Ken Watanabe

Actor

10/21/1959 (59 years old) Koide, Niigata, Japan

Filmography Facts Awards

Movies

Godzilla (2014)

Godzilla (2014)

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

Inception

Batman Begins

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

The Last Samurai (2003)

The Last Samurai (2003)

Godzilla (2014) (+ Bonus)

Godzilla (2014) (+ Bonus)

Isle of Dogs

Inception (plus Bonus Features)

Inception (plus Bonus Features)

Bel Canto

Silence

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

Unforgiven (2013)

Unforgiven (2013)

Shanghai

Breakout role in Japan came with the popular 1985 comedy Tompopo (Dandelion).
Was diagnosed with leukemia in 1989 but continued to act while undergoing chemotherapy; suffered a relapse in 1994 that kept him in the hospital for more than a year.
Made his American film debut in the 2003 epic The Last Samurai.
In 2005, began treatment for hepatitis C, contracted while undergoing blood transfusions during his first bout of leukemia.

Golden Globe

Critics' Choice Awards

Oscar

Screen Actors Guild Awards

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