- Films
- 24
- Avg rating
- 7.06
- Peak run
- 1985’05
- Oscar noms
- 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Ken by the numbers
Average
7.06
19 rated films
Vote weighted
7.14
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.90
rating spread
Career
41y
1985 to 2025
Total votes
6.69M
across every film
Best
8.8
Inception
Worst
6.0
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Newest first
Filmography
| 2025 | The Final Piece | Shigeyoshi Tomyo | · | 78 |
| 2023 |  The Creator | Harun | 6.7 | 206K |
| 2023 | Kensuke's Kingdom | Kensuke | 6.9 | 1,942 |
| 2020 | Fukushima 50 | Masao Yoshida | 6.1 | 3,956 |
| 2019 |  Godzilla: King of the Monsters | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 6.0 | 233K |
| 2019 |  Pokémon: Detective Pikachu | Lieutenant Hide Yoshida | 6.5 | 200K |
| 2018 | Bel Canto | Hosokawa | 5.5 | 4,175 |
| 2018 | The King and I | The King of Siam | · | 453 |
| 2016 | Rage | Yohei Maki | 7.0 | 3,742 |
| 2015 |  The Sea of Trees | Takumi Nakamura | 6.1 | 20,005 |
| 2014 |  Godzilla | Dr. Ishiro Serizawa | 6.4 | 469K |
| 2013 | Unforgiven | Jubee kamata | 7.0 | 3,091 |
| 2010 |  Shanghai | Tanaka | 6.3 | 10,904 |
| 2010 |  Inception | Saito | 8.8 | 2.88M |
| 2009 | The Unbroken | Hajime Onchi | · | 275 |
| 2007 |  Earth | Narrator | 7.9 | 15,002 |
| 2006 | Memories of Tomorrow | Masayuki Saeki | · | 990 |
| 2006 |  Letters from Iwo Jima | General Kuribayashi | 7.8 | 178K |
| 2005 |  Batman Begins | Ra's Al Ghul | 8.2 | 1.75M |
| 2005 |  Memoirs of a Geisha | Chairman | 7.3 | 174K |
Better together?
Ken Watanabe's regulars
- Christopher NolanDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.50 avg▲+0.88
- Sang-il LeeDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▼−0.07
- Gareth EdwardsDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.55 avg▼−0.28
- Setsurō WakamatsuDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.48
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Ken Watanabe
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2004Ken Watanabe
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