Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an
English actor. Throughout his career which spans over five decades, he
has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy
Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA
Award, and an Academy Award from four nominations.Beginning his career
in theatre, Kingsley joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and
spent 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 (including Peter
Brook’s 1970 RSC production of the play), Hamlet and The Merry Wives
of Windsor.In film, Kingsley is best known for his starring role as
Mohandas 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. He also appeared as Itzhak Stern in
Steven Spielberg’s Schindler's List (1993), receiving a nomination
for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Subsequent
roles have included Twelfth Night (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), House of
Sand and Fog (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Lucky Number Slevin (2006),
Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010),
Hugo (2011), The Dictator (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013) and Ender's Game
(2013). He has also voiced Archibald Snatcher in The Boxtrolls (2014),
and Bagheera in the live action adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book
(2016).
English actor. Throughout his career which spans over five decades, he
has garnered numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy
Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA
Award, and an Academy Award from four nominations.Beginning his career
in theatre, Kingsley joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and
spent 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 (including Peter
Brook’s 1970 RSC production of the play), Hamlet and The Merry Wives
of Windsor.In film, Kingsley is best known for his starring role as
Mohandas 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. He also appeared as Itzhak Stern in
Steven Spielberg’s Schindler's List (1993), receiving a nomination
for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Subsequent
roles have included Twelfth Night (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), House of
Sand and Fog (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Lucky Number Slevin (2006),
Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010),
Hugo (2011), The Dictator (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013) and Ender's Game
(2013). He has also voiced Archibald Snatcher in The Boxtrolls (2014),
and Bagheera in the live action adaptation of Disney's The Jungle Book
(2016).
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