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==Profile==
* '''Name''' Ken Watanabe
* '''Japanese:''' 渡辺謙 (わたなべけん)
* '''Birthdate:''' October 21, 1959
* '''Birthplace:''' [[Koide]], [[Niigata]], Japan
* '''Height:''' 184cm
* '''Blood Type:''' A
* '''Family Members:''' [[Anne Watanabe]] (daughter), [[Dai Watanabe]] (son), [[Kaho Minami]] (wife 12/03/2005)

==Actor==
===Movies===
* [[Fukushima 50]] (2020) - Masao Yoshida
* [[Rage (Japanese Movie)|Rage]] | Ikari (2016) - Yohei Maki
* [[Unforgiven - Yurusarezaru Mono|Unforgiven]] | Yurusarezaru Mono (2013) - Jubei Kamata
* [[Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (Harukanaru Kikan)|Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home]] | Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012) - Junichiro Kawaguchi
* [[The Unbroken]] | Shizumanu Taiyo (2009)
* [[Map of the Sounds of Tokyo]] (2009)
* [[Shanghai (2008-USA)|Shanghai]] (2008)
* [[Cirque du Freak]] (2008)
* [[Hoshi hitotsu no yoru]] (Fuji TV / 2007)
* [[Letters from Iwo Jima]] (2006) - General Kuribayashi
* [[Memories of Tomorrow]] | Ashita no kioku (2006) - Masayuki Saeki
* [[Memoirs of a Geisha]] (2005) - The Chairman
* [[Batman Begins]] (2005) - Ra's Al Ghul
* [[Year One in the North]] | Kita no zeronen (2005) - Hideaki Komatsubara
* [[The Last Samurai]] (2003) - Katsumoto
* [[T.R.Y.]] (2003) - Masanobu Azuma
* [[Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS]] | Hi wa mata noboru (2002) - Okubo
* [[Genji: A Thousand-Year Love]] | Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) - Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka
* [[Oboreru sakana]] (2001) - Miyota
* [[Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa]] (2000) - Ishida
* [[Space Travelers]] (2000) - Sakamaki ("Crusher")
* [[Bonds]] | Kizuna (1998) - Detective Sako Akio
* [[Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald]] | Rajio no jikan (1997) - Raita Onuki, the truck driver
* [[Bakumatsu jyunjyoden]] (1991) - Ryouma Sakamoto
* [[The Sea and Poison]] | Umi to dokuyaku (1986) - Toda
* [[Tampopo]] (1985) - Gun
* [[Kekkon annai mystery]] (1985) - Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine
* [[MacArthur's Children]] | Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) - Tetsuo

===Drama Series===
* [[Segodon]] (NHK / 2018) - Nariakira Shimazu
* [[Fathers (Oyaji no Senaka)|Fathers]] | Oyaji no Senaka (TBS / 2014) - Hiroshi Takamura (ep.7)
* [[Keiji Ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibe no Showa Jikenshi]] (TV Asahi / 2009)
* [[Vessel of Sand]] | Suna no Utsuwa (TBS / 2004)
* [[Hojo Tokimune]] (NHK / 2001)
* [[Local News, Section 3]] | Kochira Dai San Shakaibu (TBS / 2001)
* [[Ikebukuro West Gate Park]] (TBS / 2000)

===TV Movies===
* [[The Fugitive (SP)|The Fugitive]] | Tobosha (TV Asahi / 2020) - Kazuki Kakurai
* [[An Artist of the Floating World]] | Ukiyo no Gaka (NHK / 2019) - Yoshiji Ono
* [[Shiawase no Kioku]] (TBS-MBS / 2017) - Taro Miura
* [[Hakugin Jack]] (TV Asahi / 2014) - Reiji Kurata
* [[Ai Inochi ~Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomidera~]] (TV Asahi / 2011) - Hidemori Hirayama
* [[A School Behind Bars (Hei no Naka no Chuugakou)|A School Behind Bars]] | Hei no Naka no Chuugakou (TBS / 2010)
* [[Hoshi hitotsu no yoru]] (Fuji TV / 2007)

==Producer==
* [[Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (Harukanaru Kikan)|Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home]] | Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (2012)

==Awards==
* '''"Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role"''' ("[[The Unbroken]]") - [[2010 (33rd) Japan Academy Prize]] - March 5, 2010
* '''"Best Actor"''' ("[[The Unbroken]]") - [[Hochi Film Awards|34th Hochi Film Awards]] - November 2009
* "'''Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role'''" ("[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") - [[2007 (30th) Japan Academy Prize]] - February 16, 2007
* '''"Best Actor"''' ("[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") - [[Blue Ribbon Awards#2006 (49th) Blue Ribbon Awards|2006 (49th) Blue Ribbon Awards]] - February 13, 2007
* "'''Best Actor'''" ("[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") - [[Nikkan Sports Film Awards#2006 (19th) Nikkan Sports Film Awards|2006 (19th) Nikkan Sports Film Awards]] - December 28, 2006
* "'''Best Actor'''" ("[[Memories of Tomorrow]]") - [[Hochi Film Awards#2006 (31st) Hochi Film Awards|2006 (31st) Hochi Film Awards]] - December, 2006
* "'''Special Award'''" ("The Last Samurai") - [[Blue Ribbon Awards#2003 (46th) Blue Ribbon Awards|2003 (46th) Blue Ribbon Awards]] - February 6, 2004

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-* [[Alice in Borderland: Season 3]] | Imawa no Kuni no Arisu Season 3 (Netflix / 2025) -old gentleman (ep.6)
+* [[Alice in Borderland: Season 3]] | Imawa no Kuni no Arisu Season 3 (Netflix / 2025) - old gentleman (ep.6)
 * [[Berabou]] (NHK / 2025) - Okitsugu Tanuma
 * [[Segodon]] (NHK / 2018) - Nariakira Shimazu

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-* [[Kobikicho no Adauchi]] (2025) - Kinji Shinoda
+* [[Kobikicho no Adauchi]] (2026) - Kinji Shinoda
 * [[The Sunflower on the Shogi Board (Japanese Movie)|The Sunflower on the Shogi Board]] | Banjo no Himawari (2025) - Shigeyoshi Tomyo
 * [[Kokuho]] (2025) - Hanjiro Hanai

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 * [[The Sunflower on the Shogi Board (Japanese Movie)|The Sunflower on the Shogi Board]] | Banjo no Himawari (2025) - Shigeyoshi Tomyo
 * [[Kokuho]] (2025) - Hanjiro Hanai