Ben Kingsley biography
Ben Kingsley is an English actor (born 1943), born on 31 December 1943 in Snainton.
Ben Kingsley's screen career began in 1966 with Pardon the Expression, playing Roy.
Ben Kingsley has appeared in 119 films and 37 television or streaming titles.
The most recent films are Young Washington (2026), Deep Water (2026), Desert Warrior (2025).
Honours include Academy Award for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles.
Coming up next: Fortitude (2026), Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (2027), The Way of the Wind.
- Born
- 31 December 1943 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Snainton
- Work
- Film actor, Actor, Character actor, Stage actor, Television actor
- Film industries
- Hollywood and beyond
- Years active
- 1967 to present
- Awards
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles
- London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
Ben Kingsley filmography
122 films and 38 television or streaming titles, newest first.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Way of the Wind | TBA | Post-production | ||
| 2027 | Sonic the Hedgehog 4 | TBA | Post-production | |
| 2026 | Young Washington | Robert Dinwiddie | ||
| 2026 | Deep Water | Rich | ||
| 2026 | Fortitude | TBA | Post-production | |
| 2025 | Desert Warrior | Emperor Kisra | ||
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Ibrahim Arif | ||
| 2025 | The King of Kings | High Priest Caiaphas | Voice | |
| 2024 | The Killer's Game | Zvi Rabinowitz | ||
| 2024 | William Tell | King Albert | ||
| 2023 | Poison | Dr. Ganderbai | Short film | |
| 2023 | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar | Imdad Khan / The Dealer | Short film | |
| 2023 | Jules | Milton Robinson | ||
| 2022 | The School for Good and Evil | English | ||
| 2022 | Dalíland | Salvador Dalí | ||
| 2021 | Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings | Trevor Slattery | ||
| 2021 | Locked Down | Solomon | ||
| 2019 | The Red Sea Diving Resort | Ethan Levin | ||
| 2019 | Spider in the Web | Adereth | ||
| 2018 | Night Hunter | Michael Cooper | ||
| 2018 | Operation Finale | Adolf Eichmann | ||
| 2018 | Intrigo: Death of an Author | Henderson | ||
| 2018 | Backstabbing for Beginners | Pasha | ||
| 2017 | War Machine | Hamid Karzai | ||
| 2017 | The Ottoman Lieutenant | Garrett Woodruff |
Show all 122 films
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | An Ordinary Man | The General | Also Producer | |
| 2017 | Security | Charlie | ||
| 2016 | The Jungle Book | Bagheera | Voice | |
| 2016 | Collide | Geran | ||
| 2015 | The Walk | Papa Rudy | ||
| 2015 | Knight of Cups | The Voice | Voice | |
| 2015 | Self/less | Damian | ||
| 2015 | Life | Jack L. Warner | ||
| 2015 | Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse | Drago the Dragon | Voice | |
| 2015 | Unity | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | Nun | ||
| 2014 | Learning to Drive | Darwan | ||
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | English | ||
| 2014 | War Story | Albert | ||
| 2014 | Stonehearst Asylum | Silas Lamb | ||
| 2014 | Robot Overlords | Robin Smythe | ||
| 2014 | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Merenkahre | ||
| 2014 | All Hail the King | English | ||
| 2014 | The Boxtrolls | Archibald Snatcher | Voice | |
| 2014 | Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King | Trevor Slattery | Short film | |
| 2013 | Ender's Game | Mazer Rackham | ||
| 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin | ||
| 2013 | A Birder's Guide to Everything | Lawrence Konrad | ||
| 2013 | Walking with the Enemy | Regent Horthy | ||
| 2013 | The Physician | Ibn Sina | ||
| 2013 | A Common Man | The Man | ||
| 2012 | A Therapy | Therapist | Short film | |
| 2012 | The Dictator | Tamir | ||
| 2012 | It Is No Dream | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Georges Méliès | ||
| 2011 | The Desert of Forbidden Art | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2010 | Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | Nizam | ||
| 2010 | Teen Patti | Perci Trachtenberg | ||
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Dr. John Cawley | ||
| 2010 | Fable III | Sabine | Voice role Credited as Sir Ben Kingsley | |
| 2010 | 1001 inventions and the library of secrets | The Librarian | Short Educational Film | |
| 2009 | Noah's Ark: The New Beginning | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2009 | Journey to Mecca | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2008 | The Love Guru | Guru Tugginmypudha | ||
| 2008 | Transsiberian | Grinko | ||
| 2008 | The Wackness | Dr. Squires | ||
| 2008 | War, Inc | Walken | ||
| 2008 | The Children | English | ||
| 2008 | Fifty Dead Men Walking | Fergus | ||
| 2008 | Elegy | David Kepesh | ||
| 2008 | China's Stolen Children | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 2007 | The Last Legion | Ambrosinus | ||
| 2007 | You Kill Me | Frank Falenczyk | ||
