Cast & creator
Ben Kingsley
Best known for Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Sopranos
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).
Also known as: Sir Ben Kingsley , Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Krishna Bhanji
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2027 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (222)
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self - Guest
2005
The Sopranos
Ben Kingsley
1999
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Audience Member
1944
Crown Court
Jeremy Leigh
1972
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Deep Water
Rich
2026
Playhouse
Ivanov
1974
Bambi
Self
1948Film '72
Self
1971
Shutter Island
Dr. Cawley
2010
Pebble Mill at One
1972
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
Schindler's List
Itzhak Stern
1993
Iron Man 3
Trevor Slattery
2013
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self
2021
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Marvel Studios Legends
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
2021
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Trevor Slattery
2021
Dispatches
1987
TFI Friday
1996
World in Action
Re-enactment
1963Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
The Dictator
Tamir
2012
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Frank Ford
1978
The Jungle Book
Bagheera (voice)
2016
HARDtalk
1997
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Specialist (voice)
2001
Wonder Man
Trevor Slattery
2026
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Merenkahre
2014
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
The Killer's Game
Zvi Rabinowitz
2024
The Boxtrolls
Snatcher (voice)
2014
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Nun
2014Seitenblicke
Self
1987
Ender's Game
Mazer Rackham
2013
Rove
Self
1999
Lucky Number Slevin
The Rabbi
2006
Young Washington
Robert Dinwiddie
2026
The Thursday Murder Club
Ibrahim
2025
Self/less
Damian
2015
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nizam
2010
Sneakers
Cosmo
1992
The Adventurer
Pierre
1972
The Walk
Papa Rudy
2015
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
(voice)
2027
Night Hunter
Cooper
2019
Desert Warrior
Emperor Kisra II
2026
Stonehearst Asylum
Silas Lamb
2014
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Imdad Khan / Croupier
2023
William Tell
King Albrecht
2025
Species
Xavier Fitch
1995
The King of Kings
High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
2025
Perpetual Grace LTD
Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
2019
Garfunkel and Oates
Ben Kingsley
2014
Hugo
Georges Méliès
2011
The Physician
Ibn Sina
2013
Tut
Ay
2015
The Last Legion
Ambrosinus
2007
Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
1982
War Machine
President Karzai
2017
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
2014
Operation Finale
Adolf Eichmann
2018
Watership Down
General Woundwort (voice)
2018
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Duval
1951
A Sound of Thunder
Charles Hatton
2005
Sexy Beast
Don Logan
2001
Dickens of London
Dr. John Elliotson
1976
The Secret of the Sahara
Sholomon
1988
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Der Medicus
Ibn Sina
2014
Alice in Wonderland
Major Caterpillar
1999
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
Drago (Voice)
2015
Rules of Engagement
Ambassador Mourain
2000
Oxbridge Blues
Geoff Craven
1984
The Love Guru
Guru Tugginmypuddha
2008
Security
Charlie
2017
The Red Sea Diving Resort
Ethan Levin
2019
Knight of Cups
Storyteller (voice)
2015
Oliver Twist
Fagin
2005
House of Sand and Fog
Behrani
2003
Poison
Dr. Ganderbai
2023
Joseph
Potiphar
1995
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Otto Frank
2001
Collide
Geran
2016
Moses
Moses
1996
The Old Stories: Moses
Moses
2026
Maurice
Lasker-Jones
1987
All or Nothing: Manchester City
Narrator (voice)
2018
Bugsy
Meyer Lansky
1991
Thunderbirds
The Hood
2004
Death and the Maiden
Dr. Roberto Miranda
1994
Tuck Everlasting
Man in the Yellow Suit
2002
Dave
Vice-President Nance
1993
Robot Overlords
Robin Smythe
2015
Locked Down
Malcolm
2021
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Bruce Pandolfini
1993
Jules
Milton Robinson
2023
Walking with the Enemy
Regent Miklos Horthy
2014
Suspect Zero
Benjamin O'Ryan
2004
The Love School
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1975
Learning to Drive
Darwan
2014
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Woodruff
2017
Spider in the Web
Adereth
2019
Wessex Tales
Lord Uplandtowers
1973
Lenin... The Train
Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
1988
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
2024
Without a Clue
Dr. John Watson
1988
Elegy
David Kepesh
2008
TransSiberian
Grinko
2008
What Planet Are You From?
