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name: "Ben Kingsley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-kingsley"
fi1m_id: "ben-kingsley"
imdb_id: "nm0001426"
tmdb_id: 2282
wikidata_id: "Q173158"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 December 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 21
average_fi1m_score: 71
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average_over: 21
updated: "2026-10-22T03:18:12.176034+00:00"
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# Ben Kingsley

## Identity

Ben Kingsley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-kingsley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-kingsley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001426
- **TMDB ID:** 2282
- **Wikidata ID:** Q173158
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kingsley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001426/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2282

Actor. Born 31 December 1943 in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 December 1943, Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Also known as:**  Sir Ben Kingsley , Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Krishna Bhanji
- **Frequently works with:** [Destin Daniel Cretton](https://film.one/person/destin-daniel-cretton.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md), [Ray Winstone](https://film.one/person/ray-winstone.md), [Steven Zaillian](https://film.one/person/steven-zaillian.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 3 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as actor, over 21 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (4), 1990s 78 (4), 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 67 (7), 2020s 60 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 65 across 19 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 11 at 60–79, 4 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 9 of 20 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Adventure 7, Comedy 5, Action 4, Crime 4, Fantasy 4
- **Screen time:** 43 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,589m across 17 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kingsley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173158, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001426/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2282

## Coming up

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 4* (2027-03-11), as (voice)

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Wonder Man*](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md) (82), [*The Jungle Book*](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md) (72), [*Iron Man 3*](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md) (72), [*Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings*](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md) (66), [*The Boxtrolls*](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md) (64)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Maurice*](https://film.one/film/maurice.md) (83), [*Hugo*](https://film.one/film/hugo.md) (76), [*Death and the Maiden*](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md) (74), [*Gandhi*](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md) (73)
- **Apple TV:** [*Shutter Island*](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md) (80)
- **Tubi:** [*Bugsy*](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md) (76)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Silas Marner*](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Ben Kingsley

> Ben Kingsley brings precision to men who expect to be taken seriously. We admire the control, but his scenes with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in *Wonder Man* make us value his warmth just as much.

In *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Ben Kingsley's Ibrahim keeps the files and corrects other people's grammar. He is a psychiatrist, and Kingsley makes that attention to detail feel like an old professional habit. Alongside Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Celia Imrie, he seems comfortable enough to let a small contribution count. We enjoy their company, though Chris Columbus gives them a murder mystery that does too little to earn our interest. Kingsley is worth watching here; the film is harder to recommend.

His breakthrough as the title character in *Gandhi* (1982) depended on restraint. As Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's *Schindler's List* (1993), he brought quiet intelligence to a supporting part. Don Logan, the volatile gangster of *Sexy Beast* (2000), gives his intensity a much less reassuring purpose. There is a risk in such deliberate acting: the precision can become mannered, and we can start noticing the technique before the person. That is the reservation worth keeping, rather than assuming every change of character is an achievement in itself.

Trevor Slattery, introduced in *Iron Man 3* (2013), offers a comic use for those actorly habits. In *Wonder Man* (2026), the pleasure is his friendship with Yahya Abdul-Mateen II's Simon Williams. The series takes wanting work and wanting company seriously, and both actors give those ordinary needs enough attention to sustain its modest scale. We were more touched than we expected by Simon and Trevor's friendship, because the affection between two men in a competitive profession is allowed to stand without becoming a joke. Their rapport justifies the time the series spends simply letting them be together.

The limitation is that *Wonder Man* is too friendly to make its showbusiness satire particularly sharp. That is a caveat we can accept when the performances make the friendship matter this much. *The Thursday Murder Club* asks its cast to compensate for a less engaging story, and their ease together cannot supply the missing interest in the murder. For Kingsley in generous company, start with *Wonder Man*; expect Hollywood to emerge largely unharmed.

