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Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
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Academy Award
Actor in a Supporting Role
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Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
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Inception. Shared with: Leonardo DiCaprio · Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Tom Hardy · Elliot Page · Cillian Murphy · Tom Berenger · Dileep Rao · Michael Caine · Marion Cotillard · Pete Postlethwaite · Lukas Haas · Talulah Riley. 2003 Nominee WAFCA Award. Best Supporting Actor.
- October 21, 1959
In 2015, Watanabe received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 69th Tony Awards for his role as The King. He is the first Japanese actor to be nominated in this category. Watanabe reprised his role at the London Palladium in June 2018.
Check all the awards won and nominated for by Ken Watanabe - Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (2010) , Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (2007) and more awards.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 10 wins & 26 nominations total. Photos 193.
- January 1, 1
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- Uonuma, Japan
Ken Watanabe. 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.
- October 21, 1959
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.
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Apr 28, 2022 · Ahead of the HBO Max show's season finale this week, Watanabe spoke with EW about some of the biggest highlights in his decades-long career — from the big screen to the Broadway stage, from...