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The Final Piece (2025) - Shigeyoshi ToumyoSamurai Vengeance (2026) - Kinji ShinodaLA 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