Ben Kingsley
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 Nights 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 Attenboroughs 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 Spielbergs Schindlers List 1993 he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination He was Oscarnominated 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 ShangChi 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 Enders Game 2013 Kingsley lent his voice to the films The Boxtrolls 2014 and The Jungle Book 2016
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