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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Movies (171)
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
2027 · (voice)
El Joven Washington
2026 · Robert Dinwiddie
Impacto mortal
2026 · Rich
Guerrero del Desierto
2026 · Emperor Kisra II
El club del crimen de los jueves
2025 · Ibrahim
El Rey de Reyes
2025 · High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
William Tell
2025 · King Albrecht
The Killer's Game
2024 · Zvi Rabinowitz
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024 · Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
Veneno
2023 · Dr. Ganderbai
La maravillosa historia de Henry Sugar
2023 · Imdad Khan / Croupier
Nuestro amigo extraordinario
2023 · Milton Robinson
Dalíland
2022 · Dalí, Executive Producer
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022 · Self
Shang-Chi y la leyenda de los Diez Anillos
2021 · Trevor Slattery
Confinados
2021 · Malcolm
The Medicine Buddha
2019 · Narrator (voice)
En el juego del asesino
2019 · Cooper
Operación Hermanos
2019 · Ethan Levin
La trampa de la araña
2019 · Adereth
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018 · Self
Inside the Operation
2018 · Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
2018 · Self
Intrigo: Muerte de un autor
2018 · Henderson
Operación Final
2018 · Adolf Eichmann
El aprendiz del traidor
2018 · Pasha
Un Hombre Ordinario
2017 · The General
Spielberg
2017 · Self
Máquina de Guerra
2017 · President Karzai
El teniente otomano
2017 · Woodruff
Seguridad
2017 · Charlie
Of Dogs and Men
2016 · The Caller (voice)
Persecución al límite
2016 · Geran
El Libro de la Selva
2016 · Bagheera (voice)
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015 · Self (archive footage)
En La Cuerda Floja
2015 · Papa Rudy
Caballero de copas
2015 · Storyteller (voice)
Life
2015 · Jack Warner
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Inmortal
2015 · Damian
Corazón de Dragón 3: La maldición del brujo
2015 · Drago (Voice)
Supremasia Robot
2015 · Robin Smythe
Una Noche en el Museo 3: El Secreto de la Tumba
2014 · Merenkahre
Éxodo: Dioses y Reyes
2014 · Nun
Los secretos de Stonehearst
2014 · Silas Lamb
Los Boxtrolls
2014 · Snatcher (voice)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014 · Self
Learning to Drive
2014 · Darwan
Al lado del enemigo
2014 · Regent Miklos Horthy
Marvel One-Shot: Que viva el rey
2014 · Trevor Slattery
War Story
2014 · Albert
El Médico
2013 · Ibn Sina
El juego de Ender
2013 · Mazer Rackham
Muse of Fire
2013 · Self
Objetivo Terrorista
2013 · The Man
A Birder's Guide to Everything
2013 · Lawrence Konrad
Iron Man 3
2013 · Trevor Slattery
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
2012 · Narrator
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012 · Self
El Dictador
2012 · Tamir
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
2012 · Self
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012 · Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
2012 · Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
2012 · Self
La invención de Hugo Cabret
2011 · Georges Méliès
The Desert of Forbidden Art
2011 · Voice
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
2010 · Narrator
El Príncipe de Persia: Las Arenas del Tiempo
2010 · Nizam
Teen Patti
2010 · Perci Trachtenberg
La Isla Siniestra
2010 · Dr. Cawley
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
2010 · Al-Jazari / Librarian
Journey to Mecca
2009 · Narrator
Fifty Dead Men Walking
2008 · Fergus
La elegida
2008 · David Kepesh
El Wackness
2008 · Dr. Squires
El Gurú del Amor
2008 · Guru Tugginmypuddha
War, Inc.
2008 · Walken / The Viceroy
TransSiberian
2008 · Grinko
The Ten Commandments
2007 · Narrator (voice)
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007 · Self
La Leyenda de Excalibur
2007 · Ambrosinus
Tú Me Matas
2007 · Frank Falenczyk
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
2006 · Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006 · Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
2006 · Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006 · Self
Asesino a Sueldo
2006 · The Rabbi
BloodRayne Venganza de sangre
2006 · Kagan
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
Peace Is Every Step
2005 · Narrator
Oliver Twist
2005 · Fagin
Mrs. Harris
2005 · Herman Tarnower
El Sonido del Trueno
2005 · Charles Hatton
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Self (archive footage)
Sospechoso cero
2004 · Benjamin O'Ryan
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004 · Self
Thunderbirds
2004 · The Hood
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Self
House of Sand and Fog
2003 · Behrani
Unlikely Heroes
2003 · Narrator
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · Self
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
2003 · Narrator
Eterna juventud
2002 · Man in the Yellow Suit
Spooky House
2002 · The Great Zamboni
The Triumph of Love
2001 · Hermocrates
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
2001 · Self - Interviewee
The Making of Sexy Beast
2001 · Self
A.I. - Inteligencia Artificial
2001 · Specialist (voice)
Islam: Empire of Faith
2001 · Self - Narrator
Sexy Beast
2001 · Don Logan
Reglas de compromiso
2000 · Ambassador Mourain
What Planet Are You From?
