# List of awards and nominations received by Ben Kingsley

This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Ben Kingsley
Sir Ben Kingsley is an English actor who has received and been nominated for numerous accolades through his career, which include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award. In 2002 he was made a Knight by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the British film industry. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and the Britannia Award in 2013.
Kingsley received the Academy Award for Best Actor for the title role in the biographical epic drama Gandhi (1982). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Bugsy (1991), Sexy Beast (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Gandhi (1982). Kingsley received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993).
For his television roles he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Simon Wiesenthal in the HBO film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), Potiphar in the TNT miniseries Joseph (1995), Otto Frank in the ABC miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Herman Tarnower in the HBO film Mrs. Harris (2005). He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his role as Otto Frank in Anne Frank: The Whole Story and received nominations for playing Sweeney Todd in the television film The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997), and Ay, the Grand Vizier in the Spike miniseries Tut (2015).
For his work in the theatre, Kingsley received Laurence Olivier Award nominations for the Best Comedy Performance for his role in the revival of William Shakespeare's comedic play The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980) and the Actor of the Year in a New Play for his role as Edmund Kean in the Raymund Fitzsimons one character play Kean (1983) on the West End. Kingsley reprised the role on Broadway.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1982 | Best Actor | Gandhi | Won |
| 1991 | Best Supporting Actor | Bugsy | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Supporting Actor | Sexy Beast | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Actor | House of Sand and Fog | Nominated |

### BAFTA Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| British Academy Film Awards |||||
| 1983 | Best Actor | Gandhi | Won |
| 1983 | Most Promising Newcomer | Gandhi | Won |
| 1994 | Best Supporting Actor | Schindler's List | Nominated |
| British Academy Television Awards |||||
| 1986 | Best Actor | Silas Marner | Nominated |

### Emmy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| Primetime Emmy Awards |||||
| 1989 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Nominated |
| 1995 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Joseph | Nominated |
| 2001 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Nominated |
| 2006 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1982 | New Star of the Year – Actor | Gandhi | Won |
| 1982 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | Gandhi | Won |
| 1989 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Bugsy | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Sexy Beast | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama | House of Sand and Fog | Nominated |
| 2006 | Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film | Mrs. Harris | Nominated |

### Grammy Award

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1985 | Best Spoken Word Album | The Words Of Gandhi | Won | |
| 1995 | Best Spoken Word Album | Schindler's List | Nominated | |

### Laurence Olivier Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1980 | Comedy Performance of the Year | The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Nominated | |
| 1983 | Actor of the Year in a New Play | Kean | Nominated | |

### Screen Actors Guild Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1998 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | The Tale of Sweeney Todd | Nominated |
| 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Won | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role | Sexy Beast | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Outstanding Actor in a Leading Role | House of Sand and Fog | Nominated |
| 2015 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Tut | Nominated |

## Miscellaneous associations

Awards and nominations received by Ben Kingsley :
| Award | Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2004 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Actor | Runner-up |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2011 | Shutter Island | Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2012 | Hugo | Best Supporting Actor | Runner-up |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2007 | You Kill Me | Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest | Nominated |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 2008 | The Wackness | Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest | Won |
| American Film Institute Awards | 2001 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Actor of the Year – Male – TV Movie or Mini-Series | Nominated |
| Annie Awards | 2015 | The Boxtrolls | Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production | Won |
| Britannia Awards | 2013 | — | Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment | Won |
| British Independent Film Awards | 2001 | Sexy Beast | Best Actor | Won |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 2001 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| Capri Hollywood International Film Festival | 2011 | — | Capri Legend Award | Won |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2002 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 2004 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Actor | Nominated |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2002 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 2004 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Actor | Nominated |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2002 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | 2004 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Actor | Nominated |
| European Film Awards | 2001 | Sexy Beast | Best Actor | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 1983 | Gandhi Betrayal | Best Actor | Won |
| Evening Standard British Film Awards | 1994 | Schindler's List | Best Actor | Won |
| Goldene Kamera | 1990 | Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | Golden Camera Award | Won |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2007 | BloodRayne | Worst Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | 2009 | The Love Guru War, Inc. The Wackness | Worst Supporting Actor | Nominated |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 2004 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Male Lead | Nominated |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2001 | — | Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema | Won |
| National Board of Review | 1982 | — | Best Actor | Won |
| National Film Awards UK | 2016 | — | Global Contribution to Motion Picture | Nominated |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 1982 | The Words Of Gandhi | Best Actor | 2nd place |
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | 2002 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | 2nd place |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Sexy Beast | Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama | Won |
| Satellite Awards | 2002 | Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2006 | Mrs. Harris | Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film | Nominated |
| Satellite Awards | 2007 | You Kill Me | Best Actor—Motion Picture Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| Seville European Film Festival | 2009 | — | Honorary Award | Won |
| Teen Choice Awards | 2013 | Iron Man 3 | Choice Movie Villain | Nominated |
| Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | 2001 | Sexy Beast | Best Supporting Actor | Won |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 2003 | House of Sand and Fog | Best Actor | Nominated |