Ken Watanabe
- Biography
- Despite the fact that veteran Japanese actor Ken Watanabe has been appearing in films since the early '80s (foreign film buffs may remember him from a supporting role in the 1985 art-house "noodle Western" Tampopo), it wasn't until his breakthrough ...
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- Born
- October 21, 1959
Awards
Screen Actors Guild
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nominated | Screen Actors Guild |
Best Supporting Actor The Last Samurai (2003) |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nominated | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Best Supporting Actor The Last Samurai (2003) |
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
| Year | Result | Award | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Nominated | Hollywood Foreign Press Association |
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture The Last Samurai (2003) |
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Exclusive: 'Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant' Poster Premiere!
08/04/09 Moviefone But, for those who must know more, the official synopsis says in part that the movie is "a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares." | Cinematical.com -
Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy Join Nolan's 'Inception'
05/06/09 Moviefone It is not, as initially asserted by a commenter, concerning "a war for the colonization of Venus." | Cinematical.com -
Wolverine Sequel Already in the Works
05/05/09 Just two days after Hugh Jackman 's domination of the box office —Box Office Mojo estimates the film's worldwide gross at $158.2 million and counting—comes the rather unsurprising word that a follow-up to the origin story is already in the works. | E! Online -
Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy Join Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’
05/05/09 Tom Hardy ("RocknRolla") has also signed on, joining Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page and Marion Cotillard. | MTV Movies Blog