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