Ben Kingsley was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, is of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother Anna Lyna Mary, was English. Ben began to act in stage plays during the 1960s. He soon became a successful stage actor, and also began to have roles in films and TV. His birth name was Krishna Bhanji, but he ...
Won 1 Oscar. Another 44 wins & 60 nominations.
Movie | An Ordinary Man | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Ich bin dann mal Charlie | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | My Karma | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Mary | King Herod | 2017 |
Movie | Backstabbing for Beginners | None | 2017 |
Movie | Wake | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Security | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | A Doll's House | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Islam: Empire of Faith | Narrator | 2017 |
Movie | The Sound of 'A.I.' | Himself | 2017 |
Movie | Knight of Cups | Unknown | 2016-03-04 |
Movie | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Himself | 2016-02-10 |
Movie | Muse of Fire | Himself | 2016-03-06 |
Movie | Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land | Narrator | 2016-03-07 |
Movie | The Jungle Book | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Of Dogs and Men | The Caller | 2016-03-07 |
Movie | How Shakespeare Changed My Life | Himself | 2016-01-03 |
Movie | Collide | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Pride of Britain Awards 2010 | Unknown | 2016-03-07 |
Movie | Guys Choice Awards 2015 | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | The Walk | Unknown | 2015-10-09 |
Series | Celebrity Conversations | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Let's Go, DFW! | Unknown | 2015-08-22 |
Series | Inside Edition | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Self/less | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Celebrity P.O.V. | Unknown | 2015 |
Series | Tut | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | 20th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2015-01-15 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Unknown | 2015-03-23 |
Series | Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Life | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Unity | Unknown | 2015 |
Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | War Story | Albert | 2014-07-30 |
Series | Garfunkel and Oates | Unknown | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | Stonehearst Asylum | Silas Lamb | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Unknown | 2014-03-01 |
Movie | Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film | Unknown | 2014 |
Series | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | 19th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2014-01-16 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Movie | The Boxtrolls | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Jaguar: Rendezvous | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The Physician | Unknown | 2014-12-05 |
Movie | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Nun | 2014-12-12 |
Series | Días de cine | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | The British Film Industry: Elitist, Deluded or Dormant? | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Learning to Drive | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Robot Overlords | Unknown | 2014 |
Movie | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Merenkahre | 2014-12-19 |
Movie | Iron Man 3 | Trevor Slattery | 2013-05-03 |
Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | The American Cinematheque Tribute to Jerry Bruckheimer | Himself | 2013-12-12 |
Movie | Ender's Game | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Walking with the Enemy | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | Iron Man 3: Sky Movies Special | Unknown | 2013 |
Series | Movie Guide | Unknown | 2013 |
Movie | A Birder's Guide to Everything | Lawrence Konrad | 2013-04-21 |
Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | A Common Man | The Man | 2013-11-07 |
Movie | Noah | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | 17th Annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-12 |
Movie | Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | It Is No Dream | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Vivir de cine | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | Too Young to Die | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Critics' Choice Movie Awards Red Carpet | Unknown | 2012 |
Series | The Jonathan Ross Show | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo' | Himself / Georges Méliès | 2012-02-28 |
Movie | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2012-02-25 |
Movie | Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime | Himself | 2012-02-28 |
Movie | A Therapy | Psychiatrist | 2012-05-01 |
Movie | The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo' | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The Dictator | Unknown | 2012-05-16 |
Movie | Room 237 | Unknown | 2012-10-26 |
Series | Movie Talk with Peter Bart | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès | Unknown | 2012 |
Movie | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-15 |
Movie | 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2012-01-29 |
Movie | Hugo | Unknown | 2011-11-23 |
Movie | Margin Call | Unknown | 2011-09-29 |
Series | Janela Indiscreta | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | El hormiguero | Unknown | 2011 |
Series | Good Day L.A. | Unknown | 2011 |
Movie | Teen Patti | Perci Trachtenberg | 2010-02-26 |
Movie | Shutter Island | Unknown | 2010-02-19 |
Movie | Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Nizam | 2010-05-28 |
Movie | Shutter Island: Behind the Shutters | Himself | 2010-06-08 |
