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  • BIRTH 31/12/1943
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 18
  • MOVIES 104
  • PRODUCTION 1

Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 2013.

Born to an English mother and an Indian Gujarati father with roots in Jamnagar, Kingsley began his career in theatre, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and spending the next 15 years appearing mainly on stage. His starring roles included productions of As You Like It (his West End debut for the company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1967), Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Also known for his television roles, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), Joseph (1995), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Mrs. Harris (2006).

In film, Kingsley is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For his portrayal of Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. He was Oscar-nominated for Bugsy (1990), Sexy Beast (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). His other notable films include Maurice (1987), Sneakers (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Twelfth Night (1996), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Elegy (2008), Shutter Island (2010), and Hugo (2011).

Kingsley played the character of Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Iron Man 3 (2013), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the upcoming Disney+ series Wonder Man. He also acted in the blockbusters Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Ender's Game (2013). Kingsley lent his voice to the films The Boxtrolls (2014) and The Jungle Book (2016).

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Ben Kingsley

Shows (18)

The Sopranos
The Sopranos
Ben Kingsley
Marvel Studios: Legends
Marvel Studios: Legends
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Marvel Studios: Assembled
Marvel Studios: Assembled
Self
Tut
Tut
Ay
All or Nothing: Manchester City
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Narrator (voice)
Watership Down (2018)
Watership Down (2018)
General Woundwort (voice)
The Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
Self - Presenter
Inside the Actors Studio
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Garfunkel and Oates
Garfunkel and Oates
Ben Kingsley
The Adventurer
The Adventurer
Pierre
Perpetual Grace LTD
Perpetual Grace LTD
Pastor Byron “Pa” Brown
CNN Millennium
CNN Millennium
Narrator
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Otto Frank
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Hallmark Hall Of Fame
Duval
Lip Sync Battle
Lip Sync Battle
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Self

Movies (104)

The Killer's Game
The Killer's Game
Zvi Rabinowitz
William Tell
William Tell
King Albrecht
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Trevor Slattery
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
Trevor Slattery
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Imdad Khan / Croupier
Shutter Island
Shutter Island
Dr. Cawley
Schindler's List
Schindler's List
Itzhak Stern
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Merenkahre
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
Bagheera (voice)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Specialist (voice)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nizam
Hugo
Hugo
Georges Méliès
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Mazer Rackham
The Dictator
The Dictator
Tamir
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nun
Night Hunter
Night Hunter
Cooper
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement
Ambassador Mourain
Poison
Poison
Dr. Ganderbai
Self/less
Self/less
Damian
Operation Finale
Operation Finale
Adolf Eichmann
The Walk
The Walk
Papa Rudy
The Last Legion
The Last Legion
Ambrosinus
War Machine
War Machine
President Karzai
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Species
Species
Xavier Fitch
Security
Security
Charlie
The Physician
The Physician
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Tuck Everlasting
Tuck Everlasting
Man in the Yellow Suit
The Boxtrolls
The Boxtrolls
Archibald Snatcher (voice)
Sneakers
Sneakers
Cosmo
Spielberg
Spielberg
Self
Robot Overlords
Robot Overlords
Robin Smythe
Gandhi
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Dalíland
Dalíland
Dalí
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Ethan Levin
Maurice
Maurice
Lasker-Jones
The Way of the Wind
The Way of the Wind
A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder
Charles Hatton
Bugsy
Bugsy
Meyer Lansky
Stonehearst Asylum
Stonehearst Asylum
Silas Lamb
BloodRayne
BloodRayne
Kagan
Sexy Beast
Sexy Beast
Don Logan
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Bruce Pandolfini
Dave
Dave
Vice-President Nance
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Drago (Voice)
You Kill Me
You Kill Me
Frank Falenczyk
Locked Down
Locked Down
Malcolm
An Ordinary Man
An Ordinary Man
The General
Suspect Zero
Suspect Zero
Benjamin O'Ryan
Life
Life
Jack Warner
War, Inc.
War, Inc.
Walken / The Viceroy
House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog
Behrani
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Feste
Backstabbing for Beginners
Backstabbing for Beginners
Pasha
The Assignment
The Assignment
Amos
Schindler
Schindler
Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
The Ottoman Lieutenant
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Woodruff
Thunderbirds
Thunderbirds
The Hood
The Confession
The Confession
Harry Fertig
Unity
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Harem
Harem
Selim
Walking with the Enemy
Walking with the Enemy
Regent Miklos Horthy
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (voice)
The Thursday Murder Club
The Thursday Murder Club
Ibrahim Arif
Photographing Fairies
Photographing Fairies
Rev. Templeton
Jules
Jules
Milton Robinson
Death and the Maiden
Death and the Maiden
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Elegy
Elegy
David Kepesh
TransSiberian
TransSiberian
Grinko
Without a Clue
Without a Clue
Dr. John Watson
Medicine Buddha
Medicine Buddha
Narration
What Planet Are You From?
What Planet Are You From?
Graydon
The Love Guru
The Love Guru
Guru Tugginmypuddha
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
Major Caterpillar
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
The Triumph of Love
The Triumph of Love
Hermocrates
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
Self
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fergus
Desert Warrior
Desert Warrior
Emperor Kisra
Muse of Fire
Muse of Fire
Self
Spooky House
Spooky House
The Great Zamboni
Moses
Moses
Moses
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Magistrate Porfiry
A Birder's Guide to Everything
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Lawrence Konrad
Heat
Heat
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Fear Is the Key
Fear Is the Key
Royale
Collide
Collide
Geran
तीन पत्ती
तीन पत्ती
Perci Trachtenberg
Desert Warrior
Desert Warrior
Emperor Kisra
A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder
Charles Hatton
Learning to Drive
Learning to Drive
Darwan
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Camille
Camille
Duval
Spider in the Web
Spider in the Web
Adereth
The Medicine Buddha
The Medicine Buddha
Narration
Journey to Mecca
Journey to Mecca
Narrator
The Wackness
The Wackness
Dr. Squires
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Henderson
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie (voice)
Betrayal
Betrayal
Robert
Pascali's Island
Pascali's Island
Basil Pascali

Production

Dalíland
Dalíland