01 | |
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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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Inception | Saito | 2010-07-15 |
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Mr. Tall | 2009-10-23 |
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沈まぬ太陽 | Hajime Onchi | 2009-10-23 |
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Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2007-10-10 |
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Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' | Self | 2007-05-22 |
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明日の記憶 | Masayuki Saeki | 2006-05-13 |
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Letters from Iwo Jima | General Tadamichi Kuribayashi | 2006-12-09 |
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Batman Begins | Ra's al Ghul | 2005-06-10 |
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北の零年 | Komatsubara Hideaki | 2005-01-14 |
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Memoirs of a Geisha | Chairman | 2005-12-06 |
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新・仁義なき戦い／謀殺 | Fujimaki Hiroaki | 2003-02-15 |
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The Last Samurai | Moritsugu Katsumoto | 2003-12-05 |
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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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仕掛人 藤枝梅安スペシャル 対決 | Dr. Baian | 1993-10-06 |
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御用牙 | 1993-01-01 | |
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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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織田信長 | 1992-01-05 | |
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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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伊丹十三の「タンポポ」撮影日記 | Self | 1986-01-01 |
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海と毒薬 | Toda | 1986-10-17 |
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タンポポ | Gun | 1985-11-23 |
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結婚案内ミステリー | 1985-06-15 | |
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瀬戸内少年野球団 | Tetsuo Nakai | 1984-06-23 |
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