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Ben Kingsley

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.

Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)

You are young, my son, and, as the years go by, time will change and even reverse many of your present opinions. Refrain therefore awhile from setting yourself up as a judge of the highest matters.

Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.

Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)

Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji on Friday, December 31, 1943) is a British actor.

Ben Kingsley was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Harji Bhanji, was a Kenya-born medical doctor of Indian (Gujarati Hindu) descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary, was a fashion model and actress of Jewish descent. Young "Kingsley" began his acting career on the stage at Manchester Grammar School alongside Robert Powell, but made a transition to film roles early on. It was at this point that he changed his name, fearing a foreign name would hamper his career.

His first film role was a supporting turn in Fear is the Key (1972). Kingsley continued starring in bit roles in both film and television (including a bit part on the soap opera Coronation Street). He found fame only years later, starring as Mahatma Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film Gandhi in 1982. Kingsley was critically acclaimed and won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.

Kingsley has avoided stereotyping and has been cast in a variety of roles. His credits include the films Turtle Diary, Maurice, Pascali's Island, Without a Clue (as Dr. Watson opposite Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes), Bugsy (Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Sneakers, Dave, Searching for Bobby Fischer, Schindler's List, Death and the Maiden, Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story, Sexy Beast (another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor) and House of Sand and Fog (Oscar nomination for Best Actor).

In 1997, he provided voice acting for the video game Ceremony of Innocence.

He was awarded a knighthood in the 2001 New Years Honours list. He is famous for being one of the few actors to insist his title is used. He has also won a Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001.

He has four children: Thomas and Jasmine Bhanji (with actress Angela Morant) and Edmund Kingsley and Ferdinand Kingsley, both of whom are actors (with theatrical director Alison Sutcliffe). He recently divorced German-born Alexandra Christmann and lives in Spelsbury, England.

Source: Wikipedia Encyclopedia

Homage to Mahatma Gandhi
CD

Partial Filmography

2006	BloodRayne
2005	Oliver Twist
2004	Suspect Zero
2003	House of Sand and Fog
2002	The Triumph of Love
2001	Sexy Beast
2000	Rules of Engagement
2000	What Planet Are You From?
1995	Joseph
1995	Species
1994	Death and the Maiden
1993	Schindler's List
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer
1992	Sneakers
1988	Without a Clue
1988	Pascali's Island
1986	Turtle Diary
1982	Gandhi (film)

Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth
(book)

Gandhi, Framed Mini Movie Print
Movie Poster

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