Biography
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; December 31, 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he received the Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
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Filmography
all 207
Movies 166
self 50
TV Shows 41
Narrator 12
Voice 4
Imdad Khan
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
Movie
Dr. Ganderbai
Poison (2023)
Movie
5
Imdad Khan / Croupier
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023)
Movie
4.5
Milton
Jules (2023)
Movie
Salvador Dali
Dalíland (2022)
Movie
Self
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry (2022)
Movie
Trevor Slattery
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Movie
7.82
Self
Marvel Studios Assembled (2021)
TV
1
Malcolm
Locked Down (2021)
Movie
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
TV
10
Narration
The Medicine Buddha (2019)
Movie
Cooper
Night Hunter (2019)
Movie
5.96
Ethan Levin
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
Movie
Pastor Byron Brown
Perpetual Grace LTD (2019)
TV
6.05
Adereth
Spider in the Web (2019)
Movie
2
General Woundwort
Watership Down (2018)
TV
Self
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018)
Movie
Self
Inside The Operation (2018)
Movie
Himself
Who Killed British Cinema? (2018)
Movie
Self
Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood (2018)
Movie
Henderson
Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018)
Movie
Adolph Eichmann
Operation Finale (2018)
Movie
8
Self - Narrator
All or Nothing: Manchester City (2018)
TV
Pasha Pasaris
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
Movie
The General
An Ordinary Man (2017)
Movie
Self
Spielberg (2017)
Movie
President Karzai
War Machine (2017)
Movie
3.67
Woodruff
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
Movie
6
Charlie
Security (2017)
Movie
4.33
The Caller
Of Dogs and Men (2016)
Movie
Geran
Collide (2016)
Movie
6
Bagheera
The Jungle Book (2016)
Movie
7.64
Self
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC (2015)
Movie
Papa Rudy
The Walk (2015)
Movie
5.88
Storyteller (voice)
Knight of Cups (2015)
Movie
5.63
Narrator (voice)
Unity (2015)
Movie
Jack Warner
Life (2015)
Movie
Ay
Tut (2015)
TV
6
Damian
Self/less (2015)
Movie
5.9
Self
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
TV
4.2
Drago (Voice)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
Movie
5.6
Merenkahre
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
Movie
7.13
Nun
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
Movie
6.94
Silas Lamb
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Movie
Robin Smythe
Robot Overlords (2014)
Movie
Snatcher
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Movie
8
Self
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film (2014)
Movie
Darwan
Learning to Drive (2014)
Movie
Ben Kingsley
Garfunkel and Oates (2014)
TV
4.5
Regent Miklos Horthy
Walking with the Enemy (2014)
Movie
6
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
TV
3.5
Trevor Slattery
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)
Movie
8
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Albert
War Story (2014)
Movie
6
Ibn Sina
The Physician (2013)
Movie
9.5
Mazer Rackham
Ender's Game (2013)
Movie
6.7
Self
Muse of Fire (2013)
Movie
The Man
A Common Man (2013)
Movie
Lawrence Konrad
A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)
Movie
Trevor Slattery
Iron Man 3 (2013)
Movie
7.23
Narrator
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl (2012)
Movie
Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard (2012)
Movie
Psychiatrist
A Therapy (2012)
Movie
Tamir
The Dictator (2012)
Movie
8
Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime (2012)
Movie
Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' (2012)
Movie
Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès (2012)
Movie
Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' (2012)
Movie
Georges Méliès
Hugo (2011)
Movie
7.56
Igor Savitsky
The Desert of Forbidden Art (2011)
Movie
Actor
Aral, the Lost Sea (2010)
Movie
Narrator
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny (2010)
Movie
Self
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse (2010)
Movie
Nizam
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Movie
6.29
Perci Trachtenberg
Teen Patti (2010)
Movie
Dr. Cawley
Shutter Island (2010)
Movie
8.63
Al-Jazari
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (2010)
Movie
Narrator
Journey to Mecca (2009)
Movie
Fergus
Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
Movie
6
David Kepesh
Elegy (2008)
Movie
Dr. Squires
The Wackness (2008)
Movie
Guru Tugginmypuddha
The Love Guru (2008)
Movie
Walken
War, Inc. (2008)
Movie
Grinko
TransSiberian (2008)
Movie
6
Narrator
The Ten Commandments (2007)
Movie
Self - Narrator
China's Stolen Children (2007)
Movie
Self
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
Movie
Ambrosinus
The Last Legion (2007)
Movie
7
Frank Falenczyk
You Kill Me (2007)
Movie
5.14
Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel (2006)
Movie
Himself
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia (2006)
Movie
Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood (2006)
Movie
Self
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
Movie
Herman Tarnower
Mrs. Harris (2006)
Movie
The Rabbi
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Movie
5.87
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis (2006)
Movie
Narrator
Peace Is Every Step (2005)
Movie
Kagan
BloodRayne (2005)
Movie
4.62
Fagin
Oliver Twist (2005)
Movie
Self
The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer (2005)
Movie
Charles Hatton
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Movie
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005)
Movie
