Ben Kingsley Biography
Ben Kingsley is best known as Actor, Producer who has an estimated Net Worth of $60 Million. Won a Best Actor Academy Award for his role in the 1983 biopic Ghandi. He also played prominent roles in the films Schindler's List, Iron Man 3, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and Prince of Persia, The Sands of Time. He was born on December 31,1943, Snainton, England. His role as Don Logan in Sexy Beast was listed as one of the greatest roles of all time by Premiere Magazine. His real name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji, but he changed it to advance his acting career. He co-starred with Liam Neeson in Schindler's List. His mother, Anna Lyna Mary Goodman, was an actress and a model. He has three sons named Ferdinand, Edmund and Thomas and a daughter named Jasmin. His zodiac sign is Capricorn
Ben Kingsley Bio, Wiki
First Name | Ben |
Middle Name | Pandit |
Last Name | Kingsley |
Full Name at Birth | Krishna Pandit Bhanji |
Alternative Name | Krishna Pandit Bhanji, Sir Ben Kingsley |
Age | 76 years |
Birthday | 31st December, 1943 |
Birthplace | Snainton, Scarborough, North Riding Of Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
Height | 5' 8″ (173 cm) |
Build | Average |
Eye Color | Brown – Dark |
Hair Color | Grey |
Distinctive Feature | Bald head…, Goatee beard…, ''Chameleon-like British actor has proven he can play just about anyone: from Nazi war criminals to Jewish Holocaust survivors''…, Father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent…, Mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an ethnically British, English actress…, Often portrays sinister villains or sympathetic friends of the main character…, Performances which are often physically very reserved and yet vocally animated…, Rich, mellifluous voice and Shakespearean bearing…, On his ethnicity: ''”I'm not Jewish, and though there might be some Russian-Jewish heritage way back on my mother's side, the thread is so fine there's no real evidence''… |
Zodiac Sign | Capricorn |
Sexuality | Straight |
Religion | Christian |
Ethnicity | Multiracial |
Nationality | British |
High School | The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) in Manchester, England |
Occupation Text | Actor, Producer |
Occupation | Actor |
Claim to Fame | Gandhi |
Year(s) Active | 1966–present |
Pets | Angela Morant (m.1966 – div.1972) (2 children), Alison Sutcliffe (m.1 July 1978 – div.1 Feb 1992) (2 children), Alexandra Christmann (m.3 Oct 2003 – div.8 Feb 2005), Daniela Lavender (m.3 Sept 2007 – present) |
Ben Kingsley Dating, Wife, Girlfriends and Relationships
- Daniela Lavender and Ben Kingsley have been married for 12 years. They were dating for 2 years after getting together in 2005 and were married on 3rd Sep 2007.
- Ben Kingsley and Alexandra Christmann were married for 1 year. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 2002 and married on 3rd Oct 2003. 1 year later they divorced on 8th Feb 2005.
- Ben Kingsley and Alison Sutcliffe were married for 13 years. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1977 and married on 1st Jul 1978. 13 years later they divorced on 1st Feb 1992.
- Angela Morant and Ben Kingsley were married for 6 years. They dated for 1 year after getting together in 1965 and married in 1966. 6 years later they divorced in 1972.
- Daniela Barbosa and Ben Kingsley had a relationship.