## 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.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, ew.com, marvel.com.*

## On Fi1m (21)

- *Wonder Man* (2026), Fi1m 82, as Trevor Slattery — [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *Young Washington* (2026), Fi1m 33, as Robert Dinwiddie — [page](https://film.one/film/young-washington.md)
- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), Fi1m 57, as Ibrahim — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), Fi1m 66, as Trevor Slattery — [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), Fi1m 72, as Bagheera (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), Fi1m 52, as Nun — [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), Fi1m 64, as Snatcher (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Trevor Slattery — [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *Hugo* (2011), Fi1m 76, as Georges Méliès — [page](https://film.one/film/hugo.md)
- *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time* (2010), Fi1m 56, as Nizam — [page](https://film.one/film/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.md)
- *Shutter Island* (2010), Fi1m 80, as Dr. Cawley — [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Fi1m 84, as Specialist (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), Fi1m 85, as Don Logan — [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), Fi1m 70, as Feste — [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Death and the Maiden* (1994), Fi1m 74, as Dr. Roberto Miranda — [page](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md)
- *Schindler's List* (1993), Fi1m 91, as Itzhak Stern — [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Bugsy* (1991), Fi1m 76, as Meyer Lansky — [page](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md)
- *Without a Clue* (1988), Fi1m 64, as Dr. John Watson — [page](https://film.one/film/without-a-clue.md)
- *Maurice* (1987), Fi1m 83, as Lasker-Jones — [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *Silas Marner* (1985), Fi1m 76, as Silas Marner — [page](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), Fi1m 73, as Mahatma Gandhi — [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)

