One of the world's most respected film, television and theater actors, Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley most recently gained critical acclaim for his starring performance in Phylis Nagy's Mrs. Harris opposite Annette Bening for HBO Films. Kingsley can currently be seen in You Kill Me for director John Dahl also starring Tea Leoni and Luke Wilson.

He was last seen in The Last Legion for director Doug Lefler, starring opposite Colin Firth, and Lucky Number Sleven opposite Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman. Kingsley is well known for his performance in Vadim Perelman's House of Sand and Fog, for which he received an Oscar nomination. In 2002, Ben Kingsley received an Oscar nomination, a Broadcast Film Critics Award, as well as both a SAG and a Golden Globe nomation for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Jonathan Glazer's Sexy Beast starring alongside Ray Winstone and Ian McShane.

Kingsley also gained critical acclaim for his appearance in Robert Dornhelm's four hour-television production of Anne Frank, portraying Anne Frank's father Otto Frank, for which he received a SAG Award as well as Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice nominations as Outstanding Lead Actor in a mini-series or feature film.
In 1982, Kingsley won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Sir Richard Attenborough's Gandhi followed by a BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor and Best Newcomer. Kingsley then earned the London Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for his performance in Harold Pinter's Portrayal.

Kingsley’s other film credits include Steven Spielberg's harrowing holocaust drama Schindler's List, for which he won the London Evening Standard Award and a BAFTA nomination; Bugsy for which he received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor; Roman Polanski's Oliver Twist; Bernardo Bertolucci's Triumph of Love; Stephen Zaillan's Searching For Bobby Fischer; James Dearden's Pascali's Island; Tony Palmer's Testimony; Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden; Ivan Reitman's Dave; and the narrator in Steven Spielberg's A.I.