Ben Kingsley

**Ben Kingsley** (født **Krishna Pandit Bhanji** 31. desember 1943 i Snainton i North Riding of Yorkshire) er en britisk skuespiller. Han er kjent for rollen som Mahatma Gandhi i filmen *[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]* (1982), som han vant en Oscar for beste mannlige hovedrolle for. 

Kingsley er kjent for å ha spilt i filmer som *[[Schindlers liste]]* (1993), *[[Sexy Beast]]* (2000), *[[Lucky Number Slevin]]* (2006), *[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]* (2010), *[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]* (2010), *[[Hugo Cabret]]* (2011) og *[[Iron Man 3]]* (2013).

Kingsley ble utnevnt til Knight Bachelor i 2002. Han fikk en stjerne på Hollywood Walk of Fame i 2010.  Han ble også hedret med den indiske utmerkelsen Padma Shri for sin innsats. Han ble adlet (knight) i 2001. Kingsleys far var en lege fra Gujarat (India) og moren var britisk. Kingsley endret navn i 1967 da han begynte karrieren som skuespiller. 

## Filmografi
* 1972: *[[Frykten er mitt våpen (film)|Frykten er mitt våpen]]* 
* 1973: *[[Hard Labour (film)|Hard Labour]]* – Naseem
* 1982: *[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]* – Mohandas Gandhi 
* 1983: *[[Betrayal (film fra 1983)|Betrayal]]* – Robert
* 1984: *[[Oxbridge Blues]]* – Geoff Craven
* 1985: *[[Silas Marner]]: The Weaver of Raveloe* – Silas Marner 
* 1985: *[[Harem (film)|Harem]]* – Selim
* 1986: *[[Turtle Diary]]* – William Snow
* 1987: **' – Sholomon
* 1987: ''[[Maurice (film)|Maurice]]'' – Lasker-Jones
* 1988: ''[[Pascali's Island (film)|Pascali's Island]]'' – Basil Pascali
* 1988: ''[[Without a Clue]]'' – Dr. John Watson
* 1988: ''[[Testimony (film)|Testimony&nbsp;— The Story of Shostakovich]]'' – [[Dmitrij Sjostakovitsj]] 
* 1989: ''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' – [[Simon Wiesenthal]] 
* 1990: **' – Cunda
* 1991: *[[Bugsy]]* – Meyer Lansky 
* 1992: *[[Sneakers (film)|Sneakers]]* – Cosmo
* 1992: *[[Freddie as F.R.O.7]]* – frosken Freddie
* 1993: *[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]* – Bruce Pandolfini 
* 1993: *[[Dave]]* – visepresident Gary Nance
* 1993: *[[Schindlers liste]]* – Itzhak Stern 
* 1994: *[[Death and the Maiden (film fra 1994)|Death and the Maiden]]* – dr. Roberto Miranda
* 1995: *[[Species (film)|Species]]* – Xavier Fitch
* 1995: *[[Joseph (film)|Joseph]]* – Potifar 
* 1995: *[[Moses (film)|Moses]]* – Moses 
* 1996: *[[Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (film fra 1996)|Twelfth Night]]* – Feste 
* 1997: *[[Weapons of Mass Distraction]]* – Julian Messenger
* 1997: **' – Amos
* 1997: ''[[Photographing Fairies]]'' – Templeton, prest
* 1998: **' – Sweeney Todd
* 1999: *[[Alice in Wonderland (film fra 1999)|Alice in Wonderland]]* – major Caterpillar
* 1999: **' – Harry Fertig
* 2000: ''[[What Planet Are You From?]]'' – Graydon
* 2000: ''[[Rules of Engagement (film)|Rules of Engagement]]'' – ambassador Mourain
* 2000: **' – forteller
* 2000: *[[Sexy Beast]]* – Don Logan
* 2001: *[[Anne Frank: The Whole Story]]* – Otto Frank 
* 2001: *[[A.I.: kunstig intelligens]]* – spesialist
* 2002: **' – Hermocrates
* 2002: ''[[Tuck Everlasting (film fra 2002)|Tuck Everlasting]]'' – mannen i gul dress
* 2003: ''[[House of Sand and Fog (film)|House of Sand and Fog]]'' – Massoud Behrani
* 2004: ''[[Thunderbirds (film)|Thunderbirds]]'' – «The Hood»
* 2004: ''[[Suspect Zero]]'' – Benjamin O'Ryan
* 2005: **' – Charles Hatton
* 2005: *[[Oliver Twist (film fra 2005)|Oliver Twist]]* – Fagin
* 2005: *[[Mrs. Harris (film)|Mrs. Harris]]* – Herman Tarnower
* 2005: *[[BloodRayne]]* – Kagan
* 2006: *[[Sopranos]]* – seg selv
* 2006: *[[Lucky Number Slevin]]* – rabbien
* 2007: *[[You Kill Me]]* – Frank Falenczyk
* 2007: **' – [[Merlin|Ambrosinus]]
* 2007: **' – forteller
* 2008: *[[Elegy (film)|Elegy]]* – David Kepesh
* 2008: *[[War, Inc.]]* – Walken
* 2008: **' – guru Tugginmypudha
* 2008: **' – dr. Squires
* 2008: *[[Transsiberian (film)|Transsiberian]]* – Grinko
* 2008: *China's Stolen Children* – forteller
* 2008: *[[Fifty Dead Men Walking]]* – Fergus
* 2009: *[[Noah's Ark: The New Beginning]]* – forteller
* 2009: *[[Journey to Mecca (film fra 2009|Journey to Mecca]]* – forteller
* 2010: *[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]* – dr. John Cawley
* 2010: *[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film)|Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]* – Nizam
* 2010: *Whispers Like Thunder* – visepresident Charles Curtis
* 2010: *[[Teen Patti (film)|Teen Patti]]* – Perci Trachtenberg
* 2011: *[[Hugo Cabret]]* – Georges Méliès
* 2011: *[[A Common Man]]* – A Common Man
* 2012: ** 
* 2013: *[[Iron Man 3]]* – The Mandarin
* 2014: *Exodus: Gods and Kings* – Nun, en slave
* 2014: *[[Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb]]* – Akhmenrah
* 2014: *All Hail the King* (kortfilm) – Trevor Slattery
* 2015: *[[Self/less]]* – Damian
* 2015: *[[Learning to Drive]]* – kjørelærer
* 2016: ''Jungelboken'' (animasjonsfilm) – Bagheera (stemmerolle)
* 2018: *All or Nothing: Manchester City* – forteller
* 2018: *[[Watership Down (film fra 2018)|Watership Down]]* (animasjonsfilm) – general Woundwort (stemmerolle)
* 2021: *[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]* – Trevor Slattery
* 2023: *[[The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film fra 2023)|The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar]]* 
* 2025: *[[Thursday Murder Club (film fra 2025)|Thursday Murder Club]]* – Arif
* 2026: *[[Wonder Man (TV-serie fra 2026)|Wonder Man]]* (TV-serie) – Trevor Slattery
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