Ken Watanabe

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 Academ... show more

Known For

Acting

Popularity

4.5

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Uonuma, Niigata, Japan

Birthday

October 21, 1959

Known for

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005
7.7
Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006
7.5
The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003
7.6
Tampopo

Tampopo

1985
7.8
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

2009
5.8
Inception

Inception

2010
8.4
Shanghai

Shanghai

2010
6.1
T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

2003
7.0
Space Travelers

Space Travelers

2000
5.9
第三の時効

第三の時効

2003
0.0
The Creator

The Creator

2023
7.0
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

2013
7.0
Godzilla

Godzilla

2014
6.4
Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

2006
6.0
The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

1986
0.0
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

2020
7.0
The Unbroken

The Unbroken

2009
6.7
A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

2010
10.0
Year One in the North

Year One in the North

2005
4.9
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

2012
6.0
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

2002
7.0
Earth

Earth

2007
7.6
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014
6.0
True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

2023
8.0
The Whispered City

The Whispered City

2000
9.0
Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

2001
7.0
The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

1986
6.9
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

2017
0.0
MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

1984
5.0
Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

2014
7.7
Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

1993
0.0
All Lives

All Lives

2024
6.7
Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017
6.1
Snow Jack

Snow Jack

2014
0.0
Rage

Rage

2016
6.8
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

1992
8.5
Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

1985
8.2
The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

2016
6.2
Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

1987
6.2
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

2011
0.0
Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

1992
8.0
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

1992
0.0
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019
6.7
Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019
6.9
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018
7.8
Bel Canto

Bel Canto

2018
5.4
Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

2020
6.5
The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

2017
0.0
The King and I

The King and I

2018
7.0
Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

2024
7.3
Bonds

Bonds

1998
4.4
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

1997
7.6
Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

1990
0.0
Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

1993
0.0
Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005
7.7
7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

2018
5.4
Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

2003
0.0
An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

2019
0.0
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

1991
7.0
Kokuho

Kokuho

2025
8.6
The Final Piece

The Final Piece

2025
9.4
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

2007
0.0
Revenge in Kobikicho

Revenge in Kobikicho

2026
0.0
The Cartier Panther

The Cartier Panther

2025
0.0
星ひとつの夜

星ひとつの夜

2007
0.0
Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

2000
7.4
Kagi-shi

Kagi-shi

1993
0.0
Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

1989
0.0
Vessel of Sand

Vessel of Sand

2004
4.0
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

1990
9.5
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

2003
0.0
NHK WORLD PRIME

NHK WORLD PRIME

2017
9.0
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

2002
0.0
Masamune Shogun

Masamune Shogun

1987
9.2
Segodon

Segodon

2018
8.3
強行犯捜査第七係

強行犯捜査第七係

2002
0.0
Izakaya Chōji

Izakaya Chōji

1992
0.0
Gokenin Zankuro

Gokenin Zankuro

1995
8.0
Waga Machi

Waga Machi

1992
0.0
Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

2022
7.9
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

2002
0.0
Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

1991
10.0
五年目のひとり

五年目のひとり

2016
0.0
Shimei Tehai

Shimei Tehai

1998
0.0
Back of Father

Back of Father

2014
8.0
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

2003
0.0
Hanekonma

Hanekonma

1986
8.0
Hojo Tokimune

Hojo Tokimune

2001
0.0
The Fire Still Burns

The Fire Still Burns

1993
0.0
Toubousha

Toubousha

2020
7.0
Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

2011
0.0
Musuko no Gokikan

Musuko no Gokikan

1990
0.0
Unbound

Unbound

2025
9.2
TRUE COLORS

TRUE COLORS

2025
8.0
A Tale of Two Truncheons

A Tale of Two Truncheons

1984
0.0
Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland

2020
8.1

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