Personal Info
Known Credits
167
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1943-12-31 (82 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Sir Ben Kingsley Krishna Pandit Bhanjiبن كينغسلي벤 킹즐리ベン・キングズレーเบน คิงสลีย์本·金斯利Бен КингслиKrishna BhanjiΣερ Μπεν ΚίνγκσλεϊΜπεν Κίνγκσλεϊबेन किंग्सलेСер Бен Кингслиבן קינגסלי班·金斯利
Ben Kingsley
Biography
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 Br ...
Known For
Acting
2025 --
The King of Kings
| High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
2025 --
William Tell
|
2024 --
The Killer's Game
| Zvi Rabinowitz
2024 --
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
| Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai
2023 --
Poison
| Dr. Ganderbai
2023 --
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
| Imdad Khan / Croupier
2023 --
Jules
| Milton Robinson
2022 --
Dalíland
| Dalí
2022 --
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
| Self
2021 --
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
| Trevor Slattery
2021 --
Locked Down
| Malcolm
2019 --
The Medicine Buddha
| Narration
2019 --
Night Hunter
| Cooper
2019 --
The Red Sea Diving Resort
| Ethan Levin
2019 --
Spider in the Web
| Adereth
2018 --
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
| Self
2018 --
Inside The Operation
| Self
2018 --
Who Killed British Cinema?
| Self
2018 --
Intrigo: Death of an Author
| Henderson
2018 --
Operation Finale
| Adolf Eichmann
2018 --
Backstabbing for Beginners
| Pasha
2017 --
An Ordinary Man
| The General
2017 --
Spielberg
| Self
2017 --
War Machine
| President Karzai
2017 --
The Ottoman Lieutenant
| Woodruff
2017 --
Security
| Charlie
2016 --
Of Dogs and Men
| The Caller (voice)
2016 --
Collide
| Geran
2016 --
The Jungle Book
| Bagheera (voice)
2015 --
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
The Walk
| Papa Rudy
2015 --
Knight of Cups
| Storyteller (voice)
2015 --
Life
| Jack Warner
2015 --
Unity
| Narrator (voice)
2015 --
Self/less
| Damian
2015 --
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
| Drago (Voice)
2014 --
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
| Merenkahre
2014 --
Exodus: Gods and Kings
| Nun
2014 --
Stonehearst Asylum
| Silas Lamb
2014 --
Robot Overlords
| Robin Smythe
2014 --
The Boxtrolls
| Archibald Snatcher (voice)
2014 --
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
| Self
2014 --
Learning to Drive
| Darwan
2014 --
Walking with the Enemy
| Regent Miklos Horthy
2014 --
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
| Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
2014 --
And the Oscar Goes To...
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
War Story
| Albert
2013 --
The Physician
| Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
2013 --
Ender's Game
| Mazer Rackham
2013 --
Muse of Fire
| Self
2013 --
A Common Man
| The Man
2013 --
A Birder's Guide to Everything
| Lawrence Konrad
2013 --
Iron Man 3
| Trevor Slattery
2012 --
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
| Narrator
2012 --
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
| Self
2012 --
A Therapy
| Therapist
2012 --
The Dictator
| Tamir
2012 --
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
| Self
2012 --
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
| Self
2012 --
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
| Self
2012 --
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
| Self
2011 --
Hugo
| Georges Méliès
2011 --
The Desert of Forbidden Art
| Voice
2010 --
Aral, the Lost Sea
|
2010 --
The Sands of Time: The Making of 'Prince of Persia'
| Self
2010 --
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
| Narrator
2010 --
Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse
| Self
2010 --
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
| Nizam
2010 --
Teen Patti
| Perci Trachtenberg
2010 --
Shutter Island
| Dr. Cawley
2010 --
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
| Al-Jazari / Librarian
2009 --
Journey to Mecca
| Narrator
2008 --
Fifty Dead Men Walking
| Fergus
2008 --
Elegy
| David Kepesh
2008 --
The Wackness
| Dr. Squires
2008 --
The Love Guru
| Guru Tugginmypuddha
2008 --
War, Inc.
