Ben Kingsley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1943
- Birthplace
- Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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).
Filmography
- Faith
Faith TBA
as Sheikh Usman
Fortitude TBA
Actor
The Way of the Wind TBA
Actor
- Mary
Mary TBA
as King Herod
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 2027
as (voice)
Young Washington 2026
as Robert Dinwiddie
Deep Water 2026
as Rich
לוחם המדבר 2026
as Emperor Kisra II
The Thursday Murder Club 2025
as Ibrahim
The King of Kings 2025
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
William Tell 2025
as King Albrecht
The Killer's Game 2024
as Zvi Rabinowitz
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More 2024
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Poison 2023
as Dr. Ganderbai
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar 2023
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
Jules 2023
as Milton Robinson
Dalíland 2022
as Dalí, Executive Producer
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry 2022
as Self
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings 2021
as Trevor Slattery
Locked Down 2021
as Malcolm
The Medicine Buddha 2019
as Narrator (voice)
Night Hunter 2019
as Cooper
The Red Sea Diving Resort 2019
as Ethan Levin
Spider in the Web 2019
as Adereth
An Oral History of: Schindler's List 2018
as Self (archive footage)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché 2018
as Self
- Inside the Operation
Inside the Operation 2018
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema? 2018
as Self
Intrigo: Death of an Author 2018
as Henderson
Operation Finale 2018
as Adolf Eichmann
Backstabbing for Beginners 2018
as Pasha
An Ordinary Man 2017
as The General
Spielberg 2017
as Self
War Machine 2017
as President Karzai
The Ottoman Lieutenant 2017
as Woodruff
Security 2017
as Charlie
Of Dogs and Men 2016
as The Caller (voice)
Collide 2016
as Geran
The Jungle Book 2016
as Bagheera (voice)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC 2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Walk 2015
as Papa Rudy
Knight of Cups 2015
as Storyteller (voice)
Life 2015
as Jack Warner
Unity 2015
as Narrator (voice)
Self/less 2015
as Damian
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse 2015
as Drago (Voice)
Robot Overlords 2015
as Robin Smythe
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 2014
as Merenkahre
Exodus: Gods and Kings 2014
as Nun
Stonehearst Asylum 2014
as Silas Lamb
The Boxtrolls 2014
as Snatcher (voice)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film 2014
as Self
Learning to Drive 2014
as Darwan
Walking with the Enemy 2014
as Regent Miklos Horthy
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King 2014
as Trevor Slattery
War Story 2014
as Albert
The Physician 2013
as Ibn Sina
Ender's Game 2013
as Mazer Rackham
Muse of Fire 2013
as Self
A Common Man 2013
as The Man
A Birder's Guide to Everything 2013
as Lawrence Konrad
Iron Man 3 2013
as Trevor Slattery
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl 2012
as Narrator
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard 2012
as Self
The Dictator 2012
as Tamir
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime 2012
as Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès 2012
as Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' 2012
as Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' 2012
as Self
Hugo 2011
as Georges Méliès
The Desert of Forbidden Art 2011
as Voice
- Aral, the Lost Sea
Aral, the Lost Sea 2010
Actor
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny 2010
as Narrator
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2010
as Nizam
Teen Patti 2010
as Perci Trachtenberg
Shutter Island 2010
as Dr. Cawley
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets 2010
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
Journey to Mecca 2009
as Narrator
Fifty Dead Men Walking 2008
as Fergus
Elegy 2008
as David Kepesh
The Wackness 2008
as Dr. Squires
The Love Guru 2008
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
War, Inc. 2008
as Walken / The Viceroy
TransSiberian 2008
as Grinko
The Ten Commandments 2007
as Narrator (voice)
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal 2007
as Self
The Last Legion 2007
as Ambrosinus
You Kill Me 2007
as Frank Falenczyk
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel 2006
as Self
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia 2006
as Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood 2006
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die 2006
as Self
Lucky Number Slevin 2006
as The Rabbi
BloodRayne 2006
as Kagan
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis 2006
Actor
- Peace Is Every Step
Peace Is Every Step 2005
as Narrator
Oliver Twist 2005
as Fagin
Mrs. Harris 2005
as Herman Tarnower
A Sound of Thunder 2005
as Charles Hatton
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood 2005
as Self (archive footage)
Suspect Zero 2004
as Benjamin O'Ryan
- No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds 2004
as Self
Thunderbirds 2004
as The Hood
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust 2004
as Self
House of Sand and Fog 2003
as Behrani
Unlikely Heroes 2003
as Narrator
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough 2003
Actor
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ 2003
as Self
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land 2003
as Narrator
Tuck Everlasting 2002
as Man in the Yellow Suit
Spooky House 2002
as The Great Zamboni
The Triumph of Love 2001
as Hermocrates
- Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi" 2001
as Self - Interviewee
The Making of Sexy Beast 2001
as Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001
as Specialist (voice)
Islam: Empire of Faith 2001
as Self - Narrator
Sexy Beast 2001
as Don Logan
Rules of Engagement 2000
as Ambassador Mourain
What Planet Are You From? 2000
as Graydon
- A Force More Powerful
A Force More Powerful 1999
as Narator
Parting Shots 1999
as Renzo Locatelli
The Confession 1999
as Harry Fertig
Alice in Wonderland 1999
as Major Caterpillar
Crime and Punishment 1998
as Magistrate Porfiry
The Tale of Sweeney Todd 1998
as Sweeney Todd
The Assignment 1997
as Amos
Photographing Fairies 1997
as Rev. Templeton
Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997
as Julian Messenger
Twelfth Night 1996
as Feste
Species 1995
as Xavier Fitch
Joseph 1995
as Potiphar
Death and the Maiden 1994
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 1994
as Self
Liberation 1994
as Narrator (voice)
Schindler's List 1993
as Itzhak Stern
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
as Bruce Pandolfini
Dave 1993
as Vice-President Nance
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream 1993
as Self / The King (voice)
Sneakers 1992
as Cosmo
Freddie As F.R.O.7. 1992
as Freddie (voice)
Bugsy 1991
as Meyer Lansky
Necessary Love 1991
Actor
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin 1991
as Narrator (voice)
The War That Never Ends 1991
as Pericles
The Fifth Monkey 1990
as Cunda
The Children 1990
as Martin Boyne
Cellini: A Violent Life 1990
as Governor
Romeo.Juliet 1990
as Father Capulet (voice)
The Making of Slipstream 1989
Actor
Slipstream 1989
as Avatar
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989
as Simon Wiesenthal
Lenin: The Train 1988
as Lenin
Testimony 1988
as Dmitri Shostakovich
Pascali's Island 1988
as Basil Pascali
Without a Clue 1988
as Dr. John Watson
Maurice 1987
as Lasker-Jones
Silas Marner 1985
as Silas Marner
Turtle Diary 1985
as William Snow
Harem 1985
as Selim
To Be Hamlet 1985
as Self
Camille 1984
as Duval
Betrayal 1983
as Robert
- Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi 1983
as Self
The Merry Wives of Windsor 1982
as Frank Ford
Gandhi 1982
as Mahatma Gandhi
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour 1979
as Ivanov
- Thank You, Comrades
Thank You, Comrades 1978
as Roberto Cibrario
Antony and Cleopatra 1975
as Thidias
Hard Labour 1973
as Naseem
Fear Is the Key 1972
as Royale
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