As Actor
Batman Begins
2005
7.7
Ken Watanabe
Acting
Born
October 21, 1959
Place of Birth
Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
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.
The Filmography
As Actor
Year One in the North
2005
4.9
As Actor
The Last Samurai
2003
7.6
As Actor
T.R.Y.
2003
7.0
As Actor
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
2002
7.0
As Actor
Drowning Fish
2001
7.0
As Actor
Space Travelers
2000
5.9
As Actor
Bonds
1998
5.2
As Actor
Oda Nobunaga
1992
8.0
As Actor
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
1992
8.5
As Actor
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
1991
7.0
As Actor
Commando Invasion
1987
6.2
As Actor
The Sea and Poison
1986
6.9
As Actor
Tampopo
1985
7.9
As Actor
Kekkon Annai Mystery
1985
8.2
As Actor
MacArthur's Children
1984
5.5