Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor with a career spanning over 50 years. He has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award from four nominations.
Birth Name
Krishna Bhanji
Born
Friday, 31 December 1943
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Locked Down | Malcolm | 2021 |
| Long Gone Heroes | General Roman | 2021 |
| Dali Land | Salvador Dali | 2021 |
| The Way of the Wind | 2020 |
| Coronation Street: Compilations | Ron Jenkins | 2020 |
| The Medicine Buddha | Narration | 2019 |
| Night Hunter | Cooper | 2019 |
| The Red Sea Diving Resort | Ethan Levin | 2019 |
| The Movies | Mahatma Gandhi (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Perpetual Grace, LTD | Pastor Byron Brown | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Locked Down | Malcolm | 2021 |
| Long Gone Heroes | General Roman | 2021 |
| Dali Land | Salvador Dali | 2021 |
| The Way of the Wind | 2020 |
| Coronation Street: Compilations | Ron Jenkins | 2020 |
| The Medicine Buddha | Narration | 2019 |
| Night Hunter | Cooper | 2019 |
| The Red Sea Diving Resort | Ethan Levin | 2019 |
| The Movies | Mahatma Gandhi (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Perpetual Grace, LTD | Pastor Byron Brown | 2019 |
| Spider in the Web | Adereth | 2019 |
| Watership Down | General Woundwort (voice) | 2018 |
| Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Himself / Self | 2018 |
| Intrigo: Death of an Author | Henderson | 2018 |
| Operation Finale | Adolph Eichmann | 2018 |
| All or Nothing: Manchester City | Himself - Narrator | 2018 |
| Backstabbing for Beginners | Pasha / Pasha Pasaris | 2018 |
| Spielberg | Himself - Actor | 2017 |
| War Machine | President Karzai | 2017 |
| The Ottoman Lieutenant | Woodruff | 2017 |
| Security | Charlie | 2017 |
| Collide | Geran | 2016 |
| The Jungle Book | Bagheera (voice) | 2016 |
| The Walk | Papa Rudy | 2015 |
| Let's Go, DFW! | Himself - Guest | 2015 |
| Unity | Narrator (voice) | 2015 |
| Life | Jack Warner | 2015 |
| Tut | Ay | 2015 |
| Celebrity Conversations | Himself | 2015 |
| Self/less | Damian | 2015 |
| Lip Sync Battle | Self - Competitor | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself - Guest, Himself | 2015 |
| Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Drago (Voice) | 2015 |
| Celebrity P.O.V. | Himself | 2015 |
| Robot Overlords | Robin Smythe | 2015 |
| Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb | Merenkahre (Ahk's Father) | 2014 |
| Exodus: Gods And Kings | Nun | 2014 |
| Stonehearst Asylum | Silas Lamb | 2014 |
| The Boxtrolls | Snatcher (voice) | 2014 |
| Learning To Drive | Darwan | 2014 |
| Garfunkel and Oates | Himself | 2014 |
| War Story | Albert | 2014 |
| Walking with the Enemy | Regent Miklos Horthy | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King | Trevor Slattery | 2014 |
| And the Oscar Goes To... | Himself - Actor (archive footage) | 2014 |
| The Physician | Ibn Sina | 2013 |
| Ender's Game | Mazer Rackham | 2013 |
| Muse of Fire | Himself | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Hollywood Health Report | Himself - Guest | 2013 |
| A Common Man | The Man | 2013 |
| Iron Man 3 | Trevor Slattery | 2013 |
| A Birder's Guide to Everything | Lawrence Konrad | 2013 |
| It Is No Dream | Narrator | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Himself - Guest | 2012 |
| The Dictator | Tamir | 2012 |
| The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Himself - Audience Member | 2012 |
| CBS This Morning | Himself | 1992 |
| Hugo | Georges Méliès | 2011 |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| The Desert of Forbidden Art | Igor Savitsky (voice) | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Aral. El mar perdido | (voice) | 2010 |
| Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny | Narrator (voice) | 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 | 2010 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | 2009 |
| Skavlan | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Journey to Mecca | Narrator | 2009 |
| Fifty Dead Men Walking | Fergus | 2008 |
| The Wackness | Dr. Squires | 2008 |
| The Love Guru | Guru Tugginmypudha | 2008 |
| War, Inc. | The Viceroy | 2008 |
| Elegy | David Kepesh | 2008 |
| The Ten Commandments | Narrated by (voice) | 2007 |
| China's Stolen Children | Narrator | 2007 |
| Making 'Cleaver' | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| British Film Forever | Himself (archive footage) | 2007 |
| You Kill Me | Frank Falenczyk | 2007 |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition | Himself | 2007 |
| I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal | Self | 2007 |
| The Last Legion | Merlin | 2007 |
| Mrs. Harris | Herman Tarnower | 2006 |
| Lucky Number Slevin | The Rabbi (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | 2006 |
| Bloodrayne | Kagan | 2005 |
| The Colbert Report | Himself - Guest | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Oliver Twist | Fagin | 2005 |
