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Ken Watanabe
AKA: 渡邊謙 · 渡辺 謙 · کِن واتانابه · ک ِن واتانابه · Kensaku Watanabe
Acting
Born: 1959
Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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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 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.
Known For
Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
東雲朔太郎
2026 · JP
Unbound
Tamema Okitsugu
2025 · JP
TRUE COLORS
Taichirou Tsujimura
2025 · JP
Tokyo Vice
Hiroto Katagiri
2022 · US
Toubousha
Role
2020 · JP
Segodon
Shimazu Nariakira
2018 · TV
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
東雲朔太郎
2015 · JP
Back of Father
Takamura Kouji
2014 · JP
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho | 2026 | 東雲朔太郎 |
| TRUE COLORS | 2025 | Taichirou Tsujimura |
| Unbound | 2025 | Tamema Okitsugu |
| Tokyo Vice | 2022 | Hiroto Katagiri |
| Tokyo Vice | 2022 | Executive Producer |
| Toubousha | 2020 | Contributor |
| Segodon | 2018 | Shimazu Nariakira |
| The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk | 2015 | 東雲朔太郎 |
| Back of Father | 2014 | Takamura Kouji |
| Vessel of Sand | 2004 | Shuichiro Imanishi |
| Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko | 2002 | Contributor |
| Hojo Tokimune | 2001 | Hojo Tokiyori |
| The Fire Still Burns | 1993 | Fujiwara Tsunekiyo |
| Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | 1990 | Contributor |