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Ken Watanabe

Name: Ken Watanabe
Full/Alt. name: Kensaku Watanabe
Date of Birth: Wednesday October 21 1959
Born: Niigata (Japan)
Partial Biography: It is no wonder that actor Ken Watanabe has played many roles as a Japanese samurai throughout much his career. Like the warriors of old, Watanabe has practiced a code of humility, honor and modesty with…Full Ken Watanabe Biography…

Cirque du Freak (2009) Actor/Actress
Air I Breathe, The (2008) 15 (Contains strong language, violence and sex references)Actor/Actress
Memories of Tomorrow (Ashita no kioku) (2007) Actor/Actress, Producer
Letters from Iwo Jima (2007) 15 (Contains strong violence)Actor/Actress
Memoirs of a Geisha (2006) 12A (Contains moderate sex scenes and emotional intensity)Played "The Chairman"
Batman Begins (2005) 12A (Contains strong fantasy horror and moderate violence)Played "Ra's Al-Ghul"
Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience (2005) 12A (for intense action violence, disturbing images and some thematic elements)Played "Ra's Al-Ghul"
The Last Samurai (2004) 15 (Contains strong violence)Played "Katsumoto"

Japanese Academy Award (2002) - "Sennen no koi -hikaru genji monogatari (Genji, a thousand-year love )"
Japanese Academy Award (1998) - "Kizuna"
Japan Film and Television Producers Society (1987) Best New Actor Award - "Umi to dokuyaku (The Sea and Poison)"