Ben Kingsley
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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).
Known for
Credits
Schindler's List (1993)
as Itzhak Stern
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Deep Water (2026)
as Rich
Desert Warrior (2026)
as Emperor Kisra II
Iron Man 3 (2013)
as Trevor Slattery
Shutter Island (2010)
as Dr. Cawley
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
as Trevor Slattery
Young Washington (2026)
as Robert Dinwiddie
The Dictator (2012)
as Tamir
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
as Nun
The Jungle Book (2016)
as Bagheera (voice)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027)
as (voice)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
as Merenkahre
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
as Specialist (voice)
The Killer's Game (2024)
as Zvi Rabinowitz
Ender's Game (2013)
as Mazer Rackham
Sneakers (1992)
as Cosmo
The Boxtrolls (2014)
as Snatcher (voice)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
as Nizam
Hugo (2011)
as Georges Méliès
The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
as Ibrahim
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
as Silas Lamb
Self/less (2015)
as Damian
Night Hunter (2019)
as Cooper
Species (1995)
as Xavier Fitch
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
as The Rabbi
The Physician (2013)
as Ibn Sina
Joseph (1995)
as Potiphar
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
Knight of Cups (2015)
as Storyteller (voice)
The King of Kings (2025)
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
William Tell (2025)
as King Albrecht
Walking with the Enemy (2014)
as Regent Miklos Horthy
Poison (2023)
as Dr. Ganderbai
Operation Finale (2018)
as Adolf Eichmann
Security (2017)
as Charlie
Gandhi (1982)
as Mahatma Gandhi
The Walk (2015)
as Papa Rudy
The Love Guru (2008)
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
Bugsy (1991)
as Meyer Lansky
The Last Legion (2007)
as Ambrosinus
Maurice (1987)
as Lasker-Jones
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
as Behrani
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
as Ethan Levin
Elegy (2008)
as David Kepesh
Rules of Engagement (2000)
as Ambassador Mourain
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Major Caterpillar
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
as Charles Hatton
Sexy Beast (2001)
as Don Logan
Oliver Twist (2005)
as Fagin
Collide (2016)
as Geran
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
as Bruce Pandolfini
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
as Woodruff
War Machine (2017)
as President Karzai
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
as Man in the Yellow Suit
TransSiberian (2008)
as Grinko
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Death and the Maiden (1994)
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
Spielberg (2017)
as Self
The Fifth Monkey (1990)
as Cunda
Thunderbirds (2004)
as The Hood
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
as Pasha
Suspect Zero (2004)
as Benjamin O'Ryan
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
as Fergus
Robot Overlords (2015)
as Robin Smythe
BloodRayne (2005)
as Kagan
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
as Graydon
An Ordinary Man (2017)
as The General
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood (2006)
as Self
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
as Drago (Voice)
Without a Clue (1988)
as Dr. John Watson
Pascali's Island (1988)
as Basil Pascali
Spider in the Web (2019)
as Adereth
Locked Down (2021)
as Malcolm
Dalíland (2022)
as Dalí
Learning to Drive (2014)
as Darwan
Lenin: The Train (1988)
as Lenin
Twelfth Night (1996)
as Feste
Dave (1993)
as Vice-President Nance
Parting Shots (1999)
as Renzo Locatelli
Jules (2023)
as Milton Robinson
The Ten Commandments (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992)
as Freddie (voice)
The Confession (1999)
as Harry Fertig
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Romeo.Juliet (1990)
as Father Capulet (voice)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
The Way of the Wind (—)
Actor
Photographing Fairies (1997)
as Rev. Templeton
War, Inc. (2008)
as Walken / The Viceroy
You Kill Me (2007)
as Frank Falenczyk
The Wackness (2008)
as Dr. Squires
An Oral History of: Schindler's List (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
as Frank Ford
Muse of Fire (2013)
as Self
The Assignment (1997)
as Amos
Turtle Diary (1985)
as William Snow
Fear Is the Key (1972)
as Royale
Liberation (1994)
as Narrator
Spooky House (2002)
as The Great Zamboni
The Desert of Forbidden Art (2011)
as Voice
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
as Self
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
as Self
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)
Actor
Crime and Punishment (1998)
as Magistrate Porfiry
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
as Self
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
as Sweeney Todd
A Common Man (2013)
as The Man
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Julian Messenger
Slipstream (1989)
as Avatar
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
as Self
Islam: Empire of Faith (2001)
as Self - Narrator
Camille (1984)
as Duval
The Making of Slipstream (1989)
Actor
Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
as Henderson
Silas Marner (1985)
as Silas Marner
Betrayal (1983)
as Robert
The War That Never Ends (1991)
as Pericles
The Children (1990)
as Martin Boyne
Mrs. Harris (2006)
as Herman Tarnower
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
as Lawrence Konrad
Life (2015)
as Jack Warner
Journey to Mecca (2009)
as Narrator
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2010)
as Narrator
Antony and Cleopatra (1975)
as Thidias
To Be Hamlet (1985)
as Self
A Force More Powerful (1999)
as Narator
Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
as Governor
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry (2022)
as Self
The Making of Sexy Beast (2001)
as Self
Harem (1985)
as Selim
Unlikely Heroes (2003)
as Narrator
The Triumph of Love (2001)
as Hermocrates
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land (2003)
as Narrator
Inside the Operation (2018)
as Self
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
as Simon Wiesenthal
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès (2012)
as Self
Fortitude (—)
Actor
Who Killed British Cinema? (2018)
as Self
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi" (2001)
as Self - Interviewee
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
as Self
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl (2012)
as Narrator
Teen Patti (2010)
as Perci Trachtenberg
Aral, the Lost Sea (2010)
Actor
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later (2018)
as Self
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
as Self
Peace Is Every Step (2005)
as Narrator
Of Dogs and Men (2016)
as The Caller (voice)
The Medicine Buddha (2019)
as Narrator (voice)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Necessary Love (1991)
Actor
Testimony (1988)
as Dmitri Shostakovich
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime (2012)
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
as Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' (2012)
as Self
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (2010)
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
Hard Labour (1973)
as Naseem
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979)
as Ivanov
War Story (2014)
as Albert
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia (2006)
as Self
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994)
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2004)
as Self
Thank You, Comrades (1978)
as Roberto Cibrario
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver (1991)
as Narrator (voice)
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis (2006)
Actor
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012)
as Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
Actor
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006)
as Self
Mary (—)
as King Herod