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  • Kingsley honoured at European Film Festival - 10 November 2009
    -Oscar winner Sir Ben Kingsley has been feted for his long-running career at the 2009 European Film Festival in Seville, Spain.- -The actor, 65, was presented with the prestigious Giraldillo de Oro, a golden replica of the city's Seville tower, on Monday (09Nov09).- -


  • Cruz baffled by Kingsley's title - 9 April 2009
    -Penelope Cruz had trouble talking to her Elegy co-star Sir Ben Kingsley - because she had no idea how to address him.- -The Spanish actress admits she was confused when she first began filming the 2008 movie - because she was told to call the star by his full title.-


  • Kingsley and Glover team up for buddy movie - 23 May 2006
    The news that Sir Ben Kingsley and Danny Glover are teaming up to star in a buddy movie might have cinema-goers intrigued at the prospect of a Lethal Weapon Sexy Beast hybrid. - -However, the project that Glover and Kingsley have signed on for does not require the pre

Ben Kingsley - what members say


  • Silas Marner - The Weaver Of Raveloe
  • Silas Marner - The Weaver Of Raveloe review by A customer from Derbyshire, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Excellent adaptation 8 July 2004
    ...vans)best novels, Silas Marner is here well adapted, in the TV version starring Ben Kingsley. He is wonderful, as ever. TV classics can tend to 'date' rather quickly, but t...  
  • Sexy Beast
  • Sexy Beast review by from Herts
    Rated - 4 stars Retirement plan gone wrong 21 February 2004
    ...Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley are just great in this film. Ray is contentedly retired in a beautifull Spanish Villa with his adoring wife, happily away from the London...  
  • Gandhi
  • Gandhi review by from FALLOWFIELD
    Rated - 4 stars 6 May 2004
    ...ma to secure independence for India. A captivating central performance from Sir Ben Kingsley which was close to pulling this film up to five stars by itself - it's a long ...  

