Ken Watanabe
Oct 21, 1959 (66 years old) in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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
Old Gentleman
Inception
Saito
Batman Begins
Ra's al Ghul
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
The Last Samurai
Moritsugu Katsumoto
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Drift (voice)
Tokyo Vice
Hiroto Katagiri
Isle of Dogs
Head Surgeon (voice)
The Creator
Harun
Credits
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Revenge in Kobikicho 2026Kinji Shinoda★ NR -
The Final Piece 2025Shigeyoshi Toumyo★ 9.4 -
The Cartier Panther 2025★ NR -
Kokuho 2025Hanjiro Hanai★ 8.6 -
Unbound 2025Tamema Okitsugu★ 9.2 -
TRUE COLORS 2025Taichirou Tsujimura★ 8 -
All Lives 2024★ 6.7 -
Kensuke's Kingdom 2024Kensuke (voice)★ 7.3 -
Self★ 8 -
The Creator 2023Harun★ 7 -
Tokyo Vice 2022Hiroto Katagiri★ 7.9 -
Alice in Borderland 2020Old Gentleman★ 8.1 -
Toubousha 2020★ 7 -
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編 2020★ 7 -
Fukushima 50 2020Masao Yoshida★ 6.5 -
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa★ 6.7 -
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida★ 6.9 -
Ono Masuji★ NR -
The King and I 2018The King of Siam★ 7 -
Bel Canto 2018Katsumi Hosokawa★ 5.4 -
Isle of Dogs 2018Head Surgeon (voice)★ 7.8 -
Father★ 5.4 -
Segodon 2018Shimazu Nariakira★ 8.3 -
NHK WORLD PRIME 2017Self - Presenter★ 9 -
Drift (voice)★ 6.1 -
Restaurant Patron★ NR -
Taro Miura★ NR -
五年目のひとり 2016키자키 슈지★ NR -
Rage 2016Yohei Maki★ 6.8 -
The Sea of Trees 2016Takumi Nakamura★ 6.2 -
Self★ 7.7 -
Snow Jack 2014Reiji Kurata★ NR -
Back of Father 2014Takamura Kouji★ 8 -
Drift (voice)★ 6 -
Godzilla 2014Dr. Ishiro Serizawa★ 6.4 -
Unforgiven 2013Jubee Kamata★ 7 -
Junichiro Kawaguchi★ 6 -
Regular★ NR -
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A School Behind Bars 2010★ 10 -
Inception 2010Saito★ 8.4 -
Shanghai 2010Tanaka★ 6.1 -
Mr. Tall★ 5.8 -
The Unbroken 2009Hajime Onchi★ 6.7 -
Earth 2007Narrator (voice)★ 7.6 -
星ひとつの夜 2007Nonoyama Hiroji★ NR -
Self★ NR -
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi★ 7.5 -
Memories of Tomorrow 2006Masayuki Saeki★ 6 -
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005Chairman★ 7.7 -
Batman Begins 2005Ra's al Ghul★ 7.7 -
Komatsubara Hideaki★ 4.9 -
Vessel of Sand 2004Shuichiro Imanishi★ 4 -
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 2003★ NR -
The Last Samurai 2003Moritsugu Katsumoto★ 7.6 -
第三の時効 2003★ NR -
Fujimaki Hiroaki★ NR -
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」 2003★ NR
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T.R.Y. 2003Masanobu Azuma★ 7 -
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横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) 2002★ NR -
強行犯捜査第七係 2002★ NR
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Okubo★ 7 -
Drowning Fish 2001Miyota★ 7 -
Hojo Tokimune 2001Hojo Tokiyori★ NR -
The Whispered City 2000Ishida★ 9 -
Yokoyama★ 7.4 -
Space Travelers 2000Sakamaki ("Crusher")★ 5.9 -
Shimei Tehai 1998★ NR
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Bonds 1998Detective Sako Akio★ 4.4 -
Raita Onuki★ 7.6 -
Gokenin Zankuro 1995Zankuro Matsudaira★ 8 -
Dr. Baian★ NR -
The Fire Still Burns 1993Fujiwara Tsunekiyo★ NR -
Kagi-shi 1993★ NR -
Hanzo, the Razor 1993★ NR -
Mochizuki Koheita★ NR -
Waga Machi 1992★ NR -
Izakaya Chōji 1992★ NR -
Oda Nobunaga 1992★ 8 -
Kojirō★ 8.5 -
Ryoma Sakamoto★ 7 -
Baian the Assassin 1990Dr. Baian★ NR -
Musuko no Gokikan 1990★ NR -
★ 9.5 -
Masamune Shogun 1987伊達政宗★ 9.2 -
Commando Invasion 1987★ 6.2 -
The Sea and Poison 1986Toda★ 6.9 -
Hanekonma 1986Genzo Onodera★ 8 -
Self★ NR -
Tampopo 1985Gun★ 7.8 -
Kekkon Annai Mystery 1985★ 8.2 -
MacArthur's Children 1984Tetsuo Nakai★ 5 -
★ NR
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