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Ken Watanabe
Born October 21, 1959 (age 66)Uonuma, Niigata, 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 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.
Filmography
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Inception
2010
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Alice in Borderland
2020
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Batman Begins
2005
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019
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Tokyo Vice
2022
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Godzilla
2014
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The Last Samurai
2003
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Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
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The Creator
2023
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014
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Segodon
2018
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Back of Father
2014
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019
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Letters from Iwo Jima
2006
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Masamune Shogun
1987
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Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000
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Isle of Dogs
2018
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The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk
2015
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Unbound
2025
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Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
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Gokenin Zankuro
1995
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Kokuho
2025
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TRUE COLORS
2025
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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009
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NHK WORLD PRIME
2017
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Hanekonma
1986
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The Fire Still Burns
1993
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Fukushima 50
2020
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Vessel of Sand
2004
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Tampopo
1985