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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.
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.
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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.
- October 21, 1959
Apr 7, 2022 · Ken Watanabe stars alongside Ansel Elgort in the new HBO Max crime drama, which is produced and directed by filmmaker Michael Mann. Based on a true story, it dramatizes the experience of real...
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As Japan's biggest movie star, Ken Watanabe has performed in Hollywood movies such as The Last Samurai, Batman Begins, Godzilla & Inception.
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Mar 8, 2024 · Ken Watanabe is arguably American audiences' favorite Japanese actor, and these movies show why.
Tony, Grammy and Academy-award nominee Ken Watanabe on his series "Tokyo Vice" and why he describes his character as "gray" and not black and white.
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