Ken Watanabe Net Worth and Salary
Ken Watanabe net worth is estimated to be $45 million and he earns over $9 million as salary annually and his net worth accumulated due to the success in his career as an actor and for starring in movies such as Space Travelers and Letters from Iwo Jima.
Who is Ken Watanabe?
Ken Watanabe is a Japanese actor and he is famously known for his role as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and as Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai and he has also appeared in other movies and television series such as Batman Begins, Memories of Tomorrow, Shanghai, The Vessel of Sand, Segodon and Baian the Assassin and he has also been nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor.
Biography and Education
Ken Watanabe was on the 21st of October, 1959 in Koide, Niigata, Japan and he was born to a mother named Yashido Watanabe, who worked as a School teacher and a father named Ryoichi Watanabe, who taught Calligraphy, due to the nature of his parents works, Ken was always on the move as he grew up in Villages such as Sumon, Hirokami and Irihirose, he attended the Niigata Prefectural Koide High School and while at the School, he was a member of a musical group and played his favorite instrument which is the Trumpet.
Watanabe graduated from High School in 1978, he then enrolled at the Musashino Academia Musicae, which is a conservatory in Tokyo but he never graduated from the School, while he was in Tokyo, Watanabe began to audition for small roles in different Japanese movies and Theatre plays, as time went on, he began to appear in several Theatre plays.
Movies and Career
Ken Watanabe has starred in Stage plays such as Britannicus Henso in 1980, Shitaya Mannencho Monogatari in 1981, Platonof and Kafun netsu in 1982, Pizarro in 1985, Hamlet in 1988, Hamlet no gakuya-anten in 2000, Towa Part1-Kanojo in 2000, Towa part2-Kanojo to Kare in 2001, Dialogue with Horowitz in 2013, The King and I in 2015 and many more.
Watanabe has appeared in movies such as MacArthur’s Children in 1984, Kekkon Annai Mystery and Tampopo in 1985, The Sea and Poison in 1986, Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald and Kizuna in 1998, Space Travelers in 2000, Genji: A Thousand-Year Love in 2001, Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS in 2002, The Last Samurai and T.R.Y in 2003, Memoirs of a Geisha and Batman Begins in 2005, Memoirs of Tomorrow and Letters from Iwo Jima in 2006, The Unbroken and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant in 2009, Shanghai and Inception in 2010, Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home in 2012, Godzilla and Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014, Sea of Trees in 2015, Unforgiven in 2013, Isle of Dogs and Bel Canto in 2018, Detective Pikachu and Godzilla: King of the Monsters in 2019, Kensuke’s Kingdom and many more.
Watanabe has also appeared in television series and shows such as Hanekonma in 1986, Oda Nobunaga in 1989, Baian the Assassin from 1990 to 1992, The Vessel of Sand in 2004, Saka no Ue no Kumo from 2009 to 2011, Segodon in 2018, An Artist of the Floating World in 2019 and many more and he has been featured on Video games such as Samurai Showdown 64 and Batman Begins in 2005.
Height, Weight and Personal Looks
Ken Watanabe stands at a height of 5ft 11inches, he weighs 71kg, he is light skin colored, has black hair color and blue eye color.
Family
Ken Watanabe was born to a mother named Yashido Watanabe and a father named Ryoichi Watanabe and he grew up with a brother named Juan Watanabe and he has a son named Dai Watanabe, born in 1984 and a daughter named Anne Watanabe who was born in 1986 and she is an actress and model.
Wife
Ken Watanabe was a married man and he was married to a woman named Yumiko Watanabe from 1983 to 2005 and in 2005, he married actress Kaho Minami but they divorced in 2018 after he admitted to engaging in extra-marital affairs.
Awards and Nominations
In 1987, Watanabe won the Newcomer Award at the 11th Elan d’ or Awards, in 2004, he won the special award at the Blue Ribbon Awards, in 2004, he won the best supporting actor in a television drama Academy Awards, in 2006, he won the best actor award at the 31st Hochi Film Awards, in 2006, he won the best actor at the Nikkan Sports Film Awards, in 2007, he won the best actor award at the 30th Japan Academy Prize Awards, in 2007, he won the special prize at the Fujimoto Prize, in 2007, he won the best actor at the Kinema Junpo Awards, in 2009, he won the best actor at the 34th Hochi Film Awards, in 2010, he won the best actor at the 33rd Japan Academy Prize and over the years, he has been nominated for many more awards and also won many more.
House Location
Ken Watanabe and his family currently reside in Tokyo, Japan.
Zodiac Sign and Birthday
Ken Watanabe was born on the 21st of October, 1959, therefore his zodiac sign is Libra and he celebrates his birthday on the 21st of October each year.
Nationality and Ethnicity
Watanabe is of Japanese nationality and Japanese ethnicity.
Social Media Presence
Watanabe is active on social media, as of recent, he has over 80,000 Twitter followers and he is also active on Facebook and a host of other social media networks.
Controversies, rumors and legal issues
On the 17th of May, 2018, it was announced by the Kaho Minami’s agency that Ken Watanabe and his wife Kaho Minami had split after Watanabe reportedly cheated on her.
