Watanabe Ken

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Profile

  • Name: 渡辺謙
  • Name (romaji): Watanabe Ken
  • Profession: Actor
  • Birthdate: 1959-Oct-21
  • Birthplace: Koide, Niigata, Japan
  • Height: 184cm
  • Weight: 80kg
  • Star sign: Libra
  • Blood type: A
  • Family: Wife/actress Minami Kaho, son/actor Watanabe Dai, and daughter/model Watanabe Anne (both from a previous relationship)
  • Talent agency: K Dash Group (http://www.kdash.jp/)

TV Shows

Movies

  • Letters from Iwo Jima (http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/iwojima-movies/) (2006)
  • Ashita no Kioku (http://www.ashitanokioku.jp/) (2006)
  • Memoirs of a Geisha (http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/memoirsofageisha/index.html) (2005)
  • Year One in the North (2005)
  • Batman Begins (http://lastsamurai.warnerbros.com/html_index.php) as Ra's Al-Ghul (2005)
  • The Last Samurai (http://lastsamurai.warnerbros.com/html_index.php) (2004)
  • Hi wa Mata Noboru / The Man Behind VHS (2002)
  • Sennen no Koi-Hikaru Genji Monogatari (2001)

Endorsements

  • 2006~: Nissan (http://www.nissan.co.jp/)
  • 2005: American Express (http://www.americanexpress.com/japan/homepage_not_reg.shtml)
  • 2000~: Yakult (http://www.yakult.co.jp/)
  • 1987: Panasonic (http://panasonic.jp/)

Recognitions

  • 2007 Japanese Academy Awards: Best Actor for Ashita no Kioku
  • 31st Hochi Film Awards: Best Actor for Ashita no Kioku (2006)
  • 61st Golden Globe Awards: Best Supporting Actor Nomination for The Last Samurai (2004)
  • 2003 Japanese Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Hi wa Mata Noboru
  • 40th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor for Suna no Utsuwa (2003)


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