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