Sir Ben Kingsley's Biography

Sir Ben Kingsley's Professional Career

Career

actor; associate artist RSC; patron and affiliated memb of many charitable organisations; Hon MA Univ of Salford 1984: Hon DLitt: Univ of Sussex, Univ of Hull; memb: BAFTA 1983, AMPAS; Padma Sri (India) 1986; Theatre incl: RSC 1967-86 (title roles incl Hamlet and Othello), Nat Theatre 1977-78 (leading roles incl Mosca in Volpone), Waiting for Godot (Old Vic) 1997; Film incl: Gandhi, Betrayal, Turtle Diary, Harem, Silas Marner, Maurice, Slipstream, Testimony, Pascali's Island, Without a Clue, Murderers Amongst Us, Fifth Monkey, The Children, Bugsy, Sneakers, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Dave, Schindler's List, Death and the Maiden, Species, Twelfth Night, The Assignment, Photographing Fairies, Sweeney Todd, Weapons of Mass Distraction, The Confession: Crime & Punishment, Alice in Wonderland, Spookey House, Sexy Beast, Rules of Engagement, What Planet are you From, The Triumph of Love, Anne Frank: The Whole Story, Artifical Intelligence: AI, Suspect Zero, Sound of Thunder, House of Sand and Fog, Thunderbirds, Oliver Twist, Last Legion, You Kill Me, Elegy, The Wackness, Transsiberian, War Inc, Love Guru, 50 Dead Men Walking, Shutter Island, Prince of Persia, Hugo; Awards incl: Oscar, BAFTA (twice), Golden Globe (twice), NY Critics', LA Critics', Grammy, Simon Wiesenthal Humanitarian, Berlin Golden Camera, Evening Standard Best Actor Award (for Schindler's List) 1995, European Film Acad Best Actor Award 2001, Br Ind Film Award for Best Actor 2001, Screen Actor's Guild Best Actor Award 2002, Broadcast Critics' Award for Best Actor 2002

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