Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE is an English actor who has won an Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards in his career. He is known for starring as Mohandas Gandhi in the film Gandhi in 1982, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List , Sexy Beast , House of Sand and Fog , BloodRayne , and Hugo . Kingsley was born Krishna Pandit Bhanji in Snainton, North Yorkshire, England, the son of Anna Lyna Mary , an actress and model, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, a medical doctor. Kingsley's father, born in Kenya, is... of Gujarati Indian descent; 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 14. Kingsley's mother, born out of wedlock, was "loath to speak of her background". Kingsley's maternal grandfather was believed by the family to have been a Russian or German Jew, while Kingsley's maternal grandmother was English and worked in the garment district of East London.
more
| Birthdate: | December 31, 1943 |
| Birthplace: | Snainton |
| Age: | 68 |
| Height: | 5' 8" |
| Education: | Manchester Grammar School, University of Salford |
| Religion: | Quaker |
| Also known as: | Sir Ben Kingsley, Krishna Bhanji, Ben Kingsley |