Where to watch Ken Watanabe in the UK
Find every Ken Watanabe film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 17 June 2026.
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 …
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- Alice in Borderland (2020) as Old Gentleman
- Inception (2010) as Saito
- Batman Begins (2005) as Ra's al Ghul
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) Cast
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) as Drift (voice)
- Tokyo Vice (2022) as Hiroto Katagiri
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- The Last Samurai (2003) as Moritsugu Katsumoto
- Godzilla (2014) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as Drift (voice)
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
- The Creator (2023) as Harun
- Isle of Dogs (2018) as Head Surgeon (voice)
- Segodon (2018) as Shimazu Nariakira
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Le président
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) as Yokoyama
- Hanekonma (1986) as Genzo Onodera
- Back of Father (2014) as Takamura Kouji
- Masamune Shogun (1987) as 伊達政宗
- Unbound (2025) as Tamema Okitsugu
- Kokuho (2025) as Hanjiro Hanai
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) as Mr. Tall
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
- The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk (2015) as 東雲朔太郎
- Gokenin Zankuro (1995) as Zankuro Matsudaira
- The Fire Still Burns (1993) as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
- NHK WORLD PRIME (2017) as Self - Presenter
- 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) as Father
- 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003) Cast
- Vessel of Sand (2004) as Shuichiro Imanishi
- Tampopo (1985) as Gun
- Fukushima 50 (2020) as Masao Yoshida
- Rage (2016) as Yohei Maki
- Hojo Tokimune (2001) as Hojo Tokiyori
- Shanghai (2010) as Tanaka
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) as Raita Onuki
- The Sea of Trees (2016) as Takumi Nakamura
- TRUE COLORS (2025) as Taichirou Tsujimura
- Oda Nobunaga (1992) Cast
- Kensuke's Kingdom (2024) as Kensuke (voice)
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Ken Watanabe's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
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Most-watched Ken Watanabe films currently: Inception (2010), Batman Begins (2005), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), The Last Samurai (2003).
What TV shows has Ken Watanabe appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Alice in Borderland (2020), Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990), Tokyo Vice (2022), Segodon (2018), Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000).
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