Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe

ActorProducerAdditional Crew
Born
October 21, 1959

Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him…

Actor

Kobikicho no Adauchi(2026)
Pray Speak What Has Happened(2025)
Alice in Borderland(2020)as The Watchman
Banjo no Himawari(2025)as Shigeyoshi Tomyo
Kokuho(2025)as Hanjiro Hanai

Additional Crew

Half Kenneth(2009)

Thanks

Silence(2016)

Self

True Love: Making 'The Creator'(2023)as Self
GMA3(2020)as Self
Abroad in Japan(2012)as Self
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy(2021)as Self
NHK World Prime(2017)as Self

Archive Footage

12 Parsecs(2017)
E-penser(2013)as Self
Film Önü / Arkasi(2019)as Self
Alberto Iglesias, el músico fiel(2006)as The Chairman

Credit Score: Ken Watanabe

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Saito
Fri Jul 16 2010
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Inception487.5020108.8482813110
2The Last Samurai65.0020037.804504575
3Batman Begins65.0020058.2011711688
4Letters from Iwo Jima13.0020077.814177005
5Memoirs of a Geisha9.7520057.336172818
6Tokyo Vice5.2020228.10055794
7Godzilla3.9020146.400464455
8Godzilla: King of the Monsters3.2520196.000229007
9Transformers: Age of Extinction2.8520145.600349551
10Tampopo2.6019877.90026742