Ken Watanabe

Age: 65

born October 21, 1959

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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.

  • Category
    Actor/Actress
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  • Hair Color
    Black
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  • Hair Length
    Buzz Cutt
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  • Eye Color
    Brown
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  • Height
    6' 0"
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  • Ethnicity
    Asian
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  • Body Type
    Athletic / Toned
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  • Facial Hair
    Stubble
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  • Nationality
    Japan
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