Ken Watanabe, a Japanese film, television, and stage actor, has a net worth of $40 million.
In the West, Ken Watanabe is most famous for his roles in “Batman Begins,” “Letters from Iwo Jima,” “Inception,” and “The Last Samurai,” which resulted in him being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He has also starred in “Memories of Tomorrow,” the 2014 remake of “Godzilla,” and the fourth and fifth installments of Michael Bay’s “Transformers” film series.
In addition to his acting career, Watanabe was nominated for a Tony Award for his leading role in “The King and I” in 2015.
Ken Watanabe, who was born in Koide, Niigata, Japan on October 21, 1959, to a father who was a calligraphy teacher and a mother who was a school teacher, has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice.
The work of his parents resulted in frequent relocation, and he grew up in the villages of Sumon and Irihirose.
During his teenage years, Watanabe attended Niigata Prefectural Koide High School and played trumpet for the concert band club.
Upon graduation, he aimed to enroll in the Tokyo conservatory Musashino Academia Musicae, but faced difficulties in paying the tuition fees.