## Complete filmography (172)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sonic the Hedgehog 4* (2027), as (voice)
- *Young Washington* (2026), as Robert Dinwiddie — Fi1m 33, [page](https://film.one/film/young-washington.md)
- *The Old Stories: Moses* (2026), series, as Moses
- *Deep Water* (2026), as Rich
- *Desert Warrior* (2026), as Emperor Kisra II
- *Wonder Man* (2026), series, as Trevor Slattery — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/wonder-man.md)
- *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025), as Ibrahim — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thursday-murder-club.md)
- *The King of Kings* (2025), as High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
- *William Tell* (2025), as King Albrecht
- *The Killer's Game* (2024), as Zvi Rabinowitz
- *The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More* (2024), as Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
- *Poison* (2023), as Dr. Ganderbai
- *The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar* (2023), as Imdad Khan / Croupier
- *Jules* (2023), as Milton Robinson
- *Dalíland* (2022), as Dalí · Executive Producer
- *Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings* (2021), as Trevor Slattery — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/shang-chi-and-the-legend-of-the-ten-rings.md)
- *Locked Down* (2021), as Malcolm
- *Marvel Studios Legends* (2021), series, as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)
- *The Medicine Buddha* (2019), as Narrator (voice)
- *Night Hunter* (2019), as Cooper
- *The Red Sea Diving Resort* (2019), as Ethan Levin
- *Perpetual Grace LTD* (2019), series, as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown
- *Spider in the Web* (2019), as Adereth
- *Watership Down* (2018), series, as General Woundwort (voice)
- *Intrigo: Death of an Author* (2018), as Henderson
- *Operation Finale* (2018), as Adolf Eichmann
- *All or Nothing: Manchester City* (2018), series, as Narrator (voice)
- *Backstabbing for Beginners* (2018), as Pasha
- *An Ordinary Man* (2017), as The General
- *War Machine* (2017), as President Karzai
- *The Ottoman Lieutenant* (2017), as Woodruff
- *Security* (2017), as Charlie
- *Of Dogs and Men* (2016), as The Caller (voice)
- *Collide* (2016), as Geran
- *The Jungle Book* (2016), as Bagheera (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jungle-book-2016.md)
- *The Walk* (2015), as Papa Rudy
- *Knight of Cups* (2015), as Storyteller (voice)
- *Life* (2015), as Jack Warner
- *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice)
- *Tut* (2015), series, as Ay
- *Self/less* (2015), as Damian
- *Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse* (2015), as Drago (Voice)
- *Robot Overlords* (2015), as Robin Smythe
- *Der Medicus* (2014), series, as Ibn Sina
- *Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb* (2014), as Merenkahre
- *Exodus: Gods and Kings* (2014), as Nun — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/exodus-gods-and-kings.md)
- *Stonehearst Asylum* (2014), as Silas Lamb
- *The Boxtrolls* (2014), as Snatcher (voice) — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxtrolls.md)
- *Learning to Drive* (2014), as Darwan
- *Garfunkel and Oates* (2014), series, as Ben Kingsley
- *Walking with the Enemy* (2014), as Regent Miklos Horthy
- *Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King* (2014), as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
- *War Story* (2014), as Albert
- *The Physician* (2013), as Ibn Sina
- *Ender's Game* (2013), as Mazer Rackham
- *A Common Man* (2013), as The Man
- *A Birder's Guide to Everything* (2013), as Lawrence Konrad
- *Iron Man 3* (2013), as Trevor Slattery — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/iron-man-3.md)
- *It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl* (2012), as Narrator
- *The Dictator* (2012), as Tamir
- *Hugo* (2011), as Georges Méliès — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hugo.md)
- *The Desert of Forbidden Art* (2011), as Voice
- *Aral, the Lost Sea* (2010), Actor
- *Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny* (2010), as Narrator
- *Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time* (2010), as Nizam — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/prince-of-persia-the-sands-of-time.md)
- *Teen Patti* (2010), as Perci Trachtenberg
- *Shutter Island* (2010), as Dr. Cawley — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shutter-island.md)
- *1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets* (2010), as Al-Jazari / Librarian
- *Journey to Mecca* (2009), as Narrator
- *Fifty Dead Men Walking* (2008), as Fergus
- *Elegy* (2008), as David Kepesh
- *The Wackness* (2008), as Dr. Squires
- *The Love Guru* (2008), as Guru Tugginmypuddha
- *War, Inc.* (2008), as Walken / The Viceroy
- *TransSiberian* (2008), as Grinko
- *The Ten Commandments* (2007), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Last Legion* (2007), as Ambrosinus
- *You Kill Me* (2007), as Frank Falenczyk
- *Lucky Number Slevin* (2006), as The Rabbi
- *BloodRayne* (2006), as Kagan
- *The Life and Faith of CS Lewis* (2006), Actor
- *Peace Is Every Step* (2005), as Narrator
- *Oliver Twist* (2005), as Fagin
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), as Herman Tarnower
- *A Sound of Thunder* (2005), as Charles Hatton
- *Suspect Zero* (2004), as Benjamin O'Ryan
- *Thunderbirds* (2004), as The Hood
- *Religion of the World* (2004), series, as Narrator · Creator
- *House of Sand and Fog* (2003), as Behrani
- *Unlikely Heroes* (2003), as Narrator
- *The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough* (2003), Actor
- *Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land* (2003), as Narrator
- *Tuck Everlasting* (2002), as Man in the Yellow Suit
- *Spooky House* (2002), as The Great Zamboni
- *The Triumph of Love* (2001), as Hermocrates
- *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), as Specialist (voice) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-i-artificial-intelligence.md)
- *Anne Frank: The Whole Story* (2001), series, as Otto Frank
- *Islam: Empire of Faith* (2001), series, as Narrator
- *Sexy Beast* (2001), as Don Logan — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/sexy-beast.md)
- *Rules of Engagement* (2000), as Ambassador Mourain
- *What Planet Are You From?* (2000), as Graydon
- *A Force More Powerful* (1999), as Narator
- *CNN Millennium* (1999), series, as Narrator
- *Parting Shots* (1999), as Renzo Locatelli
- *The Confession* (1999), as Harry Fertig
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1999), as Major Caterpillar
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, as Ben Kingsley — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *Crime and Punishment* (1998), as Magistrate Porfiry
