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 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

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
1988	Without a Clue	Dr. John Watson
1988	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 only
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	Joseph	Potiphar
1995	Species	Xavier Fitch
1996	Twelfth Night	Feste
1997	The Assignment	Amos
1997	Photographing Fairies	Minister Templeton
1999	The Confession	Harry Fertig
1999	Parting Shots	Renzo Locatelli
2000	Spooky House	The Great Zamboni
2000	What Planet Are You From?	Graydon
2000	Rules of Engagement	Ambassador Mourain
2000	Islam: Empire of Faith	Narrator	Voice only
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 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 only
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
2005	Oliver Twist	Fagin
2005	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
2007	The Last Legion	Ambrosinus
2007	The Ten Commandments	Narrator	Voice only
2008	Elegy	David Kepesh	Nominated—London Film Critics Circle Award for 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 only
2008	Fifty Dead Men Walking	Fergus
2009	Noah's Ark: The New Beginning	Narrator	Voice only
2009	Journey to Mecca	Narrator	Voice only
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
2011	Hugo	Georges Méliès	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor
2011	The Desert of Forbidden Art	Narrator	Voice only
2011	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
2013	Ender's Game	Mazer Rackham
2013	A Common Man	The Man	Madrid International Film Festival Award for Best Lead Actor
2013	Walking with the Enemy	Regent Horthy
2013	The Physician	Ibn Sina
2013	A Birder's Guide to Everything	Lawrence Conrad
2014	Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King	Trevor Slattery	Short film
2014	The Boxtrolls	Archibald Snatcher	Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2014	Learning to Drive	Darwan
2014	Stonehearst Asylum	Silas Lamb
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings	Nun
2014	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	Ahkmenrah's father Merenkahre
2014	Robot Overlords	Robin Smythe
2015	Knight of Cups	Voice
2015	Life	Jack L. Warner
2015	Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse	Drago the Dragon	Voice only^[2]^[3]
2015	Unity^[4]	Narrator	Documentary
2015	Self/less	Damian
2015	The Walk	Papa Rudy
2016	The Jungle Book	Bagheera	Voice only^[5]
2016	Collide	Geran	Post-production
2016	Wake	TBA	Filming
2017	War Machine	TBA	Post-production
2017	Security	TBA	Filming
2017	Backstabbing for Beginners	Pasha	Filming

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"
1973	Play for Today	Naseem	Episode: "Hard Labour"
1973	Full House	"A Misfortune" Cast Member	Episode: "13 January 1973"
1973	Wessex Tales	Lord Uplandtowers	Episode: "Barbara of the House of Grebe"
1974	Antony and Cleopatra	Thidias	Television movie
1975	The Love School	Rosetti	5 episodes
1976	Dickens of London	Dr. John Elliotson	Episodes: "Magic", "Dreams"
1977	Velvet Glove	Chakravarti	Episode: "The Warrior's Return"
1976–1979	Crown Court	Jeremy Leigh	5 episodes
1978–1979	BBC2 Playhouse	Ivanov Robert Cibrario	Episodes: "Every Good Boy Deserves Favour", "Thank You, Comrades"
1982	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Frank Ford	Television movie
1983	Kean	Edmund Kean	Television movie
1984	Camille	Duval	Television movie
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 movie
1987	The Secret of the Sahara	Sholomon	Television miniseries
1988	Lenin: The Train	Lenin	Television movie
1989	Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story	Simon Wiesenthal	Television movie 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 movie
1995	Joseph in Egypt	Potiphar	Television movie 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 movie
1997	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Julian Messenger	Television movie Nominated — CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Movie or Miniseries
1997	The Tale of Sweeney Todd	Sweeney Todd	Television movie Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
1998	Crime and Punishment	Porfiry	Television movie
1999	Alice in Wonderland	Major Caterpillar	Television movie
2001	Anne Frank: The Whole Story	Otto Frank	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	Television miniseries Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2015)
2017	Watership Down	General Woundwort	Voice only; miniseries; pre-production

References

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

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

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

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

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

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