Ken Watanabe
| First Name | Ken |
| Last Name | Watanabe |
| Full Name at Birth | Kensaku Watanabe |
| Age | 52 |
| Date of Birth | October 21, 1959 |
| Birthplace | Koide, Niigata, Japan |
| Height | 6' ¾" (185 cm) |
| Build | Average |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| Ethnicity | Asian |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation Category | Actor |
| Claim to Fame | The Last Samurai |
Ken Watanabe Watanabe Ken, 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 Taiyo. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
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Filmography
Selected Ken Watanabe film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
2012
Shouwakusei tansaki hayabusa: Harukanaru kikan
Shunichiro Yamaguchi
2010
Hei no naka no chûgakkô
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2010
Tômawari no ame
Sohei Fukumoto
2009
Clouds Over the Hill
Narration
2009
Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi
Hachibei Hiratsuka
2007
Hoshi hitotsu no yoru
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2004
Suna no utsuwa
Syuichiro Imanishi
2003
Joshi keimusho higashi 3 gô tô 4
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2003
Itan no natsu
Tatsumi
2002
Hi wa mata noboru
Okubo
2002
Tô-san no natsumatsuri
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2001
Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari
Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka
2001
Oboreru sakana
Miyota
2001
Hôjô Tokimune
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2001
Chûshingura 1/47
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2001
Ningen no shômei 2001
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2000
Space Travelers
Sakamaki
2000
Ikebukuro West Gate park
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2000
Zawa-zawa Shimo-Kitazawa
Ishida
2000
Hatsuru sokonaki
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1998
Kizuna
Detective Sako Akio
1996
Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji
Shûzô
1992
Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru II
Senjûrô Fujiwara
1992
Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru
Senjûrô Fujiwara
1991
Bakumatsu jyunjyoden
Ryouma Sakamoto
1990
Takeda Shingen
Narrator
1987
Dokugan-ryu Masamune
Date Masamune
1985
Kekkon annai mystery
Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine
1984
Sanga moyu
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1983
Mibu no koiuta
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1976
Tetsuko's Room
Co-emcee
Director Credits
2011
Unite for Japan
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Other Crew Credits
2009
Half Kenneth
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Producer Credits
2011
Unite for Japan
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Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actor
Ken Watanabe
Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
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