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Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning seven 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 s…
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Born 31 December 1943 · Q173158
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Kingsley played Ibrahim Arif in a film adaptation of Richard Osman's multi-award-winning Thursday Murder Club series in an undisclosed role alongside Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Celia Imrie and Jonathan Pryce
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The Guardian: Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley set for film of Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club
The Guardian: Sir Ben Kingsley: ‘Any door that leads the younger generation to me is wonderful’
Kingsley was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of the University by the University of Buckingham
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The Guardian: Jules review – Ben Kingsley helps an alien in likably folksy twist on ET
The Guardian: Dalíland review – surrealist biopic paints Ben Kingsley into a corner
The Guardian: Dalíland review – Ben Kingsley pitch perfect as the spiky surrealist in artist drama
Kingsley reprised his role as Trevor Slattery in the film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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Narrated Amazon Prime's documentary All or Nothing: Manchester City which followed Manchester City's record breaking 2017–18 Premier League campaign
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Kingsley portrayed a Sikh driving instructor in the film Learning to Drive
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Kingsley appeared as the villain Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Iron Man 3 with Robert Downey Jr
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On stage in London alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hiddleston, Gemma Arterton, and Eddie Redmayne
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And received the Britannia Award in 2014
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Worked voicing a character named Sabine in the Lionhead Studios game Fable III and starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island (2010), directed by Martin Scorsese
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Kingsley awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Hull
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Kingsley appeared as a Polish American mobster in the Mafia comedy You Kill Me, and a hitman in War, Inc
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Having been "deeply, deeply shocked" after pictures of her kissing another man surfaced on the internet
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Portrayed Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani in the Vadim Perelman directed House of Sand and Fog acting opposite Jennifer Connelly and Shohreh Aghdashloo
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2002).
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For services to the British film industry
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Awarded Knight Bachelor (2001).
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Awarded Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for Sexy Beast (2001).
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Awarded British Independent Film Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film for Sexy Beast (2001).
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Awarded European Film Award for Best Actor for Sexy Beast (2001).
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Awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2000).
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Released album “Plague and the Moonflower”.
Kingsley provided a voice in the video game Ceremony of Innocence
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Kingsley starred alongside Sigourney Weaver in Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden, having previously acted with her in Dave
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"I'm not Jewish, and though there might be some Russian-Jewish heritage way back on my mother's side, the thread is so fine there's no real evidence
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Kingsley portrayed the Holocaust survivor Itzhak Stern alongside Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's historical drama film, Schindler's List
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Released album “Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King And I”.
Kingsley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the organised crime figure Meyer Lansky in Bugsy
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Released album “The Tiger and the Brahmin”.
Kingsley acted in the Merchant-Ivory costume drama Maurice
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Kingsley appeared in the John Irvin directed British drama Turtle Diary, which co-starred Glenda Jackson
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording (1984).
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Awarded Padma Shri in arts (1984).
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Kingsley won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording for The Words of Gandhi
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Gandhi (1983).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor for Gandhi (1983).
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Awarded London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year for Gandhi (1983).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for Gandhi (1983).
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Awarded National Board of Review Award for Best Actor for Gandhi (1982).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Gandhi (1982).
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Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor for Gandhi (1982).
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Awarded New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for Gandhi (1982).
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Awarded Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor for Gandhi (1981).
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Returned to Broadway playing the title role in the Raymond Fitzsimmons play Edmund Kean (1983)
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Starred as Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the historical drama The Love School and appeared in the TV miniseries Dickens of London the following year
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Played Thidias in a taped performance of the William Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra with the Royal Shakespeare Company
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Kingsley made his Broadway debut playing Demetrius in the revival of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream acting with Patrick Stewart, Frances de la Tour and Martin Best
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And spending the next 15 years appearing mainly on stage
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Kingsley was approached by music producer and manager Dick James
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Born 1943-12-31.
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