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Ken Watanabe

born 1959 · Acting

67.3avg grm
14titles
#29best rank
2honors
Ibest title · #29 on siteInception2010 · as Saito84.1

Honors

2
2007Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor
1987Elan d'or Award — Newcomer of the Year

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2020s2 titlesSShikakenin Fujieda Baian202358.5TTokyo Vice2022 · as Hiroto Katagiri · series65.3
2010s2 titlesKThe King and I2018 · as The King of Siam59.5IInception2010 · as Saito84.1
2000s8 titlesEEarth2007 · as Narrator63.0LLetters from Iwo Jima2006 · as General Kuribayashi77.3MMemories of Tomorrow2006 · as Masayuki Saeki58.0BBatman Begins2005 · as Ra's Al Ghul78.3AAshes and Snow2005 · as Japanese Narrator62.8MMemoirs of a Geisha2005 · as Chairman62.0LThe Last Samurai2003 · as Katsumoto70.8IIkebukuro West Gate Park2000 · as Yokoyama · series64.5
1980s2 titlesSThe Sea and Poison1986 · as Toda58.4TTampopo1985 · as Gun79.0

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Ken Watanabe

K
born1959
known forActing
titles on site14
best title rank#29 · Inception (2010)
avg GRM67.3
honors2 · Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor, 2007
Honors
  • 2007Blue Ribbon Awards — Best Actor
  • 1987Elan d'or Award — Newcomer of the Year
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

ranked on this site

2020s

2 titles
S58.5Shikakenin Fujieda Baian2023T65.3Tokyo Vice2022 · as Hiroto Katagiri · series

2010s

2 titles
K59.5The King and I2018 · as The King of SiamI84.1Inception2010 · as Saito

2000s

8 titles
E63.0Earth2007 · as NarratorL77.3Letters from Iwo Jima2006 · as General KuribayashiM58.0Memories of Tomorrow2006 · as Masayuki SaekiB78.3Batman Begins2005 · as Ra's Al GhulA62.8Ashes and Snow2005 · as Japanese NarratorM62.0Memoirs of a Geisha2005 · as ChairmanL70.8The Last Samurai2003 · as KatsumotoI64.5Ikebukuro West Gate Park2000 · as Yokoyama · series

1980s

2 titles
S58.4The Sea and Poison1986 · as TodaT79.0Tampopo1985 · as Gun

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