Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Acting

Born December 31, 1943 · Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

1 film as director · Active 2004–2004

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…

Known for

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Deep Water

Deep Water

2026

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

1999

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

2005

Film '72

1971

Schindler's List

Schindler's List

1993

Directed(1)

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Acting(218)

2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4(voice)

2026Young WashingtonRobert Dinwiddie

2026The Old Stories: MosesMoses

2026Deep WaterRich

2026Desert WarriorEmperor Kisra II

2026Wonder ManTrevor Slattery

2025The Thursday Murder ClubIbrahim

2025The King of KingsHigh Priest Caiaphas (voice)

2025William TellKing Albrecht

2024The Killer's GameZvi Rabinowitz

2024The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three MoreImdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)

2023PoisonDr. Ganderbai

2023The Wonderful Story of Henry SugarImdad Khan / Croupier

2023JulesMilton Robinson

2022DalílandDalí

2022Robin Williams: Laugh Until You CrySelf

2021Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsTrevor Slattery

2021Marvel Studios AssembledSelf

2021Locked DownMalcolm

2021Marvel Studios LegendsTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)

2019The Medicine BuddhaNarrator (voice)

2019Night HunterCooper

2019The Red Sea Diving ResortEthan Levin

2019Perpetual Grace LTDPastor Byron 'Pa' Brown

2019Spider in the WebAdereth

2018Watership DownGeneral Woundwort (voice)

2018An Oral History of: Schindler's ListSelf (archive footage)

2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéSelf

2018Inside the OperationSelf

2018Who Killed British Cinema?Self

2018Intrigo: Death of an AuthorHenderson

2018Operation FinaleAdolf Eichmann

2018All or Nothing: Manchester CityNarrator (voice)

2018Backstabbing for BeginnersPasha

2017An Ordinary ManThe General

2017SpielbergSelf

2017War MachinePresident Karzai

2017The Ottoman LieutenantWoodruff

2017SecurityCharlie

2016Of Dogs and MenThe Caller (voice)

2016CollideGeran

2016The Jungle BookBagheera (voice)

2015Knights of Classic Drama at the BBCSelf (archive footage)

2015The WalkPapa Rudy

2015Knight of CupsStoryteller (voice)

2015LifeJack Warner

2015UnityNarrator (voice)

2015Self/lessDamian

2015Lip Sync BattleSelf

2015Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's CurseDrago (Voice)

2015Robot OverlordsRobin Smythe

2014Der MedicusIbn Sina

2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the TombMerenkahre

2014Exodus: Gods and KingsNun

2014Stonehearst AsylumSilas Lamb

2014The BoxtrollsSnatcher (voice)

2014Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf

2014Learning to DriveDarwan

2014Garfunkel and OatesBen Kingsley

2014Walking with the EnemyRegent Miklos Horthy

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the KingTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin

2014War StoryAlbert

2013The PhysicianIbn Sina

2013Ender's GameMazer Rackham

2013Muse of FireSelf

2013A Common ManThe Man

2013A Birder's Guide to EverythingLawrence Konrad

2013Iron Man 3Trevor Slattery

2012It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor HerzlNarrator

2012Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol FugardSelf

2012The DictatorTamir

2012Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'Self

2012The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'Self

2012The Cinemagician, Georges MélièsSelf

2012Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a LifetimeSelf

2011HugoGeorges Méliès

2011The Desert of Forbidden ArtVoice

2010Aral, the Lost Sea

2010Winston Churchill: Walking with DestinyNarrator

2010Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeNizam

2010Teen PattiPerci Trachtenberg

2010Shutter IslandDr. Cawley

20101001 Inventions and the Library of SecretsAl-Jazari / Librarian

2009Journey to MeccaNarrator

2008Fifty Dead Men WalkingFergus

2008ElegyDavid Kepesh

2008The WacknessDr. Squires

2008The Love GuruGuru Tugginmypuddha

2008War, Inc.Walken / The Viceroy

2008TransSiberianGrinko

2007The Ten CommandmentsNarrator (voice)

2007I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon WiesenthalSelf

2007The Last LegionAmbrosinus

2007You Kill MeFrank Falenczyk

2006C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of NarniaSelf

2006The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy SiegelSelf

2006Mais Bastidores de HollywoodSelf

200650 Films to See Before You DieSelf

2006Lucky Number SlevinThe Rabbi

2006The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

2005Peace Is Every StepNarrator

2005BloodRayneKagan

2005Oliver TwistFagin

2005Mrs. HarrisHerman Tarnower

2005A Sound of ThunderCharles Hatton

2005Nos Bastidores de HollywoodSelf (archive footage)

