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Ben Kingsley

1943 - Today

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Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 2013. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Kingsley is the 163rd most popular actor (down from 138th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 214th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Actor.

Ben Kingsley is most famous for his portrayal of Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ben Kingsley ranks 163 out of 13,578. Before him are Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, Aishwarya Rai, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Gloria Stuart, and Dianne Wiest. After him are Bruno Ganz, Lee Van Cleef, Audie Murphy, Jamie Foxx, Jeremy Irons, and Geraldine Chaplin.

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Among people born in 1943, Ben Kingsley ranks 22. Before him are Michael Mann, Albano Carrisi, Tarja Halonen, Roger Waters, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, and Joe Pesci. After him are Keith Richards, Sadako Sasaki, Elena Ferrante, Christopher Walken, Salvatore Adamo, and Joseph Stiglitz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Kingsley ranks 326 out of 8,785. Before him are Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (1944), Tim Berners-Lee (1955), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), and Francis Crick (1916). After him are Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887), Anthony Eden (1897), Edmund Ironside (993), James Connolly (1868), Jeremy Irons (1948), and Claude Auchinleck (1884).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Ben Kingsley ranks 24. Before him are Helen Mirren (1945), Jane Birkin (1946), Judi Dench (1934), Jason Statham (1967), Michael York (1942), and Robert Shaw (1927). After him are Jeremy Irons (1948), Julie Andrews (1935), Stan Laurel (1890), Laurence Olivier (1907), Peter O'Toole (1932), and Peter Ustinov (1921).

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