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/)
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TV Shows
- Hoshi Hitotsu no Yoru (Fuji TV, 2007)
- Harenochi Kaminari (NHK, 2005)
- Suna no Utsuwa (TBS, 2004)
- Kawa, Itsuka Umi e (NHK, 2003)
- Kochira Dai San Shakaibu (TBS, 2001)
- Tokimune Hojo (NHK, 2001)
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (TBS, 2000)
- Homura Tatsu (NHK, 1993)
- Dokuganryu Masamune (NHK, 1987)
- Hanekonma (NHK, 1986)
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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)
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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/)
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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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External Links
- Official site (http://kdash545.rsjp.net/profile/kdash/watanabe/)
- Japanese Wikipedia
- English Wikipedia
- JDorama.com (http://jdorama.com/artiste.1316.htm)
- IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913822/)
