Acting credits
194
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ben Kingsley
Acting
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Movies: 157Series: 37Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 2282
IMDb ID: nm0001426
Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1943
Age: 82
Place of birth: Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q173158
Also known as
Sir Ben Kingsley • Krishna Pandit Bhanji • Krishna Bhanji
Other jobs
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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 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).
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Ben Kingsley.
Jul 4
Young Washington
as Robert Dinwiddie
2026 Movie
May 1
Deep Water
2026 Movie
10.0
Desert Warrior
as Emperor Kisra
2025 Movie
6.6
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ibrahim
2025 Movie
8.4
The King of Kings
as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
2025 Movie
6.2
William Tell
as King Albrecht
2025 Movie
6.4
The Killer's Game
as Zvi Rabinowitz
2024 Movie
7.4
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More
as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
2024 Movie
6.9
Poison
as Dr. Ganderbai
2023 Movie
7.2
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
as Imdad Khan / Croupier
2023 Movie
7.2
Jules
as Milton Robinson
2023 Movie
6.0
Dalíland
as Dalí
2022 Movie
10.0
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry
as Self
2022 Movie
7.5
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
2021 Movie
5.2
Locked Down
as Malcolm
2021 Movie
7.3
The Medicine Buddha
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
6.6
Night Hunter
as Cooper
2019 Movie
6.8
The Red Sea Diving Resort
as Ethan Levin
2019 Movie
5.0
Spider in the Web
as Adereth
2019 Movie
7.2
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
2018 Movie
5.0
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
2018 Movie
5.3
Intrigo: Death of an Author
as Henderson
2018 Movie
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
as Self
2018 Movie
6.7
Operation Finale
as Adolf Eichmann
2018 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ben Kingsley.
7.1
Wonder Man
as Trevor Slattery • 8 eps
2026 Series
7.2
Marvel Studios Assembled
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.4
Marvel Studios Legends
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage) • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.3
Perpetual Grace LTD
as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown • 10 eps
2019 Series
6.9
Watership Down
as General Woundwort (voice) • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.2
All or Nothing: Manchester City
as Narrator (voice) • 8 eps
2018 Series
7.2
Tut
as Ay • 3 eps
2015 Series
6.4
Lip Sync Battle
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.9
Garfunkel and Oates
as Ben Kingsley • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
6.7
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2005 Series
Religion of the World
as Narrator • 13 eps
2004 Series
7.4
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
as Otto Frank • 2 eps
2001 Series
Islam: Empire of Faith
as Narrator • 3 eps
2001 Series
CNN Millennium
as Narrator • 10 eps
1999 Series
8.0
Rove
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as Ben Kingsley • 1 eps
1999 Series
Religions of the World
as Narrator • 13 eps
1998 Series
6.5
Moses
as Moses • 2 eps
1996 Series
6.5
Joseph
as Potiphar • 2 eps
1995 Series
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.0
Lenin... The Train
as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin • 2 eps
1988 Series
6.1
The Secret of the Sahara
as Sholomon • 4 eps
1988 Series
5.0
Oxbridge Blues
as Geoff Craven • 1 eps
1984 Series