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Ben Kingsley
Actor, ProducerBorn December 31, 1943 (82 years)
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).
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).
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| 2026 | Young Washington · as Robert Dinwiddie |
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | Wonder Man (TV Series) · as Trevor Slattery |
| 2025 | Desert Warrior · as Emperor Kisra |
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club · as Ibrahim |
| 2025 | The King of Kings · as High Priest Caiaphas (voice) |
| 2024 | William Tell · as King Albrecht |
| 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 (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Poison · as Dr. Ganderbai |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar · as Imdad Khan / Croupier |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Daliland · as Dalí |
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings · as Trevor Slattery |
| 2021 | Locked Down · as Malcolm |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Legends (TV Series) · as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Medicine Buddha · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort · as Ethan Levin |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace LTD (TV Series) · as Pastor Byron 'pa' Brown |
| 2019 | Spider in the Web · as Adereth |
| 2018 | Watership Down (2018) (TV Series) · as General Woundwort (voice) |
| 2018 | Intrigo: Death of an Author · as Henderson |
| 2018 | Night Hunter · as Cooper |
| 2018 | Operation Finale · as Adolf Eichmann |
| 2018 | All or Nothing: Manchester City (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 | Backstabbing for Beginners · as Pasha |
| 2017 | An Ordinary Man · as The General |
| 2017 | War Machine · as President Karzai |
| 2017 | The Ottoman Lieutenant · as Woodruff |
| 2017 | |
| 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 | |
| 2015 | Unity · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Tut (TV Series) · as Ay |
| 2015 | Self/less · as Damian |
| 2015 | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse · as Drago (voice) |
| 2014 | Robot Overlords · as Robin Smythe |
| 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 | The Boxtrolls · as Snatcher (voice) |
| 2014 | Learning to Drive · as Darwan |
| 2014 | War Story · as Albert |
| 2014 | Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King · as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin |
| 2014 | Jaguar: Rendezvous · as Cast |
| 2013 | Walking with the Enemy · as Regent Miklos Horthy |
| 2013 | The Physician · as Ibn Sina (avicenna) |
| 2013 | A Common Man · as The Man |
| 2013 | Ender's Game · as Mazer Rackham |
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 · as Trevor Slattery |
| 2013 | A Birder's Guide to Everything · as Lawrence Konrad |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | It Is No Dream · as Narrator |
| 2012 | A Therapy · as Therapist |
| 2012 | The Dictator · as Tamir |
| 2012 | Noah · as Narrator |
| 2011 | Hugo · as Georges Méliès |
| 2010 | Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny · as Narrator |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time · as Nizam |
| 2010 | Teen Patti · as Perci Trachtenberg |
| 2010 | Shutter Island · as Dr. Cawley |
| 2010 | The Desert of Forbidden Art · as Voice |
| 2010 | 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets · as Al-Jazari / Librarian |
| 2009 | Journey to Mecca · as Narrator |
| 2008 | Fifty Dead Men Walking · as Fergus |
| 2008 | Transsiberian · as Grinko |
| 2008 | The Wackness · as Dr. Squires |
| 2008 | The Love Guru · as Guru Tugginmypuddha |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | |
| 2007 | The Ten Commandments · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | You Kill Me · as Frank Falenczyk |
| 2007 | The Last Legion · as Ambrosinus |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin · as The Rabbi |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris · as Herman Tarnower |
| 2005 | BloodRayne · as Kagan |
| 2005 | Oliver Twist · as Fagin |
| 2005 | A Sound of Thunder · as Charles Hatton |
| 2004 | Suspect Zero · as Benjamin O'ryan |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds · as The Hood |
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog · as Behrani |
| 2003 | Unlikely Heroes · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land · as Narrator |
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting · as Man In The Yellow Suit |
| 2001 | Spooky House · as The Great Zamboni |
| 2001 | The Triumph of Love · as Hermocrates |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence · as Specialist (voice) |
| 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story (TV Series) · as Otto Frank |
| 2000 | Sexy Beast · as Don Logan |
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement · as Ambassador Mourain |
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? · as Graydon |
| 1999 | A Force More Powerful · as Narator |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland · as Major Caterpillar |
| 1999 | The Confession · as Harry Fertig |
| 1998 | Parting Shots · as Renzo Locatelli |
| 1998 | Crime and Punishment · as Magistrate Porfiry |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Religions of the World (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1997 | The Tale of Sweeney Todd · as Sweeney Todd |
| 1997 | The Assignment · as Amos |
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies · as Rev. Templeton |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction · as Julian Messenger |
| 1996 | Twelfth Night · as Feste |
| 1995 | Moses (TV Series) · as Moses |
| 1995 | Species · as Xavier Fitch |
| 1995 | Joseph · as Potifar |
| 1995 | Joseph (TV Series) · as Potiphar |
| 1994 | Death and the Maiden · as Dr. Roberto Miranda |
| 1994 | Liberation · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Schindler's List · as Itzhak Stern |
| 1993 | The Bible Collection (TV Series) · as Moses |
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer · as Bruce Pandolfini |
| 1993 | Dave · as Vice-President Nance |
| 1992 | Sneakers · as Cosmo |
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7. · as Freddie (voice) |
| 1991 | Bugsy · as Meyer Lansky |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends · as Pericles |
