Ben Kingsley Biography

Ben Kingsley is one of the most accomplished actors of the last quarter century. Best known for his Oscar winning portrayal of Ghandi in 1982 Kingsley has never looked back since the overnight success the film brought him.
In 1982 actor and director Richard Attenborough selected Kingsley for the demanding title role in the epic Gandhi. The film swept the international awards that year earning the 39-year-old actor overnight success. Among the several awards he was honored with Kingsley won a Best Actor Oscar.
Adamantly refusing to recycle the same roles Kingsley spent the next decade playing a wide spectrum of characters. Among his more notable parts were an Arab potentate in Harem (1985) a born loser in Turtle Diary (also 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) and a suspected Nazi war criminal in Death and the Maiden (1994).
For his role as a manipulative criminal with a strong power for persuasion in Sexy Beast (2001) Kingsley earned both a Golden Globe nomination and a third Oscar nomination. His fourth Academy nod would come just 2 years later with his role as a proud Arab-American patriarch in The House of Sand and Fog. Along with the Best Actor Oscar nomination the role also netted Kingsley Golden Globe and Screen Actor's Guild nominations.

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