Ken Watanabe
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 K...
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
Inception2010 · Saito4.2ActuallyLike
Batman Begins2005 · Ra's al Ghul3.9ActuallyLike
The Last Samurai2003 · Moritsugu Katsumoto3.8ActuallyLike
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.3ActuallyLike
The Creator2023 · Harun3.5ActuallyLike
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Drift (voice)3.0ActuallyLike
Isle of Dogs2018 · Head Surgeon (voice)3.9ActuallyLike
Godzilla2014 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.2ActuallyLikeActuallyLike pages
Batman Begins2005 · Ra's al Ghul3.9ActuallyLike
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009 · Mr. Tall2.9ActuallyLike
Fukushima 502020 · Masao Yoshida3.2ActuallyLike
Godzilla2014 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.2ActuallyLikeGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.3ActuallyLikeInception2010 · Saito4.2ActuallyLikeIsle of Dogs2018 · Head Surgeon (voice)3.9ActuallyLike
Kensuke's Kingdom2024 · Kensuke (voice)3.6ActuallyLike
Kokuho2025 · Hanjiro Hanai3.9ActuallyLike
Letters from Iwo Jima2006 · General Tadamichi Kuribayashi3.7ActuallyLike
Memoirs of a Geisha2005 · Le président3.8ActuallyLike
Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019 · Lieutenant Hide Yoshida3.5ActuallyLike
Tampopo1985 · Gun3.9ActuallyLikeThe Creator2023 · Harun3.5ActuallyLikeThe Last Samurai2003 · Moritsugu Katsumoto3.8ActuallyLike
The Sea of Trees2016 · Takumi Nakamura3.1ActuallyLikeTransformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Drift (voice)3.0ActuallyLikeCast credits
Inception2010 · Saito4.2ActuallyLikeBatman Begins2005 · Ra's al Ghul3.9ActuallyLikeThe Last Samurai2003 · Moritsugu Katsumoto3.8ActuallyLikeGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.3ActuallyLikeThe Creator2023 · Harun3.5ActuallyLikeTransformers: Age of Extinction2014 · Drift (voice)3.0ActuallyLikeIsle of Dogs2018 · Head Surgeon (voice)3.9ActuallyLikeGodzilla2014 · Dr. Ishiro Serizawa3.2ActuallyLikePokémon Detective Pikachu2019 · Lieutenant Hide Yoshida3.5ActuallyLike
Transformers: The Last Knight2017 · Drift (voice)3.0ActuallyLikeMemoirs of a Geisha2005 · Le président3.8ActuallyLikeLetters from Iwo Jima2006 · General Tadamichi Kuribayashi3.7ActuallyLikeCirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009 · Mr. Tall2.9ActuallyLikeTampopo1985 · Gun3.9ActuallyLikeThe Sea of Trees2016 · Takumi Nakamura3.1ActuallyLike
Earth2007 · Narrator (voice)3.8Kokuho2025 · Hanjiro Hanai3.9ActuallyLikeFukushima 502020 · Masao Yoshida3.2ActuallyLike
