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 was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kensuke's Kingdom (2024) | Kensuke (voice) | - | - |
| 2 | The Creator (2023) | Harun | 7.1 | |
| 3 | Fukushima 50 (2020) | Masao Yoshida | 5 | |
| 4 | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) | Lieutenant Hide Yoshida | 7.2 | |
| 6 | Bel Canto (2018) | Katsumi Hosokawa | 5.7 | |
| 7 | 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) | Father | 6.8 | |
| 8 | Isle of Dogs (2018) | Head Surgeon (voice) | 7.8 | |
| 9 | Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) | Drift (voice) | 6.1 | |
| 10 | Rage (2016) | Yohei Maki | - | - |
| 11 | The Sea of Trees (2016) | Takumi Nakamura | 6.8 | |
| 12 | Godzilla (2014) | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 6.6 | |
| 13 | Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) | Drift (voice) | 6.1 | |
| 14 | Unforgiven (2013) | Jubee Kamata | 8.3 | |
| 15 | Inception (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Saito | 8.8 | |
| 16 | Shanghai (2010) | Tanaka | 6.6 | |
| 17 | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | Mr. Tall | 6.2 | |
| 18 | The Unbroken (2009) | Hajime Onchi | - | - |
| 19 | Earth (2007) | Narrator (voice) | 8.3 | |
| 20 | Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Oscars 2007 | General Tadamichi Kuribayashi | 7.4 | |
| 21 | Ashes and Snow (2005) | Japanese Narrator (voice) | 6.5 | |
| 22 | Batman Begins (2005) Oscars 2006 | Ra's al Ghul | 8.1 | |
| 23 | Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Oscars 2006 | Le président | 7.4 | |
| 24 | The Last Samurai (2003) Oscars 2004 | Moritsugu Katsumoto | 7.6 | |
| 25 | The Sea and Poison (1986) | Toda | 4 | |
| 26 | Tampopo (1985) | Gun | 7.8 |
