Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor. He joined the theatre troupe En in 1982 and made his television debut the same year in Michinaru Hanran. Watanabe's television credits include Mibu no koiuta and Tokyo Vice. His film roles include Letters from Iwo Jima, The Last Samurai, Batman Begins, Inception where he collaborated with Leonardo DiCaprio, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Creator.