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Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) -- Clip: Your Offer
Inception (2010) -- An executive becomes involved in a blackmailing scandal.
Batman Begins (2005) -- The story of how Bruce Wayne became what he was destined to be: Batman.
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) -- Clip: You Will Be Known As Sayuri
Batman Begins (2005) -- Clip: It's Your Father's Name Too

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Date of Birth:
Contact:
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Mini Biography:
Both of Ken Watanabe's parents were teachers: his mother taught general... more
Trivia:
Already extremely tall by Japanese standards, he gained a good amount... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 12 nominations more

Filmography

Actor:
  1. Inception (2010) (post-production) .... Saito
    ... aka Inception: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
    ... aka Начало (Russia) [ru]
    ... aka A Origem (Brazil) [pt]
    ... aka Atsiradimas (Lithuania) [lt]
    ... aka Pocátek (Czech Republic) [cs]
    ... aka Pocetak (Serbia) [sr]
  2. Shanghai (2010) (completed)

  3. Shizumanu taiyô (2009)
    ... aka The Sun That Doesn't Set (USA: literal English title)
    ... aka The Unbroken (International: English title)
  4. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) .... Mr. Tall
    ... aka Circus of the Freak (International: English title: literal title)
    ... aka История одного вампира (Russia) [ru]
    ... aka Circo dos Horrores: O Assistente do Vampiro (Portugal) [pt]
    ... aka Cirque du Freak - Mitternachtszirkus (Germany) [de]
    ... aka Cirque du Freak: El aprendiz de vampiro (Mexico) [es]
    ... aka Il circo degli orrrori (Italy) [it]
    ... aka Rémségek cirkusza (Hungary) [hu]
    ... aka Skrekkens sirkus (Norway) [no]
    ... aka Tsirko teraton: O voithos tou vampir (Greece) [el]
  5. Keiji ichidai: Hiratsuka Hachibei no Shôwa jiken shi (2009) (TV) .... Hachibei Hiratsuka
  6. Hoshi hitotsu no yoru (2007) (TV)
  7. Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) .... General Kuribayashi
    ... aka Cartas desde Iwo Jima (Argentina) (Peru) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Lettres d'Iwo Jima (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
    ... aka Dopisy z Iwo Jimy (Czech Republic) [cs]
    ... aka Grammata apo to Iwo Jima (Greece) [el]
    ... aka Iô-Jima kara no tegami (Japan) [ja]
    ... aka Iwo Jima'dan mektuplar (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
    ... aka Kirjad Iwo Jimalt (Estonia) [et]
    ... aka Kirjeitä Iwo Jimalta (Finland) [fi]
    ... aka Lettere da Iwo Jima (Italy) [it]
    ... aka Letters from Iwo Jima (Germany) [de]
    ... aka Letters from Iwo Jima (Denmark) [da]
    ... aka Listy z Iwo Jima (Slovakia) [sk]
    ... aka Listy z Iwo Jimy (Poland) [pl]
  8. Ashita no kioku (2006) .... Masayuki Saeki
    ... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA)
  9. Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) .... Chairman
    ... aka Memorias de una geisha (Argentina) (Mexico) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Die Geisha (Austria: promotional title) (Germany) [de]
    ... aka Мемуары гейши (Russia) [ru]
    ... aka Anamniseis mias geisas (Greece) [el]
    ... aka Bir geysanin anilari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
    ... aka En geishas memoarer (Sweden) [sv]
    ... aka Geisha (Canada: French title) [fr]
    ... aka Geishan muistelmat (Finland) [fi]
    ... aka Mémoires d'une geisha (France) [fr]
    ... aka Memórias de uma Gueixa (Brazil) [pt]
    ... aka Memorie di una geisha (Italy) [it]
    ... aka Mit liv som geisha (Denmark) [da]
    ... aka Sayuri (Japan) [ja]
    ... aka Wyznania gejszy (Poland) [pl]
  10. Batman Begins (2005) (VG) (voice) .... Ra's al Ghul
    ... aka Batman Begins (Germany) [de]
  11. Batman Begins (2005) .... Ra's Al Ghul
    ... aka Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
    ... aka Batman inicia (Argentina) (Panama) (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Бэтмен: Начало (Russia) [ru]
    ... aka Batman - El inicio (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Batman - Pocetak (Croatia) [hr]
    ... aka Batman - Poczatek (Poland) [pl]
    ... aka Batman Begins (Brazil) [pt]
    ... aka Batman Begins (Italy) [it]
    ... aka Batman Begins (France) [fr]
    ... aka Batman Begins (Greece) [el]
    ... aka Batman Begins (Germany) [de]
    ... aka Batman Begins (Spain) [es]
    ... aka Batman alustab (Estonia) [et]
    ... aka Batman basliyor (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
    ... aka Batman comienza (Dominican Republic) [es]
    ... aka Batman zacíná (Czech Republic) [cs]
    ... aka Batman zacína (Slovakia) [sk]
    ... aka Batman: El comienzo (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Batman: Le commencement (Canada: French title) [fr]
    ... aka Betmen pocinje (Serbia) [sr]
  12. Ashes and Snow (2005) .... Japanese Voice
    ... aka Пепел и снег (Russia) [ru]
  13. Kita no zeronen (2005) .... Hideaki Komatsubara
    ... aka Year One in the North (International: English title)
  14. "Suna no utsuwa" (2004) TV series .... Syuichiro Imanishi (unknown episodes)
  15. The Last Samurai (2003) .... Katsumoto
    ... aka The Last Samurai: Bushidou (USA: poster title)
    ... aka El último samurai (Argentina) (Panama) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
    ... aka Le dernier samouraï (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
    ... aka Последний самурай (Russia) [ru]
    ... aka Den sidste Samurai (Denmark) [da]
    ... aka Den siste samurai (Norway) [no]
    ... aka Den siste samurajen (Sweden) [sv]
    ... aka L'ultimo samurai (Italy) [it]
    ... aka Last Samurai (Germany) [de]
    ... aka O Último Samurai (Brazil) [pt]
    ... aka O Último samurai (Portugal: literal title) [pt]
    ... aka O teleftaios samurai (Greece) [el]
    ... aka Poslednji samuraj (Serbia) [sr]
    ... aka Rasuto samurai (Japan) [ja]
    ... aka Son samuray (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
    ... aka Viimane samurai (Estonia) [et]
    ... aka Viimeinen samurai (Finland) [fi]
  16. Joshi keimusho higashi 3 gô tô 4 (2003) (TV)
  17. Itan no natsu (2003) (TV)
  18. T.R.Y. (2003) .... Masanobu Azuma
  19. Tô-san no natsumatsuri (2002) (TV)
  20. Hi wa mata noboru (2002) .... Okubo
  21. Chûshingura 1/47 (2001) (TV)
  22. Sennen no koi - Hikaru Genji monogatari (2001) .... Fujiwara no Michinaga/Fujiwara no Nobutaka
    ... aka Genji: A Thousand-Year Love
  23. Oboreru sakana (2001) .... Miyota
  24. Ningen no shômei 2001 (2001) (TV)
  25. "Hojo Tokimune" (2001) TV series
  26. Zawa-zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000) .... Ishida
  27. Supêsutoraberâzu (2000) .... Sakamaki ("Crusher")
    ... aka Space Travelers (International: English title)
  28. Hatsuru sokonaki (2000) (TV)
  29. "Ikebukuro West Gate park" (2000) TV series (unknown episodes)

