Atsuro Watabe

Japanese actor

Rikako Murakami

(m. 1994⁠–⁠2005)

Unnamed

(m. 2016)

Children2

Atsuro Watabe (渡部篤郎, Watabe Atsurō, born 5 May 1968) is a Japanese actor.

Career

Born in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Watabe debuted as an actor on television in 1991 with the drama Seishun no mon.^[1] He won awards of excellence in the best actor and new face categories at the 19th Japan Academy Prize in 1996 for the film Shizukana seikatsu, Juzo Itami's adaptation of his brother-in-law Kenzaburō Ōe's novel.^[2]

Filmography

Movies

Zebraman (2004), Oikawa
Love Exposure (2008), Tetsu Honda
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009), Jean Descole (voice)
The Flowers of War (2011), Colonel Hasegawa
Masquerade Hotel (2019), Inagaki
Daughter of Lupin the Movie (2021), Takeru Mikumo
Masquerade Night (2021), Inagaki^[3]

Television

Mōri Motonari (NHK, 1997), Mōri Okimoto
Unsolved Cases (1999), Tōru Mayama^[4]
Hōjō Tokimune (NHK, 2001), Hōjō Tokisuke^[5]
Rookies (2008), Minoru Yoshida
Gaiji Keisatsu (2008), Kenji Sumimoto
Bitter Blood (2014), Akimura Shimao
Shizumanu Taiyō (Wowow, 2016), Shiro Gyoten
On (2016), Iwao Atsuta
Signal (Fuji TV, 2018)^[6]
Daughter of Lupin (Fuji TV, 2019–20), Takeru Mikumo
What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (NHK, 2023), Sekiguchi Ujizumi^[5]

Video games

Professor Layton and the Last Specter (2009) - Jean Descole
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (2011) - Jean Descole
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy (2013) - Desmond Sycamore, Jean Descole

References

^ "渡部篤郎&成海璃子&平山浩行". Terebi Dogatchi. Presentcast. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
^ "第19回日本アカデミー賞優秀作品". Japan Academy Prize Association.
^ "木村拓哉と長澤まさみが再びバディに「マスカレード・ナイト」特報＆ポスター解禁". Natalie. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
^ "ケイゾク". TBS. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b "どうする家康:渡部篤郎が22年ぶり大河ドラマで関口氏純役愛娘は"瀬名"有村架純". Mantan-web. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "坂口健太郎主演連ドラで8年ぶり刑事役　北村一輝、渡部篤郎も". Mainichi. Archived from the original on 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.