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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)

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Movies

Kobikicho no Adauchi (2025) - Kinji Shinoda
The Sunflower on the Shogi Board | Banjo no Himawari (2025) - Shigeyoshi Tomyo
Kokuho (2025) - Hanjiro Hanai
Fukushima 50 (2020) - Masao Yoshida
Rage | Ikari (2016) - Yohei Maki
Unforgiven | Yurusarezaru Mono (2013) - Jubei Kamata
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)
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

Berabou (NHK / 2025) - Okitsugu Tanuma
Segodon (NHK / 2018) - Nariakira Shimazu
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 | 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 (TBS / 2010)
Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (Fuji TV / 2007)

Producer

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") - 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") - 2006 (49th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 13, 2007
"Best Actor" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2006 (19th) Nikkan Sports Film Awards - December 28, 2006
"Best Actor" ("Memories of Tomorrow") - 2006 (31st) Hochi Film Awards - December, 2006
"Special Award" ("The Last Samurai") - 2003 (46th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 6, 2004

Comments

fuzenno Dec 08 2014 10:13 am You should add inception movie.

Afiifah Jan 26 2014 5:02 am Her mother is just 163 cm ...cuz her father is so tall

rabbit Oct 28 2012 10:15 am didn't he act in Inception, too?

Naz Jun 16 2011 2:05 pm Wow! Ken Watanabe was Genzo! You are right, Farzaneh! I have good memories with that series, as well. I really liked it. I remember their wedding night. But if it wasn't for your comments, I would have never known that it was Ken Watanabe who played Genzo. Thanks! And thank you for the good memories, Ken!

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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

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