The Ben Kingsley Handbook - Everything you need to know about Ben Kingsley

Harriet Pennell

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Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji (31 December 1943) is a British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

This book is your ultimate resource for Ben Kingsley. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career, Personal life and Filmography right away: Gandhi (film), Betrayal (1983 film), Oxbridge Blues, Silas Marner, Harem (film), Turtle Diary, Maurice (film), Pascali's Island (film), Without a Clue, The 5th Monkey, Bugsy, Sneakers (film), Freddie as F.R.O.7, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Dave (film), Schindler's List, Death and the Maiden (1994 film), Species (film), Joseph (film), Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996 film), Weapons of Mass Distraction, The Assignment (film), Photographing Fairies, The Tale of Sweeney Todd, Alice in Wonderland (1999 film), The Confession (1999 film), What Planet Are You From?, Rules of Engagement (film), Islam: Empire of Faith, Anne Frank: The Whole Story, The Triumph of Love, Tuck Everlasting (2002 film), House of Sand and Fog (film), Thunderbirds (film), Suspect Zero, A Sound of Thunder (film), Oliver Twist (2005 film), Mrs. Harris (film), BloodRayne (film), Luxury Lounge, Lucky Number Slevin, You Kill Me, The Last Legion, The Ten Commandments (2007 film), Elegy (film), War, Inc., The Love Guru, The Wackness, Transsiberian (film), Fifty Dead Men Walking, Noah's Ark: The New Beginning, Journey to Mecca (2009 film), Shutter Island (film), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film), Teen Patti (film), Hugo Cabret

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• Performing Arts
• Biography
• Entertainment
• Autobiography

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781486434718
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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Contents Articles Ben Kingsley Gandhi (film) Betrayal (1983 film) Oxbridge Blues Silas Marner Harem (film) Turtle Diary Maurice (film) Pascali's Island (film) Without a Clue The 5th Monkey Bugsy Sneakers (film) Freddie as F.R.O.7 Searching for Bobby Fischer Dave (film) Schindler's List Death and the Maiden (1994 film) Species (film) Joseph (film) Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996 film) Weapons of Mass Distraction The Assignment (film) Photographing Fairies The Tale of Sweeney Todd Alice in Wonderland (1999 film) The Confession (1999 film) What Planet Are You From? Rules of Engagement (film) Islam: Empire of Faith Anne Frank: The Whole Story The Triumph of Love Tuck Everlasting (2002 film) House of Sand and Fog (film)

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Thunderbirds (film) Suspect Zero A Sound of Thunder (film) Oliver Twist (2005 film) Mrs. Harris (film) BloodRayne (film) Luxury Lounge Lucky Number Slevin You Kill Me The Last Legion The Ten Commandments (2007 film) Elegy (film) War, Inc. The Love Guru The Wackness Transsiberian (film) Fifty Dead Men Walking Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Journey to Mecca (2009 film) Shutter Island (film) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) Teen Patti (film) Hugo Cabret References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors Article Licenses License

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Ben Kingsley Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

Kingsley at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Born Krishna Pandit Bhanji 31 December 1943 Snainton, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England Occupation Actor Years active 1966 – present Spouse Angela Morant (1966 – 1972) Alison Sutcliffe (1978 – 1992) Alexandra Christmann (2003–2005) Daniela Lavender (2007–present)

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji (Gujarati:ડ  તDecember 1943) is a); 31 British actor. He has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the filmGandhiin 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Early life [1] Kingsley was born Krishna in Snainton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of AnnaPandit Bhanji [2] Lyna Mary (née Goodman), an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor. Kingsley's father was born in Kenya of Gujarati Indian descent; Kingsley's paternal grandfather was a spice trader [3] [4] who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where Kingsley's father lived until moving to England at the age of 14. [5] Ben Kingsley's mother, born out of wedlock, was "loath to speak of her background"; she was the daughter of an [6] [7] [8] [9] English mother who worked in the garment district of East London, and a father who was a Russian Jew. [10]

Kingsley grew up in Pendlebury, near Salford. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, an independent [11] school in Manchester in north-west England, where one of his classmates was the actor Robert Powell. He later studied at the University of Salford and at Pendleton College, which later became home to the Ben Kingsley Theatre.

