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 nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy 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 director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
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Ken Watanabe awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Nominee COFCA Award | Best Ensemble (Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Pete Postlethwaite, Tom Berenger, Lukas Haas, Talulah Riley, Marion Cotillard) | Inception |
| 2011 | Gold Derby Awards | Nominee Gold Derby Award | Ensemble Cast (Tom Berenger, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Elliot Page, Ken Watanabe) | Inception |
| 2010 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Nominee PFCS Award | Best Ensemble Acting (Ken Watanabe, Talulah Riley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Cillian Murphy, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Lukas Haas, Pete Postlethwaite, Marion Cotillard, Tom Berenger) | Inception |
| 2010 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Nominee WAFCA Award | Best Acting Ensemble (Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Dileep Rao, Michael Caine, Marion Cotillard, Pete Postlethwaite, Lukas Haas, Talulah Riley) | Inception |
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