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.
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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Young Washington
Character:Robert Dinwiddie
Release Date:04/07/2026
Deep Water
Character:
Release Date:01/05/2026
Desert Warrior
Character:Emperor Kisra
Release Date:28/09/2025
The Thursday Murder Club
Character:Ibrahim
Release Date:22/08/2025
The King of Kings
Character:High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
Release Date:07/04/2025
William Tell
Character:King Albrecht
Release Date:17/01/2025
The Killer's Game
Character:Zvi Rabinowitz
Release Date:12/09/2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Character:Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Release Date:14/03/2024
Poison
Character:Dr. Ganderbai
Release Date:29/09/2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Character:Imdad Khan / Croupier
Release Date:20/09/2023
Jules
Character:Milton Robinson
Release Date:10/08/2023
Dalíland
Character:Dalí
Release Date:29/09/2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Character:Self
Release Date:30/03/2022
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Character:Trevor Slattery
Release Date:01/09/2021
Locked Down
Character:Malcolm
Release Date:25/02/2021
The Medicine Buddha
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:20/11/2019
Night Hunter
Character:Cooper
Release Date:08/08/2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Character:Ethan Levin
Release Date:28/07/2019
Spider in the Web
Character:Adereth
Release Date:20/04/2019
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/12/2018
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Character:Self
Release Date:07/12/2018
Inside the Operation
Character:Self
Release Date:04/12/2018
Who Killed British Cinema?
Character:Self
Release Date:26/11/2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Character:Henderson
Release Date:11/10/2018
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
Character:Self
Release Date:01/10/2018
Operation Finale
Character:Adolf Eichmann
Release Date:29/08/2018
Backstabbing for Beginners
Character:Pasha
Release Date:18/01/2018
An Ordinary Man
Character:The General
Release Date:09/10/2017
Spielberg
Character:Self
Release Date:05/10/2017
War Machine
Character:President Karzai
Release Date:26/05/2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Character:Woodruff
Release Date:28/03/2017
Security
Character:Charlie
Release Date:04/03/2017
Of Dogs and Men
Character:The Caller (voice)
Release Date:22/10/2016
Collide
Character:Geran
Release Date:10/06/2016
The Jungle Book
Character:Bagheera (voice)
Release Date:07/04/2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/2015
The Walk
Character:Papa Rudy
Release Date:30/09/2015
Knight of Cups
Character:Storyteller (voice)
Release Date:10/09/2015
Life
Character:Jack Warner
Release Date:09/09/2015
Unity
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/08/2015
Self/less
Character:Damian
Release Date:10/07/2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Character:Drago (Voice)
Release Date:24/02/2015
Robot Overlords
Character:Robin Smythe
Release Date:29/01/2015
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Character:Merenkahre
Release Date:17/12/2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Character:Nun
Release Date:03/12/2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Character:Silas Lamb
Release Date:23/10/2014
The Boxtrolls
Character:Snatcher (voice)
Release Date:10/09/2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/2014
Learning to Drive
Character:Darwan
Release Date:21/08/2014
Walking with the Enemy
Character:Regent Miklos Horthy
Release Date:25/04/2014
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Character:Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Release Date:04/02/2014
War Story
Character:Albert
Release Date:19/01/2014
The Physician
Character:Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Release Date:25/12/2013
Ender's Game
Character:Mazer Rackham
Release Date:24/10/2013
Muse of Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:26/09/2013
A Common Man
Character:The Man
Release Date:30/06/2013
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Character:Lawrence Konrad
Release Date:21/04/2013
Iron Man 3
Character:Trevor Slattery
Release Date:18/04/2013
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Character:Narrator
Release Date:10/08/2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2012
A Therapy
Character:Therapist
Release Date:22/05/2012
The Dictator
Character:Tamir
Release Date:15/05/2012
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2012
Hugo
Character:Georges Méliès
Release Date:22/11/2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Character:Voice
Release Date:18/03/2011
Aral, the Lost Sea
Character:
Release Date:20/09/2010
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Character:Narrator
Release Date:20/08/2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Character:Nizam
Release Date:19/05/2010
Teen Patti
Character:Perci Trachtenberg
Release Date:26/02/2010
Shutter Island
Character:Dr. Cawley
Release Date:14/02/2010
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Character:Al-Jazari / Librarian
Release Date:21/01/2010
Journey to Mecca
Character:Narrator
Release Date:07/01/2009
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Character:Fergus
Release Date:10/09/2008
Elegy
Character:David Kepesh
Release Date:08/08/2008
The Wackness
Character:Dr. Squires
Release Date:03/07/2008
The Love Guru
Character:Guru Tugginmypuddha
Release Date:20/06/2008
War, Inc.
