Ben Kingsley

Transsiberian (R) *** | When the tension gets unbearable, it gets ...

Miami Herald - Found 15 hours ago
As a Russian cop, Ben Kingsley, who appears in a brief early scene, gets a terrific mid-film re-entrance that adds another layer of tension to...
Transsiberian (R) *** | When the tension gets unbearable, it gets ... - Miami Herald
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Transsiberian' - The Sun News
"Transsiberian" a thriller that would make Hitchcock proud - Denver Post
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Miami Herald

Posted on August 29, 2008, 1:58 pm

Ben Kingsley Q&A

IGN.com UK - Found Aug. 28, 2008
- He won an Oscar for Ghandi and lost his dignity in The Love Guru, but now Sir Ben Kingsley is back on top form in comedy drama The Wackness.
'Those Mean Streets' a powerful coming-of-age tale - Online.ie News
Film reviews: The Wackness, Babylon A.D. and more - Telegraph
Film Review: The Wackness - Thelondonpaper
The Wackness: Wacky, but profound - Metro.co.uk
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IGN.com UK

Posted on August 28, 2008, 4:08 am

Controversial IRA film will continue with TIFF premiere

National Post - Found Aug. 27, 2008
... are, in any telling of a true story, the need to take some creative licence.' The film stars Sir Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Rose McGowan.
Toronto to screen Dead Men despite legal threat - ABC Online
"Dead Men" still a go for Toronto festival - Reuters - Yahoo! Canada
IRA spy angered by movie - Cork 96FM
Filmmakers stand behind '50 Dead Men Walking' amid controversy - Yahoo! Canada
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Posted on August 27, 2008, 12:32 pm

Filmmakers stand behind '50 Dead Men' amid scandal

CTV.ca - Found Aug. 27, 2008
Branch of the IRA and his infiltration into its operations in 1989. '50 Dead Men Walking' stars Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Kevin Zegers.
Controversy continues to plague Fifty Dead Men Walking in advance of ... - National Post
Based on a true story ? or not - National Post
"Dead Men" still a go for Toronto festival - Canada.com
Film about IRA mole facing legal threat - Toronto Star Online
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National Post

Posted on August 27, 2008, 4:51 am

'Fifty Dead Men' still a go for Toronto

Hollywood Reporter - Found Aug. 26, 2008
... it 'is not a representation of Mr. McGartland's life.' Skogland and her cast, which includes Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess and Kevin Zegers...
Anger over film on IRA infiltrator - Press Association
Former IRA double agent angered by TIFF-bound film based on his ... - CBC
IRA infiltrator speaks out from hiding to condemn Canadian's film - Globe and Mail
Anger over film on IRA infiltrator - Bognor Regis Observer
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CBC

Posted on August 26, 2008, 3:26 am

Ben Kingsley - Kingsley Baffled By The English View Of Celebrity

Contactmusic - Found Aug. 25, 2008
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Posted on August 25, 2008, 11:38 am

On Movies: Four facets of Ben Kingsley, all on display in Phila.

Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Aug. 24, 2008
'God help Philadelphia, with four of my films,' says a jovial Ben Kingsley, on the phone from Morocco, having been informed that as of Friday, his

Posted on August 24, 2008, 1:18 pm

Ax falls on "Fifty Dead Men" screening

Canada.com - Found Aug. 22, 2008
... canceled a press screening for Kari Skogland's British spy drama 'Fifty Dead Men Walking,' which stars Ben Kingsley and Rose McGowan and is...
Ax falls on "Fifty Dead Men" screening - Reuters
Ax falls on "Fifty Dead Men" screening - Reuters Canada
Ax falls on "Fifty Dead Men" screening - Reuters - Yahoo! Canada
Ax falls on "Fifty Dead Men" screening - Vancouver Sun
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Posted on August 22, 2008, 9:08 am

A One-Sided Love Affair

Washington Post - Found Aug. 22, 2008
Roth's 'The Dying Animal,' 'Elegy' is the story of an older (late 60s) celeb professor, David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), and his love affair with...
'Elegy': Certainly Lamentable - Washington Post
'Elegy': Certainly Lamentable - Washington Post
'Elegy' too polite to be Roth - Atlanta Journal And Constitution
Confronting mortality, finding angst in 'Elegy' - Boston Globe
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Star-Telegram

Posted on August 22, 2008, 4:32 am

A lothario losing control to love

Philadelphia Inquirer - Found Aug. 21, 2008
The film stars Ben Kingsley as David Kepesh, an academic and public intellectual who cannot think and lust at the same time.
MOVIE REVIEW: 'Elegy' - Miami Herald
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Posted on August 21, 2008, 2:06 am

Ben Kingsley Biography

Ben Kingsley
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Ben Kingsley

Kingsley at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Born Krishna Bhanji
31 December 1943 (1943-12-31) (age 64)
Snainton, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
Occupation actor
Years active 1966 - present
Spouse(s) Angela Morant (1966-1972)
Alison Sutcliffe (1978-1992)
Alexandra Christmann (2003-2005)
Daniela Lavender (2007-)

