Ben Kingsley Galleries 1

  Born Krishna Bhanji in Snaiton, northern England, in 1943, the boy who would become Ben Kingsley was raised in Salford by his physician father Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji and his fashion model mother Anna Lyna Mary. After being turned down by the prestigious London acting school RADA in 1965, Ben spent two years plying his trade in the English provinces before returning to London in 1967 on being invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Over the next two decades, he would go on to perform at both the Royal Court and the National Theatre. Despite his glittering stage career, however, Ben's passage into films was a slow one. It took another ten years before he landed a starring role in Gandhi, film on biopic of Indian independence leader Gandhi. As the film roles poured in, the actor still managed to balance a film career with a range of work on TV. Ben lives with his partner Kate Townsend and has three sons by his two previous marriages.

  Gambit (2006) (announced) .... Shabandar
Knights of Impossingworth Park (2005) (pre-production) .... Mr. Canbedone
Oskur Fishman (2005) (pre-production)
The Last Legion (2006) (post-production) .... Ambrosinus
Lucky Number Slevin (2006) .... Schlomo
BloodRayne (2005) .... Kagan
Mrs. Harris (2005) .... Dr. Herman Tarnower
Oliver Twist (2005) .... Fagin
A Sound of Thunder (2005) .... Charles Hatton
Suspect Zero (2004) .... Benjamin O'Ryan
Thunderbirds (2004) .... The Hood
House of Sand and Fog (2003) .... Behrani
Tuck Everlasting (2002) .... Man in the Yellow Suit
The Triumph of Love (2001) .... Hermocrates
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) (voice) .... Specialist
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV) .... Otto Frank
Sexy Beast (2000) .... Don Logan
Rules of Engagement (2000) .... Ambassador Mourain
What Planet Are You From? (2000) .... Graydon
Spooky House (2000) .... The Great Zamboni
Parting Shots (1999) .... Renzo Locatelli
Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) .... Major Caterpillar
The Confession (1999) .... Harry Fertig
A Force More Powerful (1999) (voice) .... Narrator
Crime and Punishment (1998/I) (TV) .... Porfiry
The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1998) (TV) .... Sweeney Todd
Photographing Fairies (1997) .... Reverend Templeton
The Assignment (1997/I) .... Amos
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV) .... Julian Messenger
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) .... Feste
Moses (1996) (TV) .... Moses
Species (1995) .... Xavier Fitch
Joseph (1995) (TV) .... Potiphar
Death and the Maiden (1994) .... Dr. Roberto Miranda
Schindler's List (1993) .... Itzhak Stern
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) .... Bruce Pandolfini
Dave (1993) .... Vice-President Nance
Sneakers (1992) .... Cosmo
Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice) .... Freddie
Bugsy (1991) .... Meyer Lansky
Amore necessario, L' (1991) .... Ernesto
The War That Never Ends (1991) (TV) .... Pericles
Quinto Macaco, O (1990) .... Cunda
Vita scellerata, Una (1990) .... Governor
Lenin: The Train (1990) (TV) .... Lenin
The Children (1990) .... Martin Boyne
Romeo-Juliet (1990) (voice) .... Father Capulet
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) (TV) .... Simon Wiesenthal
Slipstream (1989) .... Avatar (Wind Cult)
Testimony (1988) .... Dmitri Shostakovich
Without a Clue (1988) .... Dr. John Watson
Pascali's Island (1988) .... Basil Pascali
Maurice (1987) .... Lasker-Jones
"The Secret of the Sahara" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Sholomon
Stanley's Vision (1986) (TV) .... Stanley Spencer
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe (1985) (TV) .... Silas Marner
Harem (1985) .... Selim
Turtle Diary (1985) .... William Snow
Camille (1984) (TV) .... Duval
Betrayal (1983) .... Robert
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) (TV) .... Frank Ford
Gandhi (1982) .... Mohandas K. Gandhi
Kean (1982) (TV) .... Edmund Kean
Thank You Comrades (1978) (TV) .... Roberto Cibrario
"Dickens of London" (1976) (mini) TV Series .... Dr. John Elliotson
The Artisan (1975) (TV)
Beata Beatrix (1975) (TV)
Remember Me (1975) (TV)
An Impeccable Elopement (1975) (TV)
The Brotherhood (1975) (TV) .... Rossetti
Antony and Cleopatra (1974) (TV) .... Thidias
Barbara of the House of Grebe (1973) (TV) .... Lord Uplandtowers
Hard Labour (1973) (TV) .... Naseem
A Misfortune (1973) (TV)
Fear Is the Key (1972) .... Royale
"Coronation Street" (1960) TV Series .... Ron Jenkins (1966-1967)