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Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese 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.
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who has starred in films such as The Last Samurai, Inception, and Godzilla. He was born in 1959, studied acting in England, and has a daughter and a son.
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Learn about the life and career of Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who starred in The Last Samurai and other Hollywood films. Find out his birth date, height, family, awards, trivia and quotes.
- October 21, 1959
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who has starred in many films, including Inception, Godzilla, The Last Samurai, and Memoirs of a Geisha. He was born in 1959 and survived leukemia in the 1990s. See his highest and lowest rated movies, photos, and TV credits.
Tomatometer®Audience ScoreTitleCredit67%Fresh audience score. 76%Harun (Character)No Score YetNo Score YetUnknown (Voice)67%Fresh audience score. 65%Masao Yoshida (Character)42%Fresh audience score. 83%Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Character)Apr 7, 2022 · Ken Watanabe stars alongside Ansel Elgort in the new HBO Max crime drama, which is produced and directed by filmmaker Michael Mann. Based on a true story, it dramatizes the experience of real...
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Apr 12, 2022 · Tony, Grammy and Academy-award nominee Ken Watanabe on his series "Tokyo Vice" and why he describes his character as "gray" and not black and white.
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Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who has starred in films such as The Last Samurai, Inception, and Godzilla. TMDB provides his biography, filmography, awards, and photos.