Ben Kingsley
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 (…
Acting
- 2026The Old Stories: MosesMoses3 ep.
- 2026Wonder ManTrevor Slattery8 ep.
- 2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf1 ep.
- 2021Marvel Studios LegendsTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2019Perpetual Grace LTDPastor Byron 'Pa' Brown10 ep.
- 2018Watership DownGeneral Woundwort (voice)2 ep.
- 2018All or Nothing: Manchester CityNarrator (voice)8 ep.
- 2015TutAy3 ep.
- 2015Lip Sync BattleSelf1 ep.
- 2014Der MedicusIbn Sina2 ep.
- 2014Garfunkel and OatesBen Kingsley1 ep.
- 2004Religion of the WorldNarrator13 ep.
- 2001Anne Frank: The Whole StoryOtto Frank2 ep.
- 2001Islam: Empire of FaithNarrator3 ep.
- 1999CNN MillenniumNarrator10 ep.
- 1999RoveSelf1 ep.
- 1998Religions of the WorldNarrator13 ep.
- 1997HARDtalk1 ep.
- 1996MosesMoses2 ep.
- 1995JosephPotiphar2 ep.
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf1 ep.
- 1988Lenin... The TrainWladimir Iljitsch Lenin2 ep.
- 1988The Secret of the SaharaSholomon4 ep.
- 1987SeitenblickeSelf1 ep.
- 1984Oxbridge BluesGeoff Craven1 ep.
- 1984Playing Shakespeare9 ep.
- 1984Goldene KameraSelf1 ep.
- 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareFrank Ford1 ep.
- 1977The Velvet GloveChakravarti1 ep.
- 1976Dickens of LondonDr. John Elliotson2 ep.
- 1975The Love SchoolDante Gabriel Rossetti5 ep.
- 1973Wessex TalesLord Uplandtowers1 ep.
- 1972Pebble Mill at One1 ep.
- 1972The AdventurerPierre1 ep.
- 1963World in ActionRe-enactment1 ep.
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee4 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf1 ep.
- 2021Marvel Studios LegendsTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2016Lip Sync BattleSelf1 ep.
- 2016Entertainment TonightSelf1 ep.
- 2015Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2014The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2014Garfunkel and OatesBen Kingsley1 ep.
- 2014Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self1 ep.
- 1983Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Audience Member, Self - Nominee4 ep.
- 2007Dispatches1 ep.
- 2006Jackanory1 ep.
- 2006The SopranosBen Kingsley1 ep.
- 2005Wetten, dass..?Self1 ep.
- 2002SeitenblickeSelf1 ep.
- 2002Inside the Actors StudioSelf1 ep.
- 2001RoveSelf1 ep.
- 1999HARDtalk1 ep.
- 1997TFI Friday1 ep.
- 1994BambiSelf1 ep.
- 1990Goldene KameraSelf1 ep.
- 1985Pebble Mill at One1 ep.
- 1984Oxbridge BluesGeoff Craven1 ep.
- 1984Hallmark Hall of FameDuval1 ep.
- 1982The BBC Television ShakespeareFrank Ford1 ep.
- 1982Film '72Self1 ep.
- 1979PlayhouseIvanov1 ep.
- 1977The Velvet GloveChakravarti1 ep.
- 1976Dickens of LondonDr. John Elliotson2 ep.
- 1976Crown CourtJeremy Leigh3 ep.
- 1975The Love SchoolDante Gabriel Rossetti5 ep.
- 1973Wessex TalesLord Uplandtowers1 ep.
- 1973World in ActionRe-enactment1 ep.
- 1973The AdventurerPierre1 ep.
Also known as: Sir Ben Kingsley · Krishna Pandit Bhanji · Krishna Bhanji