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Ben Kingsley

Ben KingsleyAKA Krishna Bhanji

Born: 31-Dec-1943
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England

Gender: Male
Religion: Quaker
Race or Ethnicity: Multiracial
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Gandhi

Father: Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (physician, Kenyan-Indian, b. Hindu, now a Sikh)
Mother: Anna Lyna Mary Bhanji
Wife: Angela Morant (m. 1966, div. 1972, one son, one daughter)
Son: Thomas
Daughter: Jasmine
Wife: Alison Sutcliffe (m. 1978, div. 1992, two sons)
Son: Edmund Kingsley (b. 5-Jul-1982)
Son: Ferdinand
Wife: Alexandra Christmann (socialite, m. 3-Oct-2003, div. 2006)
Wife: Daniela Barbosa De Carneiro (actress, m. 3-Sep-2007)

    High School: Manchester Grammar School

    Oscar for Best Actor 1983 for Gandhi
    Golden Globe 1983 for Gandhi
    Knighthood 2001 (Queen's New Years Eve Honours List)
    Indian Ancestry Paternal
    Russian Ancestry
    Jewish Ancestry Maternal

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Love Guru (20-Jun-2008)
    War Inc. (28-Apr-2008)
    Elegy (10-Feb-2008)
    Transsiberian (18-Jan-2008)
    The Wackness (18-Jan-2008)
    The Last Legion (19-Apr-2007)
    You Kill Me (9-Feb-2007)
    Lucky Number Slevin (24-Feb-2006)
    BloodRayne (23-Oct-2005)
    Mrs. Harris (16-Sep-2005)
    Oliver Twist (11-Sep-2005)
    A Sound of Thunder (15-May-2005)
    Suspect Zero (27-Aug-2004)
    Thunderbirds (14-Jul-2004)
    House of Sand and Fog (19-Dec-2003)
    Tuck Everlasting (8-Sep-2002)
    The Triumph of Love (6-Sep-2001)
    Artificial Intelligence: AI (26-Jun-2001) [VOICE]
    Sexy Beast (13-Jun-2001)
    Anne Frank: The Whole Story (20-May-2001)
    Rules of Engagement (31-Mar-2000)
    What Planet Are You From? (3-Mar-2000)
    Parting Shots (18-Mar-1999)
    Alice in Wonderland (28-Feb-1999)
    The Confession (22-Jan-1999)
    Crime and Punishment (11-Oct-1998)
    The Tale of Sweeney Todd (19-Apr-1998)
    Photographing Fairies (19-Sep-1997)
    The Assignment (12-Sep-1997)
    Weapons of Mass Distraction (17-May-1997)
    Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (6-Sep-1996)
    Moses (7-Apr-1996)
    Species (7-Jul-1995)
    Joseph (16-Apr-1995)
    Death and the Maiden (23-Dec-1994)
    Schindler's List (1-Dec-1993)
    Searching for Bobby Fischer (11-Aug-1993)
    Dave (7-May-1993)
    Sneakers (9-Sep-1992)
    Bugsy (13-Dec-1991)
    Slipstream (1989)
    Without a Clue (21-Oct-1988)
    Pascali's Island (22-Jul-1988)
    Maurice (15-Sep-1987)
    Harem (20-Nov-1985)
    Turtle Diary (10-Sep-1985)
    Camille (11-Dec-1984)
    Betrayal (19-Feb-1983)
    Gandhi (6-Dec-1982)
    Fear Is the Key (1972)



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