Ken Watanabe

1959-10-21 (64 years old) in Koide, 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.

Movies

Ikitoshi Ikeru Mono

0 %|May 6, 2024

Drama

Kensuke's Kingdom

59 %|Feb 7, 2024

Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family

True Love: Making 'The Creator'

70 %|Nov 14, 2023

Documentary

The Creator

70.96000000000001 %|Sep 27, 2023

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

70 %|Oct 31, 2020

Fukushima 50

64.12 %|Mar 6, 2020

History, Drama, Action

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

66.9 %|May 29, 2019

Science Fiction, Action

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

69.38 %|May 3, 2019

Action, Adventure, Fantasy

An Artist of the Floating World

0 %|Mar 30, 2019

Drama

The King and I

67 %|Nov 29, 2018

Drama, Music

Bel Canto

54.290000000000006 %|Sep 13, 2018

Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller

Isle of Dogs

78.47 %|Mar 23, 2018

Adventure, Comedy, Animation

7 Guardians of the Tomb

54.6 %|Jan 19, 2018

Action, Adventure, Horror

Transformers: The Last Knight

60.53 %|Jun 16, 2017

Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

0 %|Jan 28, 2017

Comedy

The Memories of Happiness

0 %|Jan 8, 2017

Drama, TV Movie

Rage

67 %|Sep 17, 2016

Mystery, Drama, Thriller

The Sea of Trees

62.75 %|Apr 27, 2016

Drama

Evolution Within Extinction

75 %|Sep 30, 2014

Documentary

Snow Jack

0 %|Aug 2, 2014

Transformers: Age of Extinction

59.290000000000006 %|Jun 25, 2014

Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Godzilla

63.26 %|May 14, 2014

Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Unforgiven

70 %|Sep 13, 2013

Action, Crime, Drama, Western

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

45 %|Feb 11, 2012

Drama

A School Behind Bars

100 %|Oct 11, 2010

Drama

Inception

84 %|Jul 15, 2010

Action, Science Fiction, Adventure

Shanghai

60.98 %|Jun 10, 2010

Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Crime

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

57.94 %|Oct 23, 2009

Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller

The Unbroken

65 %|Oct 23, 2009

Drama

Earth

76.03 %|Oct 10, 2007

Documentary

Letters from Iwo Jima

74.65 %|Dec 9, 2006

Action, Drama, War

Memories of Tomorrow

60 %|May 13, 2006

Drama

Memoirs of a Geisha

76.66 %|Dec 6, 2005

Drama, Romance, History

Batman Begins

77.05 %|Jun 10, 2005

Action, Crime, Drama

Year One in the North

49 %|Jan 14, 2005

Drama, History

The Last Samurai

75.85 %|Dec 5, 2003

Drama, Action, War

Another Battle/Conspiracy

0 %|Feb 15, 2003

Crime

T.R.Y.

20 %|Jan 11, 2003

Action, Comedy

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

0 %|Jun 16, 2002

Drama

Drowning Fish

70 %|Feb 3, 2001

Drama, Action

The Whispered City

0 %|Jul 7, 2000

Drama

Space Travelers

55 %|Apr 8, 2000

Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Crime

Bonds

52 %|Jun 6, 1998

Crime, Drama

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

74 %|Nov 8, 1997

Comedy

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

0 %|Oct 6, 1993

Hanzo, the Razor

0 %|Jan 1, 1993

Action, Drama

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

0 %|Dec 23, 1992

Drama

Oda Nobunaga

80 %|Jan 5, 1992

History, Action

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

85 %|Jan 1, 1992

TV Movie, Action, Drama

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

70 %|Jul 6, 1991

Drama, Comedy

Baian the Assassin

0 %|Dec 26, 1990

Commando Invasion

62 %|Jan 1, 1987

Action

The Sea and Poison

69 %|Oct 17, 1986

Drama, War

The Making of "Tampopo"

0 %|Jan 1, 1986

Documentary

Tampopo

78.24 %|Nov 23, 1985

Comedy

Kekkon Annai Mystery

82 %|Jun 15, 1985

Mystery, Comedy

MacArthur's Children

54 %|Jun 23, 1984

War, Drama, Comedy

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

70 %|Aug 22, 1980

Action

第三の時効

0 %|Invalid Date

Series

Tokyo Vice

79 %|Apr 7, 2022

Crime, Drama

Toubousha

70 %|Dec 5, 2020

Crime

Segodon

80 %|Jan 7, 2018

Drama, War & Politics

NHK WORLD PRIME

90 %|Oct 7, 2017

Documentary

Back of Father

80 %|Jul 13, 2014

Drama, Family

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

0 %|Oct 16, 2011

Vessel of Sand

40 %|Jan 18, 2004

Drama

0 %|Dec 21, 2003

0 %|Jul 8, 2002

0 %|Jun 29, 2002

0 %|Jan 7, 2001

Drama, War & Politics

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

75 %|Apr 14, 2000

Drama, Crime, Comedy, Action & Adventure

Gokenin Zankuro

80 %|Jan 9, 1995

Drama

The Fire Still Burns

0 %|Jun 4, 1993

Drama

Kagi-shi

0 %|Mar 12, 1993

Drama, Family

Waga Machi

0 %|Oct 13, 1992

Mystery

Izakaya Chōji

0 %|Jul 10, 1992

Drama

Baian the Assassin

100 %|Oct 9, 1991

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

95 %|Oct 4, 1990

Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Oda Nobunaga

0 %|Jan 1, 1989

Masamune Shogun

94 %|Jan 4, 1987

Drama, War & Politics

Hanekonma

80 %|Apr 7, 1986

Drama, Family