Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe is credited on 29 movies and 3 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Inception, Batman Begins and Godzilla.
Born October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Niigata, Japan.
Filmography · 32 titles
US streaming apps shown for the 12 best-known titles, checked October 5, 2026. Tap any title for where it streams and what it costs.
Inception
2010 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Batman Begins
2005 · Movie
On HBO Max and YouTube TV
Godzilla
2014 · Movie
On Paramount+ and fuboTV
The Last Samurai
2003 · Movie
On HBO Max and fuboTV
Transformers: Age of Extinction
2014 · Movie
On Paramount+ and Starz
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
2019 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
2019 · Movie
On ViX
Isle of Dogs
2018 · Movie
On HBO Max and Disney+
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017 · Movie
On Prime Video and fuboTV
The Creator
2023 · Movie
On Hulu
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005 · Movie
Not on a US subscription app
Alice in Borderland
2020 · TV show
On Netflix
Letters from Iwo Jima
2006 · Movie
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009 · Movie
Tampopo
1985 · Movie
The Sea of Trees
2016 · Movie
Tokyo Vice
2022 · TV show
Earth
2007 · Movie
7 Guardians of the Tomb
2018 · Movie
Fukushima 50
2020 · Movie
Shanghai
2010 · Movie
Kokuho
2025 · Movie
Bel Canto
2018 · Movie
Rage
2016 · Movie
Ashes and Snow
2005 · Movie
Kensuke's Kingdom
2024 · Movie
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
1997 · Movie
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
2000 · TV show
The Sea and Poison
1986 · Movie
Memories of Tomorrow
2006 · Movie
Space Travelers
2000 · Movie
The Unbroken
2009 · Movie
About Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was...
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