(Born 1943)

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British actor

b. Yorkshire, England

Though raised in the north of England, Kingsley's roots are Indian and Russian Jewish - hence the genetic credentials for Gandhi and Meyer Lensky, the epitome of versatility.

Despite the Oscar for Gandhi (82, Richard Attenborough), his is a career without flency or character. Indeed, he seems bound to settle for being an available exotic: Fear Is the Key (72, Michael Tuchman); Betrayal (83, David Jones); Harem (85, Arthur Joffe), as an Arab prince; Turtle Diary (85, John Irvin); Sleeps Six (86, James Cellan Jones), playing a movie producer, as written by Frederic Raphael; Maurice (87, James Ivory); as Shostakovich in Testimony (87, Tony Palmer); Turkish in Pscali's Island (88, James Deardea); as Dr. Watson in Without a Clue (88, Thom Eberhardt); Slipstream (89, Steven M. Lisberger); The Children (90, palmer); Bugsy (91, Barry Levinson); Sneakers (92, Phil Alden Robinson); Dave (93, Ivan Reitman); and in Schindler's List (95, Steven Spielberg), where he is actually the center of the film.

Ben Kingsley autographs, photographs and more @ ebay.com (direct link to photographs) - just checked and a bigger selection than i have seen everywhere else