Ken Watanabe
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 Christophe…
Known field
Acting
Total Movie Credited
66
Total TV Shows Credited
35
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Uonuma, Niigata, Japan
Birthdate
October 21, 1959
Also known as
渡邊謙
渡辺 謙
کِن واتانابه
ک ِن واتانابه
Kensaku Watanabe