Ben Kingsley

80 · Born: Dec 31, 1943

Personal Details

Net Worth 60,000,000.00

Born Dec 31, 1943 Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Kingsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

acting

2023

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Imdad Khan / Croupier

Jules as Milton Robinson

Poison as Dr. Ganderbai

2022

Daliland as Salvador Dalí

2021

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Trevor Slattery

Locked Down as Malcolm

2019

The Medicine Buddha

The Medicine Buddha as Narration

Night Hunter as Cooper

The Red Sea Diving Resort

The Red Sea Diving Resort as Ethan Levin

Spider in the Web

Spider in the Web as Adereth

Perpetual Grace, LTD

Perpetual Grace, LTD as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown

2018

Backstabbing for Beginners

Backstabbing for Beginners as Pasha

Operation Finale

Operation Finale as Adolf Eichmann

Intrigo: Death of an Author

Intrigo: Death of an Author as Henderson

All or Nothing: Manchester City

All or Nothing: Manchester City as Narrator (voice)

Watership Down as General Woundwort (voice)

2017

Security as Charlie

An Ordinary Man

An Ordinary Man as The General

The Ottoman Lieutenant

The Ottoman Lieutenant as Woodruff

2016

Collide as Geran

The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book as Bagheera (voice)

Of Dogs and Men

Of Dogs and Men as The Caller (voice)

2015

Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords as Robin Smythe

Life as Jack Warner

Self/less as Damian

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Drago (Voice)

The Walk as Papa Rudy

Tut as Ay

2014

Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum as Silas Lamb

Learning to Drive

Learning to Drive as Darwan

Walking With The Enemy

Walking With The Enemy as Regent Miklos Horthy

The Boxtrolls as Archibald Snatcher (voice)

War Story as Albert

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nun

2013

Ender's Game as Mazer Rackham

A Birder's Guide to Everything

A Birder's Guide to Everything as Lawrence Konrad

A Common Man as The Man

The Physician as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Iron Man 3 as Trevor Slattery

2012

The Dictator as Tamir

It Is No Dream as Narrator

A Therapy as Therapist

2011

The Desert of Forbidden Art

The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice

Hugo as Georges Méliès

2010

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Nizam

Teen Patti as Perci Trachtenberg

Shutter Island as Dr. John Cawley

Aral. El mar perdido

Aral. El mar perdido

Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny as Narrator

2009

Journey to Mecca

Journey to Mecca as Narrator

2008

Transsiberian as Grinko

The Wackness as Dr. Squires

Elegy as David Kepesh

War, Inc. as Walken / The Viceroy

Fifty Dead Men Walking

Fifty Dead Men Walking as Fergus

2007

Making 'Cleaver'

Making 'Cleaver' as Ben Kingsley

China's Stolen Children

China's Stolen Children as Narrator

You Kill Me as Frank Falenczyk

The Last Legion

The Last Legion as Ambrosinus

I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments as Narrator (voice)

2006

Lucky Number Slevin

Lucky Number Slevin as The Rabbi

Mrs. Harris as Herman Tarnower

2005

BloodRayne as Kagan

Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh as Narrator

A Sound of Thunder

A Sound of Thunder as Charles Hatton

Oliver Twist as Fagin

2004

Suspect Zero as Benjamin O'Ryan

2003

House of Sand and Fog

House of Sand and Fog as Behrani

Unlikely Heroes

Unlikely Heroes as Narrator

2002

Tuck Everlasting

Tuck Everlasting as Man in the Yellow Suit

Spooky House as The Great Zamboni

2001

The Triumph of Love

The Triumph of Love as Hermocrates

Sexy Beast as Don Logan

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Specialist (voice)

Anne Frank: The Whole Story

Anne Frank: The Whole Story as Otto Frank

Islam: Empire of Faith

Islam: Empire of Faith as Narrator

2000

What Planet Are You From?

What Planet Are You From? as Graydon

Rules of Engagement

Rules of Engagement as Ambassador Mourain

1999

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland as Major Caterpillar

The Confession as Harry Fertig

A Force More Powerful

A Force More Powerful as Narator

Parting Shots as Renzo Locatelli

1998

The Tale of Sweeney Todd

The Tale of Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment as Magistrate Porfiry

1997

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Weapons of Mass Distraction as Julian Messenger

Photographing Fairies

Photographing Fairies as Rev. Templeton

The Assignment as Amos

1996

Twelfth Night as Feste

1995

Species as Xavier Fitch

Joseph as Potifar

1994

Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden as Dr. Roberto Miranda

1993

Searching for Bobby Fischer

Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bruce Pandolfini

Schindler's List

Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern

Dave as Vice-President Nance

1992

Freddie as F.R.O.7.

Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Freddie (voice)

1991

Bugsy as Meyer Lansky

1990

Romeo.Juliet as Father Capulet (voice)

The Children as Martin Boyne

Lenin: The Train

Lenin: The Train as Lenin

1989

Slipstream as Avatar

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Simon Wiesenthal

1988

Testimony as Dmitri Shostakovich

Pascali's Island

Pascali's Island as Basil Pascali

Without a Clue as Dr. John Watson

Secret of the Sahara

Secret of the Sahara as Sholomon

1987

Maurice as Lasker-Jones

1985

Harem as Selim

Silas Marner as Silas Marner

Turtle Diary as William Snow

1984

Camille as Duval

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duval

1983

Betrayal as Robert

1982

Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi

1973

Play for Today as Naseem

1972

Fear Is the Key

Fear Is the Key as Royale

appearances

2021

Marvel Studios: Assembled

Marvel Studios: Assembled

2018

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood

Sam Spiegel: Conquering Hollywood

2015

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

2014

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

2013

2012

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

2010

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse

2006

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

2005

The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer

The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer

2004

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2001

Islam: Empire of Faith

Islam: Empire of Faith

1994

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold