Question: A Common Man is a 2013 American-Sri Lankan thriller film starring Ben Kingsley,  an English actor with a career spanning more than how many years?

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A Wednesday!: A Wednesday!  is a 2008 Indian thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey.  It stars Naseeruddin Shah and Anupam Kher.  Set between 2 pm and 6 pm on a Wednesday, the film depicts an about-to-retire police commissioner (Anupam Kher) narrating a sequence of events that unfolded on a particular Wednesday.  There does not exist any written record.  The awareness of the incident exists only in his mind and in those of several individuals who were involved, willingly and unwillingly, and how those events affected the lives of all the concerned people.  It was the inspiration for Tamil movie "Unnaipol Oruvan" , Telugu movie "Eeenadu", with Kamal Hassan in the role played by Naseeruddin Shah in the original and Mohanlal and Daggubati Venkatesh playing the role acted by Anupam Kher in the original in Tamil and Telugu respectively and also Hollywood movie A Common Man (film).  Directed by Chandran Rutnam with actor Ben Kingsley portraying the role played by Nasseruddin Shah and Ben Cross portraying the role played by Anupam Kher.

Spooky House: Spooky House is a 2002 American family film directed, co-produced and co-written by William Sachs, starring Ben Kingsley and Mercedes Ruehl.  It was entered into the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, winning two awards, "Best Of Fest" and the "Children's Jury Award".

Any Time Robbery: Any Time Robbery is a 2015 Sri Lankan Thriller film that was written and directed by Aashif Ahamed.  It stars Azam in a lead role.

Testimony (1988 film): Testimony: The Story of Shostakovich is a 1988 British musical drama film directed by Tony Palmer and starring Ben Kingsley, Sherry Baines and Robert Stephens.  The film is based on the memoirs of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) as dictated in the book "Testimony" (edited by Solomon Volkov, ISBN  ) and filmed in Panavision.  Some consider the book to be a fabrication.

Suspect Zero: Suspect Zero is a 2004 American psychological thriller film starring Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Carrie-Anne Moss.  The film, which was produced by Tom Cruise's co-owned company Cruise/Wagner Productions, was directed by E. Elias Merhige.  It was a box office bomb failing to earn half of its estimated $27 million production costs at the box office.

Abhaya (film): Abhaya (Odia: ଅଭୟ ) is an Odia thriller movie produced by Tarang Cine Productions.  Anubhav Mohanty and Elina Samantray are in the lead roles .  A story of a Common Man.  Some situations in life make us question ourselves and our society.  This is a story of a man who decided to find the answers of such questions.  This is a story of a common man doing uncommon things while facing uncommon situations. .  The movie is a remake of 2013 Tamil movie "Ivan Veramathiri".

Ben Kingsley: Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years.  He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.  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), "Twelfth Night" (1996), "Sexy Beast" (2000), "House of Sand and Fog" (2003), "Lucky Number Slevin" (2006), "Shutter Island" (2010), "" (2010), "Hugo" (2011), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "The Boxtrolls" (2014), and "The Jungle Book" (2016)

The 5th Monkey: The 5th Monkey is a 1990 drama film starring Ben Kingsley.  The film was directed and written by Eric Rochat; based on the novel "Le Cinquieme Singe" by Jacques Zibi.  The Cannon Group founder Menahem Golan produced via his 21st Century Film Corporation, following the demise of Cannon.

Trevor Slattery: Trevor Slattery is a character portrayed by Ben Kingsley in the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).  An actor hired to portray the legendary terrorist the Mandarin, he first appeared in the 2013 film "Iron Man 3".  General response to the character was mixed, with many comic fans criticizing the character and how his reveal affected the film's Mandarin portrayal, while others defended the twist as "brilliant" and "satisfying", noting its social commentary and how it avoided the racist caricature of the comics' Mandarin.  Kingsley reprised the role in "All Hail the King", a 2014 Marvel One-Shot short film also set in the MCU.

A Common Man (film): A Common Man is a 2013 American-Sri Lankan thriller film directed by Sri Lankan filmmaker Chandran Rutnam, starring Ben Kingsley and Ben Cross.  The film is inspired by the Indian film, "A Wednesday! " (2008).

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Answer: 40 years