Deep Water2026
As Rich
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Ben Kingsley
Born
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) 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).
Filmography (170)
Schindler's List1993
As Itzhak Stern
TMDb 8.6 / 10
Shutter Island2010
As Dr. Cawley
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Iron Man 32013
As Trevor Slattery
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings2021
As Trevor Slattery
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Young Washington2026
As Robert Dinwiddie
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The Jungle Book2016
As Bagheera (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A.I. Artificial Intelligence2001
As Specialist (voice)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Dictator2012
As Tamir
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Self/less2015
As Damian
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Desert Warrior2026
As Emperor Kisra II
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb2014
As Merenkahre
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time2010
As Nizam
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Exodus: Gods and Kings2014
As Nun
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Ender's Game2013
As Mazer Rackham
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Hugo2011
As Georges Méliès
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Boxtrolls2014
As Snatcher (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Walk2015
As Papa Rudy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Killer's Game2024
As Zvi Rabinowitz
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sneakers1992
As Cosmo
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Lucky Number Slevin2006
As The Rabbi
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Night Hunter2019
As Cooper
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Stonehearst Asylum2014
As Silas Lamb
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sonic the Hedgehog 42027
As (voice)
Species1995
As Xavier Fitch
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Physician2013
As Ibn Sina
TMDb 7.3 / 10
William Tell2025
As King Albrecht
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gandhi1982
As Mahatma Gandhi
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Thursday Murder Club2025
As Ibrahim
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The King of Kings2025
As High Priest Caiaphas (voice)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar2023
As Imdad Khan / Croupier
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Last Legion2007
As Ambrosinus
TMDb 5.6 / 10
War Machine2017
As President Karzai
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Love Guru2008
As Guru Tugginmypuddha
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Joseph1995
As Potiphar
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Dave1993
As Vice-President Nance
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Poison2023
As Dr. Ganderbai
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sexy Beast2001
As Don Logan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Jules2023
As Milton Robinson
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Security2017
As Charlie
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Maurice1987
As Lasker-Jones
TMDb 7.6 / 10
House of Sand and Fog2003
As Behrani
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King2014
As Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Thunderbirds2004
As The Hood
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Knight of Cups2015
As Storyteller (voice)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Rules of Engagement2000
As Ambassador Mourain
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Operation Finale2018
As Adolf Eichmann
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Dalíland2022
As Dalí
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Oliver Twist2005
As Fagin
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Collide2016
As Geran
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Alice in Wonderland1999
As Major Caterpillar
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More2024
As Imdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Locked Down2021
As Malcolm
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Searching for Bobby Fischer1993
As Bruce Pandolfini
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Suspect Zero2004
As Benjamin O'Ryan
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Robot Overlords2015
As Robin Smythe
TMDb 4.8 / 10
A Sound of Thunder2005
As Charles Hatton
TMDb 4.9 / 10
TransSiberian2008
As Grinko
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Spider in the Web2019
As Adereth
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Elegy2008
As David Kepesh
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Backstabbing for Beginners2018
As Pasha
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tuck Everlasting2002
As Man in the Yellow Suit
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Ottoman Lieutenant2017
As Woodruff
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Without a Clue1988
As Dr. John Watson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
What Planet Are You From?2000
As Graydon
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse2015
As Drago (Voice)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Assignment1997
As Amos
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bugsy1991
As Meyer Lansky
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Life2015
As Jack Warner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Red Sea Diving Resort2019
As Ethan Levin
TMDb 6.8 / 10
BloodRayne2006
As Kagan
TMDb 4.1 / 10
War, Inc.2008
As Walken / The Viceroy
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Fifty Dead Men Walking2008
As Fergus
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Death and the Maiden1994
As Dr. Roberto Miranda
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Learning to Drive2014
As Darwan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Confession1999
As Harry Fertig
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Spielberg2017
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Muse of Fire2013
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Wackness2008
As Dr. Squires
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Unity2015
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
