Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor 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 Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

Born to an English mother and an Indian Gujarati father with roots in Jamnagar, Kingsley began his career in theatre, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and spending the next 15 years appearing mainly on stage. His starring roles included productions of ''As You Like It'' (his West End debut for the company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1967), ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Richard III'', ''The Tempest'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''Hamlet'' and ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''. Also known for his television roles, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in ''Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story'' (1989), ''Joseph'' (1995), ''Anne Frank: The Whole Story'' (2001), and ''Mrs. Harris'' (2006).

In film, Kingsley is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's ''Gandhi'' (1982), for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He also appeared as Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's ''Schindler's List'' (1993), receiving a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Subsequent roles have included ''Maurice'' (1987), ''Bugsy'' (1990), ''Twelfth Night'' (1996), ''Sexy Beast'' (2000), ''House of Sand and Fog'' (2003), ''Elegy'' (2008), ''Shutter Island'' (2010), and ''Hugo'' (2011).

Kingsley played the character of Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in ''Iron Man 3'' (2013), ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings'' (2021), and the upcoming Disney+ series ''Wonder Man''. He also acted in the blockbusters ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010), ''Ender's Game'' (2013). Kingsley lent his voice to the films ''The Boxtrolls'' (2014), and ''The Jungle Book'' (2016). Provided by Wikipedia