Ben Kingsley on screen and stage

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; Gujarati:કૃષ્ણા પંડિત ભાણજી; 31 December 1943) is an English actor who has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Sexy Beast (2000), and Hugo (2011).^[1] His brief filmography is given below.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Fear Is the Key	Royale
1973	Hard Labour	Naseem	Television film
1974	Antony and Cleopatra	Thidias	Television film
1982	Gandhi	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi	Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer BAFTA Award for Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
1983	Betrayal	Robert	The film version of Harold Pinter's play Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
1984	Oxbridge Blues	Geoff Craven	Episode: "Sleeps Six" Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Series
1985	Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe	Silas Marner	Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
1985	Harem	Selim
1986	Turtle Diary	William Snow	Screenplay by Harold Pinter
1987	The Secret of the Sahara	Sholomon	Television film
1987	Maurice	Lasker-Jones
1988	Pascali's Island	Basil Pascali
1988	Without a Clue	Dr. John Watson
1988	Lenin: The Train	Vladimir Lenin	Television film
1988	Testimony — The Story of Shostakovich	Dmitri Shostakovich
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story	Simon Wiesenthal	Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
1990	The 5th Monkey	Cunda
1991	Bugsy	Meyer Lansky	Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1992	Sneakers	Cosmo
1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7	Freddie The Frog	Voice
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Bruce Pandolfini
1993	Dave	Vice President Gary Nance
1993	Schindler's List	Itzhak Stern	Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
1994	Death and the Maiden	Dr. Roberto Miranda
1995	Species	Xavier Fitch
1995	Joseph	Potiphar	Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
1995	Moses	Moses
1996	Twelfth Night	Feste	From the play by William Shakespeare
1997	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Julian Messenger	Television film
1997	The Assignment	Amos
1997	Photographing Fairies	Minister Templeton
1998	The Tale of Sweeney Todd	Sweeney Todd	Television film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Major Caterpillar	Television film
1999	The Confession	Harry Fertig
2000	Spooky House^[2]	The Great Zamboni
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Graydon
2000	Rules of Engagement	Ambassador Mourain
2000	Islam: Empire of Faith	Narrator	Voice
2000	Sexy Beast	Don Logan	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor European Film Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance, Male Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Otto Frank	Television film Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated — American Film Institute TV Award for AFI Actor of the Year – Male – Movie or Mini-Series Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Specialist	Voice
2002	The Triumph of Love	Hermocrates	Marivaux's play
2002	Tuck Everlasting	Man in the Yellow Suit
2003	House of Sand and Fog	Massoud Behrani	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2004	Thunderbirds	"The Hood"	loosely based on the super-marionation programme created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson
2004	Suspect Zero	Benjamin O'Ryan
2005	A Sound of Thunder	Charles Hatton
2005	Oliver Twist	Fagin
2005	Mrs. Harris	Herman Tarnower	Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2005	BloodRayne	Kagan	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2006	The Sopranos	Himself	Television series Season 6, Episode 72 – "Luxury Lounge"
2006	Lucky Number Slevin	The Rabbi
2007	You Kill Me	Frank Falenczyk	Nominated — Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
2007	The Last Legion	Ambrosinus
2007	The Ten Commandments	Narrator	Voice
2008	Elegy	David Kepesh	Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award Best British Actor of the Year
2008	War, Inc.	Walken	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2008	The Love Guru	Guru Tugginmypudha	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2008	The Wackness	Dr. Squires	Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2008	Transsiberian	Grinko
2008	China's Stolen Children	Narrator	Voice
2008	Fifty Dead Men Walking	Fergus
2009	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Narrator	Voice
2009	Journey to Mecca	Narrator	Voice
2010	Shutter Island	Dr. John Cawley	Nominated — Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor
2010	Teen Patti	Perci Trachtenberg
2010	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Nizam
2010	Fable III	Sabine	Video game
2011	Hugo	Georges Méliès	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor
2012	The Dictator	Tamir
2012	A Therapy	Therapist
2013	Iron Man 3	Trevor Slattery
2013	Ender's Game	Mazer Rackham
2013	A Common Man	The Man
2013	Walking with the Enemy	Regent Horthy
2014	The Boxtrolls	Archibald Snatche	Voice

References

^ Johnston, Sheila (4 April 2009). "Ben Kingsley interview: dark soul of the knight". The Daily Telegraph (Review). pp. 10–11..
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160905/fullcredits

External links

Ben Kingsley on screen and stage at IMDb

[1] Johnston, Sheila (4 April 2009). "Ben Kingsley interview: dark soul of the knight". The Daily Telegraph (Review). pp. 10–11..

[IMDB-2] ttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160905/fullcredits

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