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james blunt
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NAME:
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Ben Kingsley |
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PROFILE:
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Name: Ben Kingsley
Birth Name: Krishna Banji
Height: 5' 8"
Sex: M
Nationality: British
Birth Date: December 31, 1943
Birth Place: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Profession: actor
Education: Manchester Grammar School in Manchester, England
Husband/Wife: Alexandra Christmann (married on October 3, 2003; separated in January 2005), Alison Sutcliff (director; born in 1946; married on July 1, 1978; seperated in 1992), Angela Morant (actress; married in 1966; divorced in 1972)
Father: Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (physician)
Mother: Anna Lyna Mary Bhanji (actress)
Son: Edmund Kingsley (born in July 1982; mother: Alison Sutcliff), Ferdinand Kingsley (mother: Alison Sutcliff), Thomas Kingsley (mother: Angela Morant)
Daughter: Jasmine Kingsley (mother: Angela Morant)
Claim to fame: as Mohandas K. Gandhi in Richard Attenborough' Gandhi (1982)
Contact: Click here
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- Has signed on to co-star in Martin Scorsese's period thriller SHUTTER ISLAND for Paramount Pictures. (December 4, 2007)
- Married a 34-year-old Brazilian actress named Daniela Barbosa de Carneiro, his fourth wife. (September 3, 2007)
- Has filed for divorce from his third wife Alexandra after seeing photos of the German beauty with her new boyfriend. (February 8, 2005)
- Loves all things Iranian.
- Remarried his third wife Alexandra Christman in a Persian ceremony on December 9, 2003.
- Kingsley has agreed to play the nemesis of the Tracy family, THE HOOD, joining Bill Paxton and British actress Sophie Myles in the cast. (February 8, 2003)
- He is causing a few raised eyebrows on the set of his new movie - insisting everyone else uses his full title. Currently shooting SUSPECT ZERO in the US state of New Mexico, the crews of the film objected as they have worked with other British knights like Sir Anthony Hopkins, who won't answer to anything more formal than Tony.
- Won't single out any particularly crazy thing he's done for love.
- Has chastised film executives for trying to mimic recent hits.
- For his role as a manipulative criminal with a strong power for persuasion in SEXY BEAST (2001), Kingsley earned both a Golden Globe nomination and a third Oscar nomination
- Claims the character of Don Logan in SEXY BEAST (2000) is largely based on his grandmother.
- The original cast of THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY (1982) (TV) had him in the role of Mr. Squeers.
- Looked so much like Ghandi, many natives thought him to be Ghandi's ghost.
- Nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at Academy Awards for HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (2004)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG (2004)
- MORE BEN KINGSLEY TRIVIA
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