Ben Kingsley

BEN KINGSLEY. English actor who 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. In film, he is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982) for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For his portrayal of Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. He was Oscar-nominated for Bugsy (1990) / Sexy Beast (2000) and House of Sand and Fog (2003). His other notable films include ; Maurice (1987) / Sneakers (1992) / Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) / Death and the Maiden (1994) / Twelfth Night (1996) / Tuck Everlasting (2002) / Elegy (2008) / Shutter Island (2010) and Hugo (2011)