Ben Kingsley

81 years old Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji) 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).

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 William Tell (2025) King Albrecht -
2 The Thursday Murder Club (2025) Ibrahim 7.1
3 The Killer's Game (2024) Zvi Rabinowitz 6.5
4 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage) 9
5 Poison (2023) Dr. Ganderbai 7.8
6 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023) Imdad Khan / Croupier 7.5
7 Jules (2023) Milton Robinson 7.2
8 Dalíland (2022) Dalí -
9 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Top movies in 2021 		Trevor Slattery 7.7
10 Locked Down (2021) Malcolm 5.5
11 Spider in the Web (2019) Adereth -
12 Night Hunter (2019) Cooper 6.5
13 The Red Sea Diving Resort (2019) Ethan Levin 6.2
14 Schindler's List: 25 Years Later (2018) Self -
15 Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) Self -
16 Intrigo: Death of an Author (2018) Henderson -
17 Backstabbing for Beginners (2018) Pasha 7.5
18 Operation Finale (2018) Adolf Eichmann 6.6
19 Spielberg (2017) Self 6.9
20 Security (2017) Charlie 7
21 War Machine (2017) President Karzai 6.1
22 An Ordinary Man (2017) The General 7
23 The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) Woodruff 4.5
24 The Jungle Book (2016)
Oscars winners 2017 		Bagheera (voice) 7.5
25 Collide (2016) Geran 6.4
26 The Walk (2015) Papa Rudy 7.1
27 Self/less (2015) Damian 6.7
28 Knight of Cups (2015) Storyteller (voice) 5.8
29 Robot Overlords (2015) Robin Smythe 5.6
30 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse (2015) Drago (Voice) 3
31 Unity (2015) Narrator (voice) 7
32 Life (2015) Jack Warner 7
33 Learning to Drive (2014) Darwan 6.5
34 Stonehearst Asylum (2014) Silas Lamb 6.5
35 Walking with the Enemy (2014) Regent Miklos Horthy -
36 Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014) Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin 7.6
37 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) Merenkahre 6.5
38 Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Nun 5.9
39 The Boxtrolls (2014)
Oscars 2015 		Snatcher (voice) 7
40 Iron Man 3 (2013)
Oscars 2014 		Trevor Slattery 7.6
41 The Physician (2013) Ibn Sina (Avicenna) 7.6
42 A Common Man (2013) The Man 5
43 Muse of Fire (2013) Self -
44 Ender's Game (2013) Mazer Rackham 7
45 The Dictator (2012) Tamir 6.3
46 A Therapy (2012) Therapist -
47 Hugo (2011)
Oscars 2012 		Georges Méliès 7.2
48 Teen Patti (2010) Perci Trachtenberg 5
49 Shutter Island (2010)
Top 100 by FilmGator 		Dr. Cawley 8
50 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) Nizam 6.5
51 Elegy (2008) David Kepesh 6.5
52 TransSiberian (2008) Grinko 6.7
53 The Love Guru (2008) Guru Tugginmypuddha 4.7
54 Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) Fergus 5
55 War, Inc. (2008) Walken / The Viceroy 6.5
56 The Wackness (2008) Dr. Squires 6.7
57 The Last Legion (2007) Ambrosinus 4.8
58 You Kill Me (2007) Frank Falenczyk 6.4
59 Lucky Number Slevin (2006) The Rabbi 7.6
60 Mrs. Harris (2006) Herman Tarnower -
61 Oliver Twist (2005) Fagin 6.6
62 BloodRayne (2005) Kagan 4.3
63 A Sound of Thunder (2005) Charles Hatton 4.2
64 Thunderbirds (2004) The Hood 4
65 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) Self -
66 Suspect Zero (2004) Benjamin O'Ryan 5.2
67 House of Sand and Fog (2003)
Oscars 2004 		Behrani 7.3
68 Spooky House (2002) The Great Zamboni -
69 Tuck Everlasting (2002) Man in the Yellow Suit 6.5
70 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Oscars 2002 		Specialist (voice) 7.2
71 Sexy Beast (2000)
Oscars 2002 		Don Logan 7.6
72 Rules of Engagement (2000) Ambassador Mourain 6.8
73 What Planet Are You From? (2000) Graydon 7
74 Alice in Wonderland (1999) Major Caterpillar 8
75 The Confession (1999) Harry Fertig -
76 Crime and Punishment (1998) Magistrate Porfiry -
77 The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) Sweeney Todd -
78 The Assignment (1997) Amos 8
79 Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) Julian Messenger -
80 Photographing Fairies (1997) Rev. Templeton -
81 Twelfth Night (1996) Feste 7
82 Joseph (1995) Potifar -
83 Species (1995) Xavier Fitch 5.7
84 Death and the Maiden (1994) Dr. Roberto Miranda 7.3
85 Schindler's List (1993) Itzhak Stern 8.7
86 Dave (1993) Vice-President Nance 7
87 Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Bruce Pandolfini 7.1
88 Freddie As F.R.O.7. (1992) Freddie (voice) -
89 Sneakers (1992) Cosmo 7.5
90 Necessary Love (1991) - -
91 Bugsy (1991) Meyer Lansky 4
92 Slipstream (1989) Avatar 4
93 Without a Clue (1988) Dr. John Watson -
94 Maurice (1987) Lasker-Jones 7.7
95 Turtle Diary (1985) William Snow 9
96 Harem (1985) Selim -
97 Betrayal (1983) Robert 5
98 Gandhi (1982) Mahatma Gandhi 7.8
99 Fear Is the Key (1972) Royale -
100 The Way of the Wind - -