Acting
Ken Watanabe
Born 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
Full filmography
Inception
2010
ACTION
Alice in Borderland
2020
MYSTERY
Batman Begins
2005
DRAMA
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
SCI-FI
The Last Samurai
2003
DRAMA
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
SCI-FI
The Creator
2023
SCI-FI
Tokyo Vice
2022
CRIME
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
ACTION
Isle of Dogs
2018
ADVENTURE
Godzilla
2014
ACTION
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
ACTION
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
DRAMA
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
ACTION
The Sea of Trees
2016
DRAMA
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
ADVENTURE
Kokuho
2025
DRAMA
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
ANIMATION
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
DRAMA
Fukushima 50
2020
HISTORY
7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018
ACTION
Shanghai
2010
DRAMA
Tampopo
1985
COMEDY
Bel Canto
2018
DRAMA
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997
COMEDY
Rage
2016
MYSTERY
Ashes and Snow
2005
DOCUMENTARY