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.
Known For
| Birth Location | Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1943-12-31 |
Movies
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
2024
Poison
as Dr. Ganderbai
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
2023
Jules
as Milton Robinson
2023
Dalíland
as Salvador Dalí
2022
2022
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
2021
Locked Down
as Malcolm
2021
The Medicine Buddha
as Narration
2019
Night Hunter
as Cooper
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Ethan Levin
2019
Spider in the Web
as Adereth
2019
2018
2018
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Himself
2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author
as Henderson
2018
Operation Finale
as Adolf Eichmann
2018
Backstabbing for Beginners
as Pasha
2018
An Ordinary Man
as The General
2017
Spielberg
as Self
2017
War Machine
as President Karzai
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Woodruff
2017
Security
as Charlie
2017
Of Dogs and Men
as The Caller (voice)
2016
Collide
as Geran
2016
The Jungle Book
as Bagheera (voice)
2016
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2015
The Walk
as Papa Rudy
2015
Knight of Cups
as Storyteller (voice)
2015
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Life
as Jack Warner
2015
Self/less
as Damian
2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
as Drago (Voice)
2015
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Merenkahre
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nun
2014
Stonehearst Asylum
as Silas Lamb
2014
Robot Overlords
as Robin Smythe
2014
The Boxtrolls
as Archibald Snatcher (voice)
2014
2014
Learning to Drive
as Darwan
2014
Walking with the Enemy
as Regent Miklos Horthy
2014
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
War Story
as Albert
2014
The Physician
as Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
2013
Ender's Game
as Mazer Rackham
2013
Muse of Fire
as Self
2013
A Common Man
as The Man
2013
A Birder's Guide to Everything
as Lawrence Konrad
2013
Iron Man 3
as Trevor Slattery
2013
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
as Narrator
2012
2012
A Therapy
as Therapist
2012
The Dictator
as Tamir
2012
2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self
2012
2012
2012
Hugo
as Georges Méliès
2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art
as Voice
2011
2010
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
as Narrator
2010
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
as Nizam
2010
Teen Patti
as Perci Trachtenberg
2010
Shutter Island
as Dr. John Cawley
2010
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
2010
Journey to Mecca
as Narrator
2009
Fifty Dead Men Walking
as Fergus
2008
Elegy
as David Kepesh
2008
The Wackness
as Dr. Squires
2008
The Love Guru
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
2008
War, Inc.
as Walken / The Viceroy
2008
TransSiberian
as Grinko
2008
The Ten Commandments
as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Last Legion
as Ambrosinus
2007
You Kill Me
as Frank Falenczyk
2007
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
as Himself
2006
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
2006
Mrs. Harris
as Herman Tarnower
2006
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Rabbi
2006
Peace Is Every Step
as Narrator
2005
BloodRayne
as Kagan
2005
Oliver Twist
as Fagin
2005
A Sound of Thunder
as Charles Hatton
2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
2005
Suspect Zero
as Benjamin O'Ryan
2004
2004
Thunderbirds
as The Hood
2004
2004
House of Sand and Fog
as Behrani
2003
Unlikely Heroes
as Narrator
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
Tuck Everlasting
as Man in the Yellow Suit
2002
Spooky House
as The Great Zamboni
2002
The Triumph of Love
as Hermocrates
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Specialist (voice)
2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
as Himself - Narrator
2001
Sexy Beast
as Don Logan
2001
Rules of Engagement
as Ambassador Mourain
2000
What Planet Are You From?
as Graydon
2000
A Force More Powerful
as Narator
1999
Parting Shots
as Renzo Locatelli
1999
The Confession
as Harry Fertig
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Major Caterpillar
1999
Crime and Punishment
as Magistrate Porfiry
1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Sweeney Todd
1998
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Julian Messenger
1997
The Assignment
as Amos
1997
Photographing Fairies
as Rev. Templeton
1997
Twelfth Night
as Feste
1996
Moses
as Moses
1995
Species
as Xavier Fitch
1995
Joseph
as Potifar
1995
Death and the Maiden
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
as Self
1994
Liberation
as Narrator
1994
Schindler's List
as Itzhak Stern
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
as Bruce Pandolfini
1993
Dave
as Vice-President Nance
1993
Sneakers
as Cosmo
1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
as Freddie (voice)
1992
Bugsy
as Meyer Lansky
1991
1991
The Fifth Monkey
as Cunda
1990
The Children
as Martin Boyne
1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Governatore
1990
Lenin: The Train
as Lenin
1990
Romeo.Juliet
as Father Capulet (voice)
1990
Slipstream
as Avatar
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
as Simon Wiesenthal
1989
Testimony
as Dmitri Shostakovich
1988
Pascali's Island
as Basil Pascali
1988
Without a Clue
as Dr. John Watson
1988
Maurice
as Lasker-Jones
1987
Silas Marner
as Silas Marner
1985
Turtle Diary
as William Snow
1985
Harem
as Selim
1985
To Be Hamlet
as Ben Kingsley
1985
Camille
as Duval
1984
Schindler
as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
1983
Betrayal
as Robert
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
as Self
1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Frank Ford
1982
Gandhi
as Mahatma Gandhi
1982
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
as Ivanov
1979
Antony and Cleopatra
as Thidias
1975
Hard Labour
as Naseem
1973
Fear Is the Key
as Royale
1972
Desert Warrior
as Emperor Kisra
-
Mary
as King Herod
-
Movies
Dalíland
Executive Producer
2022
