About
Academy Award and Tony Award-nominated Japanese actor known internationally for The Last Samurai, Inception, Batman Begins, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Tokyo Vice.
Before Fame
Joined the Tokyo-based theater troupe En in 1978 and rose to fame in Japan starring as Date Masamune in NHK's 1987 historical drama Dokuganryu Masamune.
Trivia
Earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical for his Broadway debut in The King and I at Lincoln Center.
Family Life
Born in Koide, Niigata Prefecture, Japan to two schoolteacher parents.
Associated With
Collaborated with director Christopher Nolan on both Batman Begins and Inception.
Ken Watanabe's Birthday Aura & Astrology
Zodiac Sign♎ Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22)
Element & AuraAir • Velvet Harmony
BirthstoneOpal & Pink Tourmaline
