Ben Kingsley



First NameBen
Last NameKingsley
Full Name at BirthKrishna Bhanji
Age68
Date of BirthDecember 31, 1943
BirthplaceScarborough, Yorkshire, England
Height5' 8" (173 cm)
BuildAverage
Eye ColorBrown - Dark
Hair ColorGrey
Star SignCapricorn
ReligionOther
EthnicityMultiracial
NationalityEnglish
Occupation CategoryActor
Claim to FameGandhi

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji (Gujarati:?????? ????? ?????); 31 December 1943) is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), and House of Sand and Fog.


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Filmography

Selected Ben Kingsley film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

2012
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2011
Papa Georges

2010
Dr. Cawley

2010
Perci Trachtenberg

2010
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Al-Jazari/Librarian

2009
Noah's Ark: The New Beginning
Narrator

2009
Salesmen
August

2008
Crossmaglen
IRA Commander

2008
David Kepesh

2008
Number 13
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2008
Guru Tugginmypudha

2008
Dr. Squires

2008
Grinko

2008
Walken/The Viceroy

2008
The Last Voyage of Demeter
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2007
Ambrosinus, Merlin

2007
Narrated by

2007
Frank Falenczyk

2006
The Rabbi

2005
Charles Hatton

2005
Kagan

2005
Fagin

2005
Herman Tarnower

2004
The Great Zamboni

2004
Benjamin O'Ryan

2004
The Hood

2003
Behrani

2002
Man in the Yellow Suit

2001
Hermocrates

2001
Otto Frank

2000
Ambassador Mourain

2000
Don Logan

1999
Parting Shots
Renzo Locatelli

1999
Harry Fertig

1999
Major Caterpillar

1998
Porfiry

1997
Reverend Templeton

1997
Amos

1997
The Tale of Sweeney Todd

1997
Julian Messenger

1995
Xavier Fitch

1995
Potiphar

1995
Moses

1994
Dr. Roberto Miranda

1993
Vice-President Nance

1993
Bruce Pandolfini

1992
Freddie

1992
Cosmo

1991
Meyer Lansky

1991
The War That Never Ends
Pericles

1991
L'amore necessario
Ernesto

1990
Cunda

1990
Romeo.Juliet
Father Capulet

1990
The Children
Martin Boyne

1990
Una vita scellerata
Governor

1990
Lenin: The Train
Lenin

1989
Avatar

1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Simon Wiesenthal

1988
Pascali's Island
Basil Pascali

1988
Testimony
Dmitri Shostakovich

1988
Sholomon

1987
Lasker-Jones

1986
Stanley's Vision
Stanley Spencer

1985
Selim

1985
William Snow

1985
Silas Marner
Silas Marner

1984
Oxbridge Blues
Geoff Craven

1983
Robert

1982
Mahatma Gandhi

1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Frank Ford

1982
Kean
Edmund Kean

1977
The Velvet Glove
Chakravarti

1976
Dickens of London
Dr. John Elliotson

1975
The Love School
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1974
Thidias

1974
BBC2 Playhouse
Ivanov, Robert Cibrario

1974
2nd House
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1973
Wessex Tales
Lord Uplandtowers

1973
A Misfortune
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1972
Royale

1972
Crown Court
Jeremy Leigh, Jeremy Leigh QC

1972
The Adventurer
Pierre

1972
Full House
The Misfortune cast member

1970
Play for Today
Naseem

1965
Jackanory
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1965
Orlando
Peter Batterby

1965
Pardon the Expression
Roy

1960
Ron Jenkins

Other Crew Credits

Soundtrack Credits

1982
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
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BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (1981–2000)
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