Ken Watanabe Biography
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 Quotes
A Test of Maturity and Composure
Mr. Tall: [Whisper kind of voice]
Are you boys 21? Are you 21?... Say yes!
Darren Shan:
Yeah.
Steve:
Yes.
Mr. Tall: [''Same whisper voice'']
Good, you don't have a tendency towards panic, sudden cardiac arrest, or crippling anxiety do you?... Say no!
Darren Shan:
No.
Steve: [''shakes head'']
Nope.
Mr. Tall:
Good, go right in, the show is about to start.
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