Sir Ben Kingsley to 75. Birthday

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With his first cinema appearance of the breakthrough, and his greatest success came to him As a movie character in “Gandhi” won the fame of the British actor Ben Kingsley in 1982 the world. Later, he did not flinch from Trash.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Krishna Pandit Bhanji

    Ben Kingsley born on the 31. December 1943 as Krishna Pandit Bhanji in English Scarborough the light of the world. His father is a doctor and of Indian descent, and his mother an actress with Russian-Jewish roots. On the advice of his father, he puts himself at the age of 19 artist’s name and his famous bald head in order to increase his chances at the audition.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Oscar for “Gandhi” (1982)

    After several minor TV productions Kingsley, in 1982, played the main role in Sir Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi”. The role was his international breakthrough, and today is his greatest success. For the representation of the Indian freedom fighter Kingsley received a number of awards including the Oscar and a Golden Globe. For a recording of Gandhi’s Talk, there was even a Grammy.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    “Schindler’s List” (1993)

    Another historical role that brought him worldwide success As an accountant, Itzhak Stern supported Kingsley Liam Neeson in the role as an Industrialist, Oskar Schindler. During the 2. World war II, Schindler saved more than 1,000 Jewish forced laborers from the Nazi death camps. The star was the legendary list of people for the war operations were needed.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    “Anne Frank” (2001)

    In the TV two-parter Kingsley, Anne Frank’s father, Otto, played. He had during the filming of a picture of Anne when worn, to which he before every scene, said: “I’m doing this for you,” he told in United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. From the “diary of Anne Frank” was not to be quoted, because another station had previously purchased the rights to the book.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Villain in Comic book movie

    At first glance, less demanding, the role of the terrorist the Mandarin. On the other hand, the “Iron Man”series of comic book publishing, Marvel was one of the biggest box office hit of the last years. The adversary of Robert Downey Jr. aka Iron Man played by Kingsley in the third part. Note: Embodied Kingsley not a historically significant Person, he is usually the personification of Evil …

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Inscrutable in “Shutter Island”

    … or, at least, a difficult-to-look-through character. So in 2010 in Martin Scorsese’s Thriller “Shutter Island” at the side of the in a missing persons case, investigating Leonardo di Caprio. The senses as a U.S. Marshal people try to hide in a clinic, which he suspected something. If Kingsley has mastered something, then a innocence look that makes the opposite guess.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Not afraid of B-Movies

    Also a decorated Hollywood stars like Ben Kingsley can make a mistake in the choice of Role changes. Four times Kingsley for the anti-award was nominated for the “Golden raspberry”, for example, for the vampire Film “BloodRayne” from trash filmmaker Uwe Boll. In “Selfless – The Stranger in me” (above) does not want to die its movie character partout, and allows your consciousness to another body is a Flop transfer:.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Knight Kingsley

    Whether the British Queen is a Fan of Trash, cannot be answered here. In any case, Queen Elizabeth II, Ben Kingsley suggested, in spite of his excursions on all-too-thin Filmeis anno 2002 to the knight. By his order, he presented here, in addition to its acknowledged colleague Lynn Redgrave. There are rumors that Kingsley is very readily as “Sir” salutations.

    Author: Torsten Landsberg


  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Krishna Pandit Bhanji

    Ben Kingsley born on the 31. December 1943 as Krishna Pandit Bhanji in English Scarborough the light of the world. His father is a doctor and of Indian descent, and his mother an actress with Russian-Jewish roots. On the advice of his father, he puts himself at the age of 19 artist’s name and his famous bald head in order to increase his chances at the audition.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Oscar for “Gandhi” (1982)

    After several minor TV productions Kingsley, in 1982, played the main role in Sir Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi”. The role was his international breakthrough, and today is his greatest success. For the representation of the Indian freedom fighter Kingsley received a number of awards including the Oscar and a Golden Globe. For a recording of Gandhi’s Talk, there was even a Grammy.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    “Schindler’s List” (1993)

    Another historical role that brought him worldwide success As an accountant, Itzhak Stern supported Kingsley Liam Neeson in the role as an Industrialist, Oskar Schindler. During the 2. World war II, Schindler saved more than 1,000 Jewish forced laborers from the Nazi death camps. The star was the legendary list of people for the war operations were needed.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    “Anne Frank” (2001)

    In the TV two-parter Kingsley, Anne Frank’s father, Otto, played. He had during the filming of a picture of Anne when worn, to which he before every scene, said: “I’m doing this for you,” he told in United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. From the “diary of Anne Frank” was not to be quoted, because another station had previously purchased the rights to the book.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Villain in Comic book movie

    At first glance, less demanding, the role of the terrorist the Mandarin. On the other hand, the “Iron Man”series of comic book publishing, Marvel was one of the biggest box office hit of the last years. The adversary of Robert Downey Jr. aka Iron Man played by Kingsley in the third part. Note: Embodied Kingsley not a historically significant Person, he is usually the personification of Evil …

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Inscrutable in “Shutter Island”

    … or, at least, a difficult-to-look-through character. So in 2010 in Martin Scorsese’s Thriller “Shutter Island” at the side of the in a missing persons case, investigating Leonardo di Caprio. The senses as a U.S. Marshal people try to hide in a clinic, which he suspected something. If Kingsley has mastered something, then a innocence look that makes the opposite guess.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Not afraid of B-Movies

    Also a decorated Hollywood stars like Ben Kingsley can make a mistake in the choice of Role changes. Four times Kingsley for the anti-award was nominated for the “Golden raspberry”, for example, for the vampire Film “BloodRayne” from trash filmmaker Uwe Boll. In “Selfless – The Stranger in me” (above) does not want to die its movie character partout, and allows your consciousness to another body is a Flop transfer:.

  • From the character role to the soap-Opera – actor Ben Kingsley is 75

    Knight Kingsley

    Whether the British Queen is a Fan of Trash, cannot be answered here. In any case, Queen Elizabeth II, Ben Kingsley suggested, in spite of his excursions on all-too-thin Filmeis anno 2002 to the knight. By his order, he presented here, in addition to its acknowledged colleague Lynn Redgrave. There are rumors that Kingsley is very readily as “Sir” salutations.

    Author: Torsten Landsberg


Black pants, dark Tie, white jacket and shirt: “if I Had known that I win, I would not have gone as a waiter dressed the way,” commented Ben Kingsley his Oscar-Outfit from the year 1983.

So deserving of the award for his portrayal of the Indian freedom fighter Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough’s “Gandhi” – winner Kingsley was not given the high profile mounted on a category in advance: With it Stars such as Paul Newman, Dustin Hoffman, Peter O’toole and Jack Lemmon were nominated. 31. December 2018 Sir Ben Kingsley is now 75 years old – as a character head is definitely a type.

“Gandhi” was the international breakthrough for the British actor, who previously had a theatre and in the Soap “Coronation Street” played. The love for acting, he discovered as a child, he sensed the attention of the audience. At that time he was still called Krishna Bhanji, his father was of Indian descent. The advised him at the age of 19 years of age, to give themselves a stage name, in order to increase his chances at the audition. Soon after, he belonged to the Ensemble of the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company.

Enthusiastic Beatles

It could have come out differently, if you believe the stories, the quirky, the infamous actor. The British “Telegraph” told Ben Kingsley once, the Beatles ‘ publisher Dick James have offered him a contract after hearing him on a stage to sing and play the guitar. John Lennon and Ringo Starr were thrilled. He had decided to go for the acting.

After his Oscar success, Kingsley played the role of the Soviet composer Dimitri Shostakovich, who fell under Stalin in disgrace. After that, he ventured with the Sherlock Holmes parody “genius and soul” on the side of Michael Caine in Comedy specialist. His parents were of his craft as an actor and even the big Successes of the son, unimpressed. “Indifferent,” they were told Kingsley the British media after the death of his mother in the year 2000. He had not experienced a loving Childhood.

The role as the violent Gangster in “Sexy Beast” earned Kingsley an Oscar nomination as best supporting actor

His flair for good materials, however, should not remain always as precise as his Timing in front of the camera. With the selection of his film to criticize Kingsley roll: “I hope I make my decisions more accurate when I’m older,” he said years ago, “I might recognize from the script or the first Meeting, that it will not work.” When you look at his filmography, it must be noted: That didn’t work out.

The list of movies that should be in the poison Cabinet kept, excellent plants for at least the balance. Twice Kingsley for the Golden raspberry was nominated, the Anti-prize, which is awarded on the eve of the Oscar award – 2007 for “BloodRayne” and two years later the same three movies at the same time. He played in Fund-flops with the announcement.

Well in the movie business

The question ” Why ” is entitled, because Kingsley was unlike many of his fellow actors, never disappeared from the scene. Three more times he was nominated for the Oscar, in 2006, he performed in the clever crime Thriller “Lucky Number Slevin” next to Morgan Freeman, Bruce Willis and Josh Hartnett, 2010, he took on the role as clinic Director in Martin Scorsese’s “Shutter Island”. A year later, he played again under the direction of Scorsese in the multi-Oscar-winning adaptation of literature into film “Hugo Cabret”, he Iron Mans was the adversary in the third part of the comic series.

Sir Ben and Lady Kingsley, Daniela Lavender

Probably the cinematic sin of the cases of Ben Kingsley have a very mundane origin. The “Guardian” he said in 2009: “Sometimes, it was not irresponsible to take the money, even if the Director was a dog.” Kingsley, who is married in fourth marriage and has four children, has to pay a lot of alimony and, therefore, very much on his income.

The General appreciation for the actor has suffered surprisingly little. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II as a knight hit him, which Kingsley described later, by way of satisfaction, which he had learned from his parents, never. Since then, his colleagues will be annoyed with common spins, however, by a quirk of the recipient, to insist, as Sir Ben addressed.