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
all 85
Movies 61
TV Shows 24
self 5
Voice 3
Narrator 2
Producer 1
Hiroto Katagiri / Executive Producer
![Tokyo Vice](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/285558-tokyo-vice.jpg)
Tokyo Vice (2022)
TV
9
Masao Yoshida
![Fukushima 50](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/368785-fukushima-50.jpg)
Fukushima 50 (2020)
Movie
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
![Godzilla: King of the Monsters](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20061-godzilla-king-of-the-monsters.jpg)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Movie
6.51
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
![Pokémon Detective Pikachu](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/29677-pokemon-detective-pikachu.jpg)
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Movie
6.76
The King of Siam
![The King and I](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/187898-the-king-and-i.jpg)
The King and I (2018)
Movie
Hosokawa
![Bel Canto](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/175288-bel-canto.jpg)
Bel Canto (2018)
Movie
Head Surgeon (voice)
![Isle of Dogs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5751-isle-of-dogs.jpg)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Movie
6.18
Shimazu Nariakira
![Segodon](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/187672-segodon.jpg)
Segodon (2018)
TV
Self - Presenter
![NHK WORLD PRIME](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/881238-nhk-world-prime.jpg)
NHK WORLD PRIME (2017)
TV
Drift (voice)
![Transformers: The Last Knight](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1197-transformers-the-last-knight.jpg)
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Movie
5.79
Restaurant Patron
![Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/816789-dirty-clean-inbetween.jpg)
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween (2017)
Movie
Taro Miura
![The Memories of Happiness](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/224397-the-memories-of-happiness.jpg)
The Memories of Happiness (2017)
Movie
Yohei Maki
![Rage](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/20313-rage.jpg)
Rage (2016)
Movie
6.5
Takumi Nakamura
![The Sea of Trees](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11995-the-sea-of-trees.jpg)
The Sea of Trees (2016)
Movie
6
Reiji kurata
![Snow Jack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50716-snow-jack.jpg)
Snow Jack (2014)
Movie
Drift (voice)
![Transformers: Age of Extinction](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/1198-transformers-age-of-extinction.jpg)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Movie
6.58
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
![Godzilla](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/5543-godzilla.jpg)
Godzilla (2014)
Movie
6.07
Jubee kamata
![Unforgiven](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50707-unforgiven.jpg)
Unforgiven (2013)
Movie
Shunichiro Yamaguchi
![Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50709-hayabusa-the-long-voyage-home.jpg)
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012)
Movie
Tanaka
![Shanghai](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/15091-shanghai.jpg)
Shanghai (2010)
Movie
6
Narration
![Clouds Over the Hill](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/113734-clouds-over-the-hill.jpg)
Clouds Over the Hill (2009)
TV
Hajime Onchi
![The Unbroken](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50708-the-unbroken.jpg)
The Unbroken (2009)
Movie
Narrator
![Earth](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9501-earth.jpg)
Earth (2007)
Movie
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
![Letters from Iwo Jima](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/7621-letters-from-iwo-jima.jpg)
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
Movie
3
Masayuki Saeki
![Memories of Tomorrow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50712-memories-of-tomorrow.jpg)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Movie
Chairman
![Memoirs of a Geisha](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6805-memoirs-of-a-geisha.jpg)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Movie
5
Decoy Ra's al Ghul
![Batman Begins](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/9-batman-begins.jpg)
Batman Begins (2005)
Movie
6.29
Japanese Narrator
![Ashes and Snow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/11463-ashes-and-snow.jpg)
Ashes and Snow (2005)
Movie
1
Hideaki Komatsubara
![Year One in the North](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/47326-year-one-in-the-north.jpg)
Year One in the North (2005)
Movie
Shuichiro Imanishi
![Vessel of Sand](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/597846-suna-no-utsuwa.jpg)
Vessel of Sand (2004)
TV
Katsumoto
![The Last Samurai](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6292-the-last-samurai.jpg)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Movie
5.38
Fujimaki Hiroaki
![Another Battle/Conspiracy](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/513616-new-battles-without-honor-and-humanity-murder.jpg)
Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003)
Movie
Masanobu Azuma
![T.R.Y.](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50711-t-r-y.jpg)
T.R.Y. (2003)
Movie
Hojo Tokiyori
![Hojo Tokimune](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/456336-hojo-tokimune.jpg)
Hojo Tokimune (2001)
TV
Sakamaki ('Crusher')
![Space Travelers](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/102821-space-travelers.jpg)
Space Travelers (2000)
Movie
Detective Sako Akio
![Bonds](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/278794-bonds.jpg)
Bonds (1998)
Movie
Raita Onuki
![Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/153408-welcome-back-mr-mcdonald.jpg)
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997)
Movie
Zankurô Matsudaira
![Gokenin Zankuro](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/752931.jpg)
Gokenin Zankuro (1995)
TV
Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
![The Fire Still Burns](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/456757-the-fire-still-burns.jpg)
The Fire Still Burns (1993)
TV
Mochizuki Koheita
![Chronicle of the Town Magistrate](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50720-chronicle-of-the-town-magistrate.jpg)
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate (1992)
Movie
Oda Nobunaga
![Oda Nobunaga](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50714-oda-nobunaga.jpg)
Oda Nobunaga (1992)
Movie
Kojiro Sasaki
![Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50717-ganryujima-kojiro-and-musashi.jpg)
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992)
Movie
Fujieda Baian
![Baian the Assassin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/345475-baian-the-assassin.jpg)
Baian the Assassin (1991)
TV
Ryouma Sakamoto
![A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/623102-bakumatsu-junjo-den.jpg)
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991)
Movie
Dr. Baian
![Baian the Assassin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/454084-baian-the-assassin.jpg)
Baian the Assassin (1990)
Movie
Date Masamune
![Masamune Shogun](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50722-masamune-shogun.jpg)
Masamune Shogun (1987)
TV
Genzo Onodera
![Hanekonma](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/512418-hanekonma.jpg)
Hanekonma (1986)
TV
Funayama Tetsuya
![Kekkon Annai Mystery](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/50718-kekkon-annai-mystery.jpg)
Kekkon Annai Mystery (1985)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1959-10-21 (64 years old)
Birth NameKensaku Watanabe
Birth PlaceUonuma, Japan
Height184-centimeter
RelationshipsKaho Minami (2005-12-03 - 2018-05-17)
ChildrenDai Watanabe, Anne Watanabe
CitizenshipsJapan
Also Known As渡邊謙, 渡辺 謙
AwardsElan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor
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