Atsushi Watanabe (渡辺 篤, Watanabe Atsushi, 9 April 1898 – 27 February 1977) was a Japanese film actor.

Starting out in Asakusa Opera, Watanabe shifted to film in 1921, joining Makino Educational Pictures, a precursor to Makino Film Productions.

[1] Moving to other studios, he eventually settled at Shochiku's Kamata studio in 1925 and eventually became established as a comic star, often appearing in Torajiro Saito's films.

[1] He eventually joined the revue company of Roppa Furukawa and made films at Toho.

[1] In the postwar era, he appeared in a number of films by Akira Kurosawa.