Credits

• 2025 · William Tell as
• 2024 · The Killer's Game as Zvi Rabinowitz
• 2024 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai
• 2023 · Poison as Dr. Ganderbai
• 2023 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Imdad Khan / Croupier
• 2023 · Jules as Milton Robinson
• 2022 · Dalíland as Dalí
• 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Trevor Slattery
• 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
• 2021 · Locked Down as Malcolm
• 2021 · Marvel Studios Legends as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
• 2019 · Night Hunter as Cooper
• 2019 · The Red Sea Diving Resort as Ethan Levin
• 2019 · Perpetual Grace LTD as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
• 2019 · Spider in the Web as Adereth
• 2018 · Watership Down as General Woundwort (voice)
• 2018 · Operation Finale as Adolf Eichmann
• 2018 · All or Nothing: Manchester City as Narrator (voice)
• 2018 · Backstabbing for Beginners as Pasha
• 2017 · An Ordinary Man as The General
• 2017 · Spielberg as Self
• 2017 · War Machine as President Karzai
• 2017 · The Ottoman Lieutenant as Woodruff
• 2017 · Security as Charlie
• 2016 · Collide as Geran
• 2016 · The Jungle Book as Bagheera (voice)
• 2015 · The Walk as Papa Rudy
• 2015 · Knight of Cups as Storyteller (voice)
• 2015 · Tut as Ay
• 2015 · Self/less as Damian
• 2015 · Lip Sync Battle as Self
• 2015 · Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Drago (Voice)
• 2014 · Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Merenkahre
• 2014 · Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nun
• 2014 · Stonehearst Asylum as Silas Lamb
• 2014 · Robot Overlords as Robin Smythe
• 2014 · The Boxtrolls as Archibald Snatcher (voice)
• 2014 · Learning to Drive as Darwan
• 2014 · Garfunkel and Oates as Ben Kingsley
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• 2014 · Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
• 2013 · The Physician as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
• 2013 · Ender's Game as Mazer Rackham
• 2013 · A Common Man as The Man
• 2013 · Iron Man 3 as Trevor Slattery
• 2012 · The Dictator as Tamir
• 2011 · Hugo as Georges Méliès
• 2010 · Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Nizam
• 2010 · Shutter Island as Dr. Cawley
• 2008 · Fifty Dead Men Walking as Fergus
• 2008 · Elegy as David Kepesh
• 2008 · The Love Guru as Guru Tugginmypuddha
• 2008 · War, Inc. as Walken / The Viceroy
• 2008 · TransSiberian as Grinko
• 2007 · The Ten Commandments as Narrator (voice)
• 2007 · I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal as
• 2007 · The Last Legion as Ambrosinus
• 2006 · The One Show as Self
• 2006 · Lucky Number Slevin as The Rabbi
• 2005 · BloodRayne as Kagan
• 2005 · Oliver Twist as Fagin
• 2005 · A Sound of Thunder as Charles Hatton
• 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
• 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
• 2004 · Suspect Zero as Benjamin O'Ryan
• 2004 · Thunderbirds as The Hood
• 2003 · House of Sand and Fog as Behrani
• 2002 · Tuck Everlasting as Man in the Yellow Suit
• 2001 · A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Specialist (voice)
• 2001 · Anne Frank: The Whole Story as Otto Frank
• 2001 · Sexy Beast as Don Logan
• 2000 · Rules of Engagement as Ambassador Mourain
• 2000 · What Planet Are You From? as Graydon
• 1999 · Rove as Self
• 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Major Caterpillar
• 1999 · The Sopranos as Ben Kingsley
• 1997 · The Assignment as Amos
• 1996 · Twelfth Night as Feste
• 1995 · Moses as Moses
• 1995 · Species as Xavier Fitch
• 1995 · Joseph as Potifar
• 1994 · Death and the Maiden as Dr. Roberto Miranda
• 1993 · Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern
• 1993 · Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bruce Pandolfini
• 1993 · Dave as Vice-President Nance
• 1992 · Sneakers as Cosmo
• 1991 · Bugsy as Meyer Lansky
• 1988 · Without a Clue as Dr. John Watson
• 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
• 1987 · Maurice as Lasker-Jones
• 1982 · Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
• 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
• 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
• 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
• 1974 · Playhouse as Robert Cibrario
• 1974 · Playhouse as Ivanov
• 1972 · Pebble Mill at One as
• 1972 · The Adventurer as Pierre
• 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
• 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
• Future · Wonder Man as Trevor Slattery
• 2025 · The King of Kings as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
• 2022 · Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry as Self
• 2018 · Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché as Self
• 2018 · Intrigo: Death of an Author as Henderson
• 2015 · Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
• 2015 · Life as Jack Warner
