Ben Kingsley Highlights

  • 2008: Co-starred with Famke Janssen and Josh Peck in "The Wackness"
  • 2008: Co-starred opposite Penélope Cruz in "Elegy"
  • 2007: Played an alcoholic hit man in the dark comedy "You Kill Me"
  • 2006: Played 'The Rabbi' a crime boss after Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin"
  • 2006: Played famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris (Annette Bening) in the HBO movie, "Mrs. Harris"; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries
  • 2005: Cast as pickpocket kingpin Fagin in Roman Polanski's adaptation of "Oliver Twist"
  • 2004: Cast as The Hood in "Thunderbirds," which is based on the cult British television show from the 1960s
  • 2004: Starred opposite Aaron Eckhart in the thriller "Suspect Zero"
  • 2003: Portrayed an Iranian immigrant, opposite Jennifer Connelly in Vadim Perelman's "House of Sand and Fog"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead; also earned Golden Globe, SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Actor
  • 2002: Cast in the family drama, "Tuck Everlasting"
  • 2001: Co-starred with Fiona Shaw and Mira Sorvino in "The Triumph of Love"
  • 2001: Played Otto Frank in the ABC miniseries "Anne Frank"; received Emmy nomination
  • 2000: Delivered an acclaimed, scene-stealing turn as a British gangster in "Sexy Beast"; received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
  • 2000: Had supporting role in "What Planet Are You From?"
  • 2000: Appeared as the Yemeni ambassador in "Rules of Engagement"
  • 1999: Acted the part of Major Caterpillar in NBC's movie adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland"
  • 1998: Appeared in the NBC telefilm "Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'" as Magistrate Porfiry
  • 1998: Portrayed the titular Demon Barber in Showtime's "The Tale of Sweeney Todd"
  • 1997: Appeared as Estragon in a West End stage production of "Waiting for Godot"
  • 1997: Delivered uninspired turn as Mossad commander Amos in Christian Duguay's "The Assignment"
  • 1996: Played the title role in the TNT miniseries, "Moses"
  • 1995: Cast in the Emmy Award winning TNT miniseries, "Joseph"
  • 1994: Portrayed a physician who once tortured Sigourney Weaver in Roman Polanski's "Death and the Maiden"
  • 1993: Hired to provide advanced mentoring for the young chess prodigy of "Searching for Bobby Fischer"
  • 1993: Portrayed the trusted associate Itshak Stern to Liam Neeson's Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"
  • 1992: Delivered villainous turn as Cosmo in the high-tech thriller "Sneakers"
  • 1991: Narrated Showtime's "The Tiger and the Brahmin"
  • 1991: Earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his role as Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky in "Bugsy"
  • 1989: Essayed the title role of "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story" (HBO)
  • 1988: First American film, "Without a Clue" playing Dr. Watson to Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes
  • 1988: Acted opposite Helen Mirren in James Dearden's "Pascali's Island"
  • 1987: Starred as Russian composer Dimitri Shostokovitch in "Testimony"
  • 1987: Acted the part of a flaky hypnotist in James Ivory's "Maurice"
  • 1985: Offered outstanding turn in the title role of "Silas Marner" (broadcast in the US by Masterpiece Theatre)
  • 1985: Re-teamed with screenwriter Pinter (opposite Glenda Jackson) for John Irvin's "Turtle Diary"
  • 1984: First TV-movie, "Camille" (CBS)
  • 1984: Broadway debut in the one-man show "Edmund Kean"
  • 1983: Acted in the film version of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"
  • 1982: Breakthrough role as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film "Gandhi"
  • 1979: Originated the role of Squeers in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Nicholas Nickleby"; unable to reprise role on Broadway due to film commitments
  • 1977: Played Mosca in Peter Hall's production of Ben Jonson's "Volpone" for the Royal National Theatre
  • 1975: Appeared in the BBC series, "The Love School"
  • 1972: First small film role, "Fear is the Key"
  • 1970: Cast in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
  • 1967: Became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
  • 1966: Cast as Ron Jenkins on the British soap opera, "Coronation Street"
  • 1964: Turned down by RADA, accepted into the Children's Theatre
  • Moved to the Royal Court Theater in London in the early 1970s
  • Raised in Salford, England

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