Ken Watanabe
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
Letters from Iwo Jima
Shanghai
Hojo Tokimune
Tampopo
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Earth
The Fire Still Burns
Fukushima 50
TRUE COLORS
Vessel of Sand
7 Guardians of the Tomb
The Sea of Trees
Year One in the North
Rage
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
A Tale of Two Truncheons
Waga Machi
Kensuke's Kingdom
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
Bel Canto
Unforgiven
The Final Piece
Space Travelers
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