Ben Kingsley

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Ben Kingsley (Sundance UK Film Festival Reception, 2012)

Sir Ben Kingsley , CBE (born December 31, 1943 in Scarborough , Yorkshire , England ; actually Krishna Pandit Bhanji ) is a British actor . He became world-famous for his title role in the epic film Gandhi , for which he was awarded the Oscar for Best Actor in 1983 .

Life

Youth and theater career

Kingsley grew up as Krishna Pandit Bhanji in Pendlebury near Manchester . His paternal grandfather was at the age of nine orphan and by a wealthy spice merchant in Zanzibar adopted . After the foster father's death , he took over the business and later moved to South Africa. Kingsley's father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was born in Kenya in 1914 and sent to England to study in 1927. When Kingsley's grandfather died two years later, the Aga Khan, as head of the Ismaili Muslim community , took over the costs of the education of his father, who later became a doctor in Manchester. Kingsley's mother, Anna Lyna Mary (née Goodman; 1914-2010) from England, was an actress and model.

Kingsley initially followed his father's career as a chemical laboratory technician , but at the same time joined an amateur drama troupe and finally gave in to his passion for the theater after he played Ian Holm as Richard III. at a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company .

Kingsley studied at the University of Salford and Pendleton College and played in first theater productions. After an unsuccessful audition, he took his stage name at the age of nineteen on the advice of his father, as he suspected that his Indian name would be disadvantaged. At the next audition under his English stage name he was successful.

The Beatles manager Brian Epstein became aware of Kingsley through the theater revue A Smashing Day . Kingsley wanted to continue to pursue acting. In 1967 he became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and played among the likes of Peter Hall and Peter Brook .

Movie and TV

In 1972 Kingsley played a supporting role in his first film Fear is the Key . For the next few years he was continuously seen in smaller roles on television, including one year in the soap opera Coronation Street .

Kingsley's international breakthrough came in 1982 with the title role in Sir Richard Attenborough's film Gandhi . For his performance as an actor he was awarded the BAFTA Award and the Oscar . He also won a Grammy for his recording of Gandhi speeches. In the 2001 documentary Ben Kingsley Talks About 'Gandhi' he talks about the difficulties of this role and the background to the film.

He played other important roles in, among others, Steven Spielberg 's Schindler's List and the Roman Polański films Death and the Maiden and Oliver Twist .

In 2010 he starred in Mike Newell's adventure film Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and in Martin Scorsese's psychological thriller Shutter Island , alongside Leonardo DiCaprio . In 2011, the film Hugo Cabret followed again, directed by Martin Scorsese , in which he played the film pioneer Georges Méliès alongside Asa Butterfield . In 2013, Der Medicus followed, and again alongside Asa Butterfield, the science fiction film Ender's Game - The Big Game .

In 2014, Kingsley was in the Bible adaptation Exodus: Gods and Kings and in the third part of the Night in the Museum trilogy, Night in the Museum: The Mysterious Tomb .

In 2019 he took on a leading role in the series Perpetual Grace, LTD .

His standard German dubbing voice was Peter Matić until his death in 2019 .

Private life

On August 3, 2007, Kingsley married the Brazilian actress Daniela Lavender, their fourth marriage. The celebration took place at Kingsley's home in Oxfordshire, England. He has four children, three sons and a daughter. His son Ferdinand is also an actor.

Ben Kingsley is a member of the Quakers .

Awards

Kingsley has received an Oscar , a Grammy , BAFTA , two Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild Award . At the 1985 Grammy Awards , he received the award for Best Spoken or Non-Music Recording for The Words of Gandhi .

His role as Meyer Lansky in Barry Levinson's gangster film Bugsy (1991) and his portrayal in the thriller comedy Sexy Beast (2002) earned him a nomination for the Oscar for best supporting actor, for the role of Massoud Amir Behrani in Vadim Perelman's House of Sand and Nebel (2003) he was nominated for best leading actor.

In 2000 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire and appointed in 2001 by Queen Elizabeth II. The Knights defeated.

In 2010, Kingsley received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles .

In 2013 he received the Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment from the BAFTAs .

His participation in Uwe Boll's trash film BloodRayne earned Kingsley a nomination for the anti-award Golden Raspberry .

Filmography (selection)

Ben Kingsley at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Ben Kingsley (1983)

Movie

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  • 1966: Pardon the Expression (TV series)
  • 1966: Orlando (TV series)
  • 1966–1967: Coronation Street (TV series)
  • 1973: A Misfortune
  • 1973: Hard Labor
  • 1973: Gene Bradley on a secret mission (TV series)
  • 1973: Full House (TV series)
  • 1973: Play for Today (TV series)
  • 1973: Wessex Tales (Miniseries)
  • 1974: Antony and Cleopatra
  • 1974: 2nd House (TV series)
  • 1975: The Brotherhood
  • 1976: Dickens of London
  • 1977: The Velvet Glove (TV series)
  • 1978: Thank You, Comrades
  • 1979: Crown Court (TV series)
  • 1979: BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
  • 1980: Vikings! (TV series)
  • 1982: Kean
  • 1982: The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • 1984: Oxbridge Blues
  • 1984: The Lady with the Camellias (Camille)
  • 1985: Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe
  • 1987: The Secret of the Sahara ( Il segreto del Sahara , television multipart)
  • 1988: The Train (Lenin: The Train; Quel treno per Pietrogrado; Un train pour Petrograd)
  • 1989: Right, Not Vengeance (Murders Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story)
  • 1991: The War That Never Ends
  • 1995: The Bible - Joseph (Joseph)
  • 1995: The Bible - Moses (Moses)
  • 1997: Weapons of Mass Distraction
  • 1998: The Tale of Sweeney Todd
  • 1998: Crime and Punishment
  • 1999: Alice in Wonderland (Alice in Wonderland)
  • 2001: Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Whole Story)
  • 2005: Mrs. Harris - murder in the best circles
  • 2006: The Sopranos (The Sopranos)
  • 2015: Tut - The Greatest Pharaoh of All Time ( Tut , miniseries)
  • 2017: War Machine

Awards

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  • 1984 Oxbridge Blues : CableACE Award nomination
  • 1985 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe : BAFTA Award nomination
  • 1989 Right, Not Revenge ( Murders Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story ): Emmy nomination, Golden Globe nomination
  • 1995 The Bible - Joseph ( Joseph ): Emmy nomination
  • 1998 The Tale of Sweeney Todd : Screen Actors Guild Award nomination
  • 2001 Anne Frank ( Anne Frank: The Whole Story ): AFI TV Award nomination, Emmy nomination, Golden Globe nomination, Satellite Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award
  • 2005 Mrs. Harris : Emmy Nomination, Golden Globe Nomination, Satellite Award Nomination

Web links

Commons : Ben Kingsley  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuart Husband: Sir Ben Kingsley: 'Without a mask, I haven't got a clue' . In: The Telegraph . April 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ Christoph Dallach: The actor Ben Kingsley, 66, about rhythm and the art of imitation . Interview in Kulturspiegel , issue 3/2010, February 22, 2010, accessed on April 5, 2017.
  3. ^ John Walsh: Sir Ben Kingsley: 'I was blessed by being a very popular child . From: independent.co.uk , March 6, 2010, accessed April 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ Ben Kingsley receives star in Hollywood . dpa article on Focus Online , May 28, 2010, accessed on April 5, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Kingsley, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bhanji, Krishna; Kingsley, Sir Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough , Yorkshire, England