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Ben Kingsley

Ben KingsleyAKA Krishna Bhanji

Born: 31-Dec-1943
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Gandhi

Father: Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (physician, Kenyan-Indian, b. Hindu, now a Sikh)
Mother: Anna Lyna Mary Bhanji
Wife: Angela Morant (m. 1966, div. 1972, one son, one daughter)
Son: Thomas
Daughter: Jasmine
Wife: Alison Sutcliffe (m. 1978, div. 1992, two sons)
Son: Edmund Kingsley (b. 5-Jul-1982)
Son: Ferdinand
Wife: Alexandra Christmann (socialite, m. 3-Oct-2003, div. 2006)
Wife: Daniela Barbosa De Carneiro (actress, m. 3-Sep-2007)

    High School: Manchester Grammar School

    Oscar for Best Actor 1983 for Gandhi
    Golden Globe 1983 for Gandhi
    Knighthood 2001 (Queen's New Years Eve Honours List)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6801 Hollywood Blvd (27-May-2010)
    Indian Ancestry Paternal
    Russian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry Maternal

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Operation Finale (29-Aug-2018)
    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (11-May-2018) · Himself
    War Machine (26-May-2017)
    The Ottoman Lieutenant (10-Mar-2017)
    Security (4-Mar-2017)
    Collide (10-Jun-2016)
    The Jungle Book (4-Apr-2016) [VOICE]
    The Walk (26-Sep-2015)
    Self/less (10-Jul-2015)
    Knight of Cups (8-Feb-2015) [VOICE]
    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (17-Dec-2014)
    Exodus: Gods and Kings (3-Dec-2014)
    Learning to Drive (9-Sep-2014)
    The Boxtrolls (31-Aug-2014) [VOICE]
    Stonehearst Asylum (14-Jun-2014)
    The Physician (25-Dec-2013)
    Ender's Game (24-Oct-2013)
    Walking with the Enemy (13-Oct-2013)
    A Birder's Guide to Everything (21-Apr-2013)
    Iron Man 3 (18-Apr-2013)
    The Dictator (16-May-2012)
    Hugo (10-Oct-2011)
    Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny (20-Aug-2010) · Narrator [VOICE]
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (9-May-2010) · Nizam
    Shutter Island (13-Feb-2010) · Dr. Cawley
    The Desert of Forbidden Art (6-Feb-2010) [VOICE]
    Fifty Dead Men Walking (10-Sep-2008)
    The Love Guru (20-Jun-2008)
    War Inc. (28-Apr-2008) · Walken
    Elegy (10-Feb-2008) · David Kepesh
    The Wackness (18-Jan-2008) · Dr. Squires
    Transsiberian (18-Jan-2008) · Grinko
    The Ten Commandments (19-Oct-2007) · Narrator [VOICE]
    The Last Legion (19-Apr-2007)
    I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (11-Feb-2007) · Himself
    You Kill Me (9-Feb-2007) · Frank
    Lucky Number Slevin (24-Feb-2006)
    BloodRayne (23-Oct-2005) · Kagan
    Mrs. Harris (16-Sep-2005)
    Oliver Twist (11-Sep-2005) · Fagin
    A Sound of Thunder (15-May-2005) · Charles Hatton
    Suspect Zero (27-Aug-2004) · Benjamin O'Ryan
    Thunderbirds (14-Jul-2004)
    House of Sand and Fog (19-Dec-2003) · Behrani
    Tuck Everlasting (8-Sep-2002) · Man in the Yellow Suit
    Triumph of Love (6-Sep-2001)
    Artificial Intelligence: AI (26-Jun-2001) [VOICE]
    Sexy Beast (13-Jun-2001)
    Anne Frank: The Whole Story (20-May-2001)
    Rules of Engagement (31-Mar-2000)
    What Planet Are You From? (3-Mar-2000) · Graydon
    Spooky House (2000)
    Parting Shots (18-Mar-1999)
    Alice in Wonderland (28-Feb-1999) · Major Caterpillar
    The Confession (22-Jan-1999) · Harry Fertig
    Crime and Punishment (11-Oct-1998)
    The Tale of Sweeney Todd (19-Apr-1998)
    Photographing Fairies (19-Sep-1997)
    The Assignment (12-Sep-1997) · Amos
    Weapons of Mass Distraction (17-May-1997)
    Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (6-Sep-1996)
    Moses (7-Apr-1996)
    Species (7-Jul-1995) · Fitch
    Joseph (16-Apr-1995)
    Death and the Maiden (23-Dec-1994)
    Schindler's List (1-Dec-1993) · Itzhak Stern
    Searching for Bobby Fischer (11-Aug-1993) · Bruce Pandolfini
    Dave (7-May-1993)
    Sneakers (9-Sep-1992) · Cosmo
    Freddie as F.R.O.7 (14-Aug-1992) [VOICE]
    Bugsy (13-Dec-1991) · Meyer Lansky
    The Fifth Monkey (5-Oct-1990)
    The Children (18-May-1990)
    Slipstream (10-Feb-1989)
    Testimony (Nov-1988)
    Without a Clue (21-Oct-1988)
    Pascali's Island (22-Jul-1988)
    Maurice (15-Sep-1987)
    Silas Marner (30-Dec-1985)
    Harem (20-Nov-1985)
    Turtle Diary (10-Sep-1985)
    Camille (11-Dec-1984)
    Betrayal (19-Feb-1983)
    Gandhi (6-Dec-1982) · Mahatma Gandhi
    Fear Is the Key (1972)



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