Ken Watanabe
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Samurai Vengeance
as Kinji Shinoda
The Final Piece
as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
Kokuho
as Hanjiro Hanai
Kensuke's Kingdom
as Kensuke (voice)
The Creator
as Harun
Fukushima 50
as Masao Yoshida
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
An Artist of the Floating World
as Ono Masuji
The King and I
as The King of Siam
Bel Canto
as Katsumi Hosokawa
Isle of Dogs
as Head Surgeon (voice)
7 Guardians of the Tomb
as Father
Transformers: The Last Knight
as Drift (voice)
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
as Restaurant Patron
The Memories of Happiness
as Taro Miura
Rage
as Yohei Maki
The Sea of Trees
as Takumi Nakamura
Snow Jack
as Reiji Kurata
Transformers: Age of Extinction
as Drift (voice)
Godzilla
as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Unforgiven
as Jubee Kamata
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
as Junichiro Kawaguchi
Inception
as Saito
Shanghai
as Tanaka
Crew Credits
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Production Manager
Harimao
Producer