Ben Kingsley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ben Kingsley

British actor

Date of Birth: 31-Dec-1943

Place of Birth: Snainton, England, United Kingdom

Profession: actor, character actor, stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor of Indian origin with a career spanning over 50 years.
He has won an Oscar, a Grammy, a BAFTA, two Golden Globes, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Kingsley is best known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
He also appeared in Schindler's List (1993), Twelfth Night (1996), Sexy Beast (2000), House of Sand and Fog (2003), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Shutter Island (2010), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), The Dictator (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2013).
He has contributed his voice to The Boxtrolls (2014), and The Jungle Book (2016). 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.