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Ken Watanabe

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

REAL NAME

Ken Watanabe

BIRTHDAY

October 21, 1959

BORN ON DAY

Wednesday

NEXT BIRTHDAY ON

Wednesday

BIRTHPLACE

Koide, Niigata, Japan

AGE

66 Years 0 Months 14 Days

NATIONALITY

Japanese

PROFESSION

Movies (Actor)

ZODIAC

LIBRA

Physical Stats

CHEST

N/A

BICEPS

N/A

WAIST

N/A

HEIGHT

6'0''(feet & inches)

1.8288 meters

182.88 cm

WEIGHT

N/A

Ken Watanabe Family Members

Parents

FATHER

Ryoichi Watanabe

Ken Watanabe Marriage, Affairs and Children

SPOUSE

Yumiko Watanabe (1983-2005)

Child(ren) of Ken Watanabe and Yumiko Watanabe

Anne (14 April, 1986) (Daughter) (Fashion Model)

Dai (1 August, 1984) (Son) (Actor)

SPOUSE

Kaho Minami (2005-)

Fame & Address

DEBUT

MacArthur's Children (Film 1984)

FAMOUS FROM/AS

Letters from Iwo Jima as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi (Film 2006), Dokuganryū Masamune as Date Masamune (TV Series 1987)

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Education, Net Worth & More

SCHOOLING FROM

Niigata Prefectural Koide High School, Koide, Niigata

QUALIFICATION

Graduate

NET WORTH

$40 Million

More Information

Career of Ken Watanabe

He started his career on the Tokyo-based theater troupe En. He appeared in the play Shimodani Mannencho Monogatari. He also appeared on the small screen as a samurai in Mibu No Koiuta. He appeared as Lord Katsumoto in the American film The Last Samurai for which he was nominated for Academy Award. He appeared in Batman film reboot, Batman Begins as Ra's al Ghul's decoy.

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ken Watanabe

Does Ken Watanabe takes alcohol? Yes.
Is Ken Watanabe in the habit of Smoking? Yes.
He had suffered financial problems when he was in junior high school. His father collapsed and for this reason, he was unable to pay the money for his musical education.
He was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia in 1989 when he was working on the film Heaven and Earth. He started working again while simultaneously undergoing chemotherapy treatments.
He had adopted his wife Minami's son from her previous marriage to director Jinsei Tsuji.
In his autobiography, he has revealed that he is a patient with hepatitis C.
He is also active in charity and started a YouTube page to make people aware of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He also invited other celebrities to add their videos. With this, he made an appeal to support the victims and to raise funds for the relief effort.
He was diagnosed with stomach cancer on February 9, 2016, and had to postpone all his scheduled performances for proper treatment.
He gained 20 pounds for his role in The Last Samurai as Katsumoto.
He appeared in an advertisement promoting American Express, Yakult, Canon and NTT DoCoMo.
He had voiced Ra's al Ghul's decoy in the Batman Begins video game.
He was featured in the 50 Most Beautiful People edition of the People magazine.