Ben Kingsley
December 31, 1943 (80 years old) in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; December 31, 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he received the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Kingsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Poison as Dr. Ganderbai
- 2023 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Imdad Khan / Croupier
- 2023 · Jules as Milton Robinson
- 2022 · Dalíland as Salvador 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 · Unity as Narrator (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 · 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 · Elegy as David Kepesh
- 2008 · The Love Guru as Guru Tugginmypuddha
- 2008 · TransSiberian as Grinko
- 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 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- 2004 · Suspect Zero as Benjamin O'Ryan
- 2004 · Thunderbirds as The Hood
- 2004 · Religion of the World as Narrator
- 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 · Islam: Empire of Faith as Narrator
- 2001 · Sexy Beast as Don Logan
- 2000 · Rules of Engagement as Ambassador Mourain
- 1999 · Rove as Self
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Major Caterpillar
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Ben Kingsley
- 1997 · The Assignment as Amos
- 1995 · Moses as Moses
- 1995 · Species as Xavier Fitch
- 1995 · Joseph as Potifar
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 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
- 1988 · The Secret of the Sahara as Sholomon
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · Maurice as Lasker-Jones
- 1984 · Oxbridge Blues as Geoff Craven
- 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
- 1982 · Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · Wetten, dass..? as Self
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1976 · Dickens Of London as Dr. John Elliotson
- 1974 · Playhouse as Ivanov
- 1974 · Playhouse as Robert Cibrario
- 1972 · Pebble Mill at One as
- 1972 · The Adventurer as Pierre
- 1966 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1965 · Orlando as Peter Batterby
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duval
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- Future · Wonder Man as Trevor Slattery
- 2024 · The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
- 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 · Life as Jack Warner
- 2014 · Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
- 2014 · Walking with the Enemy as Regent Miklos Horthy
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 · War Story as Albert
- 2013 · Muse of Fire as Self
- 2013 · A Common Man as The Man
- 2013 · A Birder's Guide to Everything as Lawrence Konrad
- 2012 · It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl as Narrator
- 2012 · The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès as Self
- 2012 · Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime as Self
- 2008 · Fifty Dead Men Walking as Fergus
- 2008 · The Wackness as Dr. Squires
- 2008 · War, Inc. as Walken / The Viceroy
- 2007 · The Ten Commandments as Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal as
- 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
- 2006 · Mrs. Harris as Herman Tarnower
- 2005 · Nos Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
- 2004 · No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
- 2004 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
- 2001 · The Triumph of Love as Hermocrates
- 2000 · What Planet Are You From? as Graydon
- 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
- 1996 · Twelfth Night as Feste
- 1995 · Joseph as Potiphar
- 1994 · Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
- 1992 · Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Freddie (voice)
- 1990 · Cellini: A Violent Life as Governatore
- 1990 · Lenin: The Train as Lenin
- 1990 · Romeo.Juliet as Father Capulet (voice)
- 1989 · Slipstream as Avatar
- 1988 · Lenin... The Train as Lenin
- Future · The Way of the Wind as
- 1985 · Turtle Diary as William Snow
- 1985 · Harem as Selim
- 1984 · Camille as Duval
- 1983 · Betrayal as Robert
- 1973 · Wessex Tales as
- 1972 · Fear Is the Key as Royale
- Future · William Tell as
- 2019 · The Medicine Buddha as Narration
- 2018 · Inside The Operation as
- 2018 · Who Killed British Cinema? as Self
- 2016 · Of Dogs and Men as The Caller (voice)
- 2015 · Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard as Himself
- 2012 · A Therapy as Therapist
- 2012 · The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' as Self
- 2012 · Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
- 2011 · The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
- 2010 · Aral, the Lost Sea as
- 2010 · Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny as Narrator
- 2010 · Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse as Self
- 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 · The Life and Faith of CS Lewis as
- 2005 · Peace Is Every Step as Narrator
- 2003 · Unlikely Heroes as Narrator
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
- 2003 · The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
- 2002 · Spooky House as The Great Zamboni
- 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
- 1997 · Weapons of Mass Distraction as Julian Messenger
- 1994 · Liberation as Narrator
- 1991 · Necessary Love as
- 1991 · The War That Never Ends as Pericles
- 1990 · The Fifth Monkey as Cunda
- 1990 · The Children as Martin Boyne
- 1989 · Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Simon Wiesenthal
- 1988 · Testimony as Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1988 · Pascali's Island as Basil Pascali
- 1985 · Silas Marner as Silas Marner
- 1985 · To Be Hamlet as Self
- 1982 · The Merry Wives of Windsor as Frank Ford
- 1973 · Hard Labour as Naseem
- Future · The Killer's Game as
- Future · Desert Warrior as Emperor Kisra
- Future · Deep Water as
- 1983 · Schindler as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
- Future · The Thursday Murder Club as Ibrahim
- 1983 · Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
- 1979 · Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Ivanov
- 1975 · The Love School as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- 1975 · Antony and Cleopatra as Thidias
- Future · Mary as King Herod