Cast
Ben Kingsley
Acting
Cast
Ben Kingsley
Known for
Acting
Born
1943-12-31
From
Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as Sir Ben Kingsley , Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Krishna Bhanji
Biography
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).
Schindler's List
as Itzhak Stern
Iron Man 3
as Trevor Slattery
Desert Warrior
as Emperor Kisra II
Shutter Island
as Dr. Cawley
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
The Dictator
as Tamir
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Merenkahre
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Specialist (voice)
The Jungle Book
as Bagheera (voice)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nun
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
as (voice)
The Killer's Game
as Zvi Rabinowitz
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as Nizam
Species
as Xavier Fitch
Hugo
as Georges Méliès
Sneakers
as Cosmo
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Rabbi
Self/less
as Damian
The Boxtrolls
as Snatcher (voice)
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ibrahim
Deep Water
as Rich
Security
as Charlie
Ender's Game
as Mazer Rackham
Gandhi
as Mahatma Gandhi
The Physician
as Ibn Sina
Stonehearst Asylum
as Silas Lamb
William Tell
as King Albrecht
The King of Kings
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
Night Hunter
as Cooper
War Machine
as President Karzai
Elegy
as David Kepesh
Joseph
as Potiphar
Maurice
as Lasker-Jones
The Last Legion
as Ambrosinus
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
Knight of Cups
as Storyteller (voice)
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
The Walk
as Papa Rudy
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
Bugsy
as Meyer Lansky
Thunderbirds
as The Hood
Locked Down
as Malcolm
Tuck Everlasting
as Man in the Yellow Suit
Collide
as Geran
Operation Finale
as Adolf Eichmann
Young Washington
as Robert Dinwiddie
Jules
as Milton Robinson
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Bruce Pandolfini
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Ethan Levin
Sexy Beast
as Don Logan
Twelfth Night
as Feste
Rules of Engagement
as Ambassador Mourain
TransSiberian
as Grinko
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
War, Inc.
as Walken / The Viceroy
The Love Guru
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
Dave
as Vice-President Nance
Spielberg
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Assignment
as Amos
Alice in Wonderland
as Major Caterpillar
Suspect Zero
as Benjamin O'Ryan
House of Sand and Fog
as Behrani
BloodRayne
as Kagan
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
as Drago (Voice)
Poison
as Dr. Ganderbai
A Sound of Thunder
as Charles Hatton
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Dalíland
as Dalí
Robot Overlords
as Robin Smythe
Backstabbing for Beginners
as Pasha
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Woodruff
The Children
as Martin Boyne
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
Teen Patti
as Perci Trachtenberg
Learning to Drive
as Darwan
Parting Shots
as Renzo Locatelli
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
What Planet Are You From?
as Graydon
Fifty Dead Men Walking
as Fergus
Life
as Jack Warner
Death and the Maiden
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
The Wackness
as Dr. Squires
An Ordinary Man
as The General
A Birder's Guide to Everything
as Lawrence Konrad
Muse of Fire
as Self
Spooky House
as The Great Zamboni
The Ten Commandments
as Narrator (voice)
The Confession
as Harry Fertig
Slipstream
as Avatar
You Kill Me
as Frank Falenczyk
Without a Clue
as Dr. John Watson
The Way of the Wind
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Simon Wiesenthal
Walking with the Enemy
as Regent Miklos Horthy
Pascali's Island
as Basil Pascali
Spider in the Web
as Adereth
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
as Self
Harem
as Selim
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Julian Messenger
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Governor
Camille
as Duval
Mrs. Harris
as Herman Tarnower
Journey to Mecca
as Narrator
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Frank Ford
Photographing Fairies
as Rev. Templeton
The Fifth Monkey
as Cunda
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
as Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Betrayal
as Robert
Intrigo: Death of an Author
as Henderson
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Silas Marner
as Silas Marner
The Triumph of Love
as Hermocrates
Fortitude
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
Liberation
as Narrator
Lenin: The Train
as Lenin
A Common Man
as The Man
Crime and Punishment
as Magistrate Porfiry
Turtle Diary
as William Snow
Fear Is the Key
as Royale
The War That Never Ends
as Pericles
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
War Story
as Albert
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
as Self
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Sweeney Todd
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
as Narrator
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
as Freddie (voice)
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
as Self
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
Testimony
as Dmitri Shostakovich
Aral, the Lost Sea
The Making of Slipstream
Islam: Empire of Faith
as Self - Narrator
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
as Self
Antony and Cleopatra
as Thidias
To Be Hamlet
as Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
as Ivanov
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
Romeo.Juliet
as Father Capulet (voice)
Inside the Operation
as Self
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
as Self
Peace Is Every Step
as Narrator
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
as Narrator
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
as Narrator (voice)
Of Dogs and Men
as The Caller (voice)
The Making of Sexy Beast
as Self
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
as Self
Hard Labour
as Naseem
Unlikely Heroes
as Narrator
The Medicine Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
A Force More Powerful
as Narator
Necessary Love
Mary
as King Herod
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
as Narrator (voice)
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
as Self - Interviewee