Acting
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).
Filmography
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
Film · 2027
Desert Warrior
Film · 2026
Deep Water
Film · 2026
Young Washington
Film · 2026
The Old Stories: Moses
Series · 2026
Wonder Man
Series · 2026
William Tell
Film · 2025
The Thursday Murder Club
Film · 2025
The King of Kings
Film · 2025
The Killer's Game
Film · 2024
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Film · 2024
Jules
Film · 2023
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Film · 2023
Poison
Film · 2023
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Film · 2022
Dalíland
Film · 2022
Locked Down
Film · 2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Film · 2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Series · 2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
Series · 2021
Night Hunter
Film · 2019
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Film · 2019
Spider in the Web
Film · 2019
The Medicine Buddha
Film · 2019
Perpetual Grace LTD
Series · 2019
Backstabbing for Beginners
Film · 2018
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Film · 2018
Operation Finale
Film · 2018
Who Killed British Cinema?
Film · 2018
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Film · 2018
Inside the Operation
Film · 2018
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Film · 2018
Watership Down
Series · 2018
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Series · 2018
An Ordinary Man
Film · 2017
War Machine
Film · 2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Film · 2017
Security
Film · 2017
Spielberg
Film · 2017
The Jungle Book
Film · 2016
Collide
Film · 2016
Of Dogs and Men
Film · 2016
Self/less
Film · 2015
Robot Overlords
Film · 2015
The Walk
Film · 2015
Life
Film · 2015
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Film · 2015
Knight of Cups
Film · 2015
Tut
Series · 2015
Lip Sync Battle
Series · 2015
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Film · 2014
The Boxtrolls
Film · 2014
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Film · 2014
War Story
Film · 2014
Walking with the Enemy
Film · 2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Film · 2014
Learning to Drive
Film · 2014
Stonehearst Asylum
Film · 2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Film · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Garfunkel and Oates
Series · 2014
Der Medicus
Series · 2014
Iron Man 3
Film · 2013
Ender's Game
Film · 2013
A Common Man
Film · 2013
The Physician
Film · 2013
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Film · 2013
Muse of Fire
Film · 2013
The Dictator
Film · 2012
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Film · 2012
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Film · 2012
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Film · 2012
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Film · 2012
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Film · 2012
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Film · 2012
Hugo
Film · 2011
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Film · 2011
Shutter Island
Film · 2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Film · 2010
Teen Patti
Film · 2010
Aral, the Lost Sea
Film · 2010
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Film · 2010
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Film · 2010
Journey to Mecca
Film · 2009
TransSiberian
Film · 2008
Elegy
Film · 2008
The Love Guru
Film · 2008
War, Inc.
Film · 2008
The Wackness
Film · 2008
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Film · 2008
The Ten Commandments
Film · 2007
You Kill Me
Film · 2007
The Last Legion
Film · 2007
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Film · 2007
Lucky Number Slevin
Film · 2006
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
Film · 2006
50 Films to See Before You Die
Film · 2006
BloodRayne
Film · 2006
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Film · 2006
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
Film · 2006
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Film · 2006
Oliver Twist
Film · 2005
A Sound of Thunder
Film · 2005
Mrs. Harris
Film · 2005
Peace Is Every Step
Film · 2005
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Film · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
Suspect Zero
Film · 2004
Thunderbirds
Film · 2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Film · 2004
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Film · 2004
Religion of the World
Series · 2004
House of Sand and Fog
Film · 2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Film · 2003
Unlikely Heroes
Film · 2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Film · 2003
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
Film · 2003
Tuck Everlasting
Film · 2002
Spooky House
Film · 2002
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Film · 2001
Sexy Beast
Film · 2001
The Triumph of Love
Film · 2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
Film · 2001
The Making of Sexy Beast
Film · 2001
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
Film · 2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
Series · 2001
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Series · 2001
What Planet Are You From?
Film · 2000
Rules of Engagement
Film · 2000
The Confession
Film · 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1999
A Force More Powerful
Film · 1999
Parting Shots
Film · 1999
Rove
Series · 1999
CNN Millennium
Series · 1999
The Sopranos
Series · 1999
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Film · 1998
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1998
Religions of the World
Series · 1998
The Assignment
Film · 1997
Photographing Fairies
Film · 1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Film · 1997
HARDtalk
Series · 1997
Twelfth Night
Film · 1996
Moses
Series · 1996
TFI Friday
Series · 1996
Joseph
Film · 1995
Species
Film · 1995
Joseph
Series · 1995
Death and the Maiden
Film · 1994
Liberation
Film · 1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Film · 1994
Inside the Actors Studio
Series · 1994
Schindler's List
Film · 1993
Dave
Film · 1993
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Film · 1993
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
Film · 1993
Sneakers
Film · 1992
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Film · 1992
Bugsy
Film · 1991
Necessary Love
Film · 1991
The War That Never Ends
Film · 1991
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
Film · 1991
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
Film · 1991
The Children
Film · 1990
The Fifth Monkey
Film · 1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
Film · 1990
Romeo.Juliet
Film · 1990
Slipstream
Film · 1989
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Film · 1989
The Making of Slipstream
Film · 1989
Lenin: The Train
Film · 1988
Without a Clue
Film · 1988
Testimony
Film · 1988
Pascali's Island
Film · 1988
The Secret of the Sahara
Series · 1988
Lenin... The Train
Series · 1988
Maurice
Film · 1987
Seitenblicke
Series · 1987
Dispatches
Series · 1987
To Be Hamlet
Film · 1985
Harem
Film · 1985
Silas Marner
Film · 1985
Turtle Diary
Film · 1985
Camille
Film · 1984
Oxbridge Blues
Series · 1984
Playing Shakespeare
Series · 1984
Goldene Kamera
Series · 1984
Betrayal
Film · 1983
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Film · 1983
Gandhi
Film · 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Film · 1982
Wetten, dass..?
Series · 1981
Entertainment Tonight
Series · 1981
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Film · 1979
Thank You, Comrades
Film · 1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Series · 1978
The Velvet Glove
Series · 1977
Dickens of London
Series · 1976
Antony and Cleopatra
Film · 1975
The Love School
Series · 1975
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Hard Labour
Film · 1973
Wessex Tales
Series · 1973
Fear Is the Key
Film · 1972
Pebble Mill at One
Series · 1972
The Adventurer
Series · 1972
Crown Court
Series · 1972
Film '72
Series · 1971
World in Action
Series · 1963
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
Bambi
Series · 1948
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Mary
Film
The Way of the Wind
Film
Fortitude
Film
Faith
Film