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 214
Movies 172
self 53
TV Shows 42
Narrator 12
Voice 10
Producer 1
Creator 1
High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
The King of Kings (2025)
Movie
Zvi Rabinowitz
The Killer's Game (2024)
Movie
Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai
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 Robinson
Jules (2023)
Movie
Dalí / Executive Producer
Dalíland (2022)
Movie
Trevor Slattery
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Movie
7.82
Malcolm
Locked Down (2021)
Movie
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Legends (2021)
TV
10
Narration
The Medicine Buddha (2019)
Movie
Ethan Levin
The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019)
Movie
Pastor Byron Brown
Perpetual Grace LTD (2019)
TV
6.05
General Woundwort
Watership Down (2018)
TV
Adolf Eichmann
Operation Finale (2018)
Movie
8
Narrator (voice)
All or Nothing: Manchester City (2018)
TV
The General
An Ordinary Man (2017)
Movie
President Karzai
War Machine (2017)
Movie
3.67
Charlie
Security (2017)
Movie
4.33
The Caller
Of Dogs and Men (2016)
Movie
Geran
Collide (2016)
Movie
6
Bagheera (voice)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Movie
7.64
Papa Rudy
The Walk (2015)
Movie
5.88
Storyteller (voice)
Knight of Cups (2015)
Movie
5.63
Jack Warner
Life (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Unity (2015)
Movie
Damian
Self/less (2015)
Movie
5.9
Drago (Voice)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015)
Movie
5.6
Silas Lamb
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
Movie
Robin Smythe
Robot Overlords (2014)
Movie
Archibald Snatcher (voice)
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Movie
8
Ben Kingsley
Garfunkel and Oates (2014)
TV
4.5
Regent Miklos Horthy
Walking with the Enemy (2014)
Movie
6
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
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
Psychiatrist
A Therapy (2012)
Movie
Georges Méliès
Hugo (2011)
Movie
7.56
Igor Savitsky
The Desert of Forbidden Art (2011)
Movie
Perci Trachtenberg
Teen Patti (2010)
Movie
Dr. Cawley
Shutter Island (2010)
Movie
8.63
Al-Jazari / Librarian
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets (2010)
Movie
Narrator
Journey to Mecca (2009)
Movie
David Kepesh
Elegy (2008)
Movie
Dr. Squires
The Wackness (2008)
Movie
Guru Tugginmypuddha
The Love Guru (2008)
Movie
Walken
War, Inc. (2008)
Movie
Narrator
The Ten Commandments (2007)
Movie
Self - Narrator
China's Stolen Children (2007)
Movie
Ambrosinus
The Last Legion (2007)
Movie
7
Frank Falenczyk
You Kill Me (2007)
Movie
5.14
Herman Tarnower
Mrs. Harris (2006)
Movie
The Rabbi
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Movie
5.87
Narrator
Peace Is Every Step (2005)
Movie
Charles Hatton
A Sound of Thunder (2005)
Movie
Benjamin O'Ryan
Suspect Zero (2004)
Movie
The Hood
Thunderbirds (2004)
Movie
Narrator / Creator
Religion of the World (2004)
TV
Narrator
Unlikely Heroes (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)
TV
Don Logan
Sexy Beast (2001)
Movie
10
Ambassador Mourain
Rules of Engagement (2000)
Movie
5.75
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
7.1
Sweeney Todd
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998)
Movie
Narrator
Religions of the World (1998)
TV
Rev. Templeton
Photographing Fairies (1997)
Movie
Julian Messenger
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
Movie
Moses
Moses (1996)
TV
Moses
Moses (1995)
Movie
Xavier Fitch
Species (1995)
Movie
5.7
Potiphar
Joseph (1995)
TV
Potiphar
Joseph (1995)
Movie
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Death and the Maiden (1994)
Movie
6
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
Meyer Lansky
Bugsy (1991)
Movie
6
Ernesto
Necessary Love (1991)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver (1991)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin (1991)
Movie
Martin Boyne
The Children (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 / Creator
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
Lasker-Jones
Maurice (1987)
Movie
6
Silas Marner
Silas Marner (1985)
Movie
William Snow
Turtle Diary (1985)
Movie
Selim
Harem (1985)
Movie
Duval
Camille (1984)
Movie
6
Geoff Craven
Oxbridge Blues (1984)
TV
Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
Schindler (1983)
Movie
Robert
Betrayal (1983)
Movie
Frank Ford
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi (1982)
Movie
4.44
Dr. John Elliotson
Dickens Of London (1976)
TV
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The Love School (1975)
TV
Robert Cibrario / Ivanov
Playhouse (1974)
TV
Lord Uplandtowers
Wessex Tales (1973)
TV
Naseem
Hard Labour (1973)
Movie
Actor in The Misfortune
A Misfortune (1973)
Movie
Peter Batterby
Orlando (1965)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Major Caterpillar
Alice in Wonderland
TV
Trevor Slattery
Wonder Man
TV
Ibrahim Arif
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie
King Herod
Mary
Movie
Emperor Kisra
Desert Warrior
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1943-12-31 (80 years old)
Birth NameKrishna Pandit Bhanji
Birth PlaceSnainton, United Kingdom
ReligionHinduism
Net Worth$60 Million
RelationshipsAlison Sutcliffe (1978 - 1992), Angela Morant (1966 - 1976)
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, 班·金斯利
AwardsCommander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, British Independent Film 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, Padma Shri in arts, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, 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, European Film Award for Best Actor, Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, Knight Bachelor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Academy Award for Best Actor
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