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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ken_WatanabeKen Watanabe - Wikipedia

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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.

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4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0913822Ken Watanabe - IMDb

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   IMDb profile of Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who starred in The Last Samurai, Inception, Godzilla and more. Learn about his life, career, achievements and trivia.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Height: 1.85 m

   • Birth Place: Uonuma, Japan

5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0913822Ken Watanabe - Biography - IMDb

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   Learn about the life and career of Ken Watanabe, a Japanese actor who starred in The Last Samurai and other Hollywood films. Find out his birth date, height, family, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.

   • Birth Date: October 21, 1959

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7. www.rottentomatoes.com › celebrity › ken_watanabeKen Watanabe | Rotten Tomatoes

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   Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor who has starred in many films, including Inception, Godzilla, and The Last Samurai. Learn about his career, awards, and personal life on Rotten Tomatoes, the site for movie and TV ratings and reviews.

   Tomatometer®	Audience Score	Title	Credit
   67%	76%	The Creator	Harun (Character)
   No Score Yet	No Score Yet	Kensuke's Kingdom	Unknown (Voice)
   67%	65%	Fukushima 50	Masao Yoshida (Character)
   42%	83%	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Dr. Ishiro Serizawa (Character)

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8. www.theguardian.com › film › 2022‘Each little thing in my life is precious’: Ken Watanabe on ...

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   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...

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   Is Watanabe a good guy?

   • Watanabe is often cast as the good guy, playing the brave General Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima, the kind-hearted Lieutenant Yoshida in Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Katsumoto, the noble leader of a gang of rebels in The Last Samurai. “The most difficult thing was the language,” he says of the third film. “I’d never acted before in English.

   ‘Each little thing in my life is precious’: Ken Watanabe on cancer

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   Is Ken Watanabe a samurai?

   • It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has played many roles as a Japanese samurai throughout much his career. Like the warriors of old, Watanabe has practiced a code of humility, honor and modesty with his approach to acting and stardom-even his first name is a common moniker meaning modesty.

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   Who is Ken Watanabe?

   • 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.

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   Does Ken Watanabe speak English?

   • Even though some of the characters Watanabe portrayed have varying degrees of fluency in English, Watanabe himself is perfectly fluent in English, having studied acting in England for several years. He owns Ken Watanabe Film Productions. Japanese actor. I'm not a big star in Japan. I'm an actor. I have a very normal life.

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10. movieweb.com › ken-watanabe-best-moviesKen Watanabe's 10 Best Movies, Including Godzilla

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    Mar 8, 2024 · A list of the Japanese actor's most memorable roles in Hollywood and international films, from Batman Begins to Inception. Find out why Watanabe is a versatile and charismatic performer who can handle action, drama, and comedy.

11. www.npr.org › 2022/04/10 › 1091927653Ken Watanabe stars in the new crime show 'Tokyo Vice' - NPR

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    Apr 10, 2022 · RASCOE: Japanese actor Ken Watanabe plays the role of Hiroto Katagiri, a police detective frustrated by his department's inability to fight crime. And he joins us now from Osaka, Japan. Ken...