Ben Kingsley

English actor (born 1943)

  • Fame63.8
  • Momentum0.0
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Born 1943 · age 83United Kingdom

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  • Age
    83
    Born 1943
  • Known for
    Schindler's List
    1993
Summary
Updated 2026-06-08

An Oscar for playing Gandhi, a decade-long gag role in Marvel films, and everything from Shakespeare to Sexy Beast in between — the range is the point.

Biography

About

Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji in 1943 to an English mother and a Gujarati father, Kingsley spent 15 years with the Royal Shakespeare Company starting in 1967, playing Hamlet, Richard III, and the West End canon. Richard Attenborough's Gandhi in 1982 changed the curve: the Academy Award made him a name, and he followed it with four more Oscar nominations across three decades — Bugsy, Sexy Beast, House of Sand and Fog — plus a BAFTA nod for Itzhak Stern in Schindler's List. He worked steadily in prestige (Shutter Island, Hugo) and blockbusters (Prince of Persia, Ender's Game), lent his voice to The…

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Awards

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  • Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
  • British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film
  • Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
  • Knight Bachelor
  • European Film Award for Best Actor
  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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63.8
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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