Ken Watanabe Short biography
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese 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 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in Christopher Nolan's films Batman Begins and Inception, as well as Memoirs of a Geisha, and Pokémon Detective Pikachu.
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What are Ken Watanabe's main income sources?
Ken Watanabe earns income primarily from Acting, as shown in our latest estimate above.
What is Ken Watanabe known for?
He is best known as an actor.
When did Ken Watanabe start his career?
Ken Watanabe's career ran from 1979 to 0000.
When was Ken Watanabe's net worth last updated?
We last updated this estimate in March 2024.
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Currently # 128 among all Actors.
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