| Walken / The Viceroy
2008 --
TransSiberian
| Grinko
2007 --
The Ten Commandments
| Narrator (voice)
2007 --
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
|
2007 --
The Last Legion
| Ambrosinus
2007 --
You Kill Me
| Frank Falenczyk
2006 --
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
| Self
2006 --
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
| Self
2006 --
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
| Self
2006 --
50 Films to See Before You Die
| Self
2006 --
Mrs. Harris
| Herman Tarnower
2006 --
Lucky Number Slevin
| The Rabbi
2006 --
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
|
2005 --
Peace Is Every Step
| Narrator
2005 --
BloodRayne
| Kagan
2005 --
Oliver Twist
| Fagin
2005 --
A Sound of Thunder
| Charles Hatton
2005 --
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
| Self
2004 --
Suspect Zero
| Benjamin O'Ryan
2004 --
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
| Self
2004 --
Thunderbirds
| The Hood
2004 --
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
| Self
2003 --
House of Sand and Fog
| Behrani
2003 --
Unlikely Heroes
| Narrator
2003 --
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
|
2003 --
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
| Self
2002 --
Tuck Everlasting
| Man in the Yellow Suit
2002 --
Spooky House
| The Great Zamboni
2001 --
The Triumph of Love
| Hermocrates
2001 --
The Making of Sexy Beast
| Self
2001 --
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
| Specialist (voice)
2001 --
Islam: Empire of Faith
| Self - Narrator
2001 --
Sexy Beast
| Don Logan
2000 --
Rules of Engagement
| Ambassador Mourain
2000 --
What Planet Are You From?
| Graydon
1999 --
A Force More Powerful
| Narator
1999 --
Parting Shots
| Renzo Locatelli
1999 --
The Confession
| Harry Fertig
1999 --
Alice in Wonderland
| Major Caterpillar
1998 --
Crime and Punishment
| Magistrate Porfiry
1998 --
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
| Sweeney Todd
1997 --
The Assignment
| Amos
1997 --
Photographing Fairies
| Rev. Templeton
1997 --
Weapons of Mass Distraction
| Julian Messenger
1996 --
Twelfth Night
| Feste
1995 --
Moses
| Moses
1995 --
Species
| Xavier Fitch
1995 --
Joseph
| Potifar
1994 --
Death and the Maiden
| Dr. Roberto Miranda
1994 --
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
| Self
1994 --
Liberation
| Narrator
1993 --
Schindler's List
| Itzhak Stern
1993 --
Searching for Bobby Fischer
| Bruce Pandolfini
1993 --
Dave
| Vice-President Nance
1992 --
Sneakers
| Cosmo
1992 --
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
| Freddie (voice)
1991 --
Bugsy
| Meyer Lansky
1991 --
Necessary Love
|
1991 --
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
| Narrator (voice)
1991 --
The War That Never Ends
| Pericles
1990 --
The Fifth Monkey
| Cunda
1990 --
The Children
| Martin Boyne
1990 --
Cellini: A Violent Life
| Governatore
1990 --
Lenin: The Train
| Lenin
1990 --
Romeo.Juliet
| Father Capulet (voice)
1989 --
Slipstream
| Avatar
1989 --
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
| Simon Wiesenthal
1988 --
Testimony
| Dmitri Shostakovich
1988 --
Pascali's Island
| Basil Pascali
1988 --
Without a Clue
| Dr. John Watson
1987 --
Maurice
| Lasker-Jones
1985 --
Silas Marner
| Silas Marner
1985 --
Turtle Diary
| William Snow
1985 --
Harem
| Selim
1985 --
To Be Hamlet
| Self
1984 --
Camille
| Duval
1983 --
Schindler
| Self - Narrator (2019) (voice)
1983 --
Betrayal
| Robert
1983 --
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
| Self
1982 --
The Merry Wives of Windsor
| Frank Ford
1982 --
Gandhi
| Mahatma Gandhi
1979 --
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
| Ivanov
1975 --
Antony and Cleopatra
| Thidias
1973 --
Hard Labour
| Naseem
1972 --
Fear Is the Key
| Royale