Ben Kingsley

Career timeline

1. 1943 · Born

   Born in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

2. 1963 · Screen debut

   World in Action (TV)

3. 1993 · Breakthrough

   Schindler's List (Movie)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   Young Washington (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

5 1970s

3 1980s

12 1990s

15 2000s

29 2010s

14 2020s

• Drama40
• Adventure20
• Comedy20
• Action19
• Thriller18
• Fantasy14

Highest-rated title The Sopranos 1999 8.7 Most popular title Shutter Island 2010 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Ben Kingsley in our catalogue.

Richard Ayoade

3 titles together

Steven Zaillian

3 titles together

Ralph Fiennes

3 titles together

Sacha Baron Cohen

2 titles together

Jason Flemyng

2 titles together

Jake Curran

2 titles together

Aaron Eckhart

2 titles together

Benedict Cumberbatch

2 titles together

Steven Spielberg

2 titles together

1. 2027 Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Upcoming as (voice) Movie
2. 2026 Young Washington as Robert Dinwiddie 7.7 Movie
3. 2026 Deep Water as Rich 7.3 Movie
4. 2026 Desert Warrior as Emperor Kisra II 5.9 Movie
5. 2026 Wonder Man as Trevor Slattery 7.1 TV
6. 2025 The Thursday Murder Club as Ibrahim 6.6 Movie
7. 2025 The King of Kings as High Priest Caiaphas (voice) 8.3 Movie
8. 2025 William Tell as King Albrecht 6.2 Movie
9. 2024 The Killer's Game as Zvi Rabinowitz 6.4 Movie
10. 2023 Poison as Dr. Ganderbai 6.8 Movie
11. 2023 The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar as Imdad Khan / Croupier 7.3 Movie
12. 2023 Jules as Milton Robinson 7.1 Movie
13. 2021 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Trevor Slattery 7.5 Movie
14. 2021 Locked Down as Malcolm 5.2 Movie
15. 2021 Marvel Studios Legends as Trevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage) 7.4 TV
16. 2019 Night Hunter as Cooper 6.6 Movie
17. 2019 The Red Sea Diving Resort as Ethan Levin 6.8 Movie
18. 2019 Perpetual Grace LTD as Pastor Byron 'Pa' Brown 7.4 TV
19. 2018 Watership Down as General Woundwort (voice) 6.9 TV
20. 2018 Operation Finale as Adolf Eichmann 6.7 Movie
21. 2017 War Machine as President Karzai 5.6 Movie
22. 2017 Security as Charlie 6.3 Movie
23. 2016 Collide as Geran 5.6 Movie
24. 2016 The Jungle Book as Bagheera (voice) 6.9 Movie
25. 2015 The Walk as Papa Rudy 7.0 Movie
26. 2015 Knight of Cups as Storyteller (voice) 5.7 Movie
27. 2015 Life as Jack Warner 6.0 Movie
28. 2015 Tut as Ay 7.2 TV
29. 2015 Self/less as Damian 6.4 Movie
30. 2015 Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse as Drago (Voice) 5.4 Movie
31. 2015 Robot Overlords as Robin Smythe 4.8 Movie
32. 2014 Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb as Merenkahre 6.2 Movie
33. 2014 Exodus: Gods and Kings as Nun 5.9 Movie
34. 2014 Stonehearst Asylum as Silas Lamb 6.9 Movie
35. 2014 The Boxtrolls as Snatcher (voice) 6.7 Movie
36. 2014 Garfunkel and Oates as Ben Kingsley 6.9 TV
37. 2014 Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King as Trevor Slattery 6.8 Movie
38. 2013 The Physician as Ibn Sina 7.3 Movie
39. 2013 Ender's Game as Mazer Rackham 6.6 Movie
40. 2013 Iron Man 3 as Trevor Slattery 6.9 Movie
41. 2012 The Dictator as Tamir 6.3 Movie
42. 2011 Hugo as Georges Méliès 7.2 Movie
43. 2010 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as Nizam 6.3 Movie
44. 2010 Shutter Island as Dr. Cawley 8.2 Movie
45. 2008 Elegy as David Kepesh 6.3 Movie
46. 2008 The Love Guru as Guru Tugginmypuddha 4.1 Movie
47. 2008 TransSiberian as Grinko 6.4 Movie
48. 2007 The Last Legion as Ambrosinus 5.6 Movie
49. 2006 Lucky Number Slevin as The Rabbi 7.5 Movie
50. 2006 BloodRayne as Kagan 4.1 Movie
51. 2005 Oliver Twist as Fagin 6.8 Movie
52. 2005 A Sound of Thunder as Charles Hatton 4.9 Movie
53. 2004 Suspect Zero as Benjamin O'Ryan 5.6 Movie
54. 2004 Thunderbirds as The Hood 5.1 Movie
55. 2003 House of Sand and Fog as Behrani 7.1 Movie
56. 2002 Tuck Everlasting as Man in the Yellow Suit 6.7 Movie
57. 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence as Specialist (voice) 7.1 Movie
58. 2001 Sexy Beast as Don Logan 7.0 Movie
59. 2000 Rules of Engagement as Ambassador Mourain 6.3 Movie
60. 1999 Alice in Wonderland as Major Caterpillar 6.2 Movie
61. 1999 The Sopranos as Ben Kingsley 8.7 TV
62. 1997 HARDtalk TV
63. 1996 TFI Friday TV
64. 1995 Species as Xavier Fitch 6.0 Movie
65. 1995 Joseph as Potiphar 8.3 Movie
66. 1994 Death and the Maiden as Dr. Roberto Miranda 7.1 Movie
67. 1993 Schindler's List as Itzhak Stern 8.6 Movie
68. 1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer as Bruce Pandolfini 7.1 Movie
69. 1993 Dave as Vice-President Nance 6.7 Movie
70. 1992 Sneakers as Cosmo 6.9 Movie
71. 1991 Bugsy as Meyer Lansky 6.3 Movie
72. 1987 Dispatches TV
73. 1987 Maurice as Lasker-Jones 7.6 Movie
74. 1982 Gandhi as Mahatma Gandhi 7.6 Movie
75. 1978 The BBC Television Shakespeare as Frank Ford TV
76. 1974 Playhouse as Ivanov TV
77. 1972 Crown Court as Jeremy Leigh TV
78. 1972 Pebble Mill at One TV
79. 1972 The Adventurer as Pierre TV
80. 1963 World in Action as Re-enactment TV

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