Ben Kingsley

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

213

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-12-31 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Ben Kingsley

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

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Sopranos

    The Sopranos

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The One Show

    The One Show

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Wetten, dass..?

    Wetten, dass..?

  • William Tell

    William Tell

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Pebble Mill at One

    Pebble Mill at One

  • Shutter Island

    Shutter Island

  • Iron Man 3

    Iron Man 3

  • Schindler's List

    Schindler's List

  • Marvel Studios Legends

    Marvel Studios Legends

  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

  • Lip Sync Battle

    Lip Sync Battle

  • The Thursday Murder Club

    The Thursday Murder Club

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Young Washington

    Young Washington

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Killer's Game

    The Killer's Game

  • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

  • Entertainment Tonight

    Entertainment Tonight

  • The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

  • The Dictator

    The Dictator

  • Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

  • The Jungle Book

    The Jungle Book

  • Sneakers

    Sneakers

  • The Last Legion

    The Last Legion

  • Wonder Man

    Wonder Man

  • The Boxtrolls

    The Boxtrolls

  • Goldene Kamera

    Goldene Kamera

  • I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

    I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

  • Security

    Security

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • Marvel Studios Assembled

    Marvel Studios Assembled

  • A Sound of Thunder

    A Sound of Thunder

  • Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Engagement

  • Joseph

    Joseph

  • Lucky Number Slevin

    Lucky Number Slevin

  • Without a Clue

    Without a Clue

  • Garfunkel and Oates

    Garfunkel and Oates

  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

  • Rove

    Rove

  • Hugo

    Hugo

  • The Love Guru

    The Love Guru

  • Night Hunter

    Night Hunter

  • War, Inc.

    War, Inc.

  • It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

    It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

  • An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

  • Species

    Species

  • Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

  • Bugsy

    Bugsy

  • TransSiberian

    TransSiberian

  • Operation Finale

    Operation Finale

  • Backstabbing for Beginners

    Backstabbing for Beginners

  • Self/less

    Self/less

  • Death and the Maiden

    Death and the Maiden

  • Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

  • Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum

  • Poison

    Poison

  • Suspect Zero

    Suspect Zero

  • The Fifth Monkey

    The Fifth Monkey

  • Gandhi

    Gandhi

  • Tuck Everlasting

    Tuck Everlasting

  • Ender's Game

    Ender's Game

  • Perpetual Grace LTD

    Perpetual Grace LTD

  • Jules

    Jules

  • The Ottoman Lieutenant

    The Ottoman Lieutenant

  • The Tale of Sweeney Todd

    The Tale of Sweeney Todd

  • Schindler

    Schindler

  • Dave

    Dave

  • Betrayal

    Betrayal

  • Lenin: The Train

    Lenin: The Train

  • Teen Patti

    Teen Patti

  • Testimony

    Testimony

  • The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

    The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

  • The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

  • You Kill Me

    You Kill Me

  • Unity

    Unity

  • Watership Down

    Watership Down

  • Photographing Fairies

    Photographing Fairies

  • Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

    Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

  • Spielberg

    Spielberg

  • The Physician

    The Physician

  • Life

    Life

  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

  • Tut

    Tut

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • War Machine

    War Machine

  • Learning to Drive

    Learning to Drive

  • BloodRayne

    BloodRayne

  • To Be Hamlet

    To Be Hamlet

  • Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

  • Freddie as F.R.O.7.

    Freddie as F.R.O.7.