| The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer | Himself (archive footage) (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | 2005 |
| Religions of the World | Narrator | 2005 |
| A Sound of Thunder | Charles Hatton (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Himself - Guest (as Sir Ben Kingsley), Himself - Guest | 2005 |
| Suspect Zero | Benjamin O'Ryan | 2004 |
| Thunderbirds | The Hood | 2004 |
| Behind the Scenes of 'House of Sand and Fog' | Himself | 2004 |
| Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | 2004 |
| House of Sand and Fog | Behrani | 2003 |
| Shootout | Himself | 2003 |
| Unlikely Heroes | Narrator (voice) | 2003 |
| Celebrities Uncensored | Himself | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Tuck Everlasting | Man in the Yellow Suit | 2002 |
| Autograph | Himself | 2002 |
| Spooky House | The Great Zamboni | 2002 |
| The Triumph of Love | Hermocrates | 2001 |
| A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Specialist | 2001 |
| Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Otto Frank | 2001 |
| Islam: Empire of Faith | Narrator | 2001 |
| Sexy Beast | Don Logan | 2001 |
| Rules Of Engagement | Mourain | 2000 |
| What Planet Are You From? | Graydon | 2000 |
| A Force More Powerful | Narator | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | (voice) | 1999 |
| Millennium: A Thousand Years of History | Himself - Narrator | 1999 |
| Parting Shots | Renzo Locatelli | 1999 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Major Caterpillar | 1999 |
| The Confession | Harry Fertig | 1999 |
| The Sopranos | Himself | 1999 |
| The Directors | Himself | 1999 |
| Crime And Punishment | Porfiry | 1998 |
| The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd | 1998 |
| Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh | Narrator | 1998 |
| The Assignment | Amos | 1997 |
| Photographing Fairies | Rev. Templeton | 1997 |
| Weapons Of Mass Distraction | Julian Messenger | 1997 |
| Twelfth Night | Feste | 1996 |
| Species | Xavier Fitch | 1995 |
| Joseph | Potiphar | 1995 |
| Extra with Billy Bush | Self (archive footage) | 1994 |
| Inside the Actors Studio | Himself - Guest | 1994 |
| Death And The Maiden | Dr. Roberto Miranda | 1994 |
| Liberation | Narrator | 1994 |
| Schindler's List | Itzhak Stern | 1993 |
| Late Show with David Letterman | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| Searching For Bobby Fischer | Bruce Pandolfini | 1993 |
| Dave | Vice-President Nance | 1993 |
| Sneakers | Cosmo | 1992 |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Freddie (voice) | 1992 |
| Bugsy | Meyer Lansky | 1991 |
| O Quinto Macaco | Cunda | 1990 |
| The Children | Martin Boyne | 1990 |
| Slipstream | Avatar | 1989 |
| Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Simon Wiesenthal | 1989 |
| Lenin: The Train | Lenin | 1988 |
| Testimony | Dimitri Shostakovich | 1988 |
| Without A Clue | Dr. Watson | 1988 |
| Pascali's Island | Basil Pascali | 1988 |
| Secret of the Sahara | Sholomon | 1988 |
| Maurice | Lasker-Jones | 1987 |
| Silas Marner | Silas Marner | 1985 |
| Harem | Selim | 1985 |
| Turtle Diary | William Snow | 1985 |
| Camille | Duval | 1984 |
| Betrayal | Robert | 1983 |
| Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi | 1982 |
| Timewatch | Himself - Interviewee | 1982 |
| Playing Shakespeare | Himself | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Himself (archive footage), Himself | 1981 |
| Wetten, dass..? | 1981 |
| The South Bank Show | Self - Guest | 1978 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| BBC2 Playhouse | Ivanov | 1974 |
| Wessex Tales | Lord Uplandtowers | 1973 |
| Fear Is The Key | Royale | 1972 |
| Crown Court | Jeremy Leigh | 1972 |
| The Adventurer | Pierre | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Naseem | 1970 |
| Pardon the Expression | Roy | 1965 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| An Ordinary Man | 2017 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2007 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2006 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 2004 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Nominated |
| 2002 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 2002 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2002 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 2001 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Nominated |
| 1995 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1992 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1992 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 1990 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1983 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1983 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama | Won |
| 1983 | Golden Globe | New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male | Won |
