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 (104 titles)
8.6MovieSamurai Vengeance
Kinji Shinoda · 2026
ShowKyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho
東雲朔太郎 · 2026
7.7MovieThe Final Piece
Shigeyoshi Toumyo · 2025
MovieLA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER
2025
7.8MovieKokuho
Hanjiro Hanai · 2025
9.3ShowUnbound
Tamema Okitsugu · 2025
8.0ShowTRUE COLORS
Taichirou Tsujimura · 2025
7.3MovieAll Lives
2024
7.1MovieKensuke's Kingdom
Kensuke (voice) · 2024
6.3MovieTrue Love: Making The Creator
Self · 2023
7.0MovieThe Creator
Harun · 2023
7.9ShowTokyo Vice
Hiroto Katagiri · 2022
8.1ShowAlice in Borderland
Old Gentleman · 2020
7.0ShowToubousha
2020
7.0Movie劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
2020
6.5MovieFukushima 50
Masao Yoshida · 2020
6.7MovieGodzilla: King of the Monsters
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa · 2019
6.9MoviePokémon Detective Pikachu
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida · 2019
MovieAn Artist of the Floating World
Ono Masuji · 2019
7.0MovieThe King and I
The King of Siam · 2018
5.4MovieBel Canto
Katsumi Hosokawa · 2018
7.8MovieIsle of Dogs
Head Surgeon (voice) · 2018
5.3Movie7 Guardians of the Tomb
Father · 2018
8.3ShowSegodon
Shimazu Nariakira · 2018