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Biography

By origin half-Indian and half-European, Ben was born and brought up in the north of England. His father, Dr Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, who was…more

Born

12/31/1943, Snaiton, North Yorkshire, England

Birth Name

Krishna Bhanji

Gender

Male

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- Dickens of London
  Dr John Elliotson
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- The Love School
  Dante Gabriel Rossetti
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Artisan
    2/26/75
  - S 1: Ep 5 Beata Beatrix
    2/19/75
  - S 1: Ep 4 Remember Me
    2/12/75
  - S 1: Ep 2 An Impeccable Elopement
    1/29/75
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Brotherhood
    1/22/75
Guest Star (34)

Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 76 Ben Kingsley/Morena Baccarin
    12/13/11
  - S 6: Ep 158 Ben Kingsley/Court Yard Hounds
    5/21/10
  - S 4: Ep 180 Ben Kingsley/Idina Manzel
    8/14/08
  - S 4: Ep 54 Ben Kingsley/Laura Prepon/Lupe Fiasco
    1/14/08
  - S 3: Ep 168 Ben Kingsley/Mary McCormack/Jesse Malin
    6/21/07
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- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 22: Ep 108 February 18, 2010
    2/18/10
  - S 20: Ep 199 July 7, 2008
    7/7/08
  - S 4: Ep 81 December 23, 1991
    12/23/91
- The One Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 70 Friday 10th April 2009
    4/10/09
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 1 August 25, 2008
    8/25/08
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Self
  - S 4: Ep 159 Ben Kingsley/Popovich Comedy Pet Theater
    7/16/08
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 15: Ep 132 Show #2939
    6/12/08
- VH1's Top 20 Countdown
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 8 February 23, 2008
    2/23/08
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 33 October 17, 2007
    10/17/07
- The Sopranos
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 7 Luxury Lounge
    4/23/06
- Martha
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 124 Sir Ben Kingsley & Josh Turner
    3/24/06
- Coming Attractions
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 27 Anacondas; A Sound of Thunder; The Spongebob Squarepants Movie; Closer
    8/12/04
  - S 5: Ep 25 Special 'Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle' Edition
    7/29/04
  - S 5: Ep 12 Anacondas; Breakin' All The Rules; Thunderbirds; White Chicks
    5/6/04
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 11 Ben Kingsley, Rosa Blasi, and Jet
    7/26/04
  - S 4: Ep 158 Ben Kingsley
    3/12/02
- GMTV Today
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 145 Monday 19th July
    7/19/04
- Shootout
  Self
  - S 1: Ep 20 Oscars 2004
    2/29/04
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 76: Ep 1 The 76th Annual Academy Awards
    2/29/04
  - S 75: Ep 1 The 75th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/03
  - S 70: Ep 1 The 70th Annual Academy Awards
    3/23/98
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
  - S 55: Ep 1 The 55th Annual Academy Awards
    4/11/83
- Shootout
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 15 Ben Kingsley
    1/25/04
- The View
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 83 Kingsley/Connelly
    12/29/03
- Inside the Actors Studio
  Guest
  - S 8: Ep 10 Sir Ben Kingsley
    4/28/02
- The View
  Guest
  - S 5: Ep 62 April 16, 2002
    4/16/02
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- Rove Live
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 26 August 14, 2001 - Is Elvis really dead
    8/14/01
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 187 Show #999
    6/13/01
- TFI Friday
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 4 Ben Kingsley, Uri Geller, Mehgan Heaney-Grier, Ash, Morcheeba, Edwyn Collins.
    10/3/97
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 47: Ep 1 The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/10/95
- Masterpiece Theatre
  Silas Marner
  - S 16: Ep 22 Silas Marner
    3/15/87
- Oxbridge Blues
  Geoff Craven
  - S 1: Ep 7 Sleeps Six
    12/19/84
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Duval
  - S 34: Ep 1 Camille
    12/11/84
- BBC Television Shakespeare
  Frank Ford
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Merry Wives of Windsor
    12/28/82
- The Adventurer
  Pierre
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Good Book
    3/29/74
- Wessex Tales
  Lord Uplandtowers
  - S 1: Ep 6 Barbara of the House of Grebe
    12/12/73
- Play for Today
  Naseem
  - S 3: Ep 20 Hard Labour
    3/12/73
- Six Women
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Warrior's Return
- Dancers
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 Feel Free
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Role
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
  Stanley Wilson
  - S 6: Ep 166 Jennifer Tilly/Ed Alonzo
    6/4/10

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- Ben has been nominated for four SAG awards. In 1999 he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for The Tale of Sweeney Todd. In 2002 he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Sexy Beast. In 2002 he won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries for Anne Frank:The Whole Story. In 2004 he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for The House of Sand and Fog.
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- For the movie, The Wackness, 63-year-old Sir Ben Kingsley was required to passionately kiss 21-year-old Mary-Kate Olsen.
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- Ben provided narration for the movie A.I Intelligence.
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- Ben: People think if you play a man like Gandhi, somehow it rubs off on you. They were convinced I must have evolved spiritually when I did that film. I didn't. I worked my socks off, learned my lines, lost a lot a lot of weight and acquired probably the most eccentric set of mannerisms ever seen on screen. I had no time to evolve spiritually.
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- Ben: That screenplay reads like a poem. The camera in that film is a witness to what's going on. There is no acting in Schindler's List'. It's all behaviour. The actors allowed the camera to film the behaviour under terrible circumstances. It taught me that the camera does not like acting. The camera is only interested in filming behaviour. So you damn well learn your lines until you know them inside out, while standing on your head!.
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- Ben (speaking about the Holocaust): It's like a big, hulking monster squatting in the middle of our history and it won't go away.
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