Ken Watanabe
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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.Read full biography
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Other Credits
Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho (2026), TRUE COLORS (2025), Toubousha (2020), 五年目のひとり (2016), Back of Father (2014), Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo (2011), 刑事一代 平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史 (2009), Vessel of Sand (2004), 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003), 藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」 (2003), 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) (2002), 強行犯捜査第七係 (2002), Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko (2002), Hojo Tokimune (2001), Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000), Shimei Tehai (1998), Gokenin Zankuro (1995), Kagi-shi (1993), The Fire Still Burns (1993), Izakaya Chōji (1992), Waga Machi (1992), Baian the Assassin (1991), Musuko no Gokikan (1990), Oda Nobunaga (1989), A Tale of Two Truncheons (1984)