Ben Kingsley Children
Name | Gender | Born | Age | Other Parent |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jasmin | Female | Angela Morant | ||
Thomas Alexis | Male | Angela Morant | ||
Edmund | Male | 5th July, 1982 | 38 years old | Alison Sutcliffe |
Ferdinand | Male | 1988 | 32 years old | Alison Sutcliffe |
Ben Kingsley Filmography
Film | Year | Character | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Spider in the Web | 2019 | Adereth | Movie |
Perpetual Grace, LTD | 2019 | Pastor Byron Brown | TV Show |
Operation Brothers | 2019 | Ethan Levin | Movie |
Backstabbing for Beginners | 2018 | Pasha Pasaris | Movie |
Operation Finale | 2018 | Adolph Eichmann | Movie |
Nomis | 2018 | Cooper | Movie |
Intrigo: Death of an Author | 2018 | Henderson | Movie |
An Ordinary Man | 2017 | The General | Movie |
War Machine | 2017 | President Karzai | Movie |
Security | 2017 | Charlie | Movie |
The Ottoman Lieutenant | 2017 | Woodruff | Movie |
Collide | 2016 | Geran | Movie |
The Jungle Book | 2016 | Bagheera (voice) | Movie |
Of Dogs and Men | 2016 | The Caller (voice) | Short Film |
Knight of Cups | 2015 | Movie | |
Self/less | 2015 | Damian | Movie |
Life | 2015 | Jack Warner | Movie |
Tut | 2015 | Ay | TV Show |
The Walk | 2015 | Papa Rudy | Movie |
The Boxtrolls | 2014 | Snatcher (voice) | Movie |
Exodus: Gods and Kings | 2014 | Nun | Movie |
Stonehearst Asylum | 2014 | Silas Lamb | Movie |
War Story | 2014 | Albert | Movie |
Robot Overlords | 2014 | Robin Smythe | Movie |
Night at the Museum 3 | 2014 | Merenkahre (Ahk's Father) | Movie |
Learning to Drive | 2014 | Darwan | Movie |
Iron Man Three | 2013 | Trevor Slattery | Movie |
A Birder's Guide to Everything | 2013 | Lawrence Konrad | Movie |
Walking with the Enemy | 2013 | Regent Miklos Horthy | Movie |
Ender's Game | 2013 | Mazer Rackham | Movie |
A Common Man | 2013 | The Man | Movie |
A Doll's House | 2013 | Dr. Rank | Movie |
The Physician | 2013 | Ibn Sina | Movie |
Noah | 2012 | Narrator (voice) | Movie |
The Dictator | 2012 | Tamir | Movie |
A Therapy | 2012 | Psychiatrist | Short Film |
Hugo | 2011 | Georges Méliès | Movie |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time | 2010 | Nizam | Movie |
Shutter Island | 2010 | Dr. Cawley | Movie |
Teen Patti | 2010 | Perci Trachtenberg | Movie |
Journey to Mecca | 2009 | Narrator | Movie |
Elegy | 2008 | David Kepesh | Movie |
Fifty Dead Men Walking | 2008 | Fergus | Movie |
The Love Guru | 2008 | Guru Tugginmypudha | Movie |
The Wackness | 2008 | Dr. Squires | Movie |
Transsiberian | 2008 | Grinko | Movie |
War, Inc. | 2008 | The Viceroy, Walken | Movie |
The Last Legion | 2007 | Ambrosinus, Merlin | Movie |
The Ten Commandments | 2007 | Narrator (voice) | Movie |
You Kill Me | 2007 | Frank Falenczyk | Movie |
Lucky Number Slevin | 2006 | The Rabbi (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | Movie |
A Sound of Thunder | 2005 | Charles Hatton (as Sir Ben Kingsley) | Movie |
BloodRayne | 2005 | Kagan | Movie |
Oliver Twist | 2005 | Fagin | Movie |
Mrs. Harris | 2005 | Herman Tarnower | TV Movie |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | Stanley Wilson | TV Show |
Behind the magic of Knights of Impossingworth Park | 2005 | Mr. Canbedone | Short Film |
Spooky House | 2004 | The Great Zamboni | Movie |
Suspect Zero | 2004 | Benjamin O'Ryan | Movie |
Thunderbirds | 2004 | The Hood | Movie |
House of Sand and Fog | 2003 | Behrani | Movie |
Tuck Everlasting | 2002 | Man in the Yellow Suit | Movie |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence | 2001 | Specialist (voice) | Movie |
The Triumph of Love | 2001 | Hermocrates | Movie |
Anne Frank: The Whole Story | 2001 | Otto Frank | TV Show |
