Ken Watanabe – IMDb: Ken Watanabe, Actor: The Last Samurai. Ken Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959 in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Both of his parents were teachers: his mother taught general education and his dad taught calligraphy. He became interested in acting at the age of 24, when a director of England’s National Theatre Company, where he was studying, told him that acting was his special …
Ken Watanabe Joins Ansel Elgort in ‘Tokyo Vice’ at HBO Max: Ken Watanabe has boarded the “Tokyo Vice” drama series in the works at HBO Max. He joins Ansel Elgort who was cast in the lead role back in June. Watanabe will executive produce the ser…
Ken Watanabe to appear in Docomo ad with Darth Vader: Actor Ken Watanabe, 50, is the star of a new ad campaign by NTT Docomo featuring "Star Wars" iconic character Darth Vader. The two legends appeared together at a Tokyo launch event at which a laconic Watanabe said, "This is an unusual shot." The news comes shortly after Watanabe surprised…
Actors Watanabe, Minami tie knot | The Japan Times: Ken Watanabe, an actor internationally recognized for his roles in Hollywood movies, married actress Kaho Minami on Saturday, their production firms announ
Ken Watanabe to Star in Japan Edition of ‘The Fugitive’: Warner Bros. International Television Production and Japan’s TV Asahi network are teaming to remake “The Fugitive” as a special program that celebrates TV Asahi’s 60th anniversary…
Ken Watanabe: Samurai of the silver screen: One of the stars of this summer’s Hollywood hit, “Inception”, Ken Watanabe has fought his way to the top of his profession.He started out as a theatrical actor in Japan in the 1980s, later finding…
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Ken Watanabe ( , Watabe Ken, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese actor . he is known for playing tragic hero characters such as general Tadamichi Kuribay Watanabe lent his voice to the fourth and fifth installments of the Transformers franchise . he made his Broadway debut in April 2015 in Lincoln Center Theater’s revival production of The King and I . in 2015 his mother was a school teacher and his father taught calligraphy . he spent his childhood in the villages of Irihirose and Sumon . his father collapsed when he was in junior high school and Watanabe was cast as the hero in the play Shimodani Mannencho Monogatari . the role attracted critical and popular notice . he made his feature-film debut in 1984 with MacArthur in 1989, while filming Haruki Kadokawa’s Heaven and Earth, Watanabe was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia . he returned to acting while simultaneously undergoing chemotherapy treatments in 2002, he quit the En (Engeki-Shudan En) theatre group where he had his start and joined the K Dash agency . he won Best Lead Actor at the Japanese Academy Awards for his he has voiced Ra’s al Ghul in the Batman Begins video game . he’s filmed ads for American Express, Yakult, Canon and NTT DoCoMo. in 2004, he was featured in People Magazine ‘s 50 Most Beautiful People edition . in 2009, he appeared in The Vampire’s Assistant. in 2010, he co-starred in Inception . the ten-part series has been ordered by WarnerMedia and is set to star Ansel Elgort . the actor is currently starring in the NHK World Japan’s comedy “You’re a Genius!” he got to know Kaho Minami when they were acting together in a suspense drama . around the time of his divorce the two began seriously dating . their marriage was announced by their agencies on 7 December . Watanabe adopted Minami’s son from her previous marriage to director Jinsei Tsuji . the three of them lived in los angeles and later returned to Japan . in 1989 Watanabe was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia . the cancer returned in 1994, but he later recovered . in 2006 he revealed in his autobiography Dare? that he has on February 9, 2016, it was revealed Watanabe had been diagnosed with stomach cancer . he would postpone scheduled performances to undergo necessary treatment . in may 2016, his daughter by his first marriage, Anne, gave birth to
