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 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
Samurai Vengeance
as Kinji Shinoda
Samurai Vengeance
as Kinji Shinoda
The Final Piece
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
The Final Piece
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
Kokuho
as Hanjiro Hanai
Kokuho
as Hanjiro Hanai
All Lives
All Lives
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Kensuke (voice)
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Kensuke (voice)
True Love: Making The Creator
as Self
True Love: Making The Creator
as Self
The Creator
as Harun
The Creator
as Harun
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
Fukushima 50
as Masao Yoshida
Fukushima 50
as Masao Yoshida
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
An Artist of the Floating World
as Ono Masuji
An Artist of the Floating World
as Ono Masuji
The King and I
as The King of Siam
The King and I
as The King of Siam
Bel Canto
as Katsumi Hosokawa
Bel Canto
as Katsumi Hosokawa
Isle of Dogs
as Head Surgeon (voice)
Isle of Dogs
as Head Surgeon (voice)
7 Guardians of the Tomb
as Father
7 Guardians of the Tomb
as Father
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Drift (voice)
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Drift (voice)
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
as Restaurant Patron
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
as Restaurant Patron
The Memories of Happiness
as Taro Miura
The Memories of Happiness
as Taro Miura
Rage
as Yohei Maki
Rage
as Yohei Maki
The Sea of Trees
as Takumi Nakamura
The Sea of Trees
as Takumi Nakamura
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self
Evolution Within Extinction
as Self
Snow Jack
as Reiji Kurata
Snow Jack
as Reiji Kurata
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Drift (voice)
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Drift (voice)
Godzilla
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Godzilla
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Unforgiven
as Jubee Kamata
Unforgiven
as Jubee Kamata
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
A School Behind Bars
A School Behind Bars
Inception
as Saito
Inception
as Saito
Shanghai
as Tanaka
Shanghai
as Tanaka
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Mr. Tall
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Mr. Tall
The Unbroken
as Hajime Onchi
The Unbroken
as Hajime Onchi
ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES
ツナガルココロ 3 LOVE STORIES
星ひとつの夜
as Nonoyama Hiroji
星ひとつの夜
as Nonoyama Hiroji
Letters from Iwo Jima
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Letters from Iwo Jima
as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Memories of Tomorrow
as Masayuki Saeki
Memories of Tomorrow
as Masayuki Saeki
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Le président
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Le président
Batman Begins
as Ra's al Ghul
Batman Begins
as Ra's al Ghul
Ashes and Snow
as Japanese Narrator (voice)
Ashes and Snow
as Japanese Narrator (voice)
Year One in the North
as Komatsubara Hideaki
Year One in the North
as Komatsubara Hideaki
The Last Samurai
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
The Last Samurai
as Moritsugu Katsumoto
第三の時効
第三の時効
T.R.Y.
as Masanobu Azuma
T.R.Y.
as Masanobu Azuma
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Okubo
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
as Okubo
Drowning Fish
as Miyota
Drowning Fish
as Miyota
Proof of the Man 2001
as Munesue Koichiro
Proof of the Man 2001
as Munesue Koichiro
The Whispered City
as Ishida
The Whispered City
as Ishida
Space Travelers
as Sakamaki ("Crusher")
Space Travelers
as Sakamaki ("Crusher")
Bonds
as Detective Sako Akio
Bonds
as Detective Sako Akio
Hanzo, the Razor
Hanzo, the Razor
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
as Mochizuki Koheita
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
as Mochizuki Koheita
Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
as Kojirō
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
as Kojirō
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Ryoma Sakamoto
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
as Ryoma Sakamoto
Takeda Shingen
as Narrator
Takeda Shingen
as Narrator
The Sea and Poison
as Toda
The Sea and Poison
as Toda
Tampopo
as Gun
Tampopo
as Gun
MacArthur's Children
as Tetsuo Nakai
MacArthur's Children
as Tetsuo Nakai