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Ben Kingsley
Age
69
Birthday
Dec. 31st, 1943
Born in
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Height
5' 8"
Ben Kingsley's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2011 - Hugo Cabret2010 - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2010 - Teen Patti 2010 - Shutter Island 2008 - The Love Guru 2008 - War, Inc. 2008 - The Wackness 2008 - Transsiberian 2007 - The Ten Commandments 2007 - You Kill Me 2007 - I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal 2007 - The Last Legion 2006 - Lucky Number Slevin 2005 - A Sound of Thunder 2005 - Oliver Twist 2004 - Suspect Zero 2004 - Thunderbirds 2003 - House of Sand and Fog 2002 - Tuck Everlasting 2001 - Artificial Intelligence: AI 2000 - Rules of Engagement 2000 - What Planet are you from? 2000 - Sexy Beast 1999 - The Confession 1997 - The Assignment 1995 - Species 1994 - Death and the Maiden 1993 - Dave 1993 - Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 - Schindler's List 1992 - Sneakers 1991 - Bugsy 1989 - Slipstream 1988 - Without a Clue 1982 - Gandhi |
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TRIVIA:
- One of eight actors of Asian descent nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. The others are 'Miyoshi Umeki' (qv), 'Sessue Hayakawa' (qv), 'Mako (I)' (qv), 'Haing S. Ngor' (qv), 'Pat Morita' (qv), 'Ken Watanabe (I)' (qv), and 'Rinko Kikuchi' (qv).
- Knighted by 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv) in the New Year's Eve Honors List 2001.
- Derived his stage name from his grandfather's nickname, "Clove King." His grandfather was a spice trader in Zanzibar.
- Educated at Manchester Grammar School.
- He has four children: Jasmine and 'Thomas Kingsley' (qv), with 'Angela Morant' (qv); and 'Edmund Kingsley' (qv) and 'Ferdinand Kingsley' (qv), with Alison Sutcliffe.
- Has three films on the American Film Institute's 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time: _Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)_ (qv) at #96, _Gandhi (1982)_ (qv) at #29, and _Schindler's List (1993)_ (qv) at #3.
- Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998
- Was originally cast as Ephraim in _Munich (2005)_ (qv), but later had to withdraw from the project due to scheduling conflicts.

