Acting
Ken Watanabe
Born Oct 21, 1959 · 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.
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Acting
あなたが欲しい－I WANT YOU－
Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -
2026
Documentary
Samurai Vengeance
2026
Mystery · Action · Drama
Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
2026
The Final Piece
2025
Drama · Mystery
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025
Animation
Kokuho
2025
Drama
Unbound
2025
Drama
TRUE COLORS
2025
Drama
All Lives
2024
Drama · TV Movie
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024
Animation · Adventure · Drama
True Love: Making The Creator
2023
Documentary
The Creator
2023
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
Tokyo Vice
2022
Crime · Drama
Alice in Borderland
2020
Mystery · Drama · Action & Adventure
Toubousha
2020
Crime
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
Fukushima 50
2020
History · Drama · Action
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
Science Fiction · Action
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
An Artist of the Floating World
2019
Drama
The King and I
2018
Drama · Music
Bel Canto
2018
Drama · Music · Romance
Isle of Dogs
2018
Adventure · Comedy · Animation
7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018
Action · Adventure · Horror
Segodon
2018
Drama · War & Politics
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
2017
Comedy
The Memories of Happiness
2017
Drama · TV Movie
五年目のひとり
2016
Rage
2016
Mystery · Drama · Thriller
The Sea of Trees
2016
Drama
The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
Drama · Documentary
Evolution Within Extinction
2014
Documentary
Snow Jack
2014
Mystery · Thriller
Back of Father
2014
Drama · Family
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
Science Fiction · Action · Adventure
Godzilla
2014
Action · Drama · Science Fiction
Unforgiven
2013
Action · Crime · Drama
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
2012
Drama
Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo
2011
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
2011
A School Behind Bars
2010
Drama
Inception
2010
Action · Science Fiction · Crime
Shanghai
2010
Drama · Thriller · Mystery
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
Adventure · Fantasy · Action
The Unbroken
2009
Drama
Earth
2007
Documentary
星ひとつの夜
2007
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
2007
Documentary
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
Action · Drama · War
Memories of Tomorrow
2006
Drama
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
Drama · Romance · History
Batman Begins
2005
Drama · Crime · Action
Ashes and Snow
2005
Documentary · Drama
Year One in the North
2005
Drama · History
Vessel of Sand
2004
Drama
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
2003
The Last Samurai
2003
Drama · Action · War
第三の時効
2003
Another Battle/Conspiracy
2003
Crime
T.R.Y.
2003
Action · Comedy
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
2002
Drama · Action & Adventure
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
2002
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
Drama
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji
2001
Drama · History
Drowning Fish
2001
Drama · Action
Hojo Tokimune
2001
Drama · War & Politics
The Whispered City
2000
Drama
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
Drama · Crime · Comedy
Space Travelers
2000
Comedy · Crime · Science Fiction
Bonds
1998
Crime · Drama
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997
Comedy
Gokenin Zankuro
1995
Drama
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
1993
The Fire Still Burns
1993
Drama
Kagi-shi
1993
Drama · Family
Hanzo, the Razor
1993
Action · Drama
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
1992
Drama
Waga Machi
1992
Mystery
Izakaya Chōji
1992
Drama
Oda Nobunaga
1992
History · Action
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
1992
TV Movie · Action · Drama
Baian the Assassin
1991
Crime
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
Drama · Comedy
Takeda Shingen
1991
TV Movie
Baian the Assassin
1990
Musuko no Gokikan
1990
Family · Drama
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
1990
Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Masamune Shogun
1987
Drama · War & Politics
Commando Invasion
1987
Action
The Sea and Poison
1986
Drama · War
Hanekonma
1986
Drama · Family
The Making of "Tampopo"
1986
Documentary
Tampopo
1985
Comedy
Kekkon Annai Mystery
1985
Mystery · Comedy
MacArthur's Children
1984
War · Drama · Comedy
A Tale of Two Truncheons
1984
Drama