2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf - Guest

2004Suspect ZeroBenjamin O'Ryan

2004No Strings Attached: The Making of ThunderbirdsSelf

2004ThunderbirdsThe Hood

2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the HolocaustSelf

2004Religion of the WorldNarrator

2003House of Sand and FogBehrani

2003Unlikely HeroesNarrator

2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003The Making of ‘Sneakers’Self

2003Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy LandNarrator

2002Tuck EverlastingMan in the Yellow Suit

2002Spooky HouseThe Great Zamboni

2001The Triumph of LoveHermocrates

2001Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"Self - Interviewee

2001The Making of Sexy BeastSelf

2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceSpecialist (voice)

2001Anne Frank: The Whole StoryOtto Frank

2001Islam: Empire of FaithSelf - Narrator

2001Islam: Empire of FaithNarrator

2001Sexy BeastDon Logan

2000Rules of EngagementAmbassador Mourain

2000What Planet Are You From?Graydon

1999A Force More PowerfulNarator

1999CNN MillenniumNarrator

1999Parting ShotsRenzo Locatelli

1999The ConfessionHarry Fertig

1999Alice in WonderlandMajor Caterpillar

1999The SopranosBen Kingsley

1998Crime and PunishmentMagistrate Porfiry

1998The Tale of Sweeney ToddSweeney Todd

1998Religions of the WorldNarrator

1997The AssignmentAmos

1997Photographing FairiesRev. Templeton

1997Weapons of Mass DistractionJulian Messenger

1996Twelfth NightFeste

1995SpeciesXavier Fitch

1995JosephPotiphar

1995JosephPotiphar

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Death and the MaidenDr. Roberto Miranda

1994Michael Caine: Breaking the MoldSelf

1994LiberationNarrator

1993Schindler's ListItzhak Stern

1993Searching for Bobby FischerBruce Pandolfini

1993DaveVice-President Nance

1993The King and I: Recording a Hollywood DreamSelf / The King (voice)

1992SneakersCosmo

1992Freddie As F.R.O.7.Freddie (voice)

1991BugsyMeyer Lansky

1991Necessary Love

1991Rabbit Ears - Moses the LawgiverNarrator (voice)

1991Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the BrahminNarrator (voice)

1991The War That Never EndsPericles

1990The Fifth MonkeyCunda

1990The ChildrenMartin Boyne

1990Cellini: A Violent LifeGovernor

1990Romeo.JulietFather Capulet (voice)

1989The Making of Slipstream

1989SlipstreamAvatar

1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal StorySimon Wiesenthal

1988Lenin: The TrainLenin

1988Lenin... The TrainWladimir Iljitsch Lenin

1988TestimonyDmitri Shostakovich

1988Pascali's IslandBasil Pascali

1988Without a ClueDr. John Watson

1988The Secret of the SaharaSholomon

1987SeitenblickeSelf

1987MauriceLasker-Jones

1985Silas MarnerSilas Marner

1985Turtle DiaryWilliam Snow

1985To Be HamletSelf

1984CamilleDuval

1984Oxbridge BluesGeoff Craven

1984Playing Shakespeare

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1983BetrayalRobert

1983Mr. Attenborough and Mr. GandhiSelf

1982The Merry Wives of WindsorFrank Ford

1982GandhiMahatma Gandhi

1981Entertainment TonightSelf

1981Wetten, dass..?Self

1979Every Good Boy Deserves FavourIvanov

1978Thank You, ComradesRoberto Cibrario

1978The BBC Television ShakespeareFrank Ford

1977The Velvet GloveChakravarti

1976Dickens of LondonDr. John Elliotson

1975The Love SchoolDante Gabriel Rossetti

1975Antony and CleopatraThidias

1974PlayhouseIvanov

1973Wessex TalesLord Uplandtowers

1973Hard LabourNaseem

1972Fear Is the KeyRoyale

1972Pebble Mill at One

1972The AdventurerPierre

1971Film '72Self

1963World in ActionRe-enactment

1953The OscarsSelf - Presenter

1951Hallmark Hall of FameDuval

1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee

The Way of the Wind