Ken Watanabe

Acting

Born: 1959-10-21
From: Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Gender: Male
Height: 184.00 m
Popularity: 3.5

Also Known As

渡邊謙渡辺 謙کِن واتانابهک ِن واتانابهKensaku WatanabeKen Watanabe

Biography

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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Awards & Nominations2 won · 2 nominated

Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical

2015
🏆 Won

Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor

2007
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

The Last Samurai

2004
🏆 Won

Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year

1987

Acting97 titles

Production4 titles