You Kill Me2007
As Frank Falenczyk
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Twelfth Night1996
As Feste
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Pascali's Island1988
As Basil Pascali
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Romeo.Juliet1990
As Father Capulet (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Freddie As F.R.O.7.1992
As Freddie (voice)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Walking with the Enemy2014
As Regent Miklos Horthy
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood2005
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Ten Commandments2007
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
An Ordinary Man2017
As The General
TMDb 6.2 / 10
A Birder's Guide to Everything2013
As Lawrence Konrad
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Common Man2013
As The Man
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Intrigo: Death of an Author2018
As Henderson
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Photographing Fairies1997
As Rev. Templeton
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fortitude
FortitudeRelease date TBA
An Oral History of: Schindler's List2018
As Self (archive footage)
Parting Shots1999
As Renzo Locatelli
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès2012
As Self
The Fifth Monkey1990
As Cunda
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Camille1984
As Duval
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Fear Is the Key1972
As Royale
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Spooky House2002
As The Great Zamboni
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché2018
As Self
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Lenin: The Train1988
As Lenin
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Harem1985
As Selim
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Slipstream1989
As Avatar
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The War That Never Ends1991
As Pericles
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Liberation1994
As Narrator
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Weapons of Mass Distraction1997
As Julian Messenger
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Way of the WindRelease date TBA
Journey to Mecca2009
As Narrator
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Triumph of Love2001
As Hermocrates
TMDb 6.1 / 10
50 Films to See Before You Die2006
As Self
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Silas Marner1985
As Silas Marner
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Turtle Diary1985
As William Snow
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry2022
As Self
TMDb 9.3 / 10
Mrs. Harris2005
As Herman Tarnower
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Unlikely Heroes2003
As Narrator
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream1993
As Self / The King (voice)
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story1989
As Simon Wiesenthal
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust2004
As Self
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'2012
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Antony and Cleopatra1975
As Thidias
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Crime and Punishment1998
As Magistrate Porfiry
TMDb 6.5 / 10
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal2007
As Self
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film2014
As Self
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Tale of Sweeney Todd1998
As Sweeney Todd
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'2012
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds
No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds2004
As Self
The Merry Wives of Windsor1982
As Frank Ford
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough2003
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour1979
As Ivanov
Betrayal1983
As Robert
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Of Dogs and Men2016
As The Caller (voice)
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood2006
As Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard2012
As Self
Inside the Operation
Inside the Operation2018
As Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel2006
As Self
Cellini: A Violent Life1990
As Governor
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Children1990
As Martin Boyne
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC2015
As Self (archive footage)
Peace Is Every Step
Peace Is Every Step2005
As Narrator
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime2012
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
To Be Hamlet1985
As Self
Thank You, Comrades
Thank You, Comrades1978
As Roberto Cibrario
The Desert of Forbidden Art2011
As Voice
TMDb 4.7 / 10
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia2006
As Self
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold1994
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land2003
As Narrator
The Making of Slipstream1989
Who Killed British Cinema?2018
As Self
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Necessary Love1991
TMDb 9.2 / 10
War Story2014
As Albert
TMDb 4.1 / 10
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl2012
As Narrator
Islam: Empire of Faith2001
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny2010
As Narrator
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Teen Patti2010
As Perci Trachtenberg
TMDb 3.8 / 10
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi
Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi1983
As Self
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"
Ben Kingsley Talks About "Gandhi"2001
As Self - Interviewee
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Medicine Buddha2019
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets2010
As Al-Jazari / Librarian
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Hard Labour1973
As Naseem
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Testimony1988
As Dmitri Shostakovich
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Making of Sexy Beast2001
As Self
A Force More Powerful
A Force More Powerful1999
As Narator
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver1991
As Narrator (voice)
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis2006
Aral, the Lost Sea
Aral, the Lost Sea2010
TMDb 2.7 / 10
Mary
MaryRelease date TBA
As King Herod
Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin1991
As Narrator (voice)
Filmography and biography: TMDb