Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/31/1943
Place of Birth
Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Ben Kingsley
Biography
Known For
Shutter Island
as Dr. Cawley
Iron Man 3
as Trevor Slattery
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Merenkahre
Schindler's List
as Itzhak Stern
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Trevor Slattery
William Tell
as King Albrecht
Sneakers
as Cosmo
The Dictator
as Tamir
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
as Specialist (voice)
Joseph
as Potifar
Night Hunter
as Cooper
The Jungle Book
as Bagheera (voice)
The Wackness
as Dr. Squires
Tuck Everlasting
as Man in the Yellow Suit
Hugo
as Georges Méliès
Security
as Charlie
Operation Finale
as Adolf Eichmann
The Thursday Murder Club
as Ibrahim
War Machine
as President Karzai
Thunderbirds
as The Hood
Career Timeline
2026
2025
2024
2023
2021
2019
2018
Watership Down
as General Woundwort (voice)
An Oral History of: Schindler's List
as Self (archive footage)
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
as Self
Inside the Operation
as Self
Who Killed British Cinema?
as Self
Intrigo: Death of an Author
as Henderson
Schindler's List: 25 Years Later
as Self
Operation Finale
as Adolf Eichmann
All or Nothing: Manchester City
as Narrator (voice)
Backstabbing for Beginners
as Pasha
2017
2016
2015
Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC
as Self (archive footage)
The Walk
as Papa Rudy
Knight of Cups
as Storyteller (voice)
Life
as Jack Warner
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Tut
as Ay
Self/less
as Damian
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse
as Drago (Voice)
Robot Overlords
as Robin Smythe
2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
as Merenkahre
Exodus: Gods and Kings
as Nun
Stonehearst Asylum
as Silas Lamb
The Boxtrolls
as Snatcher (voice)
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
as Self
Learning to Drive
as Darwan
Garfunkel and Oates
as Ben Kingsley
Walking with the Enemy
as Regent Miklos Horthy
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin
War Story
as Albert
2013
2012
It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl
as Narrator
Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard
as Self
A Therapy
as Therapist
The Dictator
as Tamir
Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'
as Self
The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'
as Self
The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès
as Self
Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime
as Self
2010
2008
2007
2006
C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia
as Self
The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel
as Self
Mais Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
Mrs. Harris
as Herman Tarnower
Lucky Number Slevin
as The Rabbi
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
Role unknown