Ken Watanabe
Actor · Producer · Production Manager · Executive Producer
Born Oct 21, 1959 · Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Active 1984–present · 6′0″ (184 cm) · Awards: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year, Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Actor
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…
Filmography
Kokuho (2025) — Hanjiro HanaiKyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho (2026) — 東雲朔太郎Samurai Vengeance (2026) — Kinji ShinodaThe Final Piece (2025) — Shigeyoshi ToumyoLA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER (2025)Inception (2010) — SaitoBatman Begins (2005) — Ra's al GhulThe Last Samurai (2003) — Moritsugu KatsumotoIsle of Dogs (2018) — Head Surgeon (voice)Alice in Borderland (2020) — Old GentlemanMemoirs of a Geisha (2005) — Le présidentPokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) — Lieutenant Hide YoshidaGodzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) — Dr. Ishiro SerizawaGodzilla (2014) — Dr. Ishiro SerizawaThe Creator (2023) — HarunLetters from Iwo Jima (2006) — General Tadamichi KuribayashiTransformers: Age of Extinction (2014) — Drift (voice)Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) — Drift (voice)Tampopo (1985) — GunTokyo Vice (2022) — Hiroto Katagiri · Executive ProducerEarth (2007) — Narrator (voice)Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) — Mr. TallThe Sea of Trees (2016) — Takumi NakamuraFukushima 50 (2020) — Masao Yoshida