• 2015 · Unity as Narrator (voice)
• 2014 · Walking with the Enemy as Regent Miklos Horthy
• 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
• 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
• 2013 · A Birder's Guide to Everything as Lawrence Konrad
• 2012 · Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime as Self
• 2012 · Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
• 2012 · The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès as Self
• 2012 · The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' as Self
• 2010 · Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse as Self
• 2008 · The Wackness as Dr. Squires
• 2007 · You Kill Me as Frank Falenczyk
• 2006 · C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia as Himself
• 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
• 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
• 2004 · Religion of the World as Narrator
• 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
• 2002 · Spooky House as The Great Zamboni
• 2001 · Islam: Empire of Faith as Narrator
• 1999 · Parting Shots as Renzo Locatelli
• 1999 · The Confession as Harry Fertig
• 1998 · Crime and Punishment as Magistrate Porfiry
• 1998 · The Tale of Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd
• 1997 · Photographing Fairies as Rev. Templeton
• 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Julian Messenger
• 1996 · Moses as Moses
• 1995 · Joseph as Potiphar
• 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Freddie (voice)
• 1989 · Slipstream as Avatar
• 1988 · Lenin... The Train as Lenin
• 1988 · Pascali's Island as Basil Pascali
• 1988 · The Secret of the Sahara as Sholomon
• 1985 · Harem as Selim
• 1985 · To Be Hamlet as Self
• 1984 · Camille as Duval
• 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Geoff Craven
• 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
• 1983 · Betrayal as Robert
• 1982 · The Merry Wives of Windsor as Frank Ford
• 1976 · Dickens Of London as Dr. John Elliotson
• 1975 · The Love School as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• 1973 · Wessex Tales as
• 1972 · Fear Is the Key as Royale
• 1965 · Orlando as Peter Batterby
• Future · The Way of the Wind as
• 2019 · The Medicine Buddha as Narration
• 2018 · Inside The Operation as Self
• 2018 · Who Killed British Cinema? as Self
• 2016 · Of Dogs and Men as The Caller (voice)
• 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
• 2014 · War Story as Albert
• 2012 · It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl as Narrator
• 2012 · Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard as Himself
• 2012 · A Therapy as Therapist
• 2011 · The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
• 2010 · Aral, the Lost Sea as
• 2010 · Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny as Narrator
• 2010 · Teen Patti as Perci Trachtenberg
• 2010 · 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets as Al-Jazari / Librarian
• 2009 · Journey to Mecca as Narrator
• 2006 · The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel as Self
• 2006 · Mais Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
• 2006 · Mrs. Harris as Herman Tarnower
• 2006 · The Life and Faith of CS Lewis as
• 2005 · Peace Is Every Step as Narrator
• 2004 · No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
• 2003 · Unlikely Heroes as Narrator
• 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
• 2001 · The Triumph of Love as Hermocrates
• 2001 · The Making of Sexy Beast as Self
• 2001 · Islam: Empire of Faith as Himself - Narrator
• 1999 · A Force More Powerful as Narator
• 1999 · CNN Millennium as Narrator
• 1994 · Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
• 1994 · Liberation as Narrator
• 1991 · Necessary Love as
• 1991 · Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver as Narrator (voice)
• 1991 · Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin as Narrator (voice)
• 1991 · The War That Never Ends as Pericles
• 1990 · The Fifth Monkey as Cunda
• 1990 · The Children as Martin Boyne
• 1990 · Cellini: A Violent Life as Governatore
• 1990 · Lenin: The Train as Lenin
• 1990 · Romeo.Juliet as Father Capulet (voice)
• 1989 · Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Simon Wiesenthal
• 1988 · Testimony as Dmitri Shostakovich
• 1985 · Silas Marner as Silas Marner
• 1985 · Turtle Diary as William Snow
• 1983 · Schindler as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
• 1983 · Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
• 1979 · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Ivanov
• 1975 · Antony and Cleopatra as Thidias
• 1973 · Hard Labour as Naseem
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duval
• 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
• Future · The Thursday Murder Club as Ibrahim Arif
• Future · Deep Water as
• Future · Desert Warrior as Emperor Kisra
• Future · Mary as King Herod