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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木挽町のあだ討ち | Kinji Shinoda | 2026-02-27 |
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盤上の向日葵 | Shigeyoshi Toumyo | 2025-10-31 |
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国宝 | Hanjiro Hanai | 2025-06-06 |
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LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER | 2025-09-18 | |
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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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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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Pokémon Detective Pikachu | Lieutenant Hide Yoshida | 2019-05-03 |
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 2019-05-29 |
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Isle of Dogs | Head Surgeon (voice) | 2018-03-23 |
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The King and I | The King of Siam | 2018-11-29 |
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7 Guardians of the Tomb | Father | 2018-01-19 |
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Bel Canto | Katsumi Hosokawa | 2018-09-13 |
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Transformers: The Last Knight | Drift (voice) | 2017-06-16 |
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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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The Sea of Trees | Takumi Nakamura | 2016-04-27 |
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怒り | Yohei Maki | 2016-09-17 |
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Evolution Within Extinction | Self | 2014-09-30 |
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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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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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Inception | Saito | 2010-07-15 |
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Shanghai | Tanaka | 2010-06-10 |
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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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Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' | Self | 2007-05-22 |
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Earth | Narrator (voice) | 2007-10-10 |
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星ひとつの夜 | Nonoyama Hiroji | 2007-05-25 |
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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 | Le président | 2005-12-06 |
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Ashes and Snow | Japanese Narrator (voice) | 2005-03-05 |
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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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T.R.Y. | Masanobu Azuma | 2003-01-11 |
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第三の時効 | 2003-02-24 | |
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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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千年の恋 ひかる源氏物語 | 2001-12-15 | |
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スペーストラベラーズ | Sakamaki ("Crusher") | 2000-04-08 |
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ざわざわ下北沢 | Ishida | 2000-07-07 |
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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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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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町奉行日記 | Mochizuki Koheita | 1992-12-23 |
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幕末純情伝 | Ryoma Sakamoto | 1991-07-06 |
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武田信玄 | Narrator | 1991-01-01 |
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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 |
