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