Acting · Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK · Born December 31, 1943
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).
MovieSonic the Hedgehog 4
2027
as (voice)
MovieYoung Washington
2026
as Robert Dinwiddie
TVThe Old Stories: Moses
2026
as Moses
MovieDeep Water
2026
as Rich
MovieDesert Warrior
2026
as Emperor Kisra II
TVWonder Man
2026
as Trevor Slattery
MovieThe Thursday Murder Club
2025
as Ibrahim
MovieThe King of Kings
2025
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
MovieWilliam Tell
2025
as King Albrecht
MovieThe Killer's Game
2024
as Zvi Rabinowitz
MovieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
2024
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
MoviePoison
2023
as Dr. Ganderbai
MovieThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
2023
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
MovieJules
2023
as Milton Robinson
MovieDalíland
2022
as Dalí
MovieRobin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
2022
as Self
MovieShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Trevor Slattery
TVMarvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
MovieLocked Down
2021
as Malcolm
TVMarvel Studios Legends
2021
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
MovieThe Medicine Buddha
2019
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNight Hunter
2019
as Cooper
MovieThe Red Sea Diving Resort
2019
as Ethan Levin
TVPerpetual Grace LTD
2019
as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
MovieSpider in the Web
2019
as Adereth
TVWatership Down
2018
as General Woundwort (voice)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBe Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
2018
as Self
Inside the Operation
2018
as Self
MovieWho Killed British Cinema?
2018
as Self
MovieIntrigo: Death of an Author
2018
as Henderson
MovieSchindler's List: 25 Years Later
2018
as Self
MovieOperation Finale
2018
as Adolf Eichmann
TVAll or Nothing: Manchester City
2018
as Narrator (voice)
MovieBackstabbing for Beginners
2018
as Pasha
MovieAn Ordinary Man
2017
as The General
MovieSpielberg
2017
as Self
MovieWar Machine
2017
as President Karzai
MovieThe Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Woodruff
MovieSecurity
2017
as Charlie
MovieOf Dogs and Men
2016
as The Caller (voice)
MovieCollide
2016
as Geran
MovieThe Jungle Book
2016
as Bagheera (voice)
MovieKnights of Classic Drama at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Walk
2015
as Papa Rudy
MovieKnight of Cups
2015
as Storyteller (voice)
MovieLife
2015
as Jack Warner
MovieUnity
2015
as Narrator (voice)
TVTut
2015
as Ay
MovieSelf/less
2015
as Damian
TVLip Sync Battle
2015
as Self
MovieDragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
2015
as Drago (Voice)
MovieRobot Overlords
2015
as Robin Smythe
TVDer Medicus
2014
as Ibn Sina
MovieNight at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
as Merenkahre
MovieExodus: Gods and Kings
2014
as Nun
MovieStonehearst Asylum
2014
as Silas Lamb
MovieThe Boxtrolls
2014
as Snatcher (voice)
MovieRichard Attenborough: A Life in Film
2014
as Self
MovieLearning to Drive
2014
as Darwan
TVGarfunkel and Oates
2014
as Ben Kingsley
MovieWalking with the Enemy
2014
as Regent Miklos Horthy
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
MovieMarvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
MovieWar Story
2014
as Albert
MovieThe Physician
2013
as Ibn Sina
MovieEnder's Game
2013
as Mazer Rackham
MovieMuse of Fire
2013
as Self
MovieA Common Man
2013
as The Man
MovieA Birder's Guide to Everything
2013
as Lawrence Konrad
MovieIron Man 3
2013
as Trevor Slattery
MovieIt Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
2012
as Narrator
MovieFalls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
2012
as Self
MovieThe Dictator
2012
as Tamir
MovieThe Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
MovieShoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
2012
as Self
MovieThe Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
2012
as Self
MovieSacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
2012
as Self
MovieHugo
2011
as Georges Méliès
MovieThe Desert of Forbidden Art
2011
as Voice
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
MovieWinston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
2010
as Narrator
MoviePrince of Persia: The Sands of Time
2010
as Nizam
MovieTeen Patti
2010
as Perci Trachtenberg
MovieShutter Island
2010
as Dr. Cawley
Movie1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
2010
as Al-Jazari / Librarian
MovieJourney to Mecca
2009
as Narrator
MovieFifty Dead Men Walking
2008
as Fergus
MovieElegy
2008
as David Kepesh
MovieThe Wackness
2008
as Dr. Squires
MovieThe Love Guru
2008
as Guru Tugginmypuddha
MovieWar, Inc.
