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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

ActingBorn: October 21, 1959in 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.

Samurai Vengeance

Samurai Vengeance

as Kinji Shinoda

Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho

Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho

as 東雲朔太郎

The Final Piece

The Final Piece

as Shigeyoshi Toumyo

LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER

LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER

as Unknown

Kokuho

Kokuho

as Hanjiro Hanai

Unbound

Unbound

as Tamema Okitsugu

TRUE COLORS

TRUE COLORS

as Taichirou Tsujimura

All Lives

All Lives

as Unknown

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

as Kensuke (voice)

True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

2023Documentary

as Self

The Creator

The Creator

2023Science Fiction

as Harun

Tokyo Vice

HBO Max Amazon Channel

Tokyo Vice

as Hiroto Katagiri

Alice in Borderland

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Alice in Borderland

as Old Gentleman

Toubousha

Toubousha

as Unknown

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

as Unknown

Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

as Masao Yoshida

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019Science Fiction

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

as Ono Masuji

The King and I

The King and I

as The King of Siam

Bel Canto

Bel Canto

as Katsumi Hosokawa

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

as Head Surgeon (voice)

7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

as Father

Segodon

Segodon

as Shimazu Nariakira

NHK WORLD PRIME

NHK WORLD PRIME

2017Documentary

as Self - Presenter

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

as Drift (voice)

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

as Restaurant Patron

The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

as Taro Miura

五年目のひとり

五年目のひとり

as 키자키 슈지

Rage

Rage

as Yohei Maki

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

as Takumi Nakamura

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

as 東雲朔太郎

Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

2014Documentary

as Self

Snow Jack

Snow Jack

as Reiji Kurata

Back of Father

Back of Father

as Takamura Kouji

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014Science Fiction

as Drift (voice)

Godzilla

Godzilla

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

as Jubee Kamata

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

as Junichiro Kawaguchi

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

as Regular

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

as Unknown

A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

as Unknown

Inception

Inception

as Saito

Shanghai

Shanghai

as Tanaka

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

as Mr. Tall

The Unbroken

The Unbroken

as Hajime Onchi

刑事一代平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史

as Unknown

ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES

ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES

as Unknown

Earth

Earth

2007Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

星ひとつの夜

星ひとつの夜

as Nonoyama Hiroji

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

2007Documentary

as Self

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

as Masayuki Saeki

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Le président

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

as Ra's al Ghul

Ashes and Snow

Ashes and Snow

2005Documentary

as Japanese Narrator (voice)

Year One in the North

Year One in the North

as Komatsubara Hideaki

Vessel of Sand

Vessel of Sand

as Shuichiro Imanishi

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

as Unknown

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

as Moritsugu Katsumoto

第三の時効

第三の時効

as Unknown

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

as Fujimaki Hiroaki

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

as Unknown

T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

as Masanobu Azuma

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

as Unknown

横山秀夫サスペンスシリーズ (TBS)

横山秀夫サスペンスシリーズ (TBS)

as Unknown

強行犯捜査第七係

as Unknown

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

as Okubo

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

as Unknown

Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

as Miyota

Hojo Tokimune

Hojo Tokimune

as Hojo Tokiyori

The Whispered City

The Whispered City

as Ishida

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

as Yokoyama

Space Travelers

Space Travelers

as Sakamaki ("Crusher")

Shimei Tehai

as Unknown

Bonds

Bonds

as Detective Sako Akio

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

as Raita Onuki

Gokenin Zankuro

Gokenin Zankuro

as Zankuro Matsudaira

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

as Dr. Baian

The Fire Still Burns

The Fire Still Burns

as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo

Kagi-shi

Kagi-shi

as Unknown

Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

as Unknown

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

as Mochizuki Koheita

Waga Machi

Waga Machi

as Unknown

Izakaya Chōji

Izakaya Chōji

as Unknown

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

as Unknown

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

as Kojirō

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

as Fujieda Baian

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

as Ryoma Sakamoto

Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

as Narrator

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

as Dr. Baian

Musuko no Gokikan

Musuko no Gokikan

as Unknown

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

as Unknown

Oda Nobunaga

as Unknown

Masamune Shogun

Masamune Shogun

as 伊達政宗

Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

as Unknown

The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

as Toda

Hanekonma

Hanekonma

as Genzo Onodera

The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986Documentary

as Self

Tampopo

HBO Max Amazon Channel

Tampopo

as Gun

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

as Unknown

MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

as Tetsuo Nakai

A Tale of Two Truncheons

A Tale of Two Truncheons

as Unknown