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Ken Nolan (/ ˈ n oʊ l ə n /) is an American screenwriter and novelist best known for adapting the 2001 biographical war film Black Hawk Down from the non-fiction book of the same name.
Ken Nolan is known for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Only the Brave (2017).
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan CBE (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century.
Ken Nolan is known for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Black Hawk Down (2001) and Only the Brave (2017).
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Watanabe was born on October 21, 1959, in the mountain village of Koide in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. His mother was a school teacher and his father taught calligraphy. Due to a number of relocations for his parents' work, he spent his childhood in the villages of Irihirose and Sumon, both now part of the city of Uonuma, and in Takada, now part of ...
Japanese roles
After graduating from high school in 1978, Watanabe moved to Tokyo to begin his acting career, by enrolling in the drama school run by the Engeki-Shudan En theatre troupe. While with the troupe, he was cast as the hero in the play Shimodani Mannencho Monogatari, directed by the acclaimed Yukio Ninagawa.The role attracted critical and popular notice. In 1982, he made his first TV appearance in Michinaru Hanran (Unknown Rebellion), and his first appearance on TV as a samurai in Mibu no koiuta....
International films
Watanabe was introduced to most Western audiences in the 2003 American film The Last Samurai, set in 19th Century Japan. His performance as Lord Katsumoto earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Watanabe appeared in the 2005 film Memoirs of a Geisha, playing Chairman Iwamura. That same year, he also played the decoy of Ra's al Ghul in Christopher Nolan's Batman film reboot, Batman Begins. In 2006, he starred in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, playing Tadamich...
Television
Watanabe appears in Tokyo Vice, a television series based on the non-fiction book by Jake Adelstein and written for television by J.T. Rogers. The ten-part series was produced by HBO Max and is distributed by HBO Max and in Japan by Wowow. Tokyo Vice stars Ansel Elgort as Adelstein, an American journalist who embeds himself into the Tokyo Vice police squad to expose corruption. Ken is currently starring in the NHK World Japan's comedy You're a Genius!. In April 2019, it was announced that War...
In 1983, Watanabe married his first wife, Yumiko. In September 2005, following two years of arbitration, he and Yumiko were divorced. The couple had two children, a son, Dai Watanabe (born 1984), who is an actor, and his daughter Anne Watanabe(born 1986) who is an actress and fashion model. In August 2008, Dai had his first child, a son, making Ken...
Stage
1. Britannicus henso(1980) 2. Shitaya mannencho monogatari(1981) 3. Fuyu no raion (The Lion in Winter)(1981) 4. Pajaze(1981) 5. Platonof(1982) 6. Kafun netsu(1982) 7. Pizarro(1985) 8. Hamlet(1988) 9. Hamlet no gakuya -anten(2000) 10. Towa part1-kanojo(2000) 11. Towa part2-kanojo to kare(2001) 12. Dialogue with Horowitz(2013) 13. The King and I(2015) 14. The King and I(2016) 15. The King and I(2018) 16. The Royal Hunt of the Sun(2020)
Dubbing
1. First Blood (1985 NTV edition) (John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone))
Ken Watanabe at IMDbKen Watanabe at the Internet Broadway DatabaseKen Watanabe at the Japanese Movie DatabaseKen Watanabe interview at USA TodayMini Bio. Ken Nolan received his B.A from Yale University and J.D. from the University of Florida, has served as a co-executive producer of the Academy Award Winner (2018) Icarus, and has funded and executive produced numerous additional award-winning documentaries.
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Kathleen Nolan (born September 27, 1933) is an American actress. She was known for her role as Kate McCoy, a housewife in the Walter Brennan series The Real McCoys . Nolan was born Jocelyn Schrum in St. Louis, Missouri .
