Birthday: October 21, 1959
Despite the fact that veteran Japanese actor Ken Watanabe has been appearing in films since the early '80s (foreign film buffs may remember him from a supporting role in the 1985 art-house "noodle Western" Tampopo), it wasn't until his breakthrough role in the Tom Cruise adventure The Last Samurai that the frequent onscreen samurai eventually came to the attention of stateside ...more- 2003
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic
- The Last Samurai
- nom
- 2003
- Screen Actors Guild
- Best Supporting Actor
- The Last Samurai
- nom
- 2003
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Supporting Actor
- The Last Samurai
- nom
- 2009
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
- Mr. Tall
- 2006
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- General Kuribayashi
- 2006
- Memories of Tomorrow
- Masayuki Saeki
- 2005
- Batman Begins
- Ra's Al Ghul
- 2005
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- The Chairman
- 2006
- Memories of Tomorrow
- Executive Producer













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