  30. Kizuna (1998) .... Detective Sako Akio
    ... aka Bonds (Japan: English title)
  31. Rajio no jikan (1997) .... Raita Onuki, the truck driver
    ... aka Radio no jikan
    ... aka Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
    ... aka Bem-Vindo, Mr. McDonald (Brazil) [pt]
    ... aka Kalos irthate kyrie McDonald (Greece: festival title) [el]
    ... aka Radio-Zeit (Germany) [de]
  32. "Gokenin Zankurô" .... Zankurô Matsudaira (1 episode, 1997)
        - Episode #2.10 (1997) TV episode .... Zankurô Matsudaira
  33. Sushi kuinê 3: Nigire!! Tôkyô natsu no aji (1996) (TV) .... Shûzô
  34. "Tetsuko no heya" .... Co-emcee (1 episode, 1996)
    ... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
        - Episode #21.1 (1996) TV episode .... Co-emcee
  35. Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru II (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
  36. Kimitachi ga ite boku ga iru (1992) (TV) .... Senjûrô Fujiwara
  37. Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991) .... Ryouma Sakamoto
  38. "Takeda Shingen" (1990) TV mini-series .... Narrator

  39. "Dokugan-ryu Masamune" .... Date Masamune (50 episodes, 1987)
        - Episode #1.1 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
        - Episode #1.10 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
        - Episode #1.11 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
        - Episode #1.12 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
        - Episode #1.13 (1987) TV episode .... Date Masamune
          (45 more)
  40. Umi to dokuyaku (1986) .... Toda
    ... aka The Sea and Poison (USA)
    ... aka Morze i trucizna (Poland) [pl]
  41. Tampopo (1985) .... Gun
    ... aka Dandelion (International: English title)
    ... aka Ja sitten syödään (Finland) [fi]
    ... aka Tampopo - Os Brutos Também Comem Spaghetti (Brazil) [pt]
  42. Kekkon annai mystery (1985) .... Funayama Tetsuya/Masakazu Sekine
  43. Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984) .... Tetsuo
    ... aka MacArthur's Children
  44. "Sanga moyu" (1984) TV series
    ... aka The Burning Mountain River
  45. "Mibu no koiuta" (1983) TV series
Producer:
  1. Ashita no kioku (2006) (executive producer)
    ... aka Memories of Tomorrow (USA)
Self:
  1. "Tetsuko no heya" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
    ... aka Tetsuko's Room (International: English title)
        - Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  2. "Waratte iitomo!" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
    ... aka Waratte iitomo!: Morita Kazuyoshi awâ (Japan: long title)
        - Ken Watanabe (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  3. "ETV tokushû" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
    ... aka ETV Special (Japan: literal English title)
        - Kumai Kei: Sengo Nihon no yami ni idomu (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  4. Live Earth (2007) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka Live Earth 7.7.07 (International: English title: poster title)
    ... aka Live Earth Alert (Netherlands: festival title)
    ... aka Live Earth: The Concerts for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title)
    ... aka SOS: The Movement for a Climate in Crisis (International: English title: poster title)
  5. "100 Nen Interview" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
    ... aka 100 nen intabyû (Japan: alternative transliteration)
        - Watanabe Ken (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  6. The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV) .... Himself - Co-Presenter: Foreign-Language Films Montage
  7. "Current TV" (2005) TV series .... Himself (unknown episodes, 2006)
  8. "HBO First Look" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Batman Begins: An Origin Story (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  9. Sekai ga moshi hyaku nin no mura dattara 3 (2005) (TV) .... Himself - Narrator
  10. Tetsuko no heya 30nen special (2005) (TV) .... Guest
  11. On the Set: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Chairman

  12. Making of 'Tampopo' (1986) (V) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
  1. Alberto Iglesias, el músico fiel (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... The Chairman


Additional Details

Other Works:
Print ad, American Express credit card, 2006 more
Publicity Listings:
1 Interview | 4 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 3 Magazine Cover Photos more
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