Ken Watanabe

(Ken Watanabe: The Last Samurai)

Birthdate: 21 October 1959
Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan

Facts

• Studied at England’s National Theater Company.
• Incorporates Samurai values in his own daily life.
• His daughter An is a model.
• Received Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 2004 Oscars for The Last Samurai.
• Has been nominated for 12 awards in his career, but only won one which was a Blue Ribbon ‘Special Award’ for The Last Samurai.

Filmography

Setouchi shonen yakyu dan (1984)
Kekkon annai mystery (1985)
Dandelion (1985)
The Sea and Poison (1986)
Bakumatsu jyunjyoden (1991)
Radio no jikan (1997)
Bonds (1998)
Space Travelers (2000)
Zawa-Zawa Shimokita-sawa (2000)
Oboreru sakana (2001)
Genji: A Thousand Year Love (2001)
Hi wa mata noboru (2002)
T.R.Y (2003)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Year One in the North (2005)
Batman Begins (2005)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Memories of Tomorrow (2006)
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)