Inception
2010Movie
Inception
2010Movie
Person
Ken Watanabe
Acting
- Born
- October 21, 1959 · Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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.
Known For
Alice in Borderland
2020Series
Alice in Borderland
2020Series
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Movie
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019Movie
Godzilla
2014Movie
Godzilla
2014Movie
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990Series
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990Series
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Batman Begins
2005Movie
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014Movie
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014Movie
Tokyo Vice
2022Series
Tokyo Vice
2022Series
The Last Samurai
2003Movie
The Last Samurai
2003Movie
Segodon
2018Series
Segodon
2018Series
Hanekonma
1986Series
Hanekonma
1986Series
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Movie
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017Movie