Movie | Aral. El mar perdido | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | In Conversation | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | Conan | Unknown | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | The Scientist | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Guys Choice | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Fable III | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The People Speak UK | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Unknown | 2010 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | The Sands of Time: The Making of 'Prince of Persia' | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Election 2010 | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | 1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets | Unknown | 2010 |
Movie | Journey to Mecca | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | Stars on the Street | Unknown | 2009 |
Movie | The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | The 7PM Project | Unknown | 2009-07-20 |
Movie | Liberation | Narrator | 2009-04-22 |
Series | Skavlan | Unknown | 2009-01-17 |
Movie | The 81st Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
Movie | Fifty Dead Men Walking | Fergus | 2009-08-21 |
Movie | The Variety Club Showbiz Awards 2009 | Himself - Award Presenter | 2009-11-22 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Transsiberian | Grinko | 2008-09-05 |
Movie | The Wackness | Unknown | 2008-08-01 |
Movie | Elegy | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | War, Inc. | Walken / The Viceroy | 2008-06-13 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | The Second Abu Dhabi Film Festival Awards | Himself | 2008-10-24 |
Movie | The Love Guru | Unknown | 2008 |
Movie | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Unknown | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | Happy Birthday BAFTA | Unknown | 2007-11-07 |
Movie | The Last Legion | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | You Kill Me | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | British Film Forever | Unknown | 2007-07-28 |
Movie | The New 7 Wonders of the World | Himself - Host | 2007-07-07 |
Movie | China's Stolen Children | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | Making 'Cleaver' | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 2007 |
Movie | The Ten Commandments | Unknown | 2007 |
Series | Xposé | Unknown | 2007-04-16 |
Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
Movie | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: 10th Anniversary Edition | Unknown | 2007-06-20 |
Movie | Twist by Polanski | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | Mrs. Harris | Herman Tarnower | 2006-02-25 |
Movie | Making 'Lucky Number Slevin' | Himself | 2006-09-12 |
Series | The Fabulous Picture Show | Unknown | 2006-11-01 |
Movie | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies | Unknown | 2006 |
Movie | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Unknown | 2006-07-22 |
Movie | Lucky Number Slevin | The Rabbi | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel | Unknown | 2006 |
Series | Caiga quien caiga | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | Los Angeles | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | What We See When We Close Our Eyes | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | 77th Annual Academy Awards - UK | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Martha | Unknown | 2005-09-01 |
Movie | The 100 Greatest War Films | Unknown | 2005-05-14 |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
Movie | Oliver Twist | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | A Sound of Thunder | Unknown | 2005 |
Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
Series | Last Call with Carson Daly | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | BloodRayne | Unknown | 2005 |
Movie | The Work of Director Jonathan Glazer | Unknown | 2005-09-13 |
Series | The Colbert Report | Unknown | 2005-10-17 |
Movie | The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2004-02-28 |
Series | 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2004-02-22 |
Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
Movie | Behind the Scenes of 'House of Sand and Fog' | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | Suspect Zero | Unknown | 2004 |
Movie | House of Sand and Fog | Behrani | 2004-01-09 |
Movie | Thunderbirds | Unknown | 2004-07-30 |
Movie | The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2004-02-29 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Series | From Hollywood to Borehamwood | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | Unlikely Heroes | Unknown | 2003 |
Movie | 75 Years of the Academy Awards: An Unofficial History | Unknown | 2003 |
Series | Shootout | Unknown | 2003-10-12 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | The 75th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2003-03-23 |
Series | Tinseltown TV | Unknown | 2003-08-02 |
Movie | The Making of 'Sneakers' | Himself | 2003-06-03 |
Movie | Spooky House | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Tuck Everlasting | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | Animating 'A.I.' | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Cinema 3 | Unknown | 2002 |
Series | Autograph | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | The 59th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2002 |
Movie | 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2002-03-10 |
Movie | The 74th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2002-03-24 |
Movie | The Triumph of Love | Hermocrates | 2002-05-10 |
Movie | The 100 Greatest Films | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Ben Kingsley Talks About 'Gandhi' | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Unknown | 2001-06-29 |
Series | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2001 |
Movie | Behind the Rules of Engagement | Himself | 2000-10-10 |
Series | Breakfast | Unknown | 2000-10-02 |
Movie | Rules of Engagement | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | Rove Live | Unknown | 2000-10-09 |
Movie | The BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | What Planet Are You From? | Unknown | 2000 |
Movie | Sexy Beast | Unknown | 2000 |
Series | HARDtalk | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Alice in Wonderland | Major Caterpillar | 1999-02-28 |
