Ken Watanabe

PersonBorn Oct 21, 1959 (age 66)Uonuma, Niigata, Japan

Japanese actor (1959-)

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Ken Watanabe

Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor known for his roles in various films and TV shows. He has gained recognition in English-speaking audiences for his portrayal of tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Watanabe has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice for his performances in Memories of Tomorrow and Shizumanu Taiyō. He has also appeared in notable films like Batman Begins, Inception, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pokémon Detective Pikachu. Additionally, he starred in the Godzilla reboot and lent his voice to the Transformers franchise. In 2022, he starred in the HBO Max crime drama series T.

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Ken Watanabe ranks #5,462 most popular person with a Buzz Score of 1.0. Ken Watanabe peaked at #7,294 of all time (Apr 7 - May 6, 2022). Ken Watanabe ranks #4,337 over the past 365 days.

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