| 2007 | The Ten Commandments | Narrator | Voice | |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | The Rabbi | ||
| 2005 | Oliver Twist | Fagin | ||
| 2005 | BloodRayne | Kagan | ||
| 2005 | A Sound of Thunder | Charles Hatton | ||
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | "The Hood" | ||
| 2004 | Suspect Zero | Benjamin O'Ryan | ||
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness | English | ||
| 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Massoud Behrani | ||
| 2002 | Tuck Everlasting | Man in the Yellow Suit | ||
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Specialist | Voice | |
| 2001 | Triumph of Love | Hermocrates | ||
| 2000 | Spooky House | The Great Zamboni | ||
| 2000 | Sexy Beast | Don Logan | ||
| 2000 | Rules of Engagement | Ambassador Mourain | ||
| 2000 | What Planet Are You From? | Graydon | ||
| 2000 | Islam: Empire of Faith | Narrator | Voice; Documentary | |
| 1999 | The Confession | Harry Fertig | ||
| 1999 | Parting Shots | Renzo Locatelli | ||
| 1999 | CNN Millennium | Narrator | ||
| 1997 | The Assignment | Amos | ||
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | Minister Templeton | ||
| 1996 | Twelfth Night | Feste | ||
| 1995 | Species | Xavier Fitch | ||
| 1995 | Kiyeko and the Lost Night | Storyteller | Voice role | |
| 1994 | Death and the Maiden | Dr. Roberto Miranda | ||
| 1993 | Searching for Bobby Fischer | Bruce Pandolfini | ||
| 1993 | Schindler's List | Itzhak Stern | ||
| 1993 | Dave | Vice-President Gary Nance | ||
| 1992 | Sneakers | Cosmo | ||
| 1992 | Freddie as F.R.O.7 | Freddie the Frog | Voice | |
| 1991 | Necessary Love | Ernesto | ||
| 1991 | Bugsy | Meyer Lansky | ||
| 1990 | The 5th Monkey | Cunda | ||
| 1990 | Romeo.Juliet | English | ||
| 1990 | A Violent Life | Governor | ||
| 1989 | Slipstream | Avatar | ||
| 1988 | Without a Clue | Dr. John Watson | ||
| 1988 | Pascali's Island | Basil Pascali | ||
| 1988 | Testimony, The Story of Shostakovich | Dmitri Shostakovich | ||
| 1987 | Testimony | English | ||
| 1987 | Maurice | Lasker-Jones | ||
| 1986 | Turtle Diary | William Snow | ||
| 1985 | Harem | Selim | ||
| 1985 | Silas Marner | Silas Marner | ||
| 1983 | Betrayal | Robert | ||
| 1982 | Gandhi | Mahatma Gandhi | ||
| 1973 | Hard Labour | English | ||
| 1972 | Fear Is the Key | Royale |
Television and streaming
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | The White Lotus | TBA | Upcoming | |
| 2026 | Wonder Man | Trevor Slattery | 7 episodes | |
| 2026 | The Old Stories: Moses | Moses | 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Schindler: The Real Story | Narrator | Voice Documentary | |
| 2019 | Perpetual Grace, LTD | Pastor Byron Brown | 10 episodes | |
| 2018 | Watership Down | General Woundwort | Voice 4 episodes | |
| 2018 | All or Nothing: Manchester City | Narrator | Voice Docuseries | |
| 2015 | Tut | Ay | 3 episodes | |
| 2005 | Mrs. Harris | Herman Tarnower | Television film | |
| 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Otto Frank | 2 episodes | |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland | Major Caterpillar | Television film | |
| 1998 | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Sweeney Todd | Television film | |
| 1998 | Crime and Punishment | Porfiry | Television film | |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Julian Messenger | Television film | |
| 1995 | Moses | Moses | Television film | |
| 1995 | Joseph | Potiphar | Television film | |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends | Pericles | Television film | |
| 1989 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Simon Wiesenthal | Television film | |
| 1988 | The Secret of the Sahara | Sholomon | 4 episodes | |
| 1988 | Lenin: The Train | Lenin | Television film | |
| 1986 | Stanley's Vision | Stanley Spencer | Television film | |
| 1984 | Camille | Duval | Television film | |
| 1984 | Oxbridge Blues | Geoff Craven | Episode: "Sleeps Six" | |
| 1983 | Kean | Edmund Kean | Television film | |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Frank Ford | Television film |
Show all 38 titles
| Year | Title | Role | Where | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | BBC2 Playhouse | Ivanov Robert Cibrario | 2 episodes | |
| 1977 | Velvet Glove | Chakravarti | Episode: "The Warrior's Return" | |
| 1976 | Dickens of London | Dr. John Elliotson | 2 episodes | |
| 1976 | Crown Court | Jeremy Leigh | 5 episodes | |
| 1975 | The Love School | Rosetti | 5 episodes | |
| 1974 | Antony and Cleopatra | Thidias | Television film | |
| 1973 | Wessex Tales | Lord Uplandtowers | Episode: "Barbara of the House of Grebe" | |
| 1973 | The Adventurer | Pierre | Episode: "The Good Book" | |
| 1973 | Play for Today | Naseem | Episode: "Hard Labour" | |
| 1973 | Full House | "A Misfortune" Cast Member | Episode: "13 January 1973" | |
| 1966 | Pardon the Expression | Roy | Episode: "The Switched-On Scene" | |
| 1966 | Orlando | Peter Batterby | 6 episodes | |
| 1966 | Coronation Street | Ron Jenkins | 5 episodes |