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Ken Watanabe

Acting
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.
Known For 96 titles
Alice in Borderland (2020) subtitle poster
Alice in Borderland
2020 TV
as Old Gentleman
Subtitles Inception (2010) subtitle poster
Inception
2010 Movie
as Saito
Subtitles Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) subtitle poster
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990 TV
Subtitles Batman Begins (2005) subtitle poster
Batman Begins
2005 Movie
as Ra's al Ghul
Subtitles Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) subtitle poster
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 Movie
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Subtitles Tokyo Vice (2022) subtitle poster
Tokyo Vice
2022 TV
as Hiroto Katagiri
Subtitles The Creator (2023) subtitle poster
The Creator
2023 Movie
as Harun
Subtitles Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) subtitle poster
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 Movie
as Drift (voice)
Subtitles The Last Samurai (2003) subtitle poster
The Last Samurai
2003 Movie
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
Subtitles Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) subtitle poster
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 Movie
as Drift (voice)
Subtitles Godzilla (2014) subtitle poster
Godzilla
2014 Movie
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Subtitles Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) subtitle poster
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019 Movie
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
Subtitles Segodon (2018) subtitle poster
Segodon
2018 TV
as Shimazu Nariakira
Subtitles Masamune Shogun (1987) subtitle poster
Masamune Shogun
1987 TV
as 伊達政宗
Subtitles Back of Father (2014) subtitle poster
Back of Father
2014 TV
as Takamura Kouji
Subtitles Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) subtitle poster
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 Movie
as Le président
Subtitles Hanekonma (1986) subtitle poster
Hanekonma
1986 TV
as Genzo Onodera
Subtitles The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk (2015) subtitle poster
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015 TV
as 東雲朔太郎
Subtitles Kokuho (2025) subtitle poster
Kokuho
2025 Movie
as Hanjiro Hanai
Subtitles Isle of Dogs (2018) subtitle poster
Isle of Dogs
2018 Movie
as Head Surgeon (voice)
Subtitles NHK WORLD PRIME (2017) subtitle poster
NHK WORLD PRIME
2017 TV
as Self - Presenter
Subtitles Gokenin Zankuro (1995) subtitle poster
Gokenin Zankuro
1995 TV
as Zankuro Matsudaira
Subtitles Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) subtitle poster
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000 TV
as Yokoyama
Subtitles Unbound (2025) subtitle poster
Unbound
2025 TV
as Tamema Okitsugu
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