Sir Ben Kingsley
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Sir Ben Kingsley |
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Kingsley at Sundance UK Film Festival Reception 2012
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| Born |
Krishna Bhanji 31 December 1943 Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Angela Morant (m. 1966; div. 1976) Alison Sutcliffe (m. 1978–92) Alexandra Christmann (m. 2003; div. 2005) Daniela Lavender (m. 2007) |
| Children | 4; including Ferdinand Kingsley |
Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over 40 years. He has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Twelfth Night (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), and Iron Man 3 (2013).
Kingsley was made a Knight Bachelor at Buckingham Palace in 2002 for services to the British film industry. In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire. He is the son of Anna Lyna Mary (born Goodman; 1914–2010), an actress and model who appeared in films in the 1920s and 1930s, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (1914–1968), a medical doctor.
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