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Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Kingsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal information

Birthday

1943-12-31

Birth Place

Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

2010

5.5

Movie
50 Films to See Before You Die

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

8.5

Movie
A Birder's Guide to Everything

A Birder's Guide to Everything

2013

6.0

Movie
A Common Man

A Common Man

2013

5.7

Movie
A Force More Powerful

A Force More Powerful

1999

9.0

Movie
A Sound of Thunder

A Sound of Thunder

2005

4.9

Movie
A Therapy

A Therapy

2012

5.3

Movie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001

7.0

Movie
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999

6.3

Movie
poster

All or Nothing: Manchester City

2018

7.2

TV
An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man

2017

6.3

Movie
And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

7.0

Movie
poster

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

2001

7.5

TV
Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra

1975

7.0

Movie
Aral, the Lost Sea

Aral, the Lost Sea

2010

2.7

Movie
Backstabbing for Beginners

Backstabbing for Beginners

2018

6.1

Movie
poster

Bambi Awards

1948

9.0

TV
poster

BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

5.2

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

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

2018

7.3

Movie
Betrayal

Betrayal

1983

6.0

Movie
BloodRayne

BloodRayne

2005

4.1

Movie
Bugsy

Bugsy

1991

6.4

Movie
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

2006

6.2

Movie
Camille

Camille

1984

5.6

Movie
Cellini: A Violent Life

Cellini: A Violent Life

1990

6.0

Movie
poster

CNN Millennium

1999

0.0

TV
Collide

Collide

2016

5.5

Movie
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

1998

6.6

Movie
Dalíland

Dalíland

2022

6.2

Movie
Dave

Dave

1993

6.6

Movie
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

1994

7.1

Movie
Deep Water

Deep Water

0.0

Movie
Desert Warrior

Desert Warrior

0.0

Movie
poster

Dickens Of London

1976

6.5

TV
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

2015

5.4

Movie
Elegy

Elegy

2008

6.3

Movie
Ender's Game

Ender's Game

2013

6.6

Movie
poster

Entertainment Tonight

1981

3.7

TV
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

1979

0.0

Movie
Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

5.9

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

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

2012

0.0

Movie
Fear Is the Key

Fear Is the Key

1972

5.9

Movie
Fifty Dead Men Walking

Fifty Dead Men Walking

2008

6.4

Movie
Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

1992

5.1

Movie
Gandhi

Gandhi

1982

7.6

Movie
poster

Garfunkel and Oates

2014

7.0

TV
poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944

6.8

TV
poster

Goldene Kamera Verleihung

1966

3.5

TV
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.7

TV
Hard Labour

Hard Labour

1973

6.5

Movie
Harem

Harem

1985

4.6

Movie
House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog

2003

7.2

Movie
Hugo

Hugo

2011

7.2

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

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

2007

7.7

Movie
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004

6.5

Movie
poster

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

7.4

TV
Inside The Operation

Inside The Operation

2018

0.0

Movie
Intrigo: Death of an Author

Intrigo: Death of an Author

2018

5.4

Movie
Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

2013

6.9

Movie
Islam: Empire of Faith

Islam: Empire of Faith

2001

8.4

Movie
poster

Islam: Empire of Faith

2001

0.0

TV
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

2012

0.0

Movie
Joseph

Joseph

1995

8.2

Movie
poster

Joseph

1995

0.0

TV
Journey to Mecca

Journey to Mecca

2009

6.5

Movie
Jules

Jules

2023

7.2

Movie
Knight of Cups

Knight of Cups

2015

5.7

Movie
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2015

0.0

Movie
poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

5.5

TV
Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive

2014

6.2

Movie
Lenin: The Train

Lenin: The Train

1990

6.1

Movie
poster

Lenin... The Train

1988

6.0

TV
Liberation

Liberation

1994

8.0

Movie
Life

Life

2015

6.0

Movie
poster

Lip Sync Battle

2015

6.4

TV
Locked Down

Locked Down

2021

5.2

Movie
Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin

2006

7.5

Movie
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

2006

0.0

Movie
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

2014

6.8

Movie
poster

Marvel Studios Assembled

2021

7.2

TV
poster

Marvel Studios Legends

2021

7.4

TV
Mary

Mary

0.0

Movie
Maurice

Maurice

1987

7.6

Movie
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

1994

0.0

Movie
Moses

Moses

1995

6.9

Movie
poster

Moses

1996

0.0

TV
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

1983

0.0

Movie
Mrs. Harris

Mrs. Harris

2006

6.0

Movie
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1989

6.6

Movie
Muse of Fire

Muse of Fire

2013

6.5

Movie
Necessary Love

Necessary Love

1991

9.2

Movie
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

2014

6.2

Movie
Night Hunter

Night Hunter

2019

6.6

Movie
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

2004

0.0

Movie
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005

0.0

Movie
Of Dogs and Men

Of Dogs and Men

2016

0.0

Movie
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

2005

6.7

Movie
Operation Finale

Operation Finale

2018

6.7

Movie
poster

Orlando

1965

0.0

TV
poster

Oxbridge Blues

1984

5.0

TV
Parting Shots

Parting Shots

1999

6.1

Movie
Pascali's Island

Pascali's Island

1988

6.4

Movie
Peace Is Every Step

Peace Is Every Step

