Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

Acting

Birthday

1959/10/21 (65 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Koide, Niigata, Japan

Also know as

渡邊謙, 渡辺 謙, کِن واتانابه, ک ِن واتانابه

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 i...Read more

Acting
Batman Begins
7.7

(2005) Batman Begins

as Ra's al Ghul

Letters from Iwo Jima
7.5

(2006) Letters from Iwo Jima

as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

The Last Samurai
7.6

(2003) The Last Samurai

as Moritsugu Katsumoto

タンポポ
7.9

(1985) Tampopo

as Gun

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
5.8

(2009) Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

as Mr. Tall

Inception
8.4

(2010) Inception

as Saito

Shanghai
6.1

(2010) Shanghai

as Tanaka

トライ
7.0

(2003) T.R.Y.

as Masanobu Azuma

スペーストラベラーズ
5.9

(2000) Space Travelers

as Sakamaki ("Crusher")

第三の時効
0.0

第三の時効

as ---

The Creator
7.1

(2023) The Creator

as Harun

許されざる者
7.0

(2013) Unforgiven

as Jubee Kamata

Godzilla
6.3

(2014) Godzilla

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

明日の記憶
6.0

(2006) Memories of Tomorrow

as Masayuki Saeki

伊丹十三の「タンポポ」撮影日記
0.0

(1986) The Making of "Tampopo"

as Self

劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編
7.0

(2020) 劇場の灯を消すな!PARCO劇場編

as ---

沈まぬ太陽
6.7

(2009) The Unbroken

as Hajime Onchi

塀の中の中学校
10.0

(2010) A School Behind Bars

as ---

北の零年
4.9

(2005) Year One in the North

as Komatsubara Hideaki

はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還
4.5

(2012) Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

as Junichiro Kawaguchi

陽はまた昇る
7.0

(2002) Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

as Okubo

Earth
7.6

(2007) Earth

as Narrator (voice)

Transformers: Age of Extinction
5.9

(2014) Transformers: Age of Extinction

as Drift (voice)

True Love: Making The Creator
8.0

(2023) True Love: Making The Creator

as Self

ざわざわ下北沢
0.0

(2000) The Whispered City

as Ishida

溺れる魚
7.0

(2001) Drowning Fish

as Miyota

海と毒薬
6.9

(1986) The Sea and Poison

as Toda

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
0.0

(2017) Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

as Restaurant Patron

瀬戸内少年野球団
5.4

(1984) MacArthur's Children

as Tetsuo Nakai

Evolution Within Extinction
7.5

(2014) Evolution Within Extinction

as Self

御用牙
0.0

(1993) Hanzo, the Razor

as ---

生きとし生けるもの
6.7

(2024) All Lives

as ---

Transformers: The Last Knight
6.1

(2017) Transformers: The Last Knight

as Drift (voice)

白銀ジャック
0.0

(2014) Snow Jack

as Reiji Kurata

怒り
6.8

(2016) Rage

as Yohei Maki

巌流島 小次郎と武蔵
8.5

(1992) Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

as Kojirō

結婚案内ミステリー
8.2

(1985) Kekkon Annai Mystery

as ---

The Sea of Trees
6.2

(2016) The Sea of Trees

as Takumi Nakamura

Commando Invasion
6.2

(1987) Commando Invasion

as ---

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
0.0

(2011) Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

as ---

織田信長
8.0

(1992) Oda Nobunaga

as ---

町奉行日記
0.0

(1992) Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

as Mochizuki Koheita

Godzilla: King of the Monsters
6.7

(2019) Godzilla: King of the Monsters

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance
7.0

(1980) Bruce's Fists Of Vengeance

as Samurai Master

Pokémon Detective Pikachu
6.9

(2019) Pokémon Detective Pikachu

as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

Isle of Dogs
7.9

(2018) Isle of Dogs

as Head Surgeon (voice)

Bel Canto
5.4

(2018) Bel Canto

as Katsumi Hosokawa

Fukushima 50
6.4

(2020) Fukushima 50

as Masao Yoshida

しあわせの記憶
0.0

(2017) The Memories of Happiness

as Taro Miura

The King and I
7.0

(2018) The King and I

as The King of Siam

Kensuke's Kingdom
6.8

(2024) Kensuke's Kingdom

as Kensuke (voice)

絆
5.2

(1998) Bonds

as Detective Sako Akio

ラヂオの時間
7.6

(1997) Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

as Raita Onuki

仕掛人 藤枝梅安スペシャル
0.0

(1990) Baian the Assassin

as Dr. Baian

仕掛人 藤枝梅安スペシャル 対決
0.0

(1993) Baian the Assassin: Showdown

as Dr. Baian

Memoirs of a Geisha
7.7

(2005) Memoirs of a Geisha

as Chairman

7 Guardians of the Tomb
5.4

(2018) 7 Guardians of the Tomb

as Father

新・仁義なき戦い/謀殺
0.0

(2003) Another Battle/Conspiracy

as Fujimaki Hiroaki

浮世の画家
0.0

(2019) An Artist of the Floating World

as Ono Masuji

幕末純情伝
7.0

(1991) A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

as Ryoma Sakamoto

国宝
0.0

(2025) National Treasure

as ---

0.0

(2025) 盤上の向日葵

as ---

池袋ウエストゲートパーク
7.8

(2000) Ikebukuro West Gate Park

as Yokoyama

鍵師
0.0

(1993) Kagi-shi

as ---

0.0

(1989) Oda Nobunaga

as ---

砂の器
4.0

(2004) Vessel of Sand

as Shuichiro Imanishi

世にも奇妙な物語特別編
9.5

(1990) Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

as ---

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
0.0

(2003) 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

as ---

NHK WORLD PRIME
9.0

(2017) NHK WORLD PRIME

as Self - Presenter

横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
0.0

(2002) 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)

as ---

独眼竜政宗
9.2

(1987) Masamune Shogun

as 伊達政宗

西郷どん
8.3

(2018) Segodon

as Shimazu Nariakira

0.0

(2002) 強行犯捜査第七係

as ---

居酒屋兆治
0.0

(1992) Izakaya Chōji

as ---

御家人斬九郎
8.0

(1995) Gokenin Zankuro

as Zankuro Matsudaira

わが町
0.0

(1992) Waga Machi

as ---

Tokyo Vice
7.9

(2022) Tokyo Vice

as Hiroto Katagiri

壬生義士伝 新選組でいちばん強かった男
0.0

(2002) Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

as ---

仕掛人 藤枝梅安
10.0

(1991) Baian the Assassin

as Fujieda Baian

五年目のひとり
0.0

(2016) 五年目のひとり

as 키자키 슈지

0.0

(1998) Shimei Tehai

as ---

おやじの背中
8.0

(2014) Back of Father

as Takamura Kouji

0.0

(2003) 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

as ---

はね駒
8.0

(1986) Hanekonma

as Genzo Onodera

北条時宗
0.0

(2001) Hojo Tokimune

as Hojo Tokiyori

炎立つ
0.0

(1993) The Fire Still Burns

as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo

逃亡者
7.0

(2020) Toubousha

as ---

行列のできる相談所
0.0

(2011) Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

as Regular

息子のご帰還
0.0

(1990) Musuko no Gokikan

as ---

べらぼう~蔦重栄華乃夢噺~
9.3

(2025) Unbound

as Tamema Okitsugu

トゥルー カラーズ
7.0

(2025) TRUE COLORS

as Taichirou Tsujimura