Graydon
2000
The Assignment
Amos
1997
Dalíland
Dalí
2022Dalíland
Executive Producer
2022
Joseph
Potiphar
1995
BloodRayne
Kagan
2006
Backstabbing for Beginners
Pasha
2018
The Confession
Harry Fertig
1999
Fifty Dead Men Walking
Fergus
2008The Velvet Glove
Chakravarti
1977
You Kill Me
Frank Falenczyk
2007
Religion of the World
Narrator
2004Religion of the World
Creator
2004
Spielberg
Self
2017
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
Self
2018
CNN Millennium
Narrator
1999
Freddie As F.R.O.7.
Freddie (voice)
1992
War, Inc.
Walken / The Viceroy
2008
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
2006
Twelfth Night
Feste
1996
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
An Ordinary Man
The General
2017
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Pascali's Island
Basil Pascali
1988
A Birder's Guide to Everything
Lawrence Konrad
2013
Fear Is the Key
Royale
1972
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Ten Commandments
Narrator (voice)
2007
Muse of Fire
Self
2013
Journey to Mecca
Narrator
2009
Intrigo: Death of an Author
Henderson
2018
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Ivanov
1979
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2005
Lenin: The Train
Lenin
1988
Life
Jack Warner
2015
The Wackness
Dr. Squires
2008
The Way of the Wind
Liberation
Narrator (voice)
1994
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
Self
2012
Romeo.Juliet
Father Capulet (voice)
1990
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Self
2004
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
Self
2022
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Julian Messenger
1997
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
Self / The King (voice)
1993
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
2003
Parting Shots
Renzo Locatelli
1999
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
Self
2007
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
Self
2014
Of Dogs and Men
The Caller (voice)
2016
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
Self
2006
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Mrs. Harris
Herman Tarnower
2005
Islam: Empire of Faith
Narrator
2001
A Common Man
The Man
2013
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
Self
2012
Spooky House
The Great Zamboni
2002
The Desert of Forbidden Art
Voice
2011
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Simon Wiesenthal
1989
The Tale of Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
1998
Slipstream
Avatar
1989
The Triumph of Love
Hermocrates
2001
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Self
1994
Unlikely Heroes
Narrator
2003
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
2006
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
Self
2012
Turtle Diary
William Snow
1985
The Making of Slipstream
1989
The War That Never Ends
Pericles
1991
The Making of Sexy Beast
Self
2001
Who Killed British Cinema?
Self
2018
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Frank Ford
1982
Cellini: A Violent Life
Governor
1990
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
Self
2012
Religions of the World
Narrator
1998
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
1985
Photographing Fairies
Rev. Templeton
1997
The Fifth Monkey
Cunda
1990
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Narrator
2010
Fortitude
Antony and Cleopatra
Thidias
1975
Harem
Selim
1985
Camille
Duval
1984No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
Self
2004
To Be Hamlet
Self
1985Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Self
1983Peace Is Every Step
Narrator
2005
Crime and Punishment
Magistrate Porfiry
1998
Betrayal
Robert
1983
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
Narrator
2012
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
Self
2006Thank You, Comrades
Roberto Cibrario
1978
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets
Al-Jazari / Librarian
2010
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
Self
2012
The Medicine Buddha
Narrator (voice)
2019
Testimony
Dmitri Shostakovich
1988
Teen Patti
Perci Trachtenberg
2010
War Story
Albert
2014
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land
Narrator
2003
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver
Narrator (voice)
1991
Necessary Love
1991Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
Self - Interviewee
2001
Islam: Empire of Faith
Self - Narrator
2001A Force More Powerful
Narator
1999
The Children
Martin Boyne
1990Mary
King Herod
Aral, the Lost Sea
2010
Hard Labour
Naseem
1973
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin
Narrator (voice)
1991Inside the Operation
Self
2018