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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 that acting was his special gift. In 1978, he ... See full bio »

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Known For

The Last Samurai
The Last Samurai Katsumoto
(2003)
Inception
Inception Saito
(2010)
Godzilla
Godzilla Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
(2014)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
(2019)
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Filmography

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  Kensuke's Kingdom (filming)
Kensuke (voice)
 2022 Tokyo Vice (TV Series)
Hiroto Katagiri
- Yoshino (2022) ... Hiroto Katagiri
- Sometimes They Disappear (2022) ... Hiroto Katagiri
- The Information Business (2022) ... Hiroto Katagiri
- Everybody Pays (2022) ... Hiroto Katagiri
- I Want It That Way (2022) ... Hiroto Katagiri
Show all 8 episodes
 2020 Tôbôsha (TV Movie)
Kazuki Kakurai
 2020 Fukushima 50
Masao Yoshida
 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
 2019 Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
 2018 The King and I
The King of Siam
 2018/I Bel Canto
Hosokawa
 2018 Isle of Dogs
Head Surgeon (voice)
 2017 Transformers: The Last Knight
Drift (voice)
 2017 The Memories of Happiness (TV Movie)
Taro Miura
 2016 Gonenme no hitori (TV Movie)
Kizaki Shuji
 2016 Rage
Yohei Maki
 2015 The Sea of Trees
Takumi Nakamura
 2014 Fathers (TV Mini Series)
- Episode #1.7 (2014)
 2014 Silver Jack (TV Movie)
Reiji kurata
 2014 Transformers: Age of Extinction
Drift (voice)
 2014 Godzilla
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
 2013 Unforgiven
Jubee kamata
 2012 Makete, katsu: Sengo wo tsukutta otoko Yoshida Shigeru (TV Mini Series)
Shigeru Yoshida
- Episode #1.1 (2012) ... Shigeru Yoshida
 2012 Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Shunichiro Yamaguchi
 2010 Hei no naka no chûgakkô (TV Movie)
 2010 Inception
Saito
 2010 Shanghai
Tanaka
 2010 Tômawari no ame (TV Movie)
Sohei Fukumoto
 2009 Saka no ue no kumo (TV Series)
Narration
- Ryugakusei (2009) ... Narration
- Nisshin Kaisen (2009) ... Narration
- Kokka Meido (2009) ... Narration
- Sei-un (2009) ... Narration
- Shônen no kuni (2009) ... Narration
 2009 Shizumanu taiyô
Hajime Onchi
 2009 Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi (TV Series)
Hachibei Hiratsuka
 2007 Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (TV Movie)
 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima
General Kuribayashi
 2006 Memories of Tomorrow
Masayuki Saeki
 2005 Moonlight in Tokyo
Inspector
 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha
Chairman
 2005 Batman Begins (Video Game)
Ra's al Ghul (voice)
 2005 Batman Begins
Ra's Al Ghul
 2005 Kita no zeronen
Hideaki Komatsubara
 2004 Suna no utsuwa (TV Series)
Syuichiro Imanishi
- Kanketsu hen: Shukumei no sakukai (2004) ... Syuichiro Imanishi
- Shukumei: Saishû gakushô zenpen (2004) ... Syuichiro Imanishi
- Tôbô (2004) ... Syuichiro Imanishi
- Kikoete kita chichi no koe (2004) ... Syuichiro Imanishi
- Zettai ni kakushitai himitsu (2004) ... Syuichiro Imanishi
Show all 11 episodes
 2003 The Last Samurai
Katsumoto
 2003 Itan no natsu (TV Movie)
Tatsumi
 2003 T.R.Y.
Masanobu Azuma
 2002 Another Battle/Conspiracy
Fujimaki Hiroaki
 2002 Tô-san no natsumatsuri (TV Movie)
 2002 Chinmoku no aribai (TV Movie)
 2001 Kochira Daisanshiyakaibu (TV Series)
Jiro Shimizu
 2001 Chûshingura 1/47 (TV Movie)
 2001 Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari
Fujiwara no Michinaga / Fujiwara no Nobutaka
 2001 Drowning Fish
Miyota
 2001 Hôjô Tokimune (TV Series)
 2001 Ningen no shômei 2001 (TV Movie)
 2000 The Whispered City
Ishida
 2000 Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TV Series)
Yokoyama
- The Longest Day In 'Bukuro, June the 23rd (2000) ... Yokoyama
- My City Has Become A Battlefield (2000) ... Yokoyama
- Farewell, Dear Friends (2000) ... Yokoyama
- I Fell In Love With A Girl From Odaiba (2000) ... Yokoyama
- Don't Put Your Hand On My Baba! (2000) ... Yokoyama
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 2000 Supêsutoraberâzu
Sakamaki ("Crusher")
 2000 Hatsuru sokonaki (TV Movie)
 1998 Kizuna
Detective Sako Akio
 1997 Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Raita Onuki, the truck driver
 1997 Gokenin Zankurô (TV Series)
Zankurô Matsudaira
- Episode #2.10 (1997) ... Zankurô Matsudaira
 1992 Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru II (TV Movie)
Senjûrô Fujiwara
 1992 Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru (TV Movie)
Senjûrô Fujiwara
 1992 Oda Nobunaga (TV Movie)
 1992 Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (TV Movie)
Kojiro Sasaki
 1991 Bakumatsu jyunjyoden
Ryouma Sakamoto
 1990 Baian the Assassin (TV Mini Series)
Fujieda Baian
 1990 Takeda Shingen (TV Mini Series)
Narrator
 1990 Shikakenin Fujieda Baian (TV Mini Series)
Baian Fujieda
 1989 Harenochi kaminari (TV Series)
 1987 Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Mochizuki Koheita
 1987 Dokugan-ryu Masamune (TV Series)
Date Masamune
- Episode #1.50 (1987) ... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.49 (1987) ... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.48 (1987) ... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.47 (1987) ... Date Masamune
- Episode #1.46 (1987) ... Date Masamune
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 1986 The Sea and Poison
Toda
 1985 Tampopo
Gun
 1985 Kekkon annai misuterî
Funayama Tetsuya / Masakazu Sekine
 1984 MacArthur's Children
Tetsuo
 1984 Sanga moyu (TV Series)
 1983 Mibu no koiuta (TV Series)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Print ad, American Express credit card, 2006

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

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Alternate Names:

Un-Jash

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)

Spouse:

Kaho Minami  (divorced) | See more »

Children:

Dai Watanabe | See more »

Parents:

Ryoichi Watanabe
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As a Japanese actor, I really want to work with a lot of actors and actresses in the world and many directors who have many different kinds of talents. I feel like nationality doesn't matter at all. See more »

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Father of Dai Watanabe & Anne Watanabe. See more »
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