Ken Watanabe
渡邊謙 | 渡辺 謙 | کِن واتانابه
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1959-10-2166
Place of birth:Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Gender:Male
Popularity:3
Biography
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.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Samurai VengeanceKinji Shinoda2026-02-278.86
- The Final PieceShigeyoshi Toumyo2025-10-319.45
- LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER2025-09-180.00
- KokuhoHanjiro Hanai2025-06-068.079
- UnboundTamema Okitsugu2025-01-059.39
- TRUE COLORSTaichirou Tsujimura2025-01-058.04
- All Lives2024-05-066.73
- Kensuke's KingdomKensuke (voice)2024-02-077.251
- True Love: Making The CreatorSelf2023-11-148.03
- The CreatorHarun2023-09-277.03,949
- Tokyo ViceHiroto Katagiri2022-04-077.9391
- Alice in BorderlandOld Gentleman2020-12-108.12,727
- Toubousha2020-12-057.01
- Fukushima 50Masao Yoshida2020-03-066.5190
- Godzilla: King of the MonstersDr. Ishiro Serizawa2019-05-296.76,753
- Pokémon Detective PikachuLieutenant Hide Yoshida2019-05-036.97,380
- An Artist of the Floating WorldOno Masuji2019-03-300.00
- The King and IThe King of Siam2018-11-297.010
- Bel CantoKatsumi Hosokawa2018-09-135.5138
- Isle of DogsHead Surgeon (voice)2018-03-237.85,447
- 7 Guardians of the TombFather2018-01-195.3264
- SegodonShimazu Nariakira2018-01-078.36
- NHK WORLD PRIMESelf - Presenter2017-10-079.01
- Transformers: The Last KnightDrift (voice)2017-06-166.16,759
- Dirty, Clean, & InbetweenRestaurant Patron2017-01-280.00
- The Memories of HappinessTaro Miura2017-01-080.00
- RageYohei Maki2016-09-176.878
- The Sea of TreesTakumi Nakamura2016-04-276.2543
- The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk東雲朔太郎2015-01-038.84
- Evolution Within ExtinctionSelf2014-09-307.73
- Back of FatherTakamura Kouji2014-07-138.02
- Transformers: Age of ExtinctionDrift (voice)2014-06-256.08,799
- GodzillaDr. Ishiro Serizawa2014-05-146.49,829
- UnforgivenJubee Kamata2013-09-137.078
- Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeJunichiro Kawaguchi2012-02-116.45
- A School Behind Bars2010-10-1110.01
- InceptionSaito2010-07-158.439,441
- ShanghaiTanaka2010-06-106.1193
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantMr. Tall2009-10-235.91,174
- The UnbrokenHajime Onchi2009-10-236.712
- ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES2008-02-200.00
- EarthNarrator (voice)2007-10-107.6370
- Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'Self2007-05-220.00
- Letters from Iwo JimaGeneral Tadamichi Kuribayashi2006-12-097.52,304
- Memories of TomorrowMasayuki Saeki2006-05-136.118
- Memoirs of a GeishaLe président2005-12-067.63,409
- Batman BeginsRa's al Ghul2005-06-107.722,709
- Ashes and SnowJapanese Narrator (voice)2005-03-057.273
- Year One in the NorthKomatsubara Hideaki2005-01-145.710
- Vessel of SandShuichiro Imanishi2004-01-184.02
- The Last SamuraiMoritsugu Katsumoto2003-12-057.67,576
- Another Battle/ConspiracyFujimaki Hiroaki2003-02-150.00
- T.R.Y.Masanobu Azuma2003-01-117.26
- Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko2002-12-288.01
- Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSOkubo2002-06-168.03
- Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji2001-12-155.98
- Drowning FishMiyota2001-02-037.73
- Hojo TokimuneHojo Tokiyori2001-01-078.01
- The Whispered CityIshida2000-07-079.02
- Ikebukuro West Gate ParkYokoyama2000-04-147.429
- Space TravelersSakamaki ("Crusher")2000-04-086.114
- Shimei Tehai1998-11-240.00
- BondsDetective Sako Akio1998-06-065.67
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonaldRaita Onuki1997-11-087.750
- Gokenin ZankuroZankuro Matsudaira1995-01-098.03
- The Fire Still BurnsFujiwara Tsunekiyo1993-06-040.00
- Kagi-shi1993-03-120.00
- Hanzo, the Razor1993-01-010.00
- Chronicle of the Town MagistrateMochizuki Koheita1992-12-230.00
- Waga Machi1992-10-130.00
- Izakaya Chōji1992-07-100.00
- Oda Nobunaga1992-01-058.02
- Ganryujima: Kojiro and MusashiKojirō1992-01-018.52
- Baian the AssassinFujieda Baian1991-10-0910.01
- A Naive History of the Bakumatsu EraRyoma Sakamoto1991-07-067.52
- Takeda ShingenNarrator1991-01-0110.01
- Musuko no Gokikan1990-10-070.00
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen1990-10-049.52
- Masamune Shogun伊達政宗1987-01-049.07
- Commando Invasion1987-01-016.85
- The Sea and PoisonToda1986-10-177.115
- HanekonmaGenzo Onodera1986-04-078.01
- The Making of "Tampopo"Self1986-01-010.00
- TampopoGun1985-11-237.8435
- Kekkon Annai Mystery1985-06-158.83
- MacArthur's ChildrenTetsuo Nakai1984-06-235.510
- A Tale of Two Truncheons1984-04-120.00