Claim: Ben Kingsley has a job.

Sir Ben Kingsley -LRB- born Krishna Pandit Bhanji ; 31 December 1943 -RRB- 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 -LRB- 1993 -RRB- , Twelfth Night -LRB- 1996 -RRB- , Sexy Beast -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , Lucky Number Slevin -LRB- 2006 -RRB- , Shutter Island -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Prince of Persia : The Sands of Time -LRB- 2010 -RRB- , Hugo -LRB- 2011 -RRB- , and Iron Man 3 -LRB- 2013 -RRB- .   Kingsley was made a Knight Bachelor at Buckingham Palace in 2002 for services to the British film industry . In 2010 , he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . In 2013 , he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment .