Ken Watanabe - Wikipedia
WebKen Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese 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.
Ken Watanabe - IMDb
WebActor. Producer. Additional Crew. IMDbPro Starmeter Top 5,000 119. Play clip 1:34. All About 'The Creator' 66 Videos. 99+ Photos. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy.
Ken Watanabe - Biography - IMDb
WebActor: The Last Samurai. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England's National Theater Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his ...
Ken Watanabe | Rotten Tomatoes
WebKen Watanabe. Highest Rated: 100% Tampopo (1985) Lowest Rated: 4% Shanghai (2010) Birthday: Oct 21, 1959. Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan. It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has...
Ken Watanabe — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Web2022. Tokyo Vice ( 18 episodes) …. Executive Producer. 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 ...
Ken Watanabe - Wikiwand
WebKen Watanabe is a Japanese 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.
Ken Watanabe stars in the new crime show 'Tokyo Vice' - NPR
WebApr 10, 2022 · RASCOE: Japanese actor Ken Watanabe plays the role of Hiroto Katagiri, a police detective frustrated by his department's inability to fight crime. And he joins us now from Osaka, Japan. Ken...
Ken Watanabe on Tokyo Vice, Godzilla, and career highlights
WebApr 28, 2022 · Tokyo Vice star Ken Watanabe talks Godzilla, Broadway, and highlights from his decades-long career. The Japanese actor walks us through the movie, TV, and theater roles that shaped his career....
Global Star Profiles: Ken Watanabe - Golden Globes
WebMay 1, 2020. — Meher Tatna. When Ken Watanabe was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe and an Oscar for his role as Lord Katsumoto in 2003’s The Last Samurai, he easily became the best-known Japanese actor in the world. “A cting in English for the first time proved to be a difficult challenge,” he told the LA Times at the time.
Ken Watanabe on Filming the ‘Tense,’ ‘Scary’ Finale to ‘Tokyo …
WebMay 24, 2022 · Ken Watanabe on Filming the ‘Tense,’ ‘Scary’ Finale to ‘Tokyo Vice’ and Plans for an ‘Exciting’ Season 2. "It's more exciting. Season 2 is more complicated," the actor and executive producer...
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