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