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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Academy Awards
Best Actor
National Board of Review Awards
Best Actor
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Actor
Known For
Species
(1995)
Xavier Fitch
Iron Man 3
(2013)
Trevor Slattery
War Machine
(2017)
President Karzai
Night Hunter
(2019)
Cooper
Shutter Island
(2010)
Dr. Cawley
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021)
Trevor Slattery
Schindler's List
(1993)
Itzhak Stern
Exodus: Gods and Kings
(2014)
Nun
Operation Finale
(2018)
Adolf Eichmann
The Jungle Book
(2016)
Bagheera (voice)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
(2023)
Imdad Khan / Croupier
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(2014)
Merenkahre
Sneakers
(1992)
Cosmo
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
(2010)
Nizam
Stonehearst Asylum
(2014)
Silas Lamb
Self/less
(2015)
Damian
Full Filmography
Acting
Fear Is the Key
(1972)
Royale
Hard Labour
(1973)
Naseem
Antony and Cleopatra
(1975)
Thidias
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
(1979)
Ivanov
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(1982)
Frank Ford
Gandhi
(1982)
Mahatma Gandhi
Schindler
(1983)
Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
(1983)
Self
Betrayal
(1983)
Robert
Camille
(1984)
Duval
Turtle Diary
(1985)
William Snow
To Be Hamlet
(1985)
Self
Harem
(1985)
Selim
Silas Marner
(1985)
Silas Marner
Maurice
(1987)
Lasker-Jones
Pascali's Island
(1988)
Basil Pascali
Testimony
(1988)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Without a Clue
(1988)
Dr. John Watson
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
(1989)
Simon Wiesenthal
Slipstream
(1989)
Avatar
Romeo.Juliet
(1990)
Father Capulet (voice)
The Children
(1990)
Martin Boyne
Cellini: A Violent Life
(1990)
Governatore
The Fifth Monkey
(1990)
Cunda
Lenin: The Train
(1990)
Lenin
The War That Never Ends
(1991)
Pericles
Bugsy
(1991)
Meyer Lansky
Necessary Love
(1991)
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
(1992)
Freddie (voice)
Sneakers
(1992)
Cosmo
Dave
(1993)
Vice-President Nance
Schindler's List
(1993)
Itzhak Stern
Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Bruce Pandolfini
Death and the Maiden
(1994)
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
(1994)
Self
Liberation
(1994)
Narrator
Moses
(1995)
Moses
Joseph
(1995)
Potifar
Species
(1995)
Xavier Fitch
Twelfth Night
(1996)
Feste
Weapons of Mass Distraction
(1997)
Julian Messenger
Photographing Fairies
(1997)
Rev. Templeton
The Assignment
(1997)
Amos
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
(1998)
Sweeney Todd
Crime and Punishment
(1998)
Magistrate Porfiry
The Confession
(1999)
Harry Fertig
Alice in Wonderland
(1999)
Major Caterpillar
Parting Shots
(1999)
Renzo Locatelli
A Force More Powerful
(1999)
Narator
Rules of Engagement
(2000)
Ambassador Mourain
What Planet Are You From?
(2000)
Graydon
The Triumph of Love
(2001)
Hermocrates
The Making of Sexy Beast
(2001)
Self
Sexy Beast
(2001)
Don Logan
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
(2001)
Specialist (voice)
Islam: Empire of Faith
(2001)
Himself - Narrator
Tuck Everlasting
(2002)
Man in the Yellow Suit
Spooky House
(2002)
The Great Zamboni
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
(2003)
Self
House of Sand and Fog
(2003)
Behrani
Unlikely Heroes
(2003)
Narrator
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
(2003)
Suspect Zero
(2004)
Benjamin O'Ryan
Thunderbirds
(2004)
The Hood
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
(2004)
Self
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
(2004)
Self
BloodRayne
(2005)
Kagan
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
(2005)
Self
A Sound of Thunder
(2005)
Charles Hatton
Oliver Twist
(2005)
Fagin
Peace Is Every Step
(2005)
Narrator
Mrs. Harris
(2006)
Herman Tarnower
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
(2006)
Self
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
(2006)
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
(2006)
Himself
50 Films to See Before You Die
(2006)
Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
(2006)
Self
Lucky Number Slevin
(2006)
The Rabbi
The Last Legion
(2007)
Ambrosinus
The Ten Commandments
(2007)
Narrator (voice)
You Kill Me
(2007)
Frank Falenczyk
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
(2007)
Fifty Dead Men Walking
(2008)
Fergus
War, Inc.
(2008)
Walken / The Viceroy
The Wackness
(2008)
Dr. Squires
The Love Guru
(2008)
Guru Tugginmypuddha
TransSiberian
(2008)
Grinko
Elegy
(2008)
David Kepesh
Journey to Mecca
(2009)
Narrator
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
(2010)
Al-Jazari / Librarian
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
(2010)
Narrator
Teen Patti
(2010)
Perci Trachtenberg
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
(2010)
Nizam
Shutter Island
(2010)
Dr. Cawley
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
(2010)
Self
Aral, the Lost Sea
(2010)
The Desert of Forbidden Art
(2011)
Voice
Hugo
(2011)
Georges Méliès
A Therapy
(2012)
Therapist
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
(2012)
Narrator
The Dictator
(2012)
Tamir
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
(2012)
Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
(2012)
Self
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
(2012)
Himself
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
(2012)
Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
(2012)
Self
Iron Man 3
(2013)
Trevor Slattery
A Common Man
(2013)
The Man
Muse of Fire
(2013)
Self
The Physician
(2013)
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
A Birder's Guide to Everything
(2013)
Lawrence Konrad
Ender's Game
(2013)
Mazer Rackham
The Boxtrolls
(2014)
Archibald Snatcher (voice)
And the Oscar Goes To...
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
War Story
(2014)
Albert
Stonehearst Asylum
(2014)
Silas Lamb
Learning to Drive
(2014)
Darwan
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
(2014)
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Robot Overlords
(2014)
Robin Smythe
Exodus: Gods and Kings
(2014)
Nun
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
(2014)
Self
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
(2014)
Merenkahre
Walking with the Enemy
(2014)
Regent Miklos Horthy
Unity
(2015)
Narrator (voice)
The Walk
(2015)
Papa Rudy
Self/less
(2015)
Damian
Knight of Cups
(2015)
Storyteller (voice)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
(2015)
Self (archive footage)
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
(2015)
Drago (Voice)
Life
(2015)
Jack Warner
Of Dogs and Men
(2016)
The Caller (voice)
Collide
(2016)
Geran
The Jungle Book
(2016)
Bagheera (voice)
An Ordinary Man
(2017)
The General
The Ottoman Lieutenant
(2017)
Woodruff
Spielberg
(2017)
Self
Security
(2017)
Charlie
War Machine
(2017)
President Karzai
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
(2018)
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
(2018)
Self
Inside The Operation
(2018)
Operation Finale
(2018)
Adolf Eichmann
Backstabbing for Beginners
(2018)
Pasha
Intrigo: Death of an Author
(2018)
Henderson
The Red Sea Diving Resort
(2019)
Ethan Levin
Night Hunter
(2019)
Cooper
The Medicine Buddha
(2019)
Narration
Spider in the Web
(2019)
Adereth
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
(2021)
Trevor Slattery
Locked Down
(2021)
Malcolm
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
(2022)
Self
Dalíland
(2022)
Salvador Dalí
Poison
(2023)
Dr. Ganderbai
Jules
(2023)
Milton Robinson
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
(2023)
Imdad Khan / Croupier
The Killer's Game
(2024)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
(2024)
Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Production