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 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.

Casted

Inception

Played Saito

Average Rating

8.4

38230 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 2010

15 years ago
Batman Begins

Played Ra's al Ghul

Average Rating

7.7

21973 votes

Release Date

Jun 10, 2005

21 years ago
Godzilla

Played Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Average Rating

6.4

9501 votes

Release Date

May 14, 2014

12 years ago
Transformers: Age of Extinction

Played Drift (voice)

Average Rating

6.0

8517 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 2014

11 years ago
The Last Samurai

Played Moritsugu Katsumoto

Average Rating

7.6

7255 votes

Release Date

Dec 05, 2003

22 years ago
Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Played Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

Average Rating

6.9

7157 votes

Release Date

May 03, 2019

7 years ago
Transformers: The Last Knight

Played Drift (voice)

Average Rating

6.1

6527 votes

Release Date

Jun 16, 2017

8 years ago
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Played Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Average Rating

6.7

6475 votes

Release Date

May 29, 2019

6 years ago
Isle of Dogs

Played Head Surgeon (voice)

Average Rating

7.8

5192 votes

Release Date

Mar 23, 2018

8 years ago
The Creator

Played Harun

Average Rating

7.0

3565 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 2023

2 years ago
Memoirs of a Geisha

Played Chairman

Average Rating

7.7

3260 votes

Release Date

Dec 06, 2005

20 years ago
Letters from Iwo Jima

Played General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Average Rating

7.5

2173 votes

Release Date

Dec 09, 2006

19 years ago
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Played Mr. Tall

Average Rating

5.8

1140 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2009

16 years ago
The Sea of Trees

Played Takumi Nakamura

Average Rating

6.2

527 votes

Release Date

Apr 27, 2016

10 years ago
Tampopo

Played Gun

Average Rating

7.8

400 votes

Release Date

Nov 23, 1985

40 years ago
Earth

Played Narrator (voice)

Average Rating

7.6

357 votes

Release Date

Oct 10, 2007

18 years ago
7 Guardians of the Tomb

Played Father

Average Rating

5.4

245 votes

Release Date

Jan 19, 2018

8 years ago
Shanghai

Played Tanaka

Average Rating

6.1

182 votes

Release Date

Jun 10, 2010

16 years ago
Fukushima 50

Played Masao Yoshida

Average Rating

6.5

180 votes

Release Date

Mar 06, 2020

6 years ago
Bel Canto

Played Katsumi Hosokawa

Average Rating

5.4

134 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2018

7 years ago
Unforgiven

Played Jubee Kamata

Average Rating

7.0

76 votes

Release Date

Sep 13, 2013

12 years ago
Rage

Played Yohei Maki

Average Rating

6.8

76 votes

Release Date

Sep 17, 2016

9 years ago
Kensuke's Kingdom

Played Kensuke (voice)

Average Rating

7.2

45 votes

Release Date

Feb 07, 2024

2 years ago
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Played Raita Onuki

Average Rating

7.6

43 votes

Release Date

Nov 08, 1997

28 years ago
Memories of Tomorrow

Played Masayuki Saeki

Average Rating

6.0

16 votes

Release Date

May 13, 2006

20 years ago
The Sea and Poison

Played Toda

Average Rating

6.9

14 votes

Release Date

Oct 17, 1986

40 years ago
Space Travelers

Played Sakamaki ("Crusher")

Average Rating

5.9

13 votes

Release Date

Apr 08, 2000

26 years ago
The Unbroken

Played Hajime Onchi

Average Rating

6.7

12 votes

Release Date

Oct 23, 2009

16 years ago
The King and I

Played The King of Siam

Average Rating

7.0

10 votes

Release Date

Nov 29, 2018

7 years ago
MacArthur's Children

Played Tetsuo Nakai

Average Rating

5.0

9 votes

Release Date

Jun 23, 1984

42 years ago
Year One in the North

Played Komatsubara Hideaki

Average Rating

4.9

8 votes

Release Date

Jan 14, 2005

21 years ago
Kokuho

Played Hanjiro Hanai

Average Rating

8.9

8 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 2025

10 months ago
T.R.Y.

Played Masanobu Azuma

Average Rating

7.0

5 votes

Release Date

Jan 11, 2003

23 years ago
Bonds

Played Detective Sako Akio

Average Rating

4.4

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 06, 1998

28 years ago
The Final Piece

Played Shigeyoshi Toumyo

Average Rating

9.4

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 2025

5 months ago
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Played Junichiro Kawaguchi

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

Feb 11, 2012

14 years ago
Commando Invasion

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1987

39 years ago
True Love: Making The Creator

Played Self

Average Rating

8.0

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 14, 2023

2 years ago
Evolution Within Extinction

Played Self

Average Rating

7.7

3 votes

Release Date

Sep 30, 2014

11 years ago
All Lives

Average Rating

6.7

3 votes

Release Date

May 06, 2024

1 year ago
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Played Okubo

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 16, 2002

24 years ago
Drowning Fish

Played Miyota

Average Rating

7.0

2 votes

Release Date

Feb 03, 2001

25 years ago
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Played Kojirō

Average Rating

8.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1992

34 years ago
Kekkon Annai Mystery

Average Rating

8.2

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 15, 1985

41 years ago
Oda Nobunaga

Average Rating

8.0

2 votes

Release Date

Jan 05, 1992

34 years ago
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 31, 2020

5 years ago
A School Behind Bars

Average Rating

10.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 2010

15 years ago
The Whispered City

Played Ishida

Average Rating

9.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 07, 2000

26 years ago
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

Played Ryoma Sakamoto

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jul 06, 1991

35 years ago
第三の時効

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 24, 2003

23 years ago
The Making of "Tampopo"

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1986

40 years ago
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Played Restaurant Patron

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 28, 2017

9 years ago
Hanzo, the Razor

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 1993

33 years ago
Snow Jack

Played Reiji Kurata

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Aug 02, 2014

11 years ago
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 01, 2011

15 years ago
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Played Mochizuki Koheita

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1992

33 years ago
The Memories of Happiness

Played Taro Miura

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Jan 08, 2017

9 years ago
Baian the Assassin

Played Dr. Baian

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1990

35 years ago
Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Played Dr. Baian

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1993

32 years ago
Another Battle/Conspiracy

Played Fujimaki Hiroaki

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 15, 2003

23 years ago
An Artist of the Floating World

Played Ono Masuji

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Mar 30, 2019

7 years ago
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

Played Self

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 22, 2007

19 years ago
Revenge in Kobikicho

Played Kinji Shinoda

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Feb 27, 2026

1 month ago
The Cartier Panther

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

Sep 18, 2025

6 months ago
星ひとつの夜

Played Nonoyama Hiroji

Average Rating

0.0

0 votes

Release Date

May 25, 2007

19 years ago

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