Biography
Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor. Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, he trained at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1967 and appeared mainly on stage for the next 15 years.
He is known for his title role in Gandhi (1982), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA, and for his performance as Itzhak Stern in Schindler's List (1993). He has also appeared in films including Sexy Beast (2000), Hugo (2011) and Iron Man 3 (2013), and reprised the role of Trevor Slattery in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and the series Wonder Man (2026). In 2025 he played Ibrahim Arif in The Thursday Murder Club.
Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry.
