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Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley

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Famous as :

Actor

Birth Name :

Krishna Pandit Bhanji

Birth Date :

December 31, 1943

Birth Place :

Scarborough, Yorkshire, UK

Spouse :

Angela Morant (actress, 1996 - 1972), Alison Sutcliffe (theatrical director, 1-Jul-78 - 1-Feb-92), Alexandra Christmann (3-Oct-03 - 8-Feb-05), Daniela Lavender (actress, since 3-Sep-07)

Claim to fame :

As Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi "Bapu" in "Gandhi" (1982)

Biography

Krishna Bhanji was born on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire to a Kenya-born doctor of Indian descent named Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji and an English-born fashion model and actress of Jewish-European extraction, Anna Lyna Mary Bhanji. Krishna, as he soon known as an English actor of Indian-Gujarati and Russian-Jewish descent, derived his stage name Ben Kingsley, from his Zanzibar spice trader grandfather's nickname, Clove King.
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Ben Kingsley in 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards - Arrivals - lavender-kingsley-64th-annual-directors-guild-of-america-awards-02
Ben Kingsley in 64th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards - Arrivals - lavender-kingsley-64th-annual-directors-guild-of-america-awards-01
Ben Kingsley in Hugo Premiere - ben-kingsley-premiere-hugo-01
Ben Kingsley in Hugo Premiere - lavender-kingsley-premiere-hugo-01
Ben Kingsley in Hugo Premiere - ben-kingsley-premiere-hugo-02
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