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Ken Watanabe

Cast & creator

Ken Watanabe

1959-10-21 (age 66) Uonuma, Niigata, Japan Website IMDb

Best known for Inception, Alice in Borderland, Batman Begins

Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television 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. 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.

Also known as: 渡邊謙, 渡辺謙, کِن واتانابه, ک ِن واتانابه, Kensaku Watanabe

Movies

73

film credits

Series

35

television credits

Career

104

1984–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

7.4

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Inception

Inception

Saito · 2010

Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland

Old Gentleman · 2020

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Ra's al Ghul · 2005

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Acting · 1990

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

Moritsugu Katsumoto · 2003

Across film & television

Filmography (108)

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Showing 108 of 108 credits

Inception

Inception

Saito

Alice in Borderland

Alice in Borderland

Old Gentleman

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Ra's al Ghul

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

Moritsugu Katsumoto

Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

Hiroto Katagiri

Tokyo Vice

Tokyo Vice

Executive Producer

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Drift (voice)

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Head Surgeon (voice)

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

Drift (voice)

The Creator

The Creator

Harun

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Godzilla

Godzilla

Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

Segodon

Segodon

Shimazu Nariakira

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

Chairman

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Lieutenant Hide Yoshida

Hanekonma

Hanekonma

Genzo Onodera

Masamune Shogun

Masamune Shogun

伊達政宗

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

General Tadamichi Kuribayashi

Unbound

Unbound

Tamema Okitsugu

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk

東雲朔太郎

NHK WORLD PRIME

NHK WORLD PRIME

Self - Presenter

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

Takumi Nakamura

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Yokoyama

Back of Father

Back of Father

Takamura Kouji

Kokuho

Kokuho

Hanjiro Hanai

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Mr. Tall

Fukushima 50

Fukushima 50

Masao Yoshida

Hojo Tokimune

Hojo Tokimune

Hojo Tokiyori

The Fire Still Burns

The Fire Still Burns

Fujiwara Tsunekiyo

Tampopo

Tampopo

Gun

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke's Kingdom

Kensuke (voice)

Gokenin Zankuro

Gokenin Zankuro

Zankuro Matsudaira

7 Guardians of the Tomb

7 Guardians of the Tomb

Father

Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho

Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho

東雲朔太郎

TRUE COLORS

TRUE COLORS

Taichirou Tsujimura

Bel Canto

Bel Canto

Katsumi Hosokawa

Vessel of Sand

Vessel of Sand

Shuichiro Imanishi

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語

Earth

Earth

Narrator (voice)

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald

Raita Onuki

Waga Machi

Waga Machi

The King and I

The King and I

The King of Siam

Shanghai

Shanghai

Tanaka

The Final Piece

The Final Piece

Shigeyoshi Toumyo

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko

Year One in the North

Year One in the North

Komatsubara Hideaki

Rage

Rage

Yohei Maki

Samurai Vengeance

Samurai Vengeance

Kinji Shinoda

The Unbroken

The Unbroken

Hajime Onchi

A Tale of Two Truncheons

A Tale of Two Truncheons

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji

Toubousha

Toubousha

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Junichiro Kawaguchi

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Production Manager

横山秀夫サスペンスシリーズ (TBS)

横山秀夫サスペンスシリーズ (TBS)

MacArthur's Children

MacArthur's Children

Tetsuo Nakai

Evolution Within Extinction

Evolution Within Extinction

Self

Ashes and Snow

Ashes and Snow

Japanese Narrator (voice)

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'

Self

Oda Nobunaga

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

Jubee Kamata

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

Fujieda Baian

Drowning Fish

Drowning Fish

Miyota

Shimei Tehai

T.R.Y.

T.R.Y.

Masanobu Azuma

Kagi-shi

Kagi-shi

Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

Masayuki Saeki

Memories of Tomorrow

Memories of Tomorrow

Executive Producer

True Love: Making The Creator

True Love: Making The Creator

Self

Izakaya Chōji

Izakaya Chōji

The Whispered City

The Whispered City

Ishida

Snow Jack

Snow Jack

Reiji Kurata

Space Travelers

Space Travelers

Sakamaki ("Crusher")

五年目のひとり

五年目のひとり

키자키 슈지

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Baian the Assassin: Showdown

Dr. Baian

The Sea and Poison

The Sea and Poison

Toda

Oda Nobunaga

Oda Nobunaga

Musuko no Gokikan

Musuko no Gokikan

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Chronicle of the Town Magistrate

Mochizuki Koheita

Bonds

Bonds

Detective Sako Akio

All Lives

All Lives

Proof of the Man 2001

Munesue Koichiro

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo

Regular

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS

Okubo

LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER

LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER

Takeda Shingen

Takeda Shingen

Narrator

The Making of "Tampopo"

The Making of "Tampopo"

Self

An Artist of the Floating World

An Artist of the Floating World

Ono Masuji

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Kekkon Annai Mystery

Commando Invasion

Commando Invasion

Harimao

Harimao

Producer

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era

Ryoma Sakamoto

Hanzo, the Razor

Hanzo, the Razor

藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi

Kojirō

Baian the Assassin

Baian the Assassin

Dr. Baian

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -

A School Behind Bars

A School Behind Bars

The Memories of Happiness

The Memories of Happiness

Taro Miura

星ひとつの夜

星ひとつの夜

Nonoyama Hiroji

強行犯捜査第七係

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Another Battle/Conspiracy

Fujimaki Hiroaki

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween

Restaurant Patron

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編

刑事一代平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史

第三の時効

第三の時効

Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -

Yamazaki Riverside - Over an Actor's Shoulder -

Self