Character:Walken / The Viceroy
Release Date:28/04/2008
TransSiberian
Character:Grinko
Release Date:18/01/2008
The Ten Commandments
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:19/10/2007
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Character:Self
Release Date:28/05/2007
The Last Legion
Character:Ambrosinus
Release Date:19/04/2007
You Kill Me
Character:Frank Falenczyk
Release Date:09/02/2007
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2006
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2006
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
Character:Self
Release Date:22/07/2006
Mrs. Harris
Character:Herman Tarnower
Release Date:25/02/2006
Lucky Number Slevin
Character:The Rabbi
Release Date:24/02/2006
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2006
Peace Is Every Step
Character:Narrator
Release Date:13/12/2005
BloodRayne
Character:Kagan
Release Date:22/10/2005
Oliver Twist
Character:Fagin
Release Date:23/09/2005
A Sound of Thunder
Character:Charles Hatton
Release Date:15/05/2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2005
Suspect Zero
Character:Benjamin O'Ryan
Release Date:27/08/2004
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Character:Self
Release Date:24/07/2004
Thunderbirds
Character:The Hood
Release Date:23/07/2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
House of Sand and Fog
Character:Behrani
Release Date:19/12/2003
Unlikely Heroes
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/09/2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Character:
Release Date:24/08/2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2003
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2003
Tuck Everlasting
Character:Man in the Yellow Suit
Release Date:11/10/2002
Spooky House
Character:The Great Zamboni
Release Date:19/04/2002
The Triumph of Love
Character:Hermocrates
Release Date:07/09/2001
The Making of Sexy Beast
Character:Self
Release Date:13/07/2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Character:Specialist (voice)
Release Date:29/06/2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:08/05/2001
Sexy Beast
Character:Don Logan
Release Date:12/01/2001
Rules of Engagement
Character:Ambassador Mourain
Release Date:07/04/2000
What Planet Are You From?
Character:Graydon
Release Date:03/03/2000
A Force More Powerful
Character:Narator
Release Date:01/12/1999
Parting Shots
Character:Renzo Locatelli
Release Date:14/05/1999
The Confession
Character:Harry Fertig
Release Date:26/03/1999
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Major Caterpillar
Release Date:28/02/1999
Crime and Punishment
Character:Magistrate Porfiry
Release Date:11/10/1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Character:Sweeney Todd
Release Date:30/08/1998
The Assignment
Character:Amos
Release Date:28/09/1997
Photographing Fairies
Character:Rev. Templeton
Release Date:19/09/1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Character:Julian Messenger
Release Date:17/05/1997
Twelfth Night
Character:Feste
Release Date:25/10/1996
Moses
Character:Moses
Release Date:18/12/1995
Species
Character:Xavier Fitch
Release Date:07/07/1995
Joseph
Character:Potifar
Release Date:10/04/1995
Death and the Maiden
Character:Dr. Roberto Miranda
Release Date:04/05/1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1994
Liberation
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1994
Schindler's List
Character:Itzhak Stern
Release Date:15/12/1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Character:Bruce Pandolfini
Release Date:13/08/1993
Dave
Character:Vice-President Nance
Release Date:07/05/1993
Sneakers
Character:Cosmo
Release Date:09/09/1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Character:Freddie (voice)
Release Date:14/08/1992
Bugsy
Character:Meyer Lansky
Release Date:10/12/1991
Necessary Love
Character:
Release Date:27/11/1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/09/1991
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1991
The War That Never Ends
Character:Pericles
Release Date:28/03/1991
The Fifth Monkey
Character:Cunda
Release Date:05/10/1990
The Children
Character:Martin Boyne
Release Date:18/05/1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
Character:Governor
Release Date:02/05/1990
Lenin: The Train
Character:Lenin
Release Date:30/04/1990
Romeo.Juliet
Character:Father Capulet (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1990
The Making of Slipstream
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1989
Slipstream
Character:Avatar
Release Date:22/06/1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Character:Simon Wiesenthal
Release Date:22/04/1989
Testimony
Character:Dmitri Shostakovich
Release Date:01/11/1988
Pascali's Island
Character:Basil Pascali
Release Date:22/07/1988
Without a Clue
Character:Dr. John Watson
Release Date:05/05/1988
Maurice
Character:Lasker-Jones
Release Date:18/09/1987
Silas Marner
Character:Silas Marner
Release Date:30/12/1985
Turtle Diary
Character:William Snow
Release Date:06/12/1985
Harem
Character:Selim
Release Date:06/11/1985
To Be Hamlet
Character:Self
Release Date:19/01/1985
Camille
Character:Duval
Release Date:11/12/1984
Schindler
Character:Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
Release Date:01/10/1983
Betrayal
Character:Robert
Release Date:19/02/1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Character:Self
Release Date:01/02/1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Character:Frank Ford
Release Date:28/12/1982
Gandhi
Character:Mahatma Gandhi
Release Date:01/12/1982
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Character:Ivanov
Release Date:14/11/1979
Antony and Cleopatra
Character:Thidias
Release Date:04/01/1975
Hard Labour
Character:Naseem
Release Date:12/03/1973
Fear Is the Key
Character:Royale
Release Date:26/12/1972
Television Appearances
Wonder Man
Character:Trevor Slattery
Marvel Studios Assembled
Character:Self
Marvel Studios Legends
Character:Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Perpetual Grace LTD
Character:Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
Watership Down
Character:General Woundwort (voice)
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Character:Narrator (voice)
Tut
Character:Ay
Lip Sync Battle
Character:Self
Garfunkel and Oates
Character:Ben Kingsley
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Character:Self - Guest
Religion of the World
Character:Narrator
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Character:Otto Frank
Islam: Empire of Faith
Character:Narrator
CNN Millennium
Character:Narrator
Rove
Character:Self
The Sopranos
Character:Ben Kingsley
Religions of the World
Character:Narrator
Moses
Character:Moses
Joseph
Character:Potiphar
Inside the Actors Studio
Character:Self
Lenin... The Train
Character:Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
The Secret of the Sahara
Character:Sholomon
Seitenblicke
Character:Self
Oxbridge Blues
Character:Geoff Craven
Playing Shakespeare
Character:
Goldene Kamera
Character:Self
Entertainment Tonight
Character:Self
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Dickens of London
Character:Dr. John Elliotson
The Love School
Character:Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Playhouse
Character:Ivanov
Wessex Tales
Character:
Pebble Mill at One
Character:
The Adventurer
Character:Pierre
The Oscars
Character:Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:Duval
Bambi
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Audience Member
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