  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

  • Mrs. Harris

    Mrs. Harris

  • Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

  • A Birder's Guide to Everything

    A Birder's Guide to Everything

  • Deep Water

    Deep Water

  • Slipstream

    Slipstream

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • The Children

    The Children

  • Thunderbirds

    Thunderbirds

  • War Story

    War Story

  • Robot Overlords

    Robot Overlords

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • House of Sand and Fog

    House of Sand and Fog

  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

  • The Confession

    The Confession

  • The Way of the Wind

    The Way of the Wind

  • Locked Down

    Locked Down

  • Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The War That Never Ends

    The War That Never Ends

  • The Assignment

    The Assignment

  • Journey to Mecca

    Journey to Mecca

  • Walking with the Enemy

    Walking with the Enemy

  • Camille

    Camille

  • Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

    Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

  • A Common Man

    A Common Man

  • Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

  • Knight of Cups

    Knight of Cups

  • Dickens of London

    Dickens of London

  • Playing Shakespeare

    Playing Shakespeare

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

  • Romeo.Juliet

    Romeo.Juliet

  • Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Night

  • Anne Frank: The Whole Story

    Anne Frank: The Whole Story

  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

  • Fear Is the Key

    Fear Is the Key

  • Pascali's Island

    Pascali's Island

  • Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

    Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

  • The Secret of the Sahara

    The Secret of the Sahara

  • What Planet Are You From?

    What Planet Are You From?

  • Maurice

    Maurice

  • Parting Shots

    Parting Shots

  • Spooky House

    Spooky House

  • Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

  • All or Nothing: Manchester City

    All or Nothing: Manchester City

  • The Walk

    The Walk

  • Silas Marner

    Silas Marner

  • Harem

    Harem

  • The Triumph of Love

    The Triumph of Love

  • Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

    Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

  • Sexy Beast

    Sexy Beast

  • Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

    Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

  • Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

    Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

  • Dalíland

    Dalíland

  • The Love School

    The Love School

  • Who Killed British Cinema?

    Who Killed British Cinema?

  • Intrigo: Death of an Author

    Intrigo: Death of an Author

  • The Wackness

    The Wackness

  • The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

    The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

  • Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • Oxbridge Blues

    Oxbridge Blues

  • The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

    The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

  • Fifty Dead Men Walking

    Fifty Dead Men Walking

  • Wessex Tales

    Wessex Tales

  • Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

  • Joseph

    Joseph

  • The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

    The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

  • Peace Is Every Step

    Peace Is Every Step

  • The Red Sea Diving Resort

    The Red Sea Diving Resort

  • Collide

    Collide

  • Cellini: A Violent Life

    Cellini: A Violent Life

  • The Making of Slipstream

    The Making of Slipstream

  • Moses

    Moses

  • Fortitude

    Fortitude

  • No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

    No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

  • Turtle Diary

    Turtle Diary

  • Moses

    Moses

  • Lenin... The Train

    Lenin... The Train

  • Spider in the Web

    Spider in the Web

  • An Ordinary Man

    An Ordinary Man

  • Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • Religion of the World

    Religion of the World

  • The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

  • Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

    Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

  • Inside the Operation

    Inside the Operation

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Liberation

    Liberation

  • Necessary Love

    Necessary Love

  • C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

    C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

  • A Therapy

    A Therapy

  • Religions of the World

    Religions of the World

  • Moïse

    Moïse

  • Hard Labour

    Hard Labour

  • Islam: Empire of Faith

    Islam: Empire of Faith

  • CNN Millennium

    CNN Millennium

  • Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

    Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

  • Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

    Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

  • Unlikely Heroes

    Unlikely Heroes

  • Aral, the Lost Sea

    Aral, the Lost Sea

  • Desert Warrior

    Desert Warrior

  • Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

    Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

  • The Making of Sexy Beast

    The Making of Sexy Beast

  • Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land

    Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land

  • Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin

    Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin

  • Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

  • The Medicine Buddha

    The Medicine Buddha

  • The Desert of Forbidden Art

    The Desert of Forbidden Art

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and Cleopatra

  • Islam: Empire of Faith

    Islam: Empire of Faith

  • Of Dogs and Men

    Of Dogs and Men

  • A Force More Powerful

    A Force More Powerful

  • Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

    Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

  • The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

    The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

  • Mary

    Mary

  • Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver

    Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver