Ben Kingsley
Born December 31, 1943 (Age: 82)
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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 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).
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).
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Filmography
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
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as
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Age: 83
The King of Kings
2025
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as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
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Age: 81
William Tell
2025
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as King Albrecht
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Age: 81
The Killer's Game
2024
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as Zvi Rabinowitz
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Age: 80
Jules
2023
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as Milton Robinson
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Age: 79
Dalíland
2022
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as Dalí
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Age: 78
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
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as Self
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Age: 78
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
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as Trevor Slattery
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Age: 77
Night Hunter
2019
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as Cooper
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Age: 75
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
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as Self
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Age: 74
Operation Finale
2018
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as Adolf Eichmann
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Age: 74
War Machine
2017
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as President Karzai
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Age: 73
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
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as Woodruff
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Age: 73
Collide
2016
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as Geran
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Age: 72
The Jungle Book
2016
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as Bagheera (voice)
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Age: 72
The Walk
2015
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as Papa Rudy
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Age: 71
Knight of Cups
2015
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as Storyteller (voice)
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Age: 71
Life
2015
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as Jack Warner
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Age: 71
Self/less
2015
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as Damian
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Age: 71
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
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as Merenkahre
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Age: 70
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
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as Nun
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Age: 70
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
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as Silas Lamb
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Age: 70
The Boxtrolls
2014
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as Snatcher (voice)
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Age: 70
Learning to Drive
2014
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as Darwan
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Age: 70
The Physician
2013
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as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
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Age: 69
Ender's Game
2013
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as Mazer Rackham
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Age: 69
Iron Man 3
2013
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as Trevor Slattery
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Age: 69
The Dictator
2012
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as Tamir
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Age: 68
Hugo
2011
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as Georges Méliès
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Age: 67
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
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as Nizam
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Age: 66
Teen Patti
2010
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as Perci Trachtenberg
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Age: 66
Shutter Island
2010
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as Dr. Cawley
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Age: 66
Elegy
2008
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as David Kepesh
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Age: 64
The Wackness
2008
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as Dr. Squires
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Age: 64
The Love Guru
2008
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as Guru Tugginmypuddha
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Age: 64
War, Inc.
2008
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as Walken / The Viceroy
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Age: 64
TransSiberian
2008
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as Grinko
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Age: 64
The Ten Commandments
2007
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 63
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007
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as Self
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Age: 63
The Last Legion
2007
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as Ambrosinus
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Age: 63
You Kill Me
2007
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as Frank Falenczyk
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Age: 63
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
2006
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as Self
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Age: 62
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
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as Self
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Age: 62
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
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as The Rabbi
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Age: 62
BloodRayne
2005
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as Kagan
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Age: 61
Oliver Twist
2005
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as Fagin
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Age: 61
A Sound of Thunder
2005
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as Charles Hatton
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Age: 61
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 61
Suspect Zero
2004
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as Benjamin O'Ryan
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Age: 60
Thunderbirds
2004
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as The Hood
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Age: 60
House of Sand and Fog
2003
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as Behrani
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Age: 59
Tuck Everlasting
2002
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as Man in the Yellow Suit
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Age: 58
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
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as Specialist (voice)
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Age: 57
Rules of Engagement
2000
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as Ambassador Mourain
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Age: 56
What Planet Are You From?
2000
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as Graydon
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Age: 56
Photographing Fairies
1997
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as Rev. Templeton
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Age: 53
Twelfth Night
1996
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as Feste
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Age: 52
Moses
1995
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as Moses
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Age: 51
Species
1995
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as Xavier Fitch
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Age: 51
Death and the Maiden
1994
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as Dr. Roberto Miranda
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Age: 50
Schindler's List
1993
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as Itzhak Stern
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Age: 49
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
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as Bruce Pandolfini
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Age: 49
Dave
1993
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as Vice-President Nance
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Age: 49
Sneakers
1992
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as Cosmo
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Age: 48
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
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as Freddie (voice)
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Age: 48
Bugsy
1991
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as Meyer Lansky
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Age: 47
The War That Never Ends
1991
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as Pericles
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Age: 47
Romeo.Juliet
1990
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as Father Capulet (voice)
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Age: 46
Without a Clue
1988
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as Dr. John Watson
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Age: 44
Maurice
1987
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as Lasker-Jones
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Age: 43
Gandhi
1982
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as Mahatma Gandhi
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Age: 38