Series | The Sopranos | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | The Confession | Unknown | 1999-01-22 |
Series | The Directors | Unknown | 1999-03-02 |
Movie | Parting Shots | Renzo Locatelli | 1999-05-14 |
Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
Movie | The Making of 'Spooky House' | Unknown | 1999 |
Series | The Witness | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | A Force More Powerful | Unknown | 1999 |
Movie | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry | 1998-10-11 |
Movie | The 70th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1998-03-23 |
Movie | Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work of Thich Nhat Hanh | Narrator | 1998-02-01 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Religions of the World: Judaism | Narrator | 1998-03-07 |
Series | Religions of the World | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Religions of the World: Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity | Unknown | 1998 |
Movie | Photographing Fairies | Reverend Templeton | 1997-09-19 |
Movie | The Assignment | Unknown | 1997-09-26 |
Movie | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Unknown | 1997 |
Movie | Twelfth Night or What You Will | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | The British Academy Craft Awards | Himself | 1996-04-15 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Steven Spielberg | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | Joy to the World | Unknown | 1996 |
Movie | The Lost Portrait | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Species | Xavier Fitch | 1995-07-07 |
Movie | Moses | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Joseph in Egypt | Unknown | 1995 |
Movie | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Himself | 1994-02-01 |
Movie | Death and the Maiden | Unknown | 1994 |
Movie | Schindler's List | Unknown | 1994-02-04 |
Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
Movie | Dave | Vice-President Nance | 1993-05-07 |
Movie | The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream | Unknown | 1993 |
Movie | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Bruce Pandolfini | 1993-08-11 |
Series | This Week | Unknown | 1992 |
Movie | Freddie as F.R.O.7. | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | Entertainment UK | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1992 |
Series | Gomorron | Unknown | 1992-09-15 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | The 64th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1992-03-30 |
Movie | Sneakers | Unknown | 1992-09-11 |
Movie | Romeo.Juliet | Father Capulet | 1992-06-20 |
Movie | Bugsy | Meyer Lansky | 1991-12-20 |
Movie | L'amore necessario | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | The War That Never Ends | Unknown | 1991 |
Movie | The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards | Unknown | 1991 |
Series | Charlie Rose | Unknown | 1991-09-30 |
Movie | The Children | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Una vita scellerata | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | O Quinto Macaco | Unknown | 1990 |
Movie | Slipstream | Unknown | 1989 |
Movie | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Unknown | 1989 |
Movie | Pascali's Island | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | Secret of the Sahara | Sholomon | 1988-01-03 |
Movie | Without a Clue | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | Testimony | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | Lunettes noires pour nuits blanches | Unknown | 1988 |
Movie | Lenin: The Train | Unknown | 1988 |
Series | Seitenblicke | Unknown | 1987-09-28 |
Movie | Maurice | Unknown | 1987 |
Series | Étoiles et toiles | Unknown | 1986 |
Movie | Stanley's Vision | Unknown | 1986 |
Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
Movie | Harem | Selim | 1985-11-20 |
Movie | Silas Marner | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | Turtle Diary | Unknown | 1985 |
Movie | Bob Hope's Happy Birthday Homecoming (London Royal Gala) | Unknown | 1985 |
Series | Oxbridge Blues | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | Camille | Unknown | 1984 |
Movie | The 55th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 1983-04-11 |
Series | The 40th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 1983 |
Series | The Great Hamlets | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | Kean | Edmund Kean | 1983-12-05 |
Movie | The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi | Unknown | 1983 |
Movie | Betrayal | Robert | 1983-02-19 |
Movie | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Unknown | 1982 |
Movie | Gandhi | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Playing Shakespeare | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Timewatch | Unknown | 1982-09-29 |
Series | Play for Today | Unknown | 1982 |
Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
Series | Vikings! | Unknown | 1980 |
Series | Crown Court | Unknown | 1978 |
Series | The South Bank Show | Unknown | 1978-01-14 |
Movie | Thank You, Comrades | Unknown | 1978 |
Series | The Velvet Glove | Unknown | 1977 |
Series | Dickens of London | Unknown | 1976 |
Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
Series | 2nd House | Unknown | 1975 |
Series | Arena | Unknown | 1975-10-01 |
Series | The Love School | Unknown | 1975 |
Series | BBC2 Playhouse | Unknown | 1974-03-13 |
Movie | Antony and Cleopatra | Unknown | 1974 |
Movie | A Misfortune | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Wessex Tales | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Full House | Unknown | 1973 |
Series | Fantástico | Unknown | 1973-08-05 |
Movie | Fear Is the Key | Unknown | 1972 |
Series | The Adventurer | Unknown | 1972 |
Series | Film 2016 | Unknown | 1971-11-16 |
Series | Orlando | Unknown | 1966 |
Movie | The Staffordshire Rebels | Himself | 1966-01-08 |
Series | Pardon the Expression | Unknown | 1966 |
Series | Jackanory | Unknown | 1965-12-13 |
Series | Coronation Street | Unknown | 1960-12-09 |
Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |