Ben Kingsley
Birthdate: Dec 31, 1943
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during the 1960s. He soon became a successful stage actor, and also began to have roles in films and television. His birth name was Krishna Bhanji, but he changed his name to "Ben Kingsley" soon after gaining fame as a stage actor, fearing that a foreign name could hamper his acting career.
Kingsley first earned international fame for his performance in the drama movie Gandhi (1982). His performance as Mohandas K. Gandhi earned him international fame. He won many awards - including an Academy Award for Best Actor. He also won Golden Globe, BAFTA and London Film Critics' Circle Awards. After acting in Gandhi (1982), Ben was recognized as one of the finest British actors.
After his international fame for appearing in Gandhi (1982), Kingsley appeared in many other famous movies. His success as an actor continued. His performance as Itzhak Stern in the drama movie Schindler's List (1993) earned him a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actor. Schindler's List (1993) won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. During the late 1990s, Kingsley acted in many successful movies. He played Sweeney Todd in the television movie The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997), for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors' Guild Award. His other notable role was as Otto Frank in the television movie Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), for which he won the Screen Actors' Guild Award.
In 2002, Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Years Honours for his services to drama. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. That same year, he also received the Fellowship Award at the Asian Awards in London, England.
Filmography
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- 2024 | The Killer’s Game
The Killer’s Game
When a hitman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassin colleagues.
- 2023 |
- 2023 |
- 2022 | A Doll's Houseas Dr. Rank
- 2022 | Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
- 2021 | Desert Warrioras Emperor Kisra
- 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsasTrevor Slattery
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi, the master of weaponry-based Kung Fu, is forced to confront his past after being drawn into the Ten Rings organization.
- 2019 | Spider in the Webas Adereth
- 2019 | The Medicine Buddhaas Narration
- 2019 |
- 2018 | Backstabbing for Beginnersas Pasha Pasaris
- 2018 | Intrigo: Death of an Authoras Henderson
- 2018 | Night Hunteras Cooper
- 2018 | Schindler’s List: 2018 Re-releaseasItzhak Stern
Schindler’s List: 2018 Re-release
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- 2018 | Operation FinaleasAdolph Eichmann
Operation Finale
A team of secret agents set out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
- 2017 | An Ordinary Manas The General
- 2017 | Securityas Charlie
- 2017 | The Ottoman LieutenantasWoodruff
The Ottoman Lieutenant
This movie is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I.
- 2017 | Collide (2017)asGeran
Collide (2017)
An American backpacker gets involved with a ring of drug smugglers as their driver, though he winds up on the run from his employers across Cologne high-speed Autobahn.
- 2017 |
- 2016 | Long Gone Heroesas General Roman
- 2016 | The Jungle BookasBagheera
The Jungle Book
After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.
- 2015 | Ich bin dann mal Charlieas Bernard Maris
- 2015 |
- 2014 | Learning to Driveas Darwan
- 2014 | Robot Overlordsas Robin Smythe
- 2014 | War Storyas Albert
- 2014 | Exodus: Gods and KingsasNun
Exodus: Gods and Kings
The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues.
- 2014 | The BoxtrollsasSnatcher
The Boxtrolls
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
- 2013 | A Common Manas The Man
- 2013 | Walking with the Enemyas Regent Miklos Horthy
- 2013 | Iron Man 3asTrevor Slattery
Iron Man 3
When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.
- 2012 | It Is No Dreamas Narrator
- 2012 | The DictatorasTamir
The Dictator
The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
- 2011 |
- 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Timeas Nizam
- 2010 | Shutter Islandas Dr. Cawley
- 2010 | The Desert of Forbidden Artas Igor Savitsky
- 2010 | Winston Churchill: Walking with Destinyas Narrator
- 2010 | Zorraas Johnny King
- 2010 | Shutter IslandasDr. Cawley
Shutter Island
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
- 2008 | Elegyas David Kepesh
- 2008 | Fifty Dead Men Walkingas Fergus
- 2008 | The Wacknessas Dr. Squires
- 2008 | Transsiberianas Grinko
- 2007 | The Last Legionas Ambrosinus
- 2007 | The Ten Commandmentsas Narrator
- 2007 | You Kill Meas Frank Falenczyk
- 2006 | Lucky Number Slevinas The Rabbi
- 2005 | A Sound of Thunderas Charles Hatton
- 2005 | BloodRayneas Kagan
- 2005 | Oliver Twistas Fagin
- 2004 | Suspect Zeroas Benjamin O'Ryan
- 2004 | Thunderbirdsas The Hood
- 2003 | House of Sand and Fogas Behrani
- 2003 | Unlikely Heroesas Narrator
- 2001 | Spooky Houseas The Great Zamboni
- 2001 | The Triumph of Loveas Hermocrates
- 2000 | Islam: Empire of Faithas Narrator
- 2000 | Rules of Engagementas Mourain
- 2000 | Sexy Beastas Don Logan
- 1999 | A Force More Powerfulas Narrator
- 1999 | The Confessionas Harry Fertig
- 1998 | Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanhas Narrator
- 1997 | Photographing Fairiesas Reverend Templeton
- 1997 | The Assignmentas Amos
- 1995 | Speciesas Xavier Fitch
- 1994 | Death and the Maidenas Dr. Roberto Miranda
- 1994 | Liberationas Narrator
- 1993 | Schindler's Listas Itzhak Stern
- 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischeras Bruce Pandolfini
- 1993 | Schindler’s ListasItzhak Stern
Schindler’s List
In German-occupied Poland during World War II, industrialist Oskar Schindler gradually becomes concerned for his Jewish workforce after witnessing their persecution by the Nazis.
- 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7.as Freddie
- 1991 | Bugsyas Meyer Lansky
- 1991 | L'amore necessarioas Ernesto
- 1990 | Cellini: A Violent Lifeas Governor
- 1990 | O Quinto Macacoas Cunda
- 1990 | The Childrenas Martin Boyne
- 1989 | The Greening of Thailandas Narrator
- 1988 | Pascali's Islandas Basil Pascali
- 1988 | Without a Clueas Dr. John Watson
- 1987 | Testimonyas Dmitri Shostakovich
- 1987 |
- 1985 | Haremas Selim
- 1985 | Turtle Diaryas William Snow
- 1983 | Betrayalas Robert
- 1982 | Gandhias Mahatma Gandhi
- 1979 | Violent Casesas Osteopath
- 1971 | Will
