Ben Kingsley

Acting · Born 1943-12-31 in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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…

Filmography

• Lucky Number Slevin as The Rabbi
• Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Specialist (voice)
• Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
• Death and the Maiden as Dr. Roberto Miranda
• Joseph as Potifar
• House of Sand and Fog as Behrani
• Shutter Island as Dr. Cawley
• Sexy Beast as Don Logan
• Maurice as Lasker-Jones

TV

• The Sopranos as Ben Kingsley
• Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duval
• The Adventurer as Pierre
• The Secret of the Sahara as Sholomon
• Oxbridge Blues as Geoff Craven
• Marvel Studios Legends as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
• Tut as Ay
• Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
• Wetten, dass..? as Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self - Guest