Ben Kingsley
Birthdate
December 31, 1943 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
December 31, 1943 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
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.
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Lasker-Jones
Acting (208)
Wonder Man as Trevor Slattery (2 episodes)
Mary as King Herod
The Way of the Wind
The Thursday Murder Club as Ibrahim Arif
Desert Warrior as Emperor Kisra
Deep Water
2025
The King of Kings as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
2025
William Tell
2024
The Killer's Game as Zvi Rabinowitz
2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai
2023
Poison as Dr. Ganderbai
2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Imdad Khan / Croupier
2023
Jules as Milton Robinson
2022
Dalíland as Dalí
2022
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry as Self
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Trevor Slattery
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled as Self (1 episode)
2021
Locked Down as Malcolm
2021
Marvel Studios Legends as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage) (1 episode)
2019
The Medicine Buddha as Narration
2019
Night Hunter as Cooper
2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort as Ethan Levin
2019
Perpetual Grace LTD as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown (10 episodes)
2019
Spider in the Web as Adereth
2018
Watership Down as General Woundwort (voice) (2 episodes)
2018
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché as Self
2018
Inside The Operation as Self
2018
Who Killed British Cinema? as Self
2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author as Henderson
2018
Operation Finale as Adolf Eichmann
2018
All or Nothing: Manchester City as Narrator (voice) (8 episodes)
2018
Backstabbing for Beginners as Pasha
2017
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
2016
Of Dogs and Men as The Caller (voice)
2016
Collide as Geran
2016
The Jungle Book as Bagheera (voice)
2015
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
Life as Jack Warner
2015
Unity as Narrator (voice)
2015
Tut as Ay (3 episodes)
2015
Self/less as Damian
2015
Lip Sync Battle as Self (1 episode)
2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Drago (Voice)
2014
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
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film as Self
2014
Learning to Drive as Darwan
2014
Garfunkel and Oates as Ben Kingsley (1 episode)
2014
Walking with the Enemy as Regent Miklos Horthy
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (1 episode)
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
2013
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
2012
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl as Narrator
2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard as Himself
2012
A Therapy as Therapist
2012
The Dictator as Tamir
2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' as Self
2012
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' as Self
2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès as Self
2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime as Self
2011
Hugo as Georges Méliès
2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art as Voice
2010
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny as Narrator
2010
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse as Self
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Nizam
2010
Teen Patti as Perci Trachtenberg
2010
Shutter Island as Dr. Cawley
2010
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets as Al-Jazari / Librarian
2009
Journey to Mecca as Narrator
2008
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
2007
The Ten Commandments as Narrator (voice)
2007
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007
The Last Legion as Ambrosinus
2007
You Kill Me as Frank Falenczyk
2006
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia as Himself
2006
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel as Self
2006
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood as Self
2006
The One Show as Self (1 episode)
2006
50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
2006
Mrs. Harris as Herman Tarnower
2006
Lucky Number Slevin as The Rabbi
2006
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2005
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
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (1 episode)
2004
Suspect Zero as Benjamin O'Ryan
2004
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds as Self
2004
Thunderbirds as The Hood
2004
Religion of the World as Narrator (13 episodes)
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Self
2003
House of Sand and Fog as Behrani
2003
Unlikely Heroes as Narrator
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self
2002
Tuck Everlasting as Man in the Yellow Suit
2002
Spooky House as The Great Zamboni
2001
The Triumph of Love as Hermocrates
2001
The Making of Sexy Beast as Self
2001
A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Specialist (voice)
2001
Anne Frank: The Whole Story as Otto Frank (2 episodes)
2001
Islam: Empire of Faith as Narrator (3 episodes)
2001
Islam: Empire of Faith as Himself - Narrator
2001
Sexy Beast as Don Logan
2000
Rules of Engagement as Ambassador Mourain
2000
What Planet Are You From? as Graydon
1999
A Force More Powerful as Narator
1999
CNN Millennium as Narrator (10 episodes)
1999
Rove as Self (1 episode)
1999
Parting Shots as Renzo Locatelli
1999
The Confession as Harry Fertig
1999
Alice in Wonderland as Major Caterpillar
1999
The Sopranos as Ben Kingsley (1 episode)
1998
Crime and Punishment as Magistrate Porfiry
1998
The Tale of Sweeney Todd as Sweeney Todd
1997
The Assignment as Amos
1997
Photographing Fairies as Rev. Templeton
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction as Julian Messenger
1996
Twelfth Night as Feste
1996
Moses as Moses (2 episodes)
1995
Moses as Moses
1995
Species as Xavier Fitch
1995
Joseph as Potiphar (2 episodes)
1995
Joseph as Potifar
1994
Inside the Actors Studio as Self (1 episode)
1994
Death and the Maiden as Dr. Roberto Miranda
1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold as Self
1994
Liberation as Narrator
1993
Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern
1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bruce Pandolfini
1993
Dave as Vice-President Nance
1992
Sneakers as Cosmo
1992
Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Freddie (voice)
1991
Bugsy as Meyer Lansky
1991
Necessary Love
1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver as Narrator (voice)
1991
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin as Narrator (voice)
1991
The War That Never Ends as Pericles
1990
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)
1989
Slipstream as Avatar
1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story as Simon Wiesenthal
1988
Lenin... The Train as Lenin (2 episodes)
1988
Testimony as Dmitri Shostakovich
1988
Pascali's Island as Basil Pascali
1988
Without a Clue as Dr. John Watson
1988
The Secret of the Sahara as Sholomon (4 episodes)
1987
Seitenblicke as self (1 episode)
1987
Maurice as Lasker-Jones
1985
Silas Marner as Silas Marner
1985
Turtle Diary as William Snow
1985
Harem as Selim
1985
To Be Hamlet as Self
1984
Camille as Duval
1984
Oxbridge Blues as Geoff Craven (1 episode)
1984
Playing Shakespeare (9 episodes)
1983
Schindler as Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
1983
Betrayal as Robert
1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi as Self
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor as Frank Ford
1982
Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1981
Wetten, dass..? as Self (1 episode)
1979
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour as Ivanov
1978
BBC Television Shakespeare (1 episode)
1976
Dickens Of London as Dr. John Elliotson (13 episodes)
1975
The Love School as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (6 episodes)
1975
Antony and Cleopatra as Thidias
1974
Playhouse as Ivanov (3 episodes)
1974
Playhouse as Robert Cibrario (3 episodes)
1973
Wessex Tales (1 episode)
1973
Hard Labour as Naseem
1972
Fear Is the Key as Royale
1972
Pebble Mill at One (1 episode)
1972
The Adventurer as Pierre (1 episode)
1966
Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self (1 episode)
1965
Orlando as Peter Batterby (72 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self - Presenter (1 episode)
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Duval (1 episode)
1948
Bambi Awards as Self (1 episode)
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
Production (1)
2022
Dalíland
• Executive Producer
Creator (2)
2004
Religion of the World
• Creator
1988
Lenin... The Train
• Creator