Rules of Engagement | 2000 | Mourain | Movie |
Sexy Beast | 2000 | Don Logan | Movie |
What Planet Are You From? | 2000 | Graydon | Movie |
The Confession | 1999 | Harry Fertig | Movie |
Alice in Wonderland | 1999 | Major Caterpillar | TV Movie |
The Sopranos | 1999 | Ben Kingsley | TV Show |
Parting Shots | 1998 | Renzo Locatelli | Movie |
Crime and Punishment | 1998 | Porfiry | TV Movie |
Photographing Fairies | 1997 | Reverend Templeton | Movie |
The Assignment | 1997 | Amos | Movie |
The Tale of Sweeney Todd | 1997 | Sweeney Todd | TV Movie |
Weapons of Mass Distraction | 1997 | Julian Messenger | TV Movie |
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will | 1996 | Feste | Movie |
Species | 1995 | Xavier Fitch | Movie |
Joseph | 1995 | Potiphar | TV Show |
Moses | 1995 | Moses | TV Show |
Death and the Maiden | 1994 | Dr. Roberto Miranda | Movie |
Dave | 1993 | Vice-President Nance | Movie |
Schindler's List | 1993 | Itzhak Stern | Movie |
Searching for Bobby Fischer | 1993 | Bruce Pandolfini | Movie |
Freddie as F.R.O.7. | 1992 | Freddie (voice) | Movie |
Sneakers | 1992 | Cosmo | Movie |
Bugsy | 1991 | Meyer Lansky | Movie |
The War That Never Ends | 1991 | Pericles | TV Movie |
L'amore necessario | 1991 | Ernesto | Movie |
O Quinto Macaco | 1990 | Cunda | Movie |
Romeo.Juliet | 1990 | Father Capulet (voice) | Movie |
The Children | 1990 | Martin Boyne | Movie |
Una vita scellerata | 1990 | Governor | Movie |
Lenin: The Train | 1990 | Lenin | TV Movie |
Slipstream | 1989 | Avatar | Movie |
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | 1989 | Simon Wiesenthal | TV Movie |
Pascali's Island | 1988 | Basil Pascali | Movie |
Testimony | 1988 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Movie |
Without a Clue | 1988 | Dr. Watson | Movie |
Secret of the Sahara | 1988 | Sholomon | TV Show |
Maurice | 1987 | Lasker-Jones | Movie |
Harem | 1985 | Selim | Movie |
Turtle Diary | 1985 | William Snow | Movie |
Silas Marner | 1985 | Silas Marner | TV Movie |
Camille | 1984 | Duval | TV Movie |
Oxbridge Blues | 1984 | Geoff Craven | TV Show |
Betrayal | 1983 | Robert | Movie |
Gandhi | 1982 | Mahatma Gandhi | Movie |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | 1982 | Frank Ford | TV Movie |
Kean | 1982 | Edmund Kean | TV Movie |
Vikings! | 1980 | TV Show | |
The Velvet Glove | 1977 | Chakravarti | TV Show |
Dickens of London | 1976 | Dr. John Elliotson | TV Show |
The Love School | 1975 | Dante Gabriel Rossetti | TV Show |
Antony and Cleopatra | 1974 | Thidias | TV Movie |
BBC2 Playhouse | 1974 | Ivanov | TV Show |
2nd House | 1974 | Actor in Hello and Goodbye, Statements After An Arrest Under the Immorality Act | TV Show |
Wessex Tales | 1973 | Lord Uplandtowers | TV Show |
A Misfortune | 1973 | TV Movie | |
Fear Is the Key | 1972 | Royale | Movie |
Crown Court | 1972 | Jeremy Leigh | TV Show |
The Adventurer | 1972 | Pierre | TV Show |
Full House | 1972 | Actor in The Misfortune | TV Show |
Play for Today | 1970 | Naseem | TV Show |
Omnibus | 1967 | Edgar Allan Poe | TV Show |
Jackanory | 1965 | TV Show | |
Orlando | 1965 | Peter Batterby | TV Show |
Pardon the Expression | 1965 | Roy | TV Show |
Coronation Street | 1960 | Ron Jenkins | TV Show |
Thank You, Comrades | Roberto Cibrario | TV Movie | |
Wake | Movie | ||
Ich bin dann mal Charlie | Bernard Maris (rumored) | Movie | |
Watership Down | General Woundwort | TV Show | |
Cousin Bazilio | The Councillor | Movie | |
Dali Land | Salvador Dali | Movie | |
Long Gone Heroes | General Roman | Movie | |
The Last Planet | Movie |
Ben Kingsley Net Worth
Estimated Net Worth 2020 | $60 Million |
Income Source | Primary Income source Movie Actor (profession). |