Ben Kingsley on screen and stage

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Bhanji; Gujarati:કૃષ્ણા પંડિત ભાણજી; 31 December 1943) is an English actor who has received numerous accolades in his career which spans over 5 decades, including a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award from four nominations. 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), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), Iron Man 3 (2013),^[1] and The Jungle Book (2016).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Fear Is the Key	Royale
1982	Gandhi	Mahatma Gandhi	Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor (also for Betrayal) 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 Actor of the Year 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 Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
1983	Betrayal	Robert	Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor (also for Gandhi)
1985	Harem	Selim
1986	Turtle Diary	William Snow
1987	Maurice	Lasker-Jones
1988	Pascali's Island	Basil Pascali
	Without a Clue	Dr. John Watson
	Testimony — The Story of Shostakovich	Dmitri Shostakovich
1989	Slipstream	Avatar
1990	The 5th Monkey	Cunda
1990	A Violent Life	Governor
1991	Bugsy	Meyer Lansky	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1991	Necessary Love	Ernesto
1992	Sneakers	Cosmo
1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7	Freddie the Frog	Voice
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Bruce Pandolfini
	Dave	Vice President Gary Nance
	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
1996	Twelfth Night	Feste
1997	The Assignment	Amos
1997	Photographing Fairies	Minister Templeton
1999	The Confession	Harry Fertig
	Parting Shots	Renzo Locatelli
	CNN Millennium	Narrator^[2]
2000	Spooky House	The Great Zamboni
	What Planet Are You From?	Graydon
	Rules of Engagement	Ambassador Mourain
	Islam: Empire of Faith	Narrator	Voice Documentary
	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 Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated—Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
2001	A.I. Artificial Intelligence	Specialist	Voice
2002	The Triumph of Love	Hermocrates
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—Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth 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—Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
2004	Thunderbirds	"The Hood"
2004	Suspect Zero	Benjamin O'Ryan
2005	A Sound of Thunder	Charles Hatton
	Oliver Twist	Fagin
	BloodRayne	Kagan	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
2006	Lucky Number Slevin	The Rabbi
2007	You Kill Me	Frank Falenczyk	Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
	The Last Legion	Ambrosinus
	The Ten Commandments	Narrator	Voice
2008	Elegy	David Kepesh	Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
	War, Inc.	Walken	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	The Love Guru	Guru Tugginmypudha	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	The Wackness	Dr. Squires	Nominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
	Transsiberian	Grinko
	China's Stolen Children	Narrator	Voice Documentary
	Fifty Dead Men Walking	Fergus
2009	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Narrator	Voice
2009	Journey to Mecca	Narrator	Voice Documentary
2010	Shutter Island	Dr. John Cawley	Nominated—Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor
	Teen Patti	Perci Trachtenberg
	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time	Nizam
	1001 inventions and the library of secrets	The Librarian	Short Educational Film
2011	Hugo	Georges Méliès	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
	The Desert of Forbidden Art	Narrator	Voice Documentary
	Beatles Stories	Himself	Documentary
2012	The Dictator	Tamir
2012	A Therapy	Therapist	Short film
2013	Iron Man 3	Trevor Slattery / Mandarin	Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Villain
	Ender's Game	Mazer Rackham
	A Common Man	The Man	Madrid International Film Festival Award for Best Lead Actor
	Walking with the Enemy	Regent Horthy
	The Physician	Ibn Sina
	A Birder's Guide to Everything	Lawrence Conrad
2014	Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King	Trevor Slattery	Short film
	War Story	Albert
	The Boxtrolls	Archibald Snatcher	Voice Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
	Learning to Drive	Darwan
	Stonehearst Asylum	Silas Lamb
	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Nun
	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Merenkahre
	Robot Overlords	Robin Smythe
2015	Knight of Cups	The Voice	Voice
	Life	Jack L. Warner
	Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse	Drago the Dragon	Voice^[3]^[4]
	Unity^[5]	Narrator	Voice Documentary
	Self/less	Damian
	The Walk	Papa Rudy
2016	The Jungle Book	Bagheera	Voice^[6]
2016	Collide	Geran
2017	The Ottoman Lieutenant	Garrett Woodruff
	Security	Charlie
	War Machine	Hamid Karzai
	An Ordinary Man	The General
2018	Backstabbing for Beginners	Pasha
	Operation Finale	Adolf Eichmann
	Night Hunter	Michael Cooper
	Intrigo: Death of an Author	Henderson
2019	The Red Sea Diving Resort	Ethan Levin
2019	Spider in the Web	Adereth
TBA	The Last Planet		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Pardon the Expression	Roy	Episode: "The Switched-On Scene"
1966	Orlando	Peter Batterby	6 episodes
1966–1967	Coronation Street	Ron Jenkins	5 episodes
1973	The Adventurer	Pierre	Episode: "The Good Book"
	Play for Today	Naseem	Episode: "Hard Labour"
	Full House	"A Misfortune" Cast Member	Episode: "13 January 1973"
	Wessex Tales	Lord Uplandtowers	Episode: "Barbara of the House of Grebe"
1974	Antony and Cleopatra	Thidias	Television film
1975	The Love School	Rosetti	5 episodes
1976	Dickens of London	Dr. John Elliotson	2 episodes
1977	Velvet Glove	Chakravarti	Episode: "The Warrior's Return"
1976–1979	Crown Court	Jeremy Leigh	5 episodes
1978–1979	BBC2 Playhouse	Ivanov Robert Cibrario	2 episodes
1982	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Frank Ford	Television film
1983	Kean	Edmund Kean	Television film
1984	Camille	Duval	Television film
1984	Oxbridge Blues	Geoff Craven	Episode: "Sleeps Six" Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series
1985	Silas Marner	Silas Marner	Television movie Nominated—BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor
1986	Stanley's Vision	Stanley Spencer	Television film
1988	The Secret of the Sahara	Sholomon	4 episodes
1988	Lenin: The Train	Lenin	Television film
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story	Simon Wiesenthal	Television film Golden Camera for Best International Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1991	The War That Never Ends	Pericles	Television film
1995	Joseph	Potiphar	Television film Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Miniseries Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1995	Moses	Moses	Television film
1997	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Julian Messenger	Television film Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
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
1998	Crime and Punishment	Porfiry	Television film
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Major Caterpillar	Television film
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Otto Frank	2 episodes Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—American Film Institute TV Award for Actor of the Year – Male – Movie or Mini-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a 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	Mrs. Harris	Herman Tarnower	Television movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2006	The Sopranos	Himself	Episode: "Luxury Lounge"
2014	Garfunkel & Oates	Himself	Episode: "The Fadeaway"
2015	Tut	Ay	3 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2018	Watership Down	General Woundwort	Voice 4 episodes
2019	Perpetual Grace, LTD	Pastor Byron Brown	Main role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Kiyeko and the Lost Night	Storyteller	Voice role
1997	Ceremony of Innocence	Victor Frolatti	Voice role
2010	Fable III	Sabine	Voice role Credited as Sir Ben Kingsley

