Ben Kingsley
Acting
Born: December 31, 1943 (age 82) · Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Shutter Island
2010
Iron Man 3
2013
Schindler's List
1993
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
The Jungle Book
2016
Hugo
2011
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
The Dictator
2012
Ender's Game
2013
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Photos (8)
Movies (132)
Deep Water
Rich
Schindler's List
Itzhak Stern
Iron Man 3
Trevor Slattery
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Trevor Slattery
Shutter Island
Dr. Cawley
Young Washington
Robert Dinwiddie
Desert Warrior
Emperor Kisra II
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Specialist (voice)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nun
The Jungle Book
Bagheera (voice)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Merenkahre
The Dictator
Tamir
The Thursday Murder Club
Ibrahim
Ender's Game
Mazer Rackham
Sneakers
Cosmo
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nizam
The Killer's Game
Zvi Rabinowitz
Self/less
Damian
Hugo
Georges Méliès
The Boxtrolls
Snatcher (voice)
Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi
Species
Xavier Fitch
Stonehearst Asylum
Silas Lamb
The Walk
Papa Rudy
War Machine
President Karzai
Rules of Engagement
Ambassador Mourain
The Physician
Ibn Sina
Night Hunter
Cooper
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
William Tell
King Albrecht
The Last Legion
Ambrosinus
The King of Kings
High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
Sexy Beast
Don Logan
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fergus
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Imdad Khan / Croupier
Collide
Geran
The Love Guru
Guru Tugginmypuddha
Poison
Dr. Ganderbai
Security
Charlie
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Joseph
Potiphar
Alice in Wonderland
Major Caterpillar
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Bruce Pandolfini
Dave
Vice-President Nance
A Sound of Thunder
Charles Hatton
Operation Finale
Adolf Eichmann
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Ethan Levin
Maurice
Lasker-Jones
What Planet Are You From?
Graydon
Suspect Zero
Benjamin O'Ryan
Oliver Twist
Fagin
Bugsy
Meyer Lansky
Spider in the Web
Adereth
BloodRayne
Kagan
TransSiberian
Grinko
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Locked Down
Malcolm
Dalíland
Dalí
House of Sand and Fog
Behrani
Knight of Cups
Storyteller (voice)
Thunderbirds
The Hood
Backstabbing for Beginners
Pasha
War, Inc.
Walken / The Viceroy
The Assignment
Amos
Robot Overlords
Robin Smythe
Tuck Everlasting
Man in the Yellow Suit
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Drago (Voice)
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Woodruff
Jules
Milton Robinson
Elegy
David Kepesh
The Wackness
Dr. Squires
Death and the Maiden
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Romeo.Juliet
Father Capulet (voice)
You Kill Me
Frank Falenczyk
Without a Clue
Dr. John Watson
The Fifth Monkey
Cunda
Twelfth Night
Feste
Walking with the Enemy
Regent Miklos Horthy
Parting Shots
Renzo Locatelli
Photographing Fairies
Rev. Templeton
Learning to Drive
Darwan
Life
Jack Warner
An Ordinary Man
The General
The Confession
Harry Fertig
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Betrayal
Robert
Pascali's Island
Basil Pascali
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (voice)
A Common Man
The Man
Fear Is the Key
Royale
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie (voice)
Liberation
Narrator
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Henderson
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Lawrence Konrad
Lenin: The Train
Lenin
Cellini: A Violent Life
Governor
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
The Children
Martin Boyne
Camille
Duval
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Julian Messenger
Harem
Selim
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Al-Jazari / Librarian
Mrs. Harris
Herman Tarnower
Hard Labour
Naseem
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Simon Wiesenthal
Slipstream
Avatar
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Frank Ford
The Triumph of Love
Hermocrates
Crime and Punishment
Magistrate Porfiry
Spooky House
The Great Zamboni
Teen Patti
Perci Trachtenberg
The War That Never Ends
Pericles
Turtle Diary
William Snow
Unlikely Heroes
Narrator
Of Dogs and Men
The Caller (voice)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
Testimony
Dmitri Shostakovich
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Narrator
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Narrator
Antony and Cleopatra
Thidias
War Story
Albert
The Making of Slipstream
1989
Journey to Mecca
Narrator
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Ivanov
The Medicine Buddha
Narrator (voice)
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Necessary Love
1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
Narrator (voice)
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
Narrator
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
TV Shows (33)
The Sopranos
Ben Kingsley · 1 eps
World in Action
Re-enactment · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Legends
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage) · 1 eps
Dispatches
1 eps
Wonder Man
Trevor Slattery · 8 eps
Pebble Mill at One
1 eps
Playhouse
Ivanov · 1 eps
TFI Friday
1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Frank Ford · 1 eps
HARDtalk
1 eps
Perpetual Grace LTD
Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown · 10 eps
Garfunkel and Oates
Ben Kingsley · 1 eps
Tut
Ay · 3 eps
Der Medicus
Ibn Sina · 2 eps
The Adventurer
Pierre · 1 eps
Watership Down
General Woundwort (voice) · 2 eps
The Old Stories: Moses
Moses · 3 eps
Dickens of London
Dr. John Elliotson · 2 eps
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Otto Frank · 2 eps
The Secret of the Sahara
Sholomon · 4 eps
Oxbridge Blues
Geoff Craven · 1 eps
Moses
Moses · 2 eps
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
The Love School
Dante Gabriel Rossetti · 5 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duval · 1 eps
Lenin... The Train
Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin · 2 eps
Wessex Tales
Lord Uplandtowers · 1 eps
CNN Millennium
Narrator · 10 eps
Joseph
Potiphar · 2 eps
Religion of the World
Narrator · 13 eps
Religions of the World
Narrator · 13 eps
Islam: Empire of Faith
Narrator · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (38)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Wetten, dass..?
Self · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
Lip Sync Battle
Self · 1 eps
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self · 1 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Rove
Self · 1 eps
Spielberg
Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Muse of Fire
Self
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Self
To Be Hamlet
Self
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Self
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
Self / The King (voice)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Self
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Islam: Empire of Faith
Self - Narrator
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
Self
