TV   Movies   Cinemas   Western Lyrics   Indonesian Lyrics   Actors   Actresses   Bands   Female Singers   Male Singers   Groups   Radio Station     All About Bali   Useful Info   Company Info   Site Map   Advertise   Contact   Help   Home   - Home > Entertainment > Actors > Actors B > Ben Kingsley   Name : Ben Kingsley Real Name : Krishna Bhanji Height : 5' 8" (173 cm) Date of Birth : 31 December 1943 Place of Birth : Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK   Biography:   Partly English, East Indian, and South African, Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on 31 December 1943 in Yorkshire, England. Kingsley started out in amateur theatricals in Manchester before making his professional debut at age 23. In 1967, he made his first performance at the Aldwych theatre and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, devoting himself to stage work for the next 15 years. Kingsley caught the attention of American audiences in 1971, when he made his Broadway debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1982, he was selected to play Gandhi in the epic Gandhi. The film won numerous international awards and earned Kingsley overnight success. He won an Oscar for Best Actor among his other awards. Kingsley spent the next decade playing a wide variety of characters. Among his notable roles were an Arab emperor in Harem (1985), a loser in Turtle Diary (1985), a spy of little import in Pascali's Island (1988), an incorruptible American vice president in Dave (1992), New York gangster Meyer Lansky in Bugsy (1992), a Jewish bookkeeper in Schindler's List (1993), a suspected Nazi war criminal in Death and the Maiden (1994), and a good guy in the Species (1995). For his role as a manipulative criminal in Sexy Beast (2001), Kingsley earned both a Golden Globe nomination and a third Oscar nomination. Two years later, he earned his fourth Best Actor Oscar nomination for his role as an arrogant Arab-American patriarch in The House of Sand and Fog, as well as Golden Globe and Screen Actor's Guild nominations.   Filmography: 2006 BloodRayne 2006 Lucky Number Slevin 2006 The Last Legion 2005 Oliver Twist 2005 A Sound of Thunder 2005 Mrs. Harris 2004 Suspect Zero 2004 Thunderbirds 2003 House of Sand and Fog 2003 Unlikely Heroes 2002 Tuck Everlasting 2002 Spooky House 2001 The Triumph of Love 2001 A.I.: Artificial Intelligence 2001 Anne Frank 2000 Sexy Beast 2000 Rules of Engagement 1999 Alice in Wonderland 1999 The Confession 1998 Crime and Punishment 1998 The Tale of Sweeney Todd 1998 Parting Shots 1997 The Assignment 1997 Photographing Fairies 1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction 1996 Moses 1996 Twelfth Night 1995 Species 1995 Joseph 1994 Liberation 1994 Death and the Maiden 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 Schindler's List 1993 Dave 1992 Sneakers 1991 Last Images of War 1991 Bugsy 1991 L'Amore Necessario 1991 The Children 1990 Una Vita Scellerata 1990 Romeo - Juliet 1990 The Fifth Monkey 1989 Slipstream 1989 Il Segreto Del Sahara 1988 Pascali's Island 1988 Without a Clue 1987 Testimony 1987 Maurice 1985 Turtle Diary 1985 Silas Marner 1985 Harem 1984 Sleeps Six 1984 Camille 1983 Betrayal 1982 Gandhi 1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor 1973 Fear Is the Key   Awards: Academy Awards • 2003 Best Actor nominee (House of Sand and Fog) • 2001 Best Supporting Actor nominee (Sexy Beast) • 1991 Best Supporting Actor nominee (Bugsy) • 1982 Best Actor (Gandhi) British Academy Awards • 1991 Best Supporting Actor nominee (Bugsy) • 1982 Best Actor (Gandhi) European Film Academy • 2001 Best European Actor (Sexy Beast) Golden Globe • 2003 Best Actor - Drama (House of Sand and Fog) • 2001 Best Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture (Anne Frank) • 2001 Best Supporting Actor (Sexy Beast) • 1982 Best Actor - Drama (Gandhi) • 1982 New Star of the Year - Male (Gandhi)   Accommodation Life in Amed Bali Villa Pantulan Bali Villa Kanti Trading Carlo Showroom Ebone Designs Goddess Silks Sourcing For Living Travels Eco Dive Bali Gunung Leuser Trek Papua Adventures Premier Card Premier Options Jewelry Jean-François Fichot Art Galleries Antonius Kho I Madé Sumadiyasa Richard Winkler Sculpture by Filippos Tony Raka Art Gallery

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