References

^ Johnston, Sheila (4 April 2009). "Ben Kingsley interview: dark soul of the knight". The Daily Telegraph (Review). pp. 10–11.
^ Shales, Tom (1999-10-09). "A Journey Of aThousand Years". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
^ "Sir Ben Kingsley explores his animated side in 'The Boxtrolls'". winnipegsun.com. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
^ "'The Boxtrolls': Ben Kingsley Talks Voicing a Villain; Will Trevor Slattery Return?". screenrant.com. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
^ Dave McNary (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
^ "Ben Kingsley To Voice Bagheera In Disney's 'The Jungle Book'". Deadline. June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

External links

Ben Kingsley at IMDb

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

[2] Shales, Tom (1999-10-09). "A Journey Of aThousand Years". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

[3] "Sir Ben Kingsley explores his animated side in 'The Boxtrolls'". winnipegsun.com. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

[4] "'The Boxtrolls': Ben Kingsley Talks Voicing a Villain; Will Trevor Slattery Return?". screenrant.com. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2014-12-02.

[5] Dave McNary (April 22, 2015). "Documentary 'Unity' Set for Aug. 12 Release with 100 Star Narrators". Variety. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

[6] "Ben Kingsley To Voice Bagheera In Disney's 'The Jungle Book'". Deadline. June 25, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2014.

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