2005

0.0

Movie
poster

Pebble Mill at One

1972

0.0

TV
poster

Perpetual Grace LTD

2019

7.2

TV
Photographing Fairies

Photographing Fairies

1997

5.7

Movie
poster

Playhouse

1974

7.0

TV
poster

Playing Shakespeare

1984

10.0

TV
Poison

Poison

2023

6.9

Movie
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2010

6.3

Movie
Rabbit Ears -  Moses the Lawgiver

Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver

1991

0.0

Movie
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin

Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin

1991

0.0

Movie
poster

Religion of the World

2004

0.0

TV
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2014

4.8

Movie
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

2022

10.0

Movie
Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

2014

4.8

Movie
Romeo.Juliet

Romeo.Juliet

1990

0.0

Movie
poster

Rove

1999

8.0

TV
Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement

2000

6.2

Movie
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

2012

6.0

Movie
Schindler

Schindler

1983

8.1

Movie
Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993

8.6

Movie
Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer

1993

7.1

Movie
Security

Security

2017

6.3

Movie
poster

Seitenblicke

1987

0.0

TV
Self/less

Self/less

2015

6.4

Movie
Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast

2001

7.0

Movie
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

2021

7.5

Movie
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

2012

6.0

Movie
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010

8.2

Movie
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

2010

8.0

Movie
Silas Marner

Silas Marner

1985

5.4

Movie
Slipstream

Slipstream

1989

4.5

Movie
Sneakers

Sneakers

1992

6.9

Movie
Species

Species

1995

6.0

Movie
Spider in the Web

Spider in the Web

2019

5.0

Movie
Spielberg

Spielberg

2017

7.6

Movie
Spooky House

Spooky House

2002

6.0

Movie
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014

6.9

Movie
Suspect Zero

Suspect Zero

2004

5.6

Movie
Teen Patti

Teen Patti

2010

4.1

Movie
Testimony

Testimony

1988

5.7

Movie
poster

The Adventurer

1972

5.5

TV
The Assignment

The Assignment

1997

6.4

Movie
The Boxtrolls

The Boxtrolls

2014

6.7

Movie
The Children

The Children

1990

5.2

Movie
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

2012

0.0

Movie
The Confession

The Confession

1999

5.7

Movie
The Desert of Forbidden Art

The Desert of Forbidden Art

2011

4.7

Movie
The Dictator

The Dictator

2012

6.2

Movie
The Fifth Monkey

The Fifth Monkey

1990

9.0

Movie
The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

2016

6.9

Movie
The Killer's Game

The Killer's Game

2024

6.7

Movie
The King of Kings

The King of Kings

2025

0.0

Movie
The Last Legion

The Last Legion

2007

5.6

Movie
poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

6.8

TV
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

2006

0.0

Movie
The Love Guru

The Love Guru

2008

4.1

Movie
poster

The Love School

1975

0.0

TV
The Making of ‘Sneakers’

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

2003

0.0

Movie
The Making of Sexy Beast

The Making of Sexy Beast

2001

0.0

Movie
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003

0.0

Movie
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

2012

6.0

Movie
The Medicine Buddha

The Medicine Buddha

2019

6.0

Movie
The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

8.0

Movie
poster

The One Show

2006

4.6

TV
poster

The Oscars

1953

7.0

TV
The Ottoman Lieutenant

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017

6.2

Movie
The Physician

The Physician

2013

7.3

Movie
The Red Sea Diving Resort

The Red Sea Diving Resort

2019

6.8

Movie
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

2006

0.0

Movie
The Sands of Time: The Making of 'Prince of Persia'

The Sands of Time: The Making of 'Prince of Persia'

2010

0.0

Movie
poster

The Secret of the Sahara

1988

6.1

TV
poster

The Sopranos

1999

8.7

TV
The Tale of Sweeney Todd

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

1998

5.7

Movie
The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments

2007

5.6

Movie
The Thursday Murder Club

The Thursday Murder Club

0.0

Movie
The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love

2001

6.2

Movie
The Wackness

The Wackness

2008

6.4

Movie
The Walk

The Walk

2015

7.0

Movie
The War That Never Ends

The War That Never Ends

1991

0.0

Movie
The Way of the Wind

The Way of the Wind

0.0

Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

2023

7.2

Movie
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

2024

7.4

Movie
Thunderbirds

Thunderbirds

2004

5.0

Movie
To Be Hamlet

To Be Hamlet

1985

0.0

Movie
TransSiberian

TransSiberian

2008

6.4

Movie
Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting

2002

6.6

Movie
Turtle Diary

Turtle Diary

1985

6.6

Movie
poster

Tut

2015

7.2

TV
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1996

6.9

Movie
Unity

Unity

2015

7.5

Movie
Unlikely Heroes

Unlikely Heroes

2003

7.3

Movie
Walking with the Enemy

Walking with the Enemy

2014

6.4

Movie
War Machine

War Machine

2017

5.6

Movie
War Story

War Story

2014

4.4

Movie
War, Inc.

War, Inc.

2008

5.5

Movie
poster

Watership Down

2018

6.8

TV
Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction

1997

5.1

Movie
poster

Wessex Tales

1973

6.0

TV
poster

Wetten, dass..?

1981

5.5

TV
What Planet Are You From?

What Planet Are You From?

2000

5.5

Movie
Who Killed British Cinema?

Who Killed British Cinema?

2018

5.0

Movie
William Tell

William Tell

2025

0.0

Movie
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

2010

6.4

Movie
Without a Clue

Without a Clue

1988

6.6

Movie
poster

Wonder Man

0.0

TV
You Kill Me

You Kill Me

2007

6.1

Movie