Caption: Academy Award®-winner Penelope Cruz (right) with presenter Sir Ben Kingsley backstage at the 81st Academy Awards® are presented live on the ABC Television network from The Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
Born: December 31, 1943
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Known for: Schindler's List (1993), Shutter Island (2010), Hugo (2011), Gandhi (1982)
Source: IMDB
Ben Kingsley was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, is of Gujrati Indian descent, and his mother Anna Lyna Mary, was English. Ben began to act in stage plays during the 1960s. He soon became a successful stage actor, and also began to have roles in films and TV. His birth name was Krishna Bhanji, but he ...