Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Movies and TV Shows

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Watanabe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 10/21/1959 (64 years old)
  • Place of birth: Koide, Niigata, Japan
  • nationality: Japanese
  • height: 1.84 m
  • Net worth: $40,000,000
  • twitter: Watanabe
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
The Creator
IMDB 6.8
TMDB 71%
role:
Harun
2023

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.8
71%
Tokyo Vice
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 79%
role:
Executive Producer & 1 more
Not available
2022

Crime

Drama

8.0
79%
Not available
Fukushima 50
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Masao Yoshida
2020

Drama

History

6.1
67%
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 67%
role:
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
2019

Action

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.0
67%
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
IMDB 6.5
TMDB 70%
role:
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
2019

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.5
70%
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The King and I
IMDB 8.0
TMDB 65%
role:
The King of Siam
Not available
2018

Drama

Music

8.0
65%
Not available
Bel Canto
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 56%
role:
Katsumi Hosokawa
2018

Drama

Music

Romance

Thriller

5.5
56%
Isle of Dogs
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 78%
role:
Head Surgeon (voice)
2018

Adventure

Animation

Comedy

7.8
78%
2018

Action

Adventure

Horror

4.4
55%
2017

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.2
61%
Rage
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 65%
role:
Yohei Maki
Not available
2016

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

7.0
65%
Not available
The Sea of Trees
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 63%
role:
Takumi Nakamura
2016

Drama

6.1
63%
2014

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.6
59%
Godzilla
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 63%
role:
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
2014

Action

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

6.4
63%
Unforgiven
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 70%
role:
Jubee Kamata
Not available
2013

Action

Crime

Drama

7.0
70%
Not available
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Inception
IMDB 8.8
TMDB 84%
role:
Saito & 1 more
2010

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.8
84%
Shanghai
IMDB 6.3
TMDB 61%
role:
Tanaka
2010

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

6.3
61%
2009

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.8
58%
Earth
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Narrator
Not available
2007

Documentary

7.9
76%
Not available
Letters from Iwo Jima
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
2006

Action

Drama

War & Politics

7.8
75%
2005

Drama

History

Romance

7.3
77%
Batman Begins
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 77%
role:
Decoy Ra's al Ghul
2005

Action

Crime

Drama

8.2
77%
The Last Samurai
IMDB 7.8
TMDB 75%
role:
Moritsugu Katsumoto & 1 more
2003

Action

Drama

History

War & Politics

7.8
75%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Ken Watanabe are, for example, The Creator, Fukushima 50 and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, iTunes and Amazon.
The best Anystream ratings are Inception (8.6), Batman Begins (8.0) and Isle of Dogs (7.8).
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