Actor Ken Watanabe

Who is Actor Ken Watanabe?
Ken Watanabe is a famous Japanese actor, he is known for his roles in many films including:

• Letters from Iwo Jima
• The Last Samurai
• Memories of Tomorrow
• Shizumanu Taiyō
• Transformers: The Last Knight
• The King and I
• .. ....

For his excellent roles, he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor; besides that, he also won many major awards such as:

• Best Newcomer Award 1987
• Special Prize at Blue Ribbon Awards 2004
• Best Supporting Actor Award at Drama Academy Awards (Winter)
• Best Actor Award at the 10th Hochi Film Awards 31st
• Best Actor Award at Nikkan Sports Film Awards
• Best Actor Award at Blue Ribbon Awards
• Best Actor Award at the 30th Japan Academy Awards
• Fujimoto Awards Special Award
• Actor Award Best at Kinema Junpo Award Ceremony

Since childhood, he and his family lived in the villages of Irihirose and Sumon respectively in the cities of Uonuma and Takada. Attended Koide High School in Niigata; there he was a member of a trumpet concert band.
In 1978, he graduated from high school, then he moved to Tokyo to start his acting career. Here, he worked for a long time in the theater troupe En. With his role in the play Shimodani Mannencho Monogatari, he attracted the attention of a large audience.
In 1982, he began appearing on television in Michinaru Hanran and entered his acting career in 1982. 1984 in the feature film MacArthur's Children. In 1987, he acted in the film Dokuganryu Masamune and later the jidaigeki television series Gokenin Zankurō, historical dramas Oda Nobunaga, Chushingura and the Bakumatsu Junjo Den series and received critical acclaim From 1989 to 1997, his career was interrupted by acute myeloid leukemia. In 1998, he returned to the screen in the lead role in the movie Kizuna.
In 2002, he left the group En (Engeki-Shudan En) and joined the K-Dash company and then joined the cast. the film Sennen no Koi helped him win the nomination of the Japan Academy Awards
In 2006, for his role in the movie Memories of Tomorrow, he excellently won the Best Actor award at the Awards Ceremony. Japan Academy Award
In 2010, he starred in Inception and starred in Hollywood blockbusters Godzilla and Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014.

Ken Watanabe was born into a family of parents who were both teachers.
He had two marriages, his first marriage took place in 1983 with his wife Yumiko, then this marriage ended. ended in March 2005. After that, he met Kaho Minami in a movie the two of them co-starred. On December 3, 2005, he married Minami for the second time in secret and held an official wedding ceremony in 2010
His eldest son Dai Watanabe born in 1984 is also an actor and son His daughter Anne Watanabe born in 1986 is also an actress and fashion model. Currently, he has become a grandfather and grandfather of three young children.

Who is Girl friend/ wife/ darling Actor Ken Watanabe?
Actor Christian Bale is his co-star in the movie Batman Begins.

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When was Actor Ken Watanabe born?
Ken Watanabe birthday 21-10-1959 (at the age of 65).
Where is Actor Ken Watanabe's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Ken Watanabe was born in Niigata, of Japan. Mr working and living in Japan. Mr, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Ken Watanabe's global rank is 63895 and whose rank is 2615 in list of famous Actor. Population of the world in 1959 is about 2.997 billions persons.
Special event in 21-10-1959: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York City.

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