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Ben Kingsley
Age: 65
Height: 5' 8"
Birth Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Born: Dec. 31st, 1943
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Ben Kingsley's Main TV Roles
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- Was listed as a potential nominee on both the 2005 and 2006 Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category on the 2005 ballot for his role in the film _Thunderbirds (2004)_ (qv). And he was suggested again the next year in the Worst Supporting Actor category of the 2006 Razzie nominating ballot for his performance in the film _A Sound of Thunder (2005)_ (qv). He failed to receive either nomination. The very next year (2007) though, he got a Worst Supporting Actor Razzie Nomination for his performance in the film _BloodRayne (2005)_ (qv).
- Is of half Indian and half English descent. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born physician of Indian descent while his mother, Anna Lyna Mary Bhanji, was an English-born fashion model of Jewish-European extraction.
- Knighted by 'Queen Elizabeth II' (qv) in the New Year's Eve Honors List 2001.
- Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998
- 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).
- He has four children: Jasmine and 'Thomas Kingsley' (qv), with 'Angela Morant' (qv); and 'Edmund Kingsley' (qv) and 'Ferdinand Kingsley' (qv), with Alison Sutcliffe.
- Made his London stage debut in 1966 as the narrator of "A Smashing Day" produced by 'The Beatles' (qv) manager, 'Brian Epstein (I)' (qv). He wrote the music for the production as well as sang and played guitar for same. After one performance, 'John Lennon (I)' (qv) and 'Ringo Starr' (qv) came backstage and told him that he should go into music and that if he didn't, "he would regret it for the rest of his life." He was subsequently offered a deal by the same publishers who handled 'The Beatles' (qv), but he chose to remain an actor. The next year, he was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company and his choice was made.
- Married his fourth wife 'Daniela Lavender' (qv) at a country house in North Leigh in Oxfordshire in September 2007.
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