Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 21, 1959
Place of Birth:
Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
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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 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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Unbound | Tamema Okitsugu |
| 2025 | TRUE COLORS | Taichirou Tsujimura |
| 2022 | Tokyo Vice | Hiroto Katagiri |
| 2020 | Toubousha | |
| 2018 | Segodon | Shimazu Nariakira |
| 2017 | NHK WORLD PRIME | Self - Presenter |
| 2016 | 五年目のひとり | 키자키 슈지 |
| 2014 | Back of Father | Takamura Kouji |
| 2011 | Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo | Regular |
| 2004 | Vessel of Sand | Shuichiro Imanishi |
| 2003 | 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 | |
| 2003 | 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」 | |
| 2002 | 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) | |
| 2002 | 強行犯捜査第七係 | |
| 2002 | Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko | |
| 2001 | Hojo Tokimune | Hojo Tokiyori |
| 2000 | Ikebukuro West Gate Park | Yokoyama |
| 1998 | Shimei Tehai | |
| 1995 | Gokenin Zankuro | Zankuro Matsudaira |
| 1993 | Kagi-shi | |
| 1993 | The Fire Still Burns | Fujiwara Tsunekiyo |
| 1992 | Izakaya Chōji | |
| 1992 | Waga Machi | |
| 1991 | Baian the Assassin | Fujieda Baian |
| 1990 | Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen | |
| 1990 | Musuko no Gokikan | |
| 1989 | Oda Nobunaga | |
| 1987 | Masamune Shogun | 伊達政宗 |
| 1986 | Hanekonma | Genzo Onodera |
| 1984 | A Tale of Two Truncheons |