| 1990 | O Quinto Macaco · as Cunda |
| 1990 | The Children · as Martin Boyne |
| 1990 | Cellini: A Violent Life · as Governor |
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet · as Father Capulet (voice) |
| 1989 | Slipstream · as Avatar |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story · as Simon Wiesenthal |
| 1988 | Lenin: The Train · as Lenin |
| 1988 | Lenin: The Train (TV Series) · as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin |
| 1988 | Without a Clue · as Dr. John Watson |
| 1988 | Pascali's Island · as Basil Pascali |
| 1988 | The Secret of the Sahara (TV Series) · as Sholomon |
| 1987 | Testimony · as Dmitri Shostakovich |
| 1987 | Maurice · as Lasker-Jones |
| 1985 | Silas Marner · as Silas Marner |
| 1985 | Turtle Diary · as William Snow |
| 1985 | Harem · as Selim |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues (TV Series) · as Geoff Craven |
| 1983 | Betrayal · as Robert |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor · as Frank Ford |
| 1982 | Gandhi · as Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1982 | Playing Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1976 | Dickens of London (TV Series) · as Dr. John Elliotson |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Readings |
| 1975 | The Love School (TV Series) · as Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
| 1974 | Antony and Cleopatra · as Thidias |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ivanov |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Hard Labour · as Naseem |
| 1972 | Fear Is the Key · as Royale |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Jeremy Leigh |
| 1972 | The Adventurer (TV Series) · as Pierre |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Naseem |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Edgar Allan Poe |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1965 | Pardon the Expression (TV Series) · as Roy |
| 1960 | Coronation Street (TV Series) · as Ron Jenkins |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Duval |
| 2024 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2023 | The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Attendee |
| 2022 | Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry · as Self |
| 2021 | An Audience with Adele · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Spider in the Web: Behind the Scenes · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Spielberg · as Self |
| 2016 | 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2015 | A Very Murray Christmas · as Self |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words (2015) (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Ben Kingsley |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self - Actor |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | The British Film Industry: Elitist, Deluded or Dormant? · as Self - Actor |
| 2013 | Muse of Fire · as Self |
| 2013 | The Queen Latifah Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | The British (TV Series) · as Self - Actor |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Urgant Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' · as Self |
| 2012 | The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime · as Self |
| 2012 | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2012 | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Nieuwsuur (TV Series) · as Self - Acteur |
| 2010 | Guys Choice · as Self |
| 2009 | The Project (2009) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The 81st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2009 | The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2009 | Skavlan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Xposé (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia · as Self |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | The ONE Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You Die · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Martha Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The 100 Greatest War Films · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The 76th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2004 | The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2004 | 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | The 75th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2002 | Tinseltown TV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2002 | The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2002 | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2002 | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2001 | The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | The Making of Sexy Beast · as Self |
| 2001 | The Making of 'Gandhi' - A Photo Montage · as Self |
| 2000 | Islam: Empire of Faith · as Self - Narrator |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | BBC Breakfast (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Rove Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Sopranos (TV Series) · as Ben Kingsley |
| 1998 | ARTE Journal Clips (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | HARDtalk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Nazi Hunters: Stalking Evil · as Self - Narrator |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Whoever That Fails (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | TFI Friday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold · as Self |
| 1993 | GMTV (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | ARD-Morgenmagazin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The 64th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1991 | Movie Days (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Dispatches (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1987 | Seitenblicke (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | To Be Hamlet · as Self |
| 1983 | Schindler · as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice) |
| 1983 | The 55th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1982 | Timewatch (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1982 | Wogan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | Hour Magazine (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | Fantástico (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Nominee |
| 2022 | Daliland · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 |