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December 1943) is a British actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji in Snainton, near Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Anna Lyna Mary (née Goodman), an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor.[1] Kingsley's father, an Ismaili Muslim,[2] was born in Kenya of Indian Khoja Gujarati descent, as Kingsley's paternal grandfather was a spice trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where Kingsley's father lived until moving to England at the age of fourteen.[3][4][5] Kingsley's mother, born out of wedlock, was "loath to speak of her background"; she was the daughter of an English East London garment worker mother and a father who was believed by the family to have been a Russian or German Jew.[6][7][8][9]

Kingsley grew up in Pendlebury, Salford, where he studied at University of Salford. He then moved to Lancashire, where he studied at Pendleton College, which later became home to the Ben Kingsley Theatre. Kingsley began his acting career on the stage at Manchester Grammar School, alongside Robert Powell, but made a transition to film roles early on.[9] Despite this focus on film, he continued to act on the stage, playing Mosca in Peter Hall's 1977 production of Ben Jonson's Volpone for the Royal National Theatre, and in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was at this time in his life that he changed his name from Krishna Bhanji to Ben Kingsley, fearing that a foreign name would hamper his career.[10][9]

Film and television career

Kingsley's first film role was a supporting turn in Fear Is the Key, released in 1972. Kingsley continued starring in bit roles in both film and television, including a role as Ron Jenkins on the soap opera Coronation Street from 1966-1967 and regular appearances as a defence counsel in the long-running British legal programme Crown Court. He found fame only years later, starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi in 1982, his best-known role to date.[9] The audience also agreed with the critics, and Gandhi was a box-office success. Kingsley won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal.[9]

Kingsley has since appeared in a variety of roles. His credits included the films Turtle Diary, Maurice, Pascali's Island, Without a Clue (as Dr. Watson alongside Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes), Suspect Zero, Bugsy--which led to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Sneakers, Dave, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Schindler's List, Silas Marner, Death and the Maiden, Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, Sexy Beast, for which he received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and House of Sand and Fog, which led to yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He won a Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001.

In 1997, he provided voice talent for the video game Ceremony of Innocence. In July 2006, he received an Emmy nomination for his performance in the made-for-TV film Mrs. Harris, in which he played famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower, who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris. Later that year, Kingsley appeared in an episode of The Sopranos entitled "Luxury Lounge", playing himself. In the show, Christopher Moltisanti and Carmine Lupertazzi offer him a role in the fictional slasher film Cleaver, which he turns down. The Lupertazzi character offers him the fictional role on the basis of Kingsley's real-life performance as mobster Don Logan in "Sexy Beast" . In 2007, Kingsley appeared as a Polish American mobster in the Mafia comedy You Kill Me, and was also slated to play a Middle East oil minister to be assassinated in War, Inc.. In June 2008 Kingsley appeared as the spiritual advisor to Mike Myers' central character in the "Love Guru" and has received acclaim for his accent; he has clearly drawn from his "Gandhi" experience in this movie. [11]

Honours

Kingsley was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2000. He was knighted in the 2001 New Years Honours list. On promotional material for the 2006 film Lucky Number Slevin, Kingsley was referred to as "Sir Ben Kingsley." At first, the actor was singled out for some criticism, as such titles had generally come to be omitted from professional credits by that time. It was claimed that the inclusion of "Sir" was a mistake by a studio executive.

His demand to be called 'Sir' was documented by the BBC,[12] and contrasted with (Sir) David Puttnam's happiness with 'David Puttnam' and the rather more eminent Lord Olivier (Laurence Olivier) actually choosing to ignore people calling him 'Sir Laurence' or 'Lord Olivier' as opposed to his preferred 'Larry'.citation needed Kingsley appears to have altered his stance. Credits for his latest films refer to him only as 'Ben Kingsley'.

In addition, in 2008, Kingsley was awarded the "Cinema for Peace Honorary Award", for the portrayal of the humanitarian role-models Simon Wiesenthal, Itzhak Stern and Gandhi.

Personal life

Kingsley shopping with Spanish actress Penélope Cruz
Kingsley shopping with Spanish actress Penélope Cruz

Kingsley had four children as of the summer of 2007: Thomas Bhanji and artist Jasmin Bhanji by actress Angela Morant, and Edmund Kingsley and Ferdinand Kingsley, both of whom became actors, by theatrical director Alison Sutcliffe. In 2005 he divorced German-born Alexandra Christmann, after pictures of her kissing another lover surfaced on the internet.[13] He currently lives in Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, England, where he has lived for over ten years.[14]

On September 3, 2007, Kingsley married Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro, a Brazilian actress, in North Leigh, Oxfordshire.[15]

