Ken Watanabe
Acting · 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.
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Revenge in Kobikicho 2026
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The Final Piece 2025
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LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER 2025
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Kokuho 2025
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All Lives 2024
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Kensuke's Kingdom 2024
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True Love: Making The Creator 2023
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The Creator 2023
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劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 2020
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Fukushima 50 2020
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters 2019
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu 2019
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An Artist of the Floating World 2019
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The King and I 2018
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Bel Canto 2018
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Isle of Dogs 2018
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7 Guardians of the Tomb 2018
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Transformers: The Last Knight 2017
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Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween 2017
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The Memories of Happiness 2017
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Rage 2016
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The Sea of Trees 2016
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Evolution Within Extinction 2014
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Snow Jack 2014
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Transformers: Age of Extinction 2014
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Godzilla 2014
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Unforgiven 2013
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Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home 2012
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Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera - 2011
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A School Behind Bars 2010
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Inception 2010
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Shanghai 2010
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 2009
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The Unbroken 2009
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Earth 2007
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星ひとつの夜 2007
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Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima' 2007
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Letters from Iwo Jima 2006
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Memories of Tomorrow 2006
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Memoirs of a Geisha 2005
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Batman Begins 2005
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Year One in the North 2005
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The Last Samurai 2003
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第三の時効 2003
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Another Battle/Conspiracy 2003
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T.R.Y. 2003
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Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS 2002
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Drowning Fish 2001
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The Whispered City 2000
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Space Travelers 2000
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Bonds 1998
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Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald 1997
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Baian the Assassin: Showdown 1993
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Hanzo, the Razor 1993
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Chronicle of the Town Magistrate 1992
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Oda Nobunaga 1992
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Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi 1992
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A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era 1991
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Baian the Assassin 1990
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Commando Invasion 1987
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The Sea and Poison 1986
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The Making of "Tampopo" 1986
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Tampopo 1985
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Kekkon Annai Mystery 1985
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MacArthur's Children 1984
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As director
No directing credits found.