Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Sexy Beast (2000), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), and Iron Man 3 (2013). In 2013 he received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles 'Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment'.Kingsley was knighted in 2002. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Ben Kingsley
Alias (AKA)Bhanji Krishna Pandit
Birth dateDecember 31, 1943
Birth nameKrishna Pandit Bhanji
Birth place
Snainton , North Riding of Yorkshire , Scarborough North Yorkshire
Children
Ferdinand Kingsley

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