Ben Kingsley
Acting
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).
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
Age 77 (now 82)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as Nizam
Age 66 (now 82)
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Age 70 (now 82)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Age 80 (now 82)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
Age 79 (now 82)
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
as Self
Age 78 (now 82) Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
Age 77 (now 82)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
Age 74 (now 82)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
Age 74 (now 82)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
Age 71 (now 82)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
as Drago (Voice)
Age 71 (now 82)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Merenkahre
Age 70 (now 82)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Age 70 (now 82)
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Age 70 (now 82)
A Birder's Guide to Everything
as Lawrence Konrad
Age 69 (now 82)
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
as Narrator
Age 68 (now 82)
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
Age 68 (now 82)
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
Age 68 (now 82)
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
as Self
Age 68 (now 82)
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
as Self
Age 68 (now 82)
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
as Narrator
Age 66 (now 82) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as Nizam
Age 66 (now 82)
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
Age 66 (now 82)
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
as Self
Age 63 (now 82)
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
as Self
Age 62 (now 82)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 61 (now 82)
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
as Self
Age 60 (now 82)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Self
Age 60 (now 82)
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
as Narrator
Age 59 (now 82)
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
as Self - Interviewee
Age 57 (now 82)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Specialist (voice)
Age 57 (now 82)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Julian Messenger
Age 53 (now 82)
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Bruce Pandolfini
Age 49 (now 82)
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
as Narrator (voice)
Age 47 (now 82)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
as Narrator (voice)
Age 47 (now 82)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Simon Wiesenthal
Age 45 (now 82)
Marvel Studios Legends
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Age 77 (now 82)
All or Nothing: Manchester City
as Narrator (voice)
Age 74 (now 82)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 70 (now 82)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest
Age 61 (now 82)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
as Otto Frank
Age 57 (now 82)
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Also Known As
Sir Ben Kingsley , Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Krishna Bhanji
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