Ben Kingsley - filmography


  • Shutter Island (2010)
    Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio,  Mark Ruffalo,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 34 members
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  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
    Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal,  Gemma Arterton,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Mike Newell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in 9th century medieval Persia, a young adventurous prince uncovers a dangerous artifact in a remote mountain kingdom and with the help of an enemy princess, must stop a despot from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy all mankind. Based on the videogame, "Prince Of Persia".
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 77% from 14 members
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  • Fifty Dead Men Walking on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Jim Sturgess,  Kevin Zegers
    Director: Kari Skogland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,884 member
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  • The Wackness on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Famke Janssen,  Josh Peck
    Director: Jonathan Levine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 5,592 members
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  • The Love Guru on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Jessica Alba,  Justin Timberlake,  Mike Myers
    Director: Marco Schnabel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8,362 members
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  • Elegy - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Isabel Coixet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 16 members
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  • Transsiberian on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Woody Harrelson,  Emily Mortimer,  Kate Mara
    Director: Brad Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set on the legendary express train as it travels from China to Moscow, follows an American couple who board the train and make the acquaintance of a Russian police inspector on the trail of the killers of a drug dealer. The couple soon find themselves embroiled in a murderous plot with no escape.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 5,388 members
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  • Elegy on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Isabel Coixet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,210 members
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  • War Inc. on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Marisa Tomei,  Hilary Duff,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Joshua Seftel
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 2,346 members
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  • You Kill Me on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Dennis Farina,  Ben Kingsley,  Tea Leoni
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Cinematic hit men are dual-edged characters who can easily slip into the role of hero or villain, making them an attractive proposition for directors looking to pack an emotional punch. YOU KILL ME stars Ben Kingsley (SEXY BEAST) as Frank Falenczyk, a hit man whose work for the Buffalo-based Mafia ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 4,047 members
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  • Wackness, The - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Mary-Kate Olsen,  Olivia Thirlby,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Jonathan Levine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set in New York during the summer of 1994, THE WACKNESS tells the story of Luke (Josh Peck), a pot-peddling teen with a self confidence problem and a list of clients that include his therapist, Dr Squires (Ben Kingsley), who in turn, is struggling with something of a mid-life crisis and a younger ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 36 members
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  • Bloodrayne on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Kristanna Loker,  Kristanna Loken,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Uwe Boll
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Meet Rayne. She's every man's dream. She's every vampire's living nightmare. And she's out to avenge her Mother's brutal death at the hands of Kagan, King of the Vampires, before he lays eighteenth century Romania to ruin. Driven by her own vampire bloodlust, but refusing to take innocent lives, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 2,470 members
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  • Oliver Twist on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Jamie Foreman,  Barney Clark
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Acclaimed director Roman Polanski turns a dark eye toward the classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST, about a charming orphan boy (Barney Clark) whose life seems to depend solely on the whims of fate. Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a workhouse, where he is farmed ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 18,165 members
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  • Sexy Beast - HD DVD Version (2000)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Ben Kingsley,  Ian McShane
    Director: Jonathan Glazer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 203 members
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  • Spooky House on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Mercedes Ruehl,  Matt Weinberg
    Director: William Sachs
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley is the Great Zamboni, a magician with a mysterious secret. He lives alone with his black Jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. In spite of all the urban legends about the reclusive Zamboni, young orphan Max ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 12 members
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  • Sexy Beast on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Ray Winstone,  Ben Kingsley,  Ian McShane
    Director: Jonathan Glazer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,839 members
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  • Parting Shots (1999)
    Starring: Chris Rea,  Felicity Kendal,  Bob Hoskins
    Director: Michael Winner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harry only has a short time to live - but the prognosis is even worse for his enemies. An all-star cast shines in this hilarious black comedy about getting even - and getting away with it.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 19% from 10 members
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  • Bible, The - Moses on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Christopher Lee,  David Suchet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lavish production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his people, Moses finds himself leading them to freedom--and lands unknown.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 500 members
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  • Species on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Michael Madsen,  Alfred Molina
    Director: Roger Donaldson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 6,263 members
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  • Innocent Moves on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Joe Mantegna,  Joan Allen,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Steve Zaillain
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Though he's only seven, Josh looks at a chessboard and anticipates moves that mature chess players don't even see. He's a malleable young boy with an incredible talent for the game of masterminds. When Josh begins honing his talent, playing a speedy version of the game called "blitz" with hustlers ..read more »
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  • Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
    Starring: Max Pomeranc,  Joe Mantegna,  Joan Allen
    Director: Steven Zaillian
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A sportswriter is thrilled to find his son is a chess prodigy. Taking his son into the amazing world of championship chess, he learns that loving his kid is the best way to mold a champion in this intelligent and fascinating film.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 75% from 13 members
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  • Dave on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Kevin Kline,  Sigourney Weaver,  Frank Langella
    Director: Ivan Reitman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A presidential look-alike finds himself in the oval office "filling in" for the president who has fallen ill. Lacking the political savvy of the real president, "Dave" proceeds to govern the country with a refreshingly straight-forward approach. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,288 members
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  • Sneakers on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Robert Redford,  Dan Aykroyd,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Phil Alden Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A computer expert (Robert Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers who test security systems. His past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "Sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: track down an elusive black box filled with national security secrets.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 4,268 members
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  • Bugsy on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Warren Beatty,  Annette Bening,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Barry Levinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Directed by Barry Levinson, BUGSY tells the true story of legendary New York mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. Visiting Hollywood 'on business', the reckless and volatile Bugsy is drawn to Tinseltown and the glamour of the movies. Leaving his wife and kids in Scarsdale indefinitely, the womanizing ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 857 members
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  • Slipstream on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Mark Hamill,  Bob Peck,  Bill Paxton
    Director: Steven Lisberger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    `Slipstream' is set in a world where nature has gone mad and flying, fuelled by the wind, is the principal means of travel. A runaway fugitive, being taken to prison by two law officers, is kidnapped by a young adventurer intent on collecting a reward. They head off down the `Slipstream' - a river ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 472 members
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  • Maurice on DVD (1987)
    Starring: James Wilby,  Patrick Godfrey,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: James Ivory
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 2,376 members
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  • Gandhi on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Candice Bergen,  Edward Fox
    Director: Richard Attenborough
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Gandhi is a great subject, but is Gandhi a great film? Undoubtedly it is, not least because it is one of the last old-school epics ever made, a glorious visual treat featuring tens of thousands of extras (real people, not digital effects) and sumptuous Panavision cinematography. But a true epic is ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 16,409 members
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Ben Kingsley - watch online


  • Fifty Dead Men Walking to Watch Now (2009)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Jim Sturgess,  Kevin Zegers
    Director: Kari Skogland
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 117 minutes
    Inspired by Martin McGartland's incredible autobiography, Fifty Dead Men Walking is the stunning new action thriller by Kari Skogland about a secret agent working undercover for British security services in Northern Ireland in the late eighties. Over the course of four years, until his betrayal and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 6 members
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  • The Wackness to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Famke Janssen,  Josh Peck
    Director: Jonathan Levine
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 36 members
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  • You Kill Me to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Ben Kingsley,  Luke Wilson,  Bill Pullman
    Director: John Dahl
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 89 minutes
    Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be the hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his uncle (Philip Baker Hall) sends him to San ..read more »
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Ben Kingsley facts

5 most recent films

Shutter Island - 4.0 stars
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - 3.5 stars
Fifty Dead Men Walking - 3.5 stars
The Wackness - 3.0 stars
The Love Guru - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Schindler's List - 4.0 stars
Gandhi - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Sexy Beast - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Lucky Number Slevin - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Gandhi - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Parting Shots - 1.5 stars
The Triumph Of Love - 2.0 stars
Spooky House - 2.5 stars
The Ten Commandments - 3.0 stars
Islam: Empire of Faith - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Brenda Blethyn - 5 times - show films
Des McAleer - 4 times - show films
Felicity Dean - 4 times - show films
Catherine Hall - 4 times - show films
Lesley Manville - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Mike Leigh - 4 times - show films
Jonathan Glazer - 3 times - show films
Kari Skogland - 3 times - show films
Jonathan Levine - 3 times - show films
Brad Anderson - 2 times - show films


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