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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.
Actor. Producer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 135. Play clip 1:34. All About 'The Creator' 2 5. 66 Videos. 99+ Photos. 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.
May 20, 2022 · Interview. ‘Each little thing in my life is precious’: Ken Watanabe on cancer, childhood and Hollywood cliches. Ann Lee. His role in The Last Samurai changed Hollywood’s attitude to Asian...
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.
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...
3 days ago · Ken Watanabe, the Oscar-nominated actor who is a star of the Emmy-buzzed HBO/Max drama series Tokyo Vice — he plays Hiroto Katagiri, a detective in the organized crime division of the Tokyo ...
May 1, 2020 · May 1, 2020. — Meher Tatna. When Ken Watanabe was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and an Oscar for his role as Lord Katsumoto in 2003’s The Last Samurai, he easily became the best-known Japanese actor in the world. “A cting in English for the first time proved to be a difficult challenge,” he told the LA Times at the time.
