
Acting
Ken Ogata (緒形 拳 Ogata Ken, 20 July 1937-5 October 2008) was a Japanese actor.
Ogata was born in Tokyo, Japan. Ogata is well known for his roles in Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book, Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Shohei Imamura's The Ballad of Narayama. He won the award for best actor at the 26th Blue Ribbon Awards for Okinawan Boys.
In television, his starring role as Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 1965 NHK Taiga drama Taikōki catapulted him to fame. Ken went on to many prominent roles in subsequent programs. The following year, he portrayed Benkei in Minamoto no Yoshitsune…

Kitaro and the Millennium Curse
as Nurarihyon
Bōshi
as Shunpei Takayama

Love and Honor
as Magohachiro Kibe

A Long Walk
as Matsutaro Yasuda

Granny Gabai
as Tofu shop owner

The Samurai I Loved
as Maki Sukezaemon

A Hardest Night!!

Miracle Banana
as Takashi Yamamura

Journey Along the Silk Road

Izo
as Swordsman

Garden of the Wind
as Teizo Shiratori · 11 ep.

Ruri's Island
as Yuzo Nakama · 10 ep.

Say Hello to Black Jack
3 ep.

Prince Shotoku
as Soga no Umako · 2 ep.

Mouri Motonari
50 ep.

Gift
as Yujiro Kishiwada(岸和田 裕二郎) · 1 ep.

SMAP×SMAP
as Skit Guest · 1 ep.
ナニワ金融道
as 金子 高利 · 6 ep.
Hachigatsu no Love Song
11 ep.
橋の雨
1 ep.
Love and Honor
2006