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Ben Kingsley Film and television career Kingsley began his acting career on stage, but made a transition to film roles early on. Despite this focus on film, he continued to act on the stage, playing Mosca in Peter Hall's 1977 production of Ben Jonson'sVolponefor the Royal National Theatre, and in Peter Brook's acclaimed production ofA Midsummer Night's Dream. At about this time, he [10] [12] changed his name from Krishna Bhanji to Ben Kingsley, fearing that a foreign name would hamper his career; [13] he took his stage surname from his paternal grandfather's nickname, "King Clove". Kingsley's first film role was a supporting turn inFear Is the Key, released in 1972. Kingsley continued starring in bit roles in both film and television, including a role as Ron Jenkins on the soap operaCoronation Streetfrom 1966 to 1967 and regular appearances as a defence counsel in the long-running British legal programmeCrown Court. In 1975 he starred as Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the BBCs historical dramaThe Love School. He found fame only years later, starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning filmGandhiin 1982, his best-known role to [10] date. The audience agreed with the critics, andGandhiwas a box-office success. Kingsley won the Academy [10] Award for Best Actor for his portrayal. Kingsley has since appeared in a variety of roles. His credits included the films Turtle Diary,Maurice,Pascali's Island,Without a Clue(as Dr. Watson alongside Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes),Suspect Zero,Bugsy, which led to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor,Sneakers,Dave,Searching for Bobby Fischer,Schindler's List,Silas Marner,Death and the Maiden,Sexy Beast, for which he received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, andHouse of Sand and Fog, which led to yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He won a Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001. In 1997, he provided voice talent for the video gameCeremony of Innocence. In July 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for his performance in the Kingsley at the 2008 Toronto made-for-TV filmMrs. Harris,in which he played famed cardiologist Herman International Film Festival Tarnower, who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris. Later that year, Kingsley appeared in an episode ofThe Sopranosentitled "Luxury Lounge", playing himself. In the show, Christopher Moltisanti and Carmine Lupertazzi offer him a role in the fictional slasher film "Cleaver", which he turns down. Lupertazzi offers him the role on the basis of Kingsley's real-life performance inSexy Beast. In 2007, Kingsley appeared as a Polish American mobster in the Mafia comedyYou Kill Me, and a Middle Eastern oil minister inWar, Inc.In 2010, Kingsley starred alongside Leonardo DiCaprio inShutter Island, directed by Martin Scorsese. He is also scheduled to appear in Scorsese's next filmHugo Cabret.

Kingsley's SBK-Pictures has been planning to bring the story of the Native American Conley Sisters to the big screen inWhispers Like Thunder, with Kingsley playing the role of Charles Curtis, the first part-Native American to [14] become vice-president of the United States.

Honours Kingsley was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000. He was made a knight [15] bachelor in the 2002 New Year's Honours (the award was announced on 31 December 2001, his 58th birthday). [16] His demand to be called 'Sir' was documented by the BBC, to some criticism. Since then, Kingsley appears to have altered his stance; credits for his latest films refer to him only as 'Ben Kingsley'. Penelope Cruz was unsure what to call him during the filming ofElegyas someone had told her she needed to refer to him as "Sir Ben". One [17] day it slipped out as such, and she called him that for the rest of the shoot.

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Ben Kingsley In 1984, he won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Nonmusical Recording forThe Words of Gandhi. He [18] was awarded the Indian civilian honor Padma Shri in 1985. [19] In May 2010, Kingsley was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Personal life Kingsley has been married four times and has four children: Thomas Bhanji and artist Jasmin Bhanji, with actress Angela Morant, and Edmund Kingsley and Ferdinand Kingsley, both of whom became actors, with theatrical director Alison Sutcliffe. In 2005, he divorced German-born Alexandra Christmann, having been "deeply, deeply [20] shocked" after pictures of her kissing another man surfaced on the internet. On 3 September 2007, Kingsley [21] married Daniela Lavender, a Brazilian actress, in North Leigh, Oxfordshire. [22] He currently lives in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England, where he has lived for more than ten years. Filmography Film Role Notes Year

1972Fear Is The Key

1982Gandhi

1983Betrayal

1984Oxbridge Blues

1985Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe Harem 1986Turtle Diary

