Ben Kingsley

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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

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Trevor Slattery	2021
Marvel Studios: Assembled	Self - Trevor Slattery	2021
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

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Actor Filmography

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Trevor Slattery	2021
Marvel Studios: Assembled	Self - Trevor Slattery	2021
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
Hollywood Insider	Self	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
In Their Own Words	Self - Actor	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
Iron Man 3	Trevor Slattery	2013
A Common Man	The Man	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	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) / Freddie	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, Himself (archive footage)	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

An Ordinary Man

2017

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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