2008
as Walken / The Viceroy
MovieTransSiberian
2008
as Grinko
MovieThe Ten Commandments
2007
as Narrator (voice)
MovieI Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
2007
as Self
MovieThe Last Legion
2007
as Ambrosinus
MovieYou Kill Me
2007
as Frank Falenczyk
MovieC.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
2006
as Self
MovieThe Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
2006
as Self
MovieMais Bastidores de Hollywood
2006
as Self
Movie50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
MovieMrs. Harris
2006
as Herman Tarnower
MovieLucky Number Slevin
2006
as The Rabbi
MovieThe Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
Peace Is Every Step
2005
as Narrator
MovieBloodRayne
2005
as Kagan
MovieOliver Twist
2005
as Fagin
MovieA Sound of Thunder
2005
as Charles Hatton
MovieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
as Self (archive footage)
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self - Guest
MovieSuspect Zero
2004
as Benjamin O'Ryan
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
2004
as Self
MovieThunderbirds
2004
as The Hood
MovieImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Self
TVReligion of the World
2004
as Narrator
MovieHouse of Sand and Fog
2003
as Behrani
MovieUnlikely Heroes
2003
as Narrator
MovieThe Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
MovieThe Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
MovieHelena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
2003
as Narrator
MovieTuck Everlasting
2002
as Man in the Yellow Suit
MovieSpooky House
2002
as The Great Zamboni
MovieThe Triumph of Love
2001
as Hermocrates
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
2001
as Self - Interviewee
MovieThe Making of Sexy Beast
2001
as Self
MovieA.I. Artificial Intelligence
2001
as Specialist (voice)
TVAnne Frank: The Whole Story
2001
as Otto Frank
MovieIslam: Empire of Faith
2001
as Self - Narrator
TVIslam: Empire of Faith
2001
as Narrator
MovieSexy Beast
2001
as Don Logan
MovieRules of Engagement
2000
as Ambassador Mourain
MovieWhat Planet Are You From?
2000
as Graydon
A Force More Powerful
1999
as Narator
TVCNN Millennium
1999
as Narrator
TVRove
1999
as Self
MovieParting Shots
1999
as Renzo Locatelli
MovieThe Confession
1999
as Harry Fertig
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Major Caterpillar
TVThe Sopranos
1999
as Ben Kingsley
MovieCrime and Punishment
1998
as Magistrate Porfiry
MovieThe Tale of Sweeney Todd
1998
as Sweeney Todd
TVReligions of the World
1998
as Narrator
MovieThe Assignment
1997
as Amos
MoviePhotographing Fairies
1997
as Rev. Templeton
MovieWeapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Julian Messenger
TVHARDtalk
1997
MovieTwelfth Night
1996
as Feste
TVMoses
1996
as Moses
MovieSpecies
1995
as Xavier Fitch
TVJoseph
1995
as Potiphar
MovieJoseph
1995
as Potiphar
TVInside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MovieDeath and the Maiden
1994
as Dr. Roberto Miranda
MovieMichael Caine: Breaking the Mold
1994
as Self
MovieLiberation
1994
as Narrator
MovieSchindler's List
1993
as Itzhak Stern
MovieSearching for Bobby Fischer
1993
as Bruce Pandolfini
MovieDave
1993
as Vice-President Nance
MovieThe King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
1993
MovieSneakers
1992
as Cosmo
MovieFreddie As F.R.O.7.
1992
as Freddie (voice)
MovieBugsy
1991
as Meyer Lansky
MovieNecessary Love
1991
MovieRabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe War That Never Ends
1991
as Pericles
MovieThe Fifth Monkey
1990
as Cunda
MovieThe Children
1990
as Martin Boyne
MovieCellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Governor
MovieRomeo.Juliet
1990
as Father Capulet (voice)
MovieThe Making of Slipstream
1989
MovieSlipstream
1989
as Avatar
MovieMurderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Simon Wiesenthal
MovieLenin: The Train
1988
as Lenin
TVLenin... The Train
1988
as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
MovieTestimony
1988
as Dmitri Shostakovich
MoviePascali's Island
1988
as Basil Pascali
MovieWithout a Clue
1988
as Dr. John Watson
TVThe Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Sholomon
TVDispatches
1987
Seitenblicke
1987
as Self
MovieMaurice
1987
as Lasker-Jones
MovieSilas Marner
1985
as Silas Marner
MovieTurtle Diary
1985
as William Snow
MovieHarem
1985
as Selim
MovieTo Be Hamlet
1985
as Self
MovieCamille
1984
as Duval
TVOxbridge Blues
1984
as Geoff Craven
TVPlaying Shakespeare
1984
Goldene Kamera
1984
as Self
MovieBetrayal
1983
as Robert
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
1983
as Self
MovieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Frank Ford
MovieGandhi
1982
as Mahatma Gandhi
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieEvery Good Boy Deserves Favour
1979
as Ivanov
Thank You, Comrades
1978
as Roberto Cibrario
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Frank Ford
The Velvet Glove
1977
as Chakravarti
TVDickens of London
1976
as Dr. John Elliotson
TVThe Love School
1975
as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
MovieAntony and Cleopatra
1975
as Thidias
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Ivanov
TVWessex Tales
1973
as Lord Uplandtowers
MovieHard Labour
1973
as Naseem
MovieFear Is the Key
1972
as Royale
TVPebble Mill at One
1972
TVThe Adventurer
1972
as Pierre
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVWorld in Action
1963
as Re-enactment
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Duval
TVBambi
1948
as Self
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Mary
as King Herod
MovieThe Way of the Wind
Fortitude