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005)
TV
6.08
Benjamin O'Ryan
Suspect Zero (2004)
Movie
Self
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds (2004)
Movie
The Hood
Thunderbirds (2004)
Movie
Narrator / Creator
Religion of the World (2004)
TV
Self
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
Movie
Behrani
House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Movie
1.33
Narrator
Unlikely Heroes (2003)
Movie
Self
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
Movie
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
Movie
Man in the Yellow Suit
Tuck Everlasting (2002)
Movie
The Great Zamboni
Spooky House (2002)
Movie
Hermocrates
The Triumph of Love (2001)
Movie
Specialist (voice)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Movie
5.83
Otto Frank
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
TV
Narrator
Islam: Empire of Faith (2001)
Movie
Narrator
Islam: Empire of Faith (2001)
TV
Don Logan
Sexy Beast (2001)
Movie
10
Mourain
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Movie
5.75
Graydon
What Planet Are You From? (2000)
Movie
6
Narrator
A Force More Powerful (1999)
Movie
Self - Narrator
CNN Millennium (1999)
TV
Self
Rove (1999)
TV
Renzo Locatelli
Parting Shots (1999)
Movie
Harry Fertig
The Confession (1999)
Movie
Major Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Movie
Ben Kingsley
The Sopranos (1999)
TV
6.33
Porfiry
Crime and Punishment (1998)
Movie
Sweeney Todd
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
Movie
Narrator
Religions of the World (1998)
TV
Julian Messenger
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
Movie
Amos
The Assignment (1997)
Movie
Reverend Templeton
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Movie
Feste
Twelfth Night (1996)
Movie
Moses
Moses (1996)
TV
Moses
Moses (1995)
Movie
Xavier Fitch
Species (1995)
Movie
5.7
Potiphar
Joseph (1995)
TV
Potifar
Joseph (1995)
Movie
Self
Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
TV
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Movie
6
Self
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994)
Movie
Narrator
Liberation (1994)
Movie
Itzhak Stern
Schindler's List (1993)
Movie
8.18
Bruce Pandolfini
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
Movie
6
Vice-President Nance
Dave (1993)
Movie
4.25
Self
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream (1993)
Movie
Cosmo
Sneakers (1992)
Movie
3.33
Freddie
Freddie as F.R.O.7. (1992)
Movie
Meyer Lansky
Bugsy (1991)
Movie
6
Ernesto
Necessary Love (1991)
Movie
Pericles
The War That Never Ends (1991)
Movie
Cunda
The Fifth Monkey (1990)
Movie
Martin Boyne
The Children (1990)
Movie
Governor
Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
Movie
Lenin
Lenin: The Train (1990)
Movie
Father Capulet
Romeo.Juliet (1990)
Movie
Avatar
Slipstream (1989)
Movie
4
Simon Wiesenthal
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989)
Movie
Lenin
Lenin... The Train (1988)
TV
Dmitri Shostakovich
Testimony (1988)
Movie
Basil Pascali
Pascali's Island (1988)
Movie
Dr. John Watson
Without a Clue (1988)
Movie
Sholomon
The Secret of the Sahara (1988)
TV
self
Seitenblicke (1987)
TV
Lasker-Jones
Maurice (1987)
Movie
6
Silas Marner
Silas Marner (1985)
Movie
William Snow
Turtle Diary (1985)
Movie
Selim
Harem (1985)
Movie
Ben Kingsley
To Be Hamlet (1985)
Movie
Duval
Camille (1984)
Movie
6
Geoff Craven
Oxbridge Blues (1984)
TV
Self
Playing Shakespeare (1984)
TV
Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
Schindler (1983)
Movie
Robert
Betrayal (1983)
Movie
Self
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi (1983)
Movie
Frank Ford
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi (1982)
Movie
4.44
Self
Wetten, dass..? (1981)
TV
Ivanov
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1979)
Movie
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Dr. John Elliotson
Dickens Of London (1976)
TV
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Love School (1975)
TV
Thidias
Antony and Cleopatra (1975)
Movie
Ivanov / Robert Cibrario
Playhouse (1974)
TV
Lord Uplandtowers
Wessex Tales (1973)
TV
Naseem
Hard Labour (1973)
Movie
Actor in The Misfortune
A Misfortune (1973)
Movie
Royale
Fear Is the Key (1972)
Movie
Pebble Mill at One (1972)
TV
Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
TV
Roy
Pardon the Expression (1965)
TV
Peter Batterby
Orlando (1965)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Duval
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Self
Bambi Awards (1948)
TV
Actor
William Tell
Movie
Major Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland
TV
Actor
The Way of the Wind
Movie
Trevor Slattery
Wonder Man
TV
Actor
The Killer's Game
Movie
King Herod
Mary
Movie
Emperor Kisra
Desert Warrior
Movie
Actor
Deep Water
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.95
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-12-31 (80 years old)
Birth NameKrishna Pandit Bhanji
Birth PlaceSnainton, United Kingdom
ReligionAtheism in Hinduism
Net Worth$60 Million
RelationshipsAlison Sutcliffe (1978-07-01 - 1992-02-01), Angela Morant (1966-01-01 - 1976-01-01)
SpouseDaniela Lavender
ChildrenFerdinand Kingsley
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As Sir Ben Kingsley , Krishna Pandit Bhanji, بن كينغسلي, 벤 킹즐리, ベン・キングズレー, เบน คิงสลีย์, 本·金斯利, Бен Кингсли, Krishna Bhanji, Σερ Μπεν Κίνγκσλεϊ, Μπεν Κίνγκσλεϊ, बेन किंग्सले, Сер Бен Кингсли, בן קינגסלי
AwardsGrammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film, BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, Padma Shri in arts, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, European Film Award for Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Knight Bachelor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Award for Best Actor
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