• Name: Ben Kingsley
  
• Birth Name: Krishna Banji
  
• Height: 5'8"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: British
  
• Birth Date: December 31, 1943
  
• Birth Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Manchester Grammar School
  
• Husband/Wife: Alison Sutcliffe (married in 1978)
  
• Father: Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (Kenyan Asian doctor)
  
• Mother: Anna (actress)
  
• Claim to fame: as Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi (1982)
  

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• "The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen."
• Asked why he wants to become an actor: "To be seen and heard."

• Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival: Lifetime Achievement Award (2003)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SEXY BEAST (2002)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting, for SEXY BEAST (2002)
• Florida Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SEXY BEAST (2002)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Drama, SEXY BEAST (2002)
• Screen Actors Guild Award: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries, ANNE FRANK (2002)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries, ANNE FRANK: THE WHOLE STORY (2002)
• Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• British Independent Film Awards: Best Actor, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• San Diego Film Critics Society Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actor, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• Toronto Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Performance - Male, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• European Film Awards: Best Actor, SEXY BEAST (2001)
• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Special Prize for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema (2001)
• Evening Standard British Film Awards: Best Actor, SCHINDLER'S LIST (1995)
• Fantasporto: Special Career Award (1995)
• Giffoni Film Festival: François Truffaut Award (1995)
• Evening Standard British Film Awards: Best Actor, GANDHI (1984)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: Actor of the Year, GANDHI (1984)
• Academy Awards: Best Actor, GANDHI (1983)
• British Academy Award: Best Actor Leading, GANDHI (1983)
• British Academy Award: Best Newcomer, GANDHI (1983)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Drama, GANDHI (1983)
• Golden Globe Awards: New Star of the Year- Male, GANDHI (1983)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actor, GANDHI (1982)
• National Board of Review: Best Actor, GANDHI (1982)
• New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Best Actor, GANDHI (1982)

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