Ben Kingsley’s real name is Krishna Pandit Bhanji. He was born in 1943 to the family of a doctor of Indian origin, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji and a British model Anna Lyna Mary Goodman, who had both Russian and Jewish roots. Thanks to his mixed ancestry he was able to play anything – an American gangster, an Arab sheik, a rabbi, an Egyptian pharaoh, the President of Afghanistan, and many others – as he acted in more than 100 movies and TV series over the course of his career.
Ben Kingsley with his wife Daniela Lavender at the premiere of the movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, 2010
Director Richard Attenborough and Ben Kingsley at the 55th Academy Awards, 1983
Ben Kingsley at the opening ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2010
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