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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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InceptionSaito
Batman BeginsRa's al Ghul
GodzillaDr. Ishiro Serizawa
Transformers: Age of ExtinctionDrift (voice)
The Last SamuraiMoritsugu Katsumoto2026Samurai VengeanceKinji ShinodaMovie
2026Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho東雲朔太郎 · 9 episodesShow
2025The Final PieceShigeyoshi ToumyoMovie
2025LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIERMovie
2025KokuhoHanjiro HanaiMovie
2025UnboundTamema Okitsugu · 48 episodesShow
2025TRUE COLORSTaichirou Tsujimura · 9 episodesShow
2024All LivesMovie
2024Kensuke's KingdomKensuke (voice)Movie
2023The CreatorHarunMovie
2022Tokyo ViceHiroto Katagiri · 18 episodes · Executive Producer · 18 episodesShow
2020Alice in BorderlandOld Gentleman · 1 episodeShow
2020Toubousha2 episodesShow
2020劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編Movie
2020Fukushima 50Masao YoshidaMovie
2019Godzilla: King of the MonstersDr. Ishiro SerizawaMovie
2019Pokémon Detective PikachuLieutenant Hide YoshidaMovie
2019An Artist of the Floating WorldOno MasujiMovie
2018The King and IThe King of SiamMovie
2018Bel CantoKatsumi HosokawaMovie
2018Isle of DogsHead Surgeon (voice)Movie
20187 Guardians of the TombFatherMovie
2018SegodonShimazu Nariakira · 17 episodesShow
2017Transformers: The Last KnightDrift (voice)Movie
2017Dirty, Clean, & InbetweenRestaurant PatronMovie
2017The Memories of HappinessTaro MiuraMovie
2016五年目のひとり키자키 슈지 · 1 episodeShow
2016RageYohei MakiMovie
2016The Sea of TreesTakumi NakamuraMovie
2015The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk東雲朔太郎 · 9 episodesShow
2014Snow JackReiji KurataMovie
2014Back of FatherTakamura Kouji · 1 episodeShow
2014Transformers: Age of ExtinctionDrift (voice)Movie
2014GodzillaDr. Ishiro SerizawaMovie
2013UnforgivenJubee KamataMovie
2012Hayabusa: The Long Voyage HomeJunichiro Kawaguchi · Production ManagerMovie
2011Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjoRegular · 1 episodeShow
2011Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -Movie
2010A School Behind BarsMovie
2010ShanghaiTanakaMovie
2009Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's AssistantMr. TallMovie
2009The UnbrokenHajime OnchiMovie
2009刑事一代 平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史1 episodeShow
2007EarthNarrator (voice)Movie
2007星ひとつの夜Nonoyama HirojiMovie
2006Letters from Iwo JimaGeneral Tadamichi KuribayashiMovie
2006Memories of TomorrowMasayuki Saeki · Executive ProducerMovie
2005Memoirs of a GeishaChairmanMovie
2005Batman BeginsRa's al GhulMovie
2005Ashes and SnowJapanese Narrator (voice)Movie
2005Year One in the NorthKomatsubara HideakiMovie
2004Vessel of SandShuichiro Imanishi · 11 episodesShow
2003川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語6 episodesShow
2003The Last SamuraiMoritsugu KatsumotoMovie
2003第三の時効Movie
2003Another Battle/ConspiracyFujimaki HiroakiMovie
2003藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」1 episodeShow
2003T.R.Y.Masanobu AzumaMovie
2002Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko4 episodesShow
2002横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)6 episodesShow
2002強行犯捜査第七係1 episodeShow
2002Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHSOkuboMovie
2001Love of a Thousand Years - Story of GenjiMovie
2001Drowning FishMiyotaMovie
2001Proof of the Man 2001Munesue KoichiroMovie
2001Hojo TokimuneHojo Tokiyori · 49 episodesShow
2000The Whispered CityIshidaMovie
2000Ikebukuro West Gate ParkYokoyama · 11 episodesShow
2000Space TravelersSakamaki ("Crusher")Movie
1998Shimei Tehai4 episodesShow
1998BondsDetective Sako AkioMovie
1997Welcome Back, Mr. McDonaldRaita OnukiMovie
1995Gokenin ZankuroZankuro Matsudaira · 8 episodesShow
1993Baian the Assassin: ShowdownDr. BaianMovie
1993The Fire Still BurnsFujiwara Tsunekiyo · 35 episodesShow
1993Kagi-shi1 episodeShow
1993Hanzo, the RazorMovie
1992Chronicle of the Town MagistrateMochizuki KoheitaMovie
1992Waga Machi10 episodesShow
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