Ben Kingsley
Born in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK — Dec 31 1943
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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 Ind…
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Ben Kingsley's Credits
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The Sopranos
Ben Kingsley
Bambi
Self
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Schindler's List
Itzhak Stern
Wonder Man
Trevor Slattery
Playhouse
Ivanov
Lip Sync Battle
Self
Marvel Studios Legends
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Rove
Self
Iron Man 3
Trevor Slattery
Shutter Island
Dr. Cawley
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Trevor Slattery
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self
The Adventurer
Pierre
The Dictator
Tamir
Pebble Mill at One
The King of Kings
High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nun
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Specialist (voice)
Species
Xavier Fitch
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Merenkahre
The Jungle Book
Bagheera (voice)
Hugo
Georges Méliès
Sneakers
Cosmo
Seitenblicke
Self
Ender's Game
Mazer Rackham
Garfunkel and Oates
Ben Kingsley
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
(voice)
War Machine
President Karzai
Dave
Vice-President Nance
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nizam
Joseph
Potiphar
Dickens of London
Dr. John Elliotson
Perpetual Grace LTD
Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
Self/less
Damian
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Imdad Khan / Croupier
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duval
The Killer's Game
Zvi Rabinowitz
William Tell
King Albrecht
Watership Down
General Woundwort (voice)
Night Hunter
Cooper
Maurice
Lasker-Jones
Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi
Security
Charlie
Oxbridge Blues
Geoff Craven
Tut
Ay
The Physician
Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
Jules
Milton Robinson
Deep Water
The Thursday Murder Club
Ibrahim
Stonehearst Asylum
Silas Lamb
Rules of Engagement
Ambassador Mourain
Knight of Cups
Storyteller (voice)
Playing Shakespeare
The Last Legion
Ambrosinus
The Walk
Papa Rudy
The Love Guru
Guru Tugginmypuddha
The Secret of the Sahara
Sholomon
Operation Finale
Adolf Eichmann
The Boxtrolls
Snatcher (voice)
What Planet Are You From?
Graydon
Moses
Moses
Bugsy
Meyer Lansky
Poison
Dr. Ganderbai
Alice in Wonderland
Major Caterpillar
Dalíland
Dalí
Unity
Narrator (voice)
Robot Overlords
Robin Smythe
A Sound of Thunder
Charles Hatton
Collide
Geran
House of Sand and Fog
Behrani
Locked Down
Malcolm
Tuck Everlasting
Man in the Yellow Suit
BloodRayne
Kagan
Joseph
Potiphar
Wessex Tales
Lord Uplandtowers
Thunderbirds
The Hood
Twelfth Night
Feste
Spielberg
Self
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Ethan Levin
Sexy Beast
Don Logan
War, Inc.
Walken / The Viceroy
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Drago (Voice)
The Love School
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Elegy
David Kepesh
Parting Shots
Renzo Locatelli
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Bruce Pandolfini
Young Washington
Robert Dinwiddie
The Assignment
Amos
Life
Jack Warner
Oliver Twist
Fagin
CNN Millennium
Narrator
Lenin... The Train
Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
Backstabbing for Beginners
Pasha
Desert Warrior
Emperor Kisra
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Narrator (voice)
Religions of the World
Narrator
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Otto Frank
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fergus
The Wackness
Dr. Squires
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Mrs. Harris
Herman Tarnower
Moses
Moses
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
The Confession
Harry Fertig
Muse of Fire
Self
Suspect Zero
Benjamin O'Ryan
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (voice)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
You Kill Me
Frank Falenczyk
The Way of the Wind
To Be Hamlet
Self
Fear Is the Key
Royale
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Self
War Story
Albert
Turtle Diary
William Snow
Walking with the Enemy
Regent Miklos Horthy
An Ordinary Man
The General
Spider in the Web
Adereth
TransSiberian
Grinko
Slipstream
Avatar
Learning to Drive
Darwan
Romeo.Juliet
Father Capulet (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Lawrence Konrad
Liberation
Narrator
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Simon Wiesenthal
Death and the Maiden
Dr. Roberto Miranda
Testimony
Dmitri Shostakovich
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
Without a Clue
Dr. John Watson
The Triumph of Love
Hermocrates
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie (voice)
Islam: Empire of Faith
Narrator
Religion of the World
Narrator
Lenin: The Train
Lenin
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Henderson
Teen Patti
Perci Trachtenberg
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Woodruff
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Camille
Duval
A Common Man
The Man
Crime and Punishment
Magistrate Porfiry
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Frank Ford
Pascali's Island
Basil Pascali
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
Hard Labour
Naseem
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
Journey to Mecca
Narrator
Inside the Operation
Self
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Julian Messenger
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Photographing Fairies
Rev. Templeton
Spooky House
The Great Zamboni
Antony and Cleopatra
Thidias
Fortitude
The Making of Slipstream
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
Cellini: A Violent Life
Governor
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Ivanov
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
The War That Never Ends
Pericles
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Self
Harem
Selim
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
Betrayal
Robert
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Self
The Children
Martin Boyne
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Narrator
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
Of Dogs and Men
The Caller (voice)
Peace Is Every Step
Narrator
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Narrator
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
The Fifth Monkey
Cunda
Aral, the Lost Sea
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
The Medicine Buddha
Narrator (voice)
Necessary Love
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
Self
Mary
King Herod
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
Narrator (voice)
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Al-Jazari / Librarian
A Force More Powerful
Narator
Islam: Empire of Faith
Self - Narrator
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Self
Unlikely Heroes
Narrator
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
Narrator
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
Narrator (voice)
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
Self - Interviewee