Exuding an air of gravitas in whatever role he played, Academy-Award winner Sir Ben Kingsley made a... (Learn more)
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Ben Kingsley’s Milestones
| Moved to the Royal Court Theater in London in the early 1970s | |
| Raised in Salford, England | |
| 1964 | Turned down by RADA, accepted into the Children's Theatre |
| 1966 - 1967 | Cast as Ron Jenkins on the British soap opera, "Coronation Street" |
| 1967 | Became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) |
| 1970 | Cast in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 1972 | First small film role, "Fear is the Key" |
| 1975 | Appeared in the BBC series, "The Love School" |
| 1977 | Played Mosca in Peter Hall's production of Ben Jonson's "Volpone" for the Royal National Theatre |
| 1979 | Originated the role of Squeers in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Nicholas Nickleby"; unable to reprise role on Broadway due to film commitments |
| 1982 | Breakthrough role as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film "Gandhi" |
| 1983 | Acted in the film version of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" |
| 1984 | Broadway debut in the one-man show "Edmund Kean" |
| 1984 | First TV-movie, "Camille" (CBS) |
| 1985 | Offered outstanding turn in the title role of "Silas Marner" (broadcast in the US by Masterpiece Theatre) |
| 1985 | Re-teamed with screenwriter Pinter (opposite Glenda Jackson) for John Irvin's "Turtle Diary" |
| 1987 | Acted the part of a flaky hypnotist in James Ivory's "Maurice" |
| 1987 | Starred as Russian composer Dimitri Shostokovitch in "Testimony" |
| 1988 | Acted opposite Helen Mirren in James Dearden's "Pascali's Island" |
| 1988 | First American film, "Without a Clue" playing Dr. Watson to Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes |
| 1989 | Essayed the title role of "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story" (HBO) |
| 1991 | Earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his role as Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky in "Bugsy" |
| 1991 | Narrated Showtime's "The Tiger and the Brahmin" |
| 1992 | Delivered villainous turn as Cosmo in the high-tech thriller "Sneakers" |
| 1993 | Hired to provide advanced mentoring for the young chess prodigy of "Searching for Bobby Fischer" |
| 1993 | Portrayed the trusted associate Itshak Stern to Liam Neeson's Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" |
| 1994 | Portrayed a physician who once tortured Sigourney Weaver in Roman Polanski's "Death and the Maiden" |
| 1995 | Cast in the Emmy Award winning TNT miniseries, "Joseph" |
| 1996 | Played the title role in the TNT miniseries, "Moses" |
| 1997 | Appeared as Estragon in a West End stage production of "Waiting for Godot" |
| 1997 | Delivered uninspired turn as Mossad commander Amos in Christian Duguay's "The Assignment" |
| 1998 | Appeared in the NBC telefilm "Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'" as Magistrate Porfiry |
| 1998 | Portrayed the titular Demon Barber in Showtime's "The Tale of Sweeney Todd" |
| 1999 | Acted the part of Major Caterpillar in NBC's movie adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland" |
| 2000 | Appeared as the Yemeni ambassador in "Rules of Engagement" |
| 2000 | Delivered an acclaimed, scene-stealing turn as a British gangster in "Sexy Beast"; received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2000 | Had supporting role in "What Planet Are You From?" |
| 2001 | Co-starred with Fiona Shaw and Mira Sorvino in "The Triumph of Love" |
| 2001 | Played Otto Frank in the ABC miniseries "Anne Frank"; received Emmy nomination |
| 2002 | Cast in the family drama, "Tuck Everlasting" |
| 2003 | Portrayed an Iranian immigrant, opposite Jennifer Connelly in Vadim Perelman's "House of Sand and Fog"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead; also earned Golden Globe, SAG and Academy Award nominations for Best Actor |
| 2004 | Cast as The Hood in "Thunderbirds," which is based on the cult British television show from the 1960s |
| 2004 | Starred opposite Aaron Eckhart in the thriller "Suspect Zero" |
| 2005 | Cast as pickpocket kingpin Fagin in Roman Polanski's adaptation of "Oliver Twist" |
| 2006 | Played 'The Rabbi' a crime boss after Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin" |
| 2006 | Played famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris (Annette Bening) in the HBO movie, "Mrs. Harris"; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries |
| 2007 | Played an alcoholic hit man in the dark comedy "You Kill Me" |
| 2008 | Co-starred opposite Penélope Cruz in "Elegy" |
| 2008 | Co-starred with Famke Janssen and Josh Peck in "The Wackness" |
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