- *The Tale of Sweeney Todd* (1998), as Sweeney Todd
- *Religions of the World* (1998), series, as Narrator
- *The Assignment* (1997), as Amos
- *Photographing Fairies* (1997), as Rev. Templeton
- *Weapons of Mass Distraction* (1997), as Julian Messenger
- *Twelfth Night* (1996), as Feste — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/twelfth-night-1996.md)
- *Moses* (1996), series, as Moses
- *TFI Friday* (1996), series, Actor
- *Species* (1995), as Xavier Fitch
- *Joseph* (1995), series, as Potiphar
- *Joseph* (1995), as Potiphar
- *Death and the Maiden* (1994), as Dr. Roberto Miranda — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/death-and-the-maiden.md)
- *Liberation* (1994), as Narrator
- *Schindler's List* (1993), as Itzhak Stern — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/schindlers-list.md)
- *Searching for Bobby Fischer* (1993), as Bruce Pandolfini
- *Dave* (1993), as Vice-President Nance
- *Sneakers* (1992), as Cosmo
- *Freddie As F.R.O.7.* (1992), as Freddie (voice)
- *Bugsy* (1991), as Meyer Lansky — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bugsy.md)
- *Necessary Love* (1991), Actor
- *Rabbit Ears -  Moses the Lawgiver* (1991), as Narrator (voice)
- *Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin* (1991), as Narrator (voice)
- *The War That Never Ends* (1991), as Pericles
- *The Fifth Monkey* (1990), as Cunda
- *The Children* (1990), as Martin Boyne
- *Cellini: A Violent Life* (1990), as Governor
- *Romeo.Juliet* (1990), as Father Capulet (voice)
- *The Making of Slipstream* (1989), Actor
- *Slipstream* (1989), as Avatar
- *Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story* (1989), as Simon Wiesenthal
- *Lenin: The Train* (1988), as Lenin
- *Lenin... The Train* (1988), series, as Wladimir Iljitsch Lenin
- *Testimony* (1988), as Dmitri Shostakovich
- *Pascali's Island* (1988), as Basil Pascali
- *Without a Clue* (1988), as Dr. John Watson — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/without-a-clue.md)
- *The Secret of the Sahara* (1988), series, as Sholomon
- *Maurice* (1987), as Lasker-Jones — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/maurice.md)
- *Silas Marner* (1985), as Silas Marner — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md)
- *Turtle Diary* (1985), as William Snow
- *Harem* (1985), as Selim
- *Camille* (1984), as Duval
- *Oxbridge Blues* (1984), series, as Geoff Craven
- *Playing Shakespeare* (1984), series, Actor
- *Betrayal* (1983), as Robert
- *The Merry Wives of Windsor* (1982), as Frank Ford
- *Gandhi* (1982), as Mahatma Gandhi — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)
- *Every Good Boy Deserves Favour* (1979), as Ivanov
- *Thank You, Comrades* (1978), as Roberto Cibrario
- *The BBC Television Shakespeare* (1978), series, as Frank Ford
- *The Velvet Glove* (1977), series, as Chakravarti
- *Dickens of London* (1976), series, as Dr. John Elliotson
- *The Love School* (1975), series, as Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- *Antony and Cleopatra* (1975), as Thidias
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Ivanov
- *Wessex Tales* (1973), series, as Lord Uplandtowers
- *Hard Labour* (1973), as Naseem
- *Fear Is the Key* (1972), as Royale
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Jeremy Leigh
- *Pebble Mill at One* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Pierre
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Duval
- *The Way of the Wind*, Actor
- *Mary*, as King Herod
- *Fortitude*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)](https://film.one/media/title/6348/still-49e1c6e46d46.jpg) Ben Kingsley as Mahatma Gandhi in *Gandhi* (1982) — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim in The Thursday Murder Club (2025)](https://film.one/media/title/635/still-2b8d4c8cb559.jpg) Ben Kingsley as Ibrahim in *The Thursday Murder Club* (2025) — Image via TMDB
- ![British actor Sir Ben Kingsley leaving the Hotel de Rome at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-1d793e2721f0.jpg) British actor Sir Ben Kingsley leaving the Hotel de Rome at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (2010) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Ben_Kingsley_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2010%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-4cfb4da7312c.jpg) Ben Kingsley — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Ben_Kingsley_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ben_Kingsley_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Kingsley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Boxtrolls", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-e78c8c3a30eb.jpg) Ben Kingsley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Boxtrolls", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Ben_Kingsley%2C_The_Boxtrolls%2C_2014_Comic-Con_1_%28crop%29.jpg/1280px-Ben_Kingsley%2C_The_Boxtrolls%2C_2014_Comic-Con_1_%28crop%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Kingsley at the Hugo Film Premiere, New York City 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-63b36e8cc77a.jpg) Ben Kingsley at the Hugo Film Premiere, New York City 2011. — Joella Marano, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Ben_Kingsley_2011.jpg/1280px-Ben_Kingsley_2011.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-0aceae02a260.jpg) Ben Kingsley — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-b2a96791b6a4.jpg) Ben Kingsley — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-70298adbf113.jpg) Ben Kingsley — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Kingsley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Boxtrolls", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-18f066112933.jpg) Ben Kingsley speaking at the 2014 San Diego Comic Con International, for "The Boxtrolls", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Ben_Kingsley%2C_The_Boxtrolls%2C_2014_Comic-Con_1.jpg/1280px-Ben_Kingsley%2C_The_Boxtrolls%2C_2014_Comic-Con_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Bitish actor Sir Ben Kigsley leaving the press conference for the film "Shutter Island" (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-aba0551788ed.jpg) Bitish actor Sir Ben Kigsley leaving the press conference for the film "Shutter Island" (2010) — Siebbi, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ben_Kingsley_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg/1280px-Ben_Kingsley_%28Berlin_Film_Festival_2010%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Kingsley](https://film.one/media/person/8066/gallery-5346c6a2b08e.jpg) Ben Kingsley — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 3 nominated

