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Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese 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.
Biography. Awards. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Ken Watanabe (I) Actor. Producer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 264. Play clip 1:34. All About 'The Creator' 66 Videos. 99+ Photos. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan.
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Actor: The Last Samurai. 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 ...
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Ken Watanabe. Highest Rated: 100% Tampopo (1985) Lowest Rated: 4% Shanghai (2010) Birthday: Oct 21, 1959. Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan. It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has...
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- 'Inception' (2010) Inception is a science fiction action thriller written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starred Leonardo DiCaprio as Dominick Cobb, a professional thief who steals information by penetrating his target’s subconsciousness.
- 'Batman Begins' (2005) Batman Begins is the first installment of Nolan’s Batman trilogy and it’s also Watanabe and Nolan’s first collaborative effort. The movie follows Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) as he embarks on his journey of becoming Batman.
- 'The Last Samurai' (2003) In The Last Samurai, Watanabe portrays the titular role alongside Tom Cruise who plays Captain Nathan Algren of the 7th Cavalry Regiment.
- 'Letters from Iwo Jima' (2006) As a companion piece to Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers, which depicts the Battle of Iwo Jima from the American point of view, Letters from Iwo Jima shows the same battle but from the Japanese soldiers’ perspective.
Apr 12, 2022 · Actor Ken Watanabe talks new noir crime series 'Tokyo Vice' - YouTube. Good Morning America. 4.9M subscribers. Subscribed. 250. 17K views 1 year ago. Tony, Grammy and Academy-award nominee...
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Apr 28, 2022 · Tokyo Vice star Ken Watanabe talks Godzilla, Broadway, and highlights from his decades-long career. The Japanese actor walks us through the movie, TV, and theater roles that shaped his career....
