Inception2010
As Saito
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Ken Watanabe
Born
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.
Filmography (69)
Batman Begins2005
As Ra's al Ghul
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Godzilla: King of the Monsters2019
As Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Transformers: Age of Extinction2014
As Drift (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Last Samurai2003
As Moritsugu Katsumoto
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Transformers: The Last Knight2017
As Drift (voice)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Creator2023
As Harun
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pokémon Detective Pikachu2019
As Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Godzilla2014
As Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Isle of Dogs2018
As Head Surgeon (voice)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Letters from Iwo Jima2006
As General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Memoirs of a Geisha2005
As Chairman
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Kokuho2025
As Hanjiro Hanai
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant2009
As Mr. Tall
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Sea of Trees2016
As Takumi Nakamura
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Fukushima 502020
As Masao Yoshida
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Shanghai2010
As Tanaka
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Kensuke's Kingdom2024
As Kensuke (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Tampopo1985
As Gun
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Earth2007
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
7 Guardians of the Tomb2018
As Father
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Bel Canto2018
As Katsumi Hosokawa
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Rage2016
As Yohei Maki
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Unforgiven2013
As Jubee Kamata
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald1997
As Raita Onuki
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Final Piece2025
As Shigeyoshi Toumyo
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Unbroken2009
As Hajime Onchi
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Samurai Vengeance2026
As Kinji Shinoda
TMDb 8.6 / 10
Year One in the North2005
As Komatsubara Hideaki
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Ashes and Snow2005
As Japanese Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The King and I2018
As The King of Siam
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Oda Nobunaga1992
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Evolution Within Extinction2014
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
All Lives2024
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Space Travelers2000
As Sakamaki ("Crusher")
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji2001
TMDb 5.9 / 10
MacArthur's Children1984
As Tetsuo Nakai
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Snow Jack2014
As Reiji Kurata
The Making of "Tampopo"1986
As Self
T.R.Y.2003
As Masanobu Azuma
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Memories of Tomorrow2006
As Masayuki Saeki
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Whispered City2000
As Ishida
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Sea and Poison1986
As Toda
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'2007
As Self
Drowning Fish2001
As Miyota
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate1992
As Mochizuki Koheita
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS2002
As Okubo
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Takeda Shingen1991
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home2012
As Junichiro Kawaguchi
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A School Behind Bars2010
TMDb 10.0 / 10
An Artist of the Floating World2019
As Ono Masuji
Another Battle/Conspiracy2003
As Fujimaki Hiroaki
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -2011
Hanzo, the Razor1993
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era1991
As Ryoma Sakamoto
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Baian the Assassin: Showdown1993
As Dr. Baian
Baian the Assassin1990
As Dr. Baian
Bonds1998
As Detective Sako Akio
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Proof of the Man 2001
Proof of the Man 20012001
As Munesue Koichiro
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi1992
As Kojirō
TMDb 8.5 / 10
LA PANTHÈRE DE CARTIER2025
The Memories of Happiness2017
As Taro Miura
星ひとつの夜2007
As Nonoyama Hiroji
第三の時効2003
Kekkon Annai Mystery1985
TMDb 8.8 / 10
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween2017
As Restaurant Patron
True Love: Making The Creator2023
As Self
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Commando Invasion1987
TMDb 6.8 / 10
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編2020
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb