Ben Kingsley
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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Acted in
The King of Kings
2025
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
William Tell
2025
as King Albert
The Killer's Game
2024
as Zvi Rabinowitz
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai
Poison
2023
as Dr. Ganderbai
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
Jules
2023
as Milton Robinson
Dalíland
2022
as Dalí
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
as Self
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Trevor Slattery
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
Locked Down
2021
as Malcolm
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
The Medicine Buddha
2019
as Narration
Night Hunter
2019
as Cooper
The Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
as Ethan Levin
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019
as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
Spider in the Web
2019
as Adereth
Watership Down
2018
as General Woundwort (voice)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
as Self
Inside The Operation
2018
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
Intrigo: Death of an Author
2018
as Henderson
Operation Finale
2018
as Adolf Eichmann
All or Nothing: Manchester City
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Backstabbing for Beginners
2018
as Pasha
An Ordinary Man
2017
as The General
Spielberg
2017
as Self
War Machine
2017
as President Karzai
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Woodruff
Security
2017
as Charlie
Of Dogs and Men
2016
as The Caller (voice)
Collide
2016
as Geran
The Jungle Book
2016
as Bagheera (voice)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Walk
2015
as Papa Rudy
Knight of Cups
2015
as Storyteller (voice)
Life
2015
as Jack Warner
Unity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
Tut
2015
as Ay
Self/less
2015
as Damian
Lip Sync Battle
2015
as Self
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2015
as Drago (Voice)
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
as Merenkahre
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as Nun
Stonehearst Asylum
2014
as Silas Lamb
Robot Overlords
2014
as Robin Smythe
The Boxtrolls
2014
as Archibald Snatcher (voice)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
Learning to Drive
2014
as Darwan
Garfunkel and Oates
2014
as Ben Kingsley
Walking with the Enemy
2014
as Regent Miklos Horthy
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
War Story
2014
as Albert
The Physician
2013
as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Ender's Game
2013
as Mazer Rackham
Muse of Fire
2013
as Self
A Common Man
2013
as The Man
A Birder's Guide to Everything
2013
as Lawrence Konrad
Iron Man 3
2013
as Trevor Slattery
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
2012
as Narrator
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
A Therapy
2012
as Therapist
The Dictator
2012
as Tamir
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
2012
as Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
2012
as Self
Hugo
2011
as Georges Méliès
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011
as Voice
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
The Sands of Time: The Making of 'Prince of Persia'
2010
as Self
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
2010
as Narrator
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
2010
as Self
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
as Nizam
Teen Patti
2010
as Perci Trachtenberg
Shutter Island
2010
as Dr. Cawley
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
2010
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
Journey to Mecca
2009
as Narrator
Fifty Dead Men Walking
2008
as Fergus
Elegy
2008
as David Kepesh
The Wackness
2008
as Dr. Squires
The Love Guru
2008
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
War, Inc.
2008
as Walken / The Viceroy
TransSiberian
2008
as Grinko
The Ten Commandments
2007
as Narrator (voice)
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007
The Last Legion
2007
as Ambrosinus
You Kill Me
2007
as Frank Falenczyk
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
2006
as Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
2006
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
Mrs. Harris
2006
as Herman Tarnower
Lucky Number Slevin
2006
as The Rabbi
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
Peace Is Every Step
2005
as Narrator
BloodRayne
2005
as Kagan
Oliver Twist
2005
as Fagin
A Sound of Thunder
2005
as Charles Hatton
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self
Suspect Zero
2004
as Benjamin O'Ryan
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
as Self
Thunderbirds
2004
as The Hood
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
Religion of the World
2004
as Narrator
House of Sand and Fog
2003
as Behrani
Unlikely Heroes
2003
as Narrator
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Tuck Everlasting
2002
as Man in the Yellow Suit
Spooky House
2002
as The Great Zamboni
The Triumph of Love
2001
as Hermocrates
The Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Specialist (voice)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
2001
as Otto Frank
Islam: Empire of Faith
2001
as Self - Narrator
Islam: Empire of Faith
2001
as Narrator
Sexy Beast
2001
as Don Logan
Rules of Engagement
2000
as Ambassador Mourain
What Planet Are You From?
2000
as Graydon
A Force More Powerful
1999
as Narator
CNN Millennium
1999
as Narrator
Rove
1999
as Self
Parting Shots
1999
as Renzo Locatelli
The Confession
1999
as Harry Fertig
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Major Caterpillar
The Sopranos
1999
as Ben Kingsley
Crime and Punishment
1998
as Magistrate Porfiry
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
as Sweeney Todd
Religions of the World
1998
as Narrator
The Assignment
1997
as Amos
Photographing Fairies
1997
as Rev. Templeton
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Julian Messenger
Twelfth Night
1996
as Feste
Moses
1996
as Moses
Moses
1995
as Moses
Species
1995
as Xavier Fitch
Joseph
1995
as Potiphar
Joseph
1995
as Potifar
Death and the Maiden
1994
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
Schindler's List
1993
as Itzhak Stern
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Bruce Pandolfini
Dave
1993
as Vice-President Nance
Sneakers
1992
as Cosmo
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
1992
as Freddie (voice)
Bugsy
1991
as Meyer Lansky
Necessary Love
1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The War That Never Ends
1991
as Pericles
The Fifth Monkey
1990
as Cunda
The Children
1990
as Martin Boyne
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Governatore
Lenin: The Train
1990
as Lenin
Romeo.Juliet
1990
as Father Capulet (voice)
Slipstream
1989
as Avatar
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Simon Wiesenthal
Lenin... The Train
1988
as Lenin
Testimony
1988
as Dmitri Shostakovich
Pascali's Island
1988
as Basil Pascali
Without a Clue
1988
as Dr. John Watson
The Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Sholomon
Seitenblicke
1987
as Self
Maurice
1987
as Lasker-Jones
Silas Marner
1985
as Silas Marner
Turtle Diary
1985
as William Snow
Harem
1985
as Selim
To Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
Camille
1984
as Duval
Oxbridge Blues
1984
as Geoff Craven
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Schindler
1983
as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
Betrayal
1983
as Robert
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Frank Ford
Gandhi
1982
as Mahatma Gandhi
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979
as Ivanov
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Dickens Of London
1976
as Dr. John Elliotson
The Love School
1975
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Antony and Cleopatra
1975
as Thidias
Playhouse
1974
as Ivanov
Playhouse
1974
as Robert Cibrario
Wessex Tales
1973
Hard Labour
1973
as Naseem
Fear Is the Key
1972
as Royale
Pebble Mill at One
1972
The Adventurer
1972
as Pierre
Orlando
1965
as Peter Batterby
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Duval
Bambi Awards
1948
as Self
Desert Warrior
as Emperor Kisra
Deep Water
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ibrahim Arif
Mary
as King Herod
The Way of the Wind
Wonder Man
as Trevor Slattery