Ken Watanabe
Japanese actor
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| 2025 | Ken Watanabe played Tanuma Okitsugu in the taiga drama 'Unbound'. |
| 2025 | Ken Watanabe is set to play Hanai Hanjiro in 'National Treasure'. |
| 2024 | Ken Watanabe voiced the character Kiros in the film 'Mufasa: The Lion King'. |
| 2024 | Ken Watanabe starred as Sho Naruse in the TV movie 'All Lives'. |
| 2023 | In 'The Creator', Ken Watanabe portrayed the character Harun. |
| 2023 | Watanabe remarried for the third time to a woman 21 years his junior after dating for 9 years. |
| 2023 | He returned to work with director Gareth Edwards in the science fiction action film The Creator. |
| 2023 | Ken Watanabe voiced the character Kensuke in 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. |
| 2023 | Voiced Kensuke in 'Kensuke's Kingdom' and played Harun in 'The Creator' |
| 2022 | He starred in the HBO Max crime drama series Tokyo Vice. |
| 2022 | Ken Watanabe began his role as Hiroto Katagiri in 'Tokyo Vice', which he also executive produced, continuing until 2024. |
| 2021 | Ken Watanabe won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 44th Japan Academy Film Prize for his role in Fukushima 50. |
| 2020 | Ken Watanabe was part of 'The Royal Hunt of the Sun'. |
| 2020 | Ken Watanabe played the role of Masao Yoshida in 'Fukushima 50'. |
| 2020 | Ken Watanabe took on the role of Kazuki Kakurai in the mini-series 'The Fugitive'. |
| 2019 | Ken Watanabe starred as Masuji Ono in the TV movie 'An Artist of the Floating World'. |
| 2019 | Ken Watanabe was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical at the 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards for his performance in The King and I. |
| 2019 | Watanabe starred in two other Hollywood blockbusters, Pokémon Detective Pikachu and Godzilla: King of the Monsters. |
| 2019 | Ken Watanabe returned as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa in 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters'. |
| 2019 | Ken Watanabe portrayed Lt. Hide Yoshida in 'Detective Pikachu', also dubbing for himself in Japanese. |
| April 2019 | It was announced that Ken Watanabe would star in the upcoming remake of The Fugitive (1993), which is set to take place in Tokyo just before the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. |
| 2018 | Ken Watanabe played the role of Shimazu Nariakira in the taiga drama 'Segodon'. |
| 2018 | Ken Watanabe returned for 'The King and I'. |
| 2018 | In 'Bel Canto', Ken Watanabe played the role of Katsumi Hosokawa. |
| 2018 | Ken Watanabe provided the voice of The Emperor of Japan in 'The Samurai of Tsushima'. |
| 2018 | Ken Watanabe voiced the Head Surgeon in 'Isle of Dogs'. |
| 2018 | Voiced the Head Surgeon in 'Isle of Dogs', the Emperor of Japan in 'The Samurai of Tsushima', and played Katsumi Hosokawa in 'Bel Canto' |
| June 2018 | Ken Watanabe reprised his role as The King at the London Palladium in June. |
| May 17 2018 | Minami's agency announced that she and Watanabe had divorced after he admitted to having an extramarital affair. |
| 2017 | Ken Watanabe reprised his role as Drift in 'Transformers: The Last Knight'. |
| 2016 | Ken Watanabe starred as Yōhei Maki in the film 'Rage'. |
| 2016 | Ken Watanabe received a nomination for Best Musical Theater Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for The King and I. |
| 2016 | Surgery successfully removed Watanabe's stomach cancer after early diagnosis. |
| 2016 | Ken Watanabe continued his role in 'The King and I'. |
| February 9 2016 | Watanabe announced that he would postpone scheduled performances due to a stomach cancer diagnosis. |
| 2015 | Ken Watanabe played Takumi Nakamura in 'Sea of Trees'. |
| 2015 | Watanabe received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 69th Tony Awards for his role as The King. |
| April 2015 | Ken Watanabe made his Broadway debut in April in Lincoln Center Theater's revival production of The King and I, taking on the title role. |
| 2014 | Ken Watanabe voiced the character Drift in 'Transformers: Age of Extinction'. |
| 2014 | He starred in the reboot Godzilla as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, a role he reprised in the sequel, Godzilla: King of the Monsters. |
| 2014 | He starred in two Hollywood blockbusters, Godzilla and Transformers: Age of Extinction. |
| 2014 | Ken Watanabe was nominated for Best Actor at the 37th Japan Academy Film Prize for his performance in Unforgiven. |
| 2013 | Ken Watanabe took part in 'Dialogue with Horowitz'. |
| 2013 | Ken Watanabe played Jubei Kamata in the film 'Unforgiven'. |
| 2012 | Ken Watanabe portrayed Shigeru Yoshida in the mini-series 'Makete, Katsu'. |
| 2012 | Ken Watanabe starred as Professor Yamaguchi Junichiro in 'Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home'. |
| March 13 2011 | Watanabe launched a YouTube page to raise awareness about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima nuclear disaster. |
| 2010 | Watanabe co-starred in the film Inception, playing the role of Saito, a businessman and benefactor in the film's heist team. |
| 2010 | Ken Watanabe played the role of Captain Tanaka in the film 'Shanghai'. |
| 2010 | Watanabe won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor again, this time for his role in The Unbroken. |
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