2000 · Graydon
A Force More Powerful
1999 · Narator
Parting Shots
1999 · Renzo Locatelli
The Confession
1999 · Harry Fertig
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Major Caterpillar
Crime and Punishment
1998 · Magistrate Porfiry
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998 · Sweeney Todd
The Assignment
1997 · Amos
Photographing Fairies
1997 · Rev. Templeton
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997 · Julian Messenger
Twelfth Night
1996 · Feste
Species
1995 · Xavier Fitch
Joseph
1995 · Potiphar
Death and the Maiden
1994 · Dr. Roberto Miranda
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994 · Self
Liberation
1994 · Narrator (voice)
La Lista de Schindler
1993 · Itzhak Stern
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993 · Bruce Pandolfini
Dave
1993 · Vice-President Nance
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
1993 · Self / The King (voice)
Sneakers
1992 · Cosmo
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
1992 · Freddie (voice)
Bugsy
1991 · Meyer Lansky
Necessary Love
1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
1991 · Narrator (voice)
The War That Never Ends
1991 · Pericles
The Fifth Monkey
1990 · Cunda
The Children
1990 · Martin Boyne
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Governor
Romeo.Juliet
1990 · Father Capulet (voice)
The Making of Slipstream
1989
Slipstream
1989 · Avatar
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989 · Simon Wiesenthal
Lenin: The Train
1988 · Lenin
Testimony
1988 · Dmitri Shostakovich
Pascali's Island
1988 · Basil Pascali
Without a Clue
1988 · Dr. John Watson
Maurice
1987 · Lasker-Jones
Silas Marner
1985 · Silas Marner
Turtle Diary
1985 · William Snow
Harem
1985 · Selim
To Be Hamlet
1985 · Self
Camille
1984 · Duval
Betrayal
1983 · Robert
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983 · Self
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · Frank Ford
Gandhi
1982 · Mahatma Gandhi
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979 · Ivanov
Thank You, Comrades
1978 · Roberto Cibrario
Antony and Cleopatra
1975 · Thidias
Hard Labour
1973 · Naseem
Fear Is the Key
1972 · Royale
Mary
· King Herod
The Way of the Wind
Fortitude
Faith
· Sheikh Usman
TV shows (50)
The Old Stories: Moses
2026 · Moses
Wonder Man
2026 · Trevor Slattery
Marvel Studios: Unidos
2021 · Self
Leyendas de Marvel Studios
2021 · Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
Perpetual Grace LTD
2019 · Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
La Colina de Watership
2018 · General Woundwort (voice)
All or Nothing: Manchester City
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Tutankamón
2015 · Ay
Lip Sync Battle
2015 · Self
Der Medicus
2014 · Ibn Sina
Garfunkel and Oates
2014 · Ben Kingsley
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self - Guest
Religion of the World
2004 · Narrator, Creator
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
2001 · Otto Frank
Islam: Empire of Faith
2001 · Narrator
CNN Millennium
1999 · Narrator
Rove
1999 · Self
The Sopranos
1999 · Ben Kingsley
Religions of the World
1998 · Narrator
HARDtalk
1997
Moses
1996 · Moses
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Nominee
TFI Friday
1996
Joseph
1995 · Potiphar
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Lenin... The Train
1988 · Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
The Secret of the Sahara
1988 · Sholomon
Dispatches
1987
Seitenblicke
1987 · Self
Oxbridge Blues
1984 · Geoff Craven
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Entertainment Tonight
1981 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Frank Ford
The Velvet Glove
1977 · Chakravarti
Dickens of London
1976 · Dr. John Elliotson
The Love School
1975 · Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Playhouse
1974 · Ivanov
Wessex Tales
1973 · Lord Uplandtowers
Crown Court
1972 · Jeremy Leigh
Pebble Mill at One
1972
The Adventurer
1972 · Pierre
Film '72
1971 · Self
World in Action
1963 · Re-enactment
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Duval
Bambi
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member