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Ken Watanabe

In 2014, he starred in the reboot ''Godzilla'' as Dr. Ishiro Serizawa, a role he reprised in the sequel, ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters''. He lent his voice to the fourth and fifth installments of the ''Transformers'' franchise respectively, ''Transformers: Age of Extinction'' and ''Transformers: The Last Knight'', as Decepticon-turned-Autobot Drift. In 2022, he starred in the HBO Max crime drama series ''Tokyo Vice''.
He made his Broadway debut in April 2015 in Lincoln Center Theater's revival production of ''The King and I'' in the title role. In 2015, Watanabe received his first Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical at the 69th Tony Awards for his role as The King. He is the first Japanese actor to be nominated in this category. Watanabe reprised his role at the London Palladium in June 2018. Provided by Wikipedia