1987The Secret of the Sahara Maurice 1988Pascali's Island Without a Clue

Testimony— The Story of Shostakovich

Mohandas Gandhi

Robert

Geoff Craven

Silas Marner

Selim William Snow

Sholomon Lasker-Jones Basil Pascali Dr. John Watson Dmitri Shostakovich

Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer BAFTA Award for Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor–Picture Drama Motion Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture - Male Kansas CityFilm Critics Circle Award for Best Actor London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

The film version of Harold Pinter'splay Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor

Episode: "Sleeps Six" Nominated—CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Series Nominated—British Academy Television Award for Best Actor

Screenplay by Harold Pinter

TV

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Ben Kingsley 1989Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

1990The 5th Monkey

1991Bugsy

1992Sneakers Freddie as F.R.O.7 1993Searching for Bobby Fischer Dave

Schindler's List

1994Death and the Maiden

1995Species Joseph

Moses 1996Twelfth Night

1997Weapons of Mass Distraction The Assignment Photographing Fairies 1998The Tale of Sweeney Todd

1999Alice in Wonderland The Confession 2000What Planet Are YOU From? Rules of Engagement

Islam: Empire of Faith

Simon Wiesenthal

Cunda

Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor– Miniseries or a Movie Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film

Meyer LanskyNominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture oCosm Freddie The FrogVoice Bruce Pandolfini Vice President Gary Nance Itzhak SternEvening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Dr. Roberto Miranda

Xavier Fitch Potiphar

Moses Feste

Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor–or a Movie Miniseries From the play by William Shakespeare

Julian MessengerTV Amos Minister Templeton Sweeney ToddTV Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Major CaterpillarTV Harry F gerti Graydon Ambas urainsador Mo

Narrator

Voice

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Ben Kingsley 2001Anne Frank: The Whole Story

Sexy Beast

AI: Artificial Intelligence 2002The Triumph of Love Tuck Everlasting

2003House of Sand and Fog

Otto Frank

Don Logan

Specialist Hermocrates

Man in the Yellow Suit Massoud Behrani

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated—American Film Institute TV Award for AFI Actor of the Year - Male - Movie or Mini-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor–or a Movie Miniseries Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor–or Miniseries Television Film

Boston Societyof Film Critics Award for Best SupportingActor British Independent Film Award for Best Actor Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor European Film Award for Best Actor Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor–Picture Motion Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance, Male Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor– Motion Picture Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Voice Marivaux's play

Phoenix Film Critics SocietyAward for Best Actor Nominated—AcademyAward for Best Actor Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor– Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor

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Ben Kingsley 2004Thunderbirds

Suspect Zero 2005A Sound of Thunder Oliver Twist Mrs. Harris

BloodRayne

2006The Sopranos

Lucky Number Slevin 2007You Kill Me

The Last Legion The Ten Commandments 2008Elegy

War, Inc.

The Love Guru

The Wackness

Transsiberian China's Stolen Children Fifty Dead Men Walking 2009Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Journey to Mecca 2010Shutter Island Prince ofPersia: The Sands of [23] Time

[24] Whispers Like Thunder

Teen Patti 2011 [25] Hugo Cabret [26] Taj

"The Hood"

Benjamin O'Ryan Charles Hatton Fagin Herman Tarnower

Kagan

Himself

The Rabbi Frank Falenczyk

Ambrosinus Narrator David Kepesh

loosely based on the super-marionation programme created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor–or a Movie Miniseries Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor– Miniseries or Television Film

Nominated—Golden RaspberryAward for Worst Supporting Actor

TV Season 6, Episode 72– "Luxury Lounge" Nominated—Prism Award for Best performance in a Feature Film Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor– MotionPicture Musical or Comedy Voice

Nominated—London Film Critics' Circle Award Best British Actor of the Year

WalkenNominated—Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor Guru TugginmypudhaNominated—Golden RaspberryAward for Worst Supporting Actor Dr. SquiresNominated—Golden RaspberryAward for Worst Supporting Actor Grinko NarratorVoice Fergus NarratorVoice

Narrator Dr. John Cawley Nizam

Vice President Charles Curtis Perci Trachtenberg Georges Méliès

Shah Jahan

Voice

pre-production

Filming

pre-production

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