- 2004: Best Actor (nominated), for *House of Sand and Fog*
- 2002: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Sexy Beast*
- 1992: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Bugsy*
- 1983: Best Actor (won), for *Gandhi*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 2 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (nominated), for *Schindler's List*
- 1983: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (won), for *Gandhi*
- 1983: Best Actor in a Leading Role (won), for *Gandhi*

### Golden Globes — 2 won

- 1982: Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama (won), for *Gandhi*
- 1982: New Star of the Year – Actor (won), for *Gandhi*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2006: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (nominated), for *Mrs. Harris*
- 1995: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (nominated), for *Joseph*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 2002: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (won), for *Anne Frank: The Whole Story*

### Other awards — 11 won, 5 nominated

- Teen Choice Award for Best Villain 2013: Teen Choice Award for Best Villain (nominated), for *Iron Man 3*
- Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy 2007: Satellite Award for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy (nominated), for *You Kill Me*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award 2006: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor - Razzie Award (nominated), for *BloodRayne*
- Independent Spirit Awards 2004: Best Male Lead (nominated), for *House of Sand and Fog*
- Critics' Choice Awards 2003: Best Actor (nominated), for *House of Sand and Fog*
- British Independent Film Awards 2001: Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film (won), for *Sexy Beast*
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor 2001: Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor (won), for *Sexy Beast*
- European Film Award for Best Actor 2001: European Film Award for Best Actor (won), for *Sexy Beast*
- Knight Bachelor 2001: Knight Bachelor (won)
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire 2000: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (won)
- Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording 1984: Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (won)
- Padma Shri in arts 1984: Padma Shri in arts (won)
- London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year 1983: London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year (won), for *Gandhi*
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor 1982: National Board of Review Award for Best Actor (won), for *Gandhi*
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor 1982: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor (won), for *Gandhi*
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor 1981: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor (won), for *Gandhi*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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