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 3 May 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
- Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen (1990) Cast
- Batman Begins (2005) as Ra's al Ghul
- Tokyo Vice (2022) as Hiroto Katagiri
- Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- The Last Samurai (2003) as Moritsugu Katsumoto
- Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) as Drift (voice)
- The Creator (2023) as Harun
- Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) as Drift (voice)
- Godzilla (2014) as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019) as Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
- Segodon (2018) as Shimazu Nariakira
- Masamune Shogun (1987) as 伊達政宗
- Back of Father (2014) as Takamura Kouji
- NHK WORLD PRIME (2017) as Self - Presenter
- Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) as Le président
- Isle of Dogs (2018) as Head Surgeon (voice)
- Hanekonma (1986) as Genzo Onodera
- The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk (2015) as 東雲朔太郎
- Kokuho (2025) as Hanjiro Hanai
- Unbound (2025) as Tamema Okitsugu
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
- Gokenin Zankuro (1995) as Zankuro Matsudaira
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (2000) as Yokoyama
- Hojo Tokimune (2001) as Hojo Tokiyori
- Tampopo (1985) as Gun
- Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) as Mr. Tall
- Shanghai (2010) as Tanaka
- 横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS) (2002) Cast
- TRUE COLORS (2025) as Taichirou Tsujimura
- 7 Guardians of the Tomb (2018) as Father
- Fukushima 50 (2020) as Masao Yoshida
- The Fire Still Burns (1993) as Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
- 川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語 (2003) Cast
- Earth (2007) as Narrator (voice)
- Rage (2016) as Yohei Maki
- A Tale of Two Truncheons (1984) Cast
- Waga Machi (1992) Cast
- Kensuke's Kingdom (2024) as Kensuke (voice)
- The Sea of Trees (2016) as Takumi Nakamura
- Vessel of Sand (2004) as Shuichiro Imanishi
- Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) as Raita Onuki
- Unforgiven (2013) as Jubee Kamata
- Bel Canto (2018) as Katsumi Hosokawa
- The Final Piece (2025) as Shigeyoshi Toumyo
- Toubousha (2020) Cast
- Space Travelers (2000) as Sakamaki ("Crusher")
- Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko (2002) Cast
- Year One in the North (2005) as Komatsubara Hideaki
- The Whispered City (2000) as Ishida
- The Unbroken (2009) as Hajime Onchi
- Evolution Within Extinction (2014) as Self
- Oda Nobunaga (1989) Cast
- The Sea and Poison (1986) as Toda
- Shimei Tehai (1998) Cast
- Another Battle/Conspiracy (2003) as Fujimaki Hiroaki
- Snow Jack (2014) as Reiji Kurata
- All Lives (2024) Cast
- Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS (2002) as Okubo
- Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home (2012) as Junichiro Kawaguchi
- An Artist of the Floating World (2019) as Ono Masuji
- Kagi-shi (1993) Cast
- Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji (2001) Cast
- Drowning Fish (2001) as Miyota
- Samurai Vengeance (2026) as Kinji Shinoda
- Memories of Tomorrow (2006) as Masayuki Saeki
- A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era (1991) as Ryoma Sakamoto
- Kyotojin no Hisokana Tanoshimi Rouge: Keisho (2026) as 東雲朔太郎
- Takeda Shingen (1991) as Narrator
- MacArthur's Children (1984) as Tetsuo Nakai
- Bonds (1998) as Detective Sako Akio
- The King and I (2018) as The King of Siam
- Baian the Assassin: Showdown (1993) as Dr. Baian
- T.R.Y. (2003) as Masanobu Azuma
- Musuko no Gokikan (1990) Cast
- Harimao (1989) Producer
- Kekkon Annai Mystery (1985) Cast
- Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi (1992) as Kojirō
- Hanzo, the Razor (1993) Cast
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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), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), The Last Samurai (2003), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
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), Masamune Shogun (1987).
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