Cast: Ben Kingsley

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ben Kingsley. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The War That Never Ends (TV)

1991 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Gold

Cast John Bennett · David Calder · Oliver Ford Davies · Don Henderson

Plot The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and others.

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Wessex Tales (TV) (TV Miniseries)

1973 · Series · min. · United Kingdom

Direction Desmond Davis · David Hugh Jones · Gavin Millar · Barry Davis

Cast Nick Brimble · John Hurt · Billie Whitelaw · Yvonne Antrobus

Plot TV Mini-Series (1973). 6 episodes.

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Dalíland

2022 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Mary Harron

Cast Ben Kingsley · Barbara Sukowa · Ezra Miller · Christopher Briney

Plot In 1973, a young gallery assistant goes on a wild adventure behind the scenes as he helps the aging genius Salvador Dali prepare for a big show in New York.

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BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series)

1973 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sarah Pia Anderson · Bill Hays · Don Taylor · Brian Parker

Cast Ralph Morse · John Bluthal · Gawn Grainger · Denholm Elliott

Plot TV Series (1973-1983). 106 episodes

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Antony and Cleopatra (TV)

1974 · Movie · 161 min. · United Kingdom

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Turtle Diary

1985 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Irvin

Cast Glenda Jackson · Ben Kingsley · Richard Johnson · Michael Gambon

Plot Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but...

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Testimony

1987 · Movie · 157 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Tony Palmer

Cast Ben Kingsley · Sherry Baines · Magdalen Asquith · Mark Asquith

Plot The story of the great Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) and his life and career during the rule of Stalin.

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Cellini, A Violent Life

1990 · Movie · 118 min. · Italy

Direction Giacomo Battiato

Cast Wadeck Stanczak · Max von Sydow · Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu · Ben Kingsley

Plot Around 1523 Benvenuto Cellini, a talented but penniless goldsmith's apprentice, arrives in Rome. He meets with success under Pope Clement VII, only to fall into disgrace for his spendthrift ways...

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Desert Warrior

2022 · Movie · min. · United Arab Emirates

Direction Rupert Wyatt

Cast Ben Kingsley · Anthony Mackie · Sharlto Copley · Aiysha Hart

Plot An honorable and mysterious rogue, known as Hanzala, makes himself an enemy of the Emperor Kisra after he helps a fugitive king and princess in the desert.

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Teen Patti

2010 · Movie · 142 min. · India

Direction Leena Yadav

Cast Amitabh Bachchan · Ben Kingsley · Shraddha Kapoor · Madhavan

Plot Perci Trachtenberg, widely regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician, meets Venkat, a reclusive math genius from India, at a high rolling casino in London. Venkat tells Perci about an...

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Necessary Love

1991 · Movie · 90 min. · Italy

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The Last Planet

2024 · Movie · min. · United States

Direction Terrence Malick

Cast Géza Röhrig · Matthias Schoenaerts · Aidan Turner · Ben Kingsley

Plot A retelling of several episodes in the life of the Christ.

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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (TV)

1989 · Movie · 160 min. · Hungary

Direction Brian Gibson

Cast Ben Kingsley · Iván Angelusz · Tamás Borovitz · John Burgess

Plot A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the...

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The Tale of Sweeney Todd (TV)

1997 · Movie · 92 min. · United States

Direction John Schlesinger

Cast Ben Kingsley · Campbell Scott · Joanna Lumley · Selina Boyack

Plot The fictional tale of the murderous 19th century barber (Ben Kinglsey) who sold his kills to a neighboring butcher (Joanna Lumley) for her renowned meat pies. A young innocent (Selina...

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Weapons of Mass Distraction (TV)

1997 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Stephen Surjik

Cast Gabriel Byrne · Ben Kingsley · Mimi Rogers · Jeffrey Tambor

Plot Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team which takes a drastic effect on their personal and professional lives.

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