According to Quakernet.org, Kingsley is a member of the Religious Society of Friends.[16]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Gandhi Mohandas Gandhi Academy Award Win for Best Actor
1983 Betrayal Robert the film version of Harold Pinter's play
1985 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe Silas Marner
Harem Selim
1986 Turtle Diary William Snow screenplay by Harold Pinter
1987 The Secret of the Sahara (TV) Sholomon
Maurice Lasker-Jones
1988 Pascali's Island Basil Pascali
Without a Clue Dr. John Watson
Testimony - The Story of Shostakovich Dmitri Shostakovich
1989 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Simon Wiesenthal
1990 The 5th Monkey Cunda
1991 Bugsy Meyer Lansky Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
1992 Sneakers Cosmo
Freddie as F.R.O.7 Freddie The Frog Voice
1993 Searching for Bobby Fischer Bruce Pandolfini
Dave Vice President Gary Nance
Schindler's List Itzhak Stern
1994 Death and the Maiden Dr. Roberto Miranda
1995 Species Xavier Fitch
Joseph Potiphar
1996 Twelfth Night Feste from the play by William Shakespeare
1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction (TV) Julian Messenger
The Assignment Amos
1998 The Tale of Sweeney Todd (TV) Sweeney Todd Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actor
1999 Alice in Wonderland (TV) Major Caterpillar
The Confession Harry Fertig
2000 What Planet Are YOU From? Graydon
Rules of Engagement Ambassador Mourain
Islam: Empire of Faith Narrator voice only
2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Otto Frank
Sexy Beast Don Logan Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
AI: Artificial Intelligence Specialist voice
2002 The Triumph of Love Hermocrates Marivaux's play
Tuck Everlasting Man in the Yellow Suit
2003 House of Sand and Fog Mr. Behrani Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
2004 Thunderbirds "The Hood" loosely based on the super-marionation programme created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson
Suspect Zero Benjamin O'Ryan
2005 A Sound of Thunder Charles Hatton
Oliver Twist Fagin
Mrs. Harris Herman Tarnower
BloodRayne Kagan
2006 The Sopranos Appearance as himself Season 6, Episode 72 - "Luxury Lounge"
Lucky Number Slevin The Rabbi
2007 You Kill Me Frank Falenczyk
The Last Legion Ambrosinus
The Ten Commandments Narrator (voice)
2008 Elegy David Kepesh
War, Inc. Walken
The Love Guru Guru Tugginmypudha
The Wackness Dr. Squires
Transsiberian Grinko

Upcoming films

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Noah's Ark: The New Beginning Narrator (voice) post-production
Fifty Dead Men Walking Felix post-production
2009 Ashecliffe Dr. John Cawley post-production;[17]
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time[18] Nizam [19] filming

References

  1. ^ Film Reference.com Biography
  2. ^ Ben Kingsley Gut wie böse - Kultur - sueddeutsche.de
  3. ^ Bennetts, Leslie. Ben Kingsley’s Journey From Hamlet to Gandhi. New York Times: Best Pictures. 13 December 1982.
  4. ^ von Busack, Richard. Sexy Beast. Metroactive movies. March 2005.
  5. ^ Pathak, Rujul. Ben Kingsley's Chameleon Characters. Little India.com. 15 June 2005.
  6. ^ Krieger, Hilary Leila (2005-04-10). "'Gandhi' brings his 'truth-force' to Palestinian audiences", The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved on 2007-12-09. 
  7. ^ Pfefferman, Naomi. Shoah dramas continue to compel actor Ben Kingsley. L.A> Jewish Journal. 18 May 2001.
  8. ^ Tugend, Tom. Incidental Intelligence. JewishJournal.com. 13 April 2001.
  9. ^ a b c d e Stated in interview on Inside the Actors Studio
  10. ^ Sir Ben's Sexy honour. BBC News. 31 December 2001.
  11. ^ Gandhi will return as Rajneesh, via Chandigarh. Indian Express. 4 August 2007.
  12. ^ "Lord Puttnam dubs Sir Ben 'barmy'". 
  13. ^ "Kingsley Admits Devastation at Adulterous Wife Photos" (ContactMusic News). Retrieved on 2007-08-15.)
  14. ^ Johnson, Richard. Dear Sir. Sunday Telegraph. 15 August 2007.
  15. ^ "Kingsley weds Brazilian actress". 
  16. ^ Matz, Terry. Did You Know? Quakers and the Oscars. Quakernet.org.
  17. ^ Tatiana Siegel (2007-12-03). "Kingsley signs on to 'Shutter Island'", Variety. Retrieved on 2008-01-08. 
  18. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2008-06-03). "Molina, Kingsley join 'Prince Of Persia'". Digital Spy. Retrieved on 2008-06-03.
  19. ^ "Kingsley is Persia Baddie", IGN (2008-06-06). Retrieved on 2008-06-06. 

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Awards
Preceded by
Henry Fonda
for On Golden Pond
Academy Award for Best Actor
1982
for Gandhi
Succeeded by
Robert Duvall
for Tender Mercies
Preceded by
William Warfield
for Copland: A Lincoln Portrait
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Recording
1985
for The Words of Gandhi
Succeeded by
Original Broadway cast of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom


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NAME Kingsley, Ben
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bhanji, Krishna
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
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