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Ken Watanabe
Acting

Ken Watanabe

Born October 21, 1959Uonuma, Niigata, Japan

Yearbook Entry

Class of… whatever timeline this is.

“Most of my assignments were late because of alternate timelines.”

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 Academ...

In THE MULTIxVERSE

Inception

Inception

as Saito

OTHERverse

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

MonsterVerse

Godzilla

Godzilla

as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa

MonsterVerse

Ken Watanabe in Cinematic Lore

All Lore

Lore entries connected to movies featuring this actor.

Myth

Mothra's Rebirth Cycle

Love returning through wings, light, and sacrifice.

DEPTH IV
Event

Godzilla's Thermonuclear Pulse

A king burning himself to save the world.

DEPTH IV
Myth

Titan Biology

Nature scaled beyond human control.

DEPTH III
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Also Known For

Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005

The Last Samurai

The Last Samurai

2003

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Age of Extinction

2014

Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

2018

The Creator

The Creator

2023

Transformers: The Last Knight

Transformers: The Last Knight

2017

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha

2005

Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima

2006

The Sea of Trees

The Sea of Trees

2016

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