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* ''Film/Poison2023'' as Dr. Ganderbai
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* ''Film/TheWonderfulStoryOfHenrySugar'' as Imdad Khan / the casino dealer
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* Charlie in ''Film/Security2017''
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley is often tapped to play various ethnic groups.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley is often tapped to play various ethnic groups. Lampshaded with his role in ''Film/IronMan3'', in which he plays an alleged Asian terrorist who is actually a British actor hired to be a front man for the real villain.
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** ''Series/WonderMan''
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* Dr. Miranda, a doctor with a very dark past in ''Film/DeathAndTheMaiden''
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* Mysterious Grinko in ''Film/{{Transsiberian}}''.
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* ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022''
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* {{Brownface}}: Kingsley darkened his skin for the title role in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}''; despite being half-Indian with parentage from the same region and ethnicity as the man, he's fair-skinned in real life.
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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.

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Sir Ben Kingsley is a British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.

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His son, Creator/{{Ferdinand|Kingsley}}, is also an actor.



* PlaysGreatEthnics: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.

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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any is often tapped to play various ethnic group.groups.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Yes, he's also Indian.]]

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With a BadassBaritone, he is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].

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With a BadassBaritone, he He is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].
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* Bruce Pandolfini in ''Film/SearchingForBobbyFischer''.
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* [[FallenHero O'Ryan]], an FBI Agent turned psychic vigilante SerialKillerKiller in ''Film/SuspectZero''.

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* [[FallenHero [[TragicHero O'Ryan]], an FBI Agent turned psychic vigilante SerialKillerKiller in ''Film/SuspectZero''.

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Ambiguously Brown is NRLEP through TRS, but fortunately there's a trivia trope that fits


* AmbiguouslyBrown: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.


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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Because of his mixed Indian and British ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.
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With a BadassBeard, a BaldOfAwesome, and a BadassBaritone, he is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].

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With a BadassBeard, a BaldOfAwesome, and a BadassBaritone, he is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].
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* AsHimself in ''Series/TheSopranos'', where Christopher Moltesanti tries to pitch him his idea for a gangster-horror movie.

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* AsHimself in ''Series/TheSopranos'', where Christopher Moltesanti Moltisanti tries to pitch him his idea for a gangster-horror movie.

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* Trevor Slattery in ''Film/IronMan3'' and ''Film/AllHailTheKing''.

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* Trevor Slattery in ''Film/IronMan3'' and ''Film/AllHailTheKing''.the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
** ''Film/IronMan3''
** ''Film/AllHailTheKing''
** ''Film/ShangChiAndTheLegendOfTheTenRings''
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Kingsley has no problem working in lowbrow fare if he thinks the role will be fun. This was the explicit motivation for his role in ''Film/BloodRayne'', since he really wanted to play a vampire.
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* AwesomeDearBoy: Kingsley has no problem working in lowbrow fare if he thinks the role will be fun. This was the explicit motivation for his role in ''Film/BloodRayne'', since he really wanted to play a vampire.
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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a Russian Jewish mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.

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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a Russian Jewish British mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.



* AmbiguouslyBrown: Because of his mixed Indian and Jewish ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.
* FakeNationality: Sir Ben's played everything from [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]], to Fake Arabs, to Fake Persians, to Fake Frenchmen, to a Fake Maori, a Fake German, and several Fake Jews (though he is half-Jewish on his mother's side).

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Because of his mixed Indian and Jewish British ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.
* FakeNationality: Sir Ben's played everything from [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]], to Fake Arabs, to Fake Persians, to Fake Frenchmen, to a Fake Maori, a Fake German, and several Fake Jews (though he is half-Jewish on his mother's side).Jews.

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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.

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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British Russian Jewish mother on 31 December 1943 in Snainton, England.



* FakeNationality: Sir Ben's played everything from [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]], to Fake Arabs, to Fake Persians, to Fake Frenchmen, to a Fake Maori, a Fake German, and several Fake Jews.

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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Because of his mixed Indian and Jewish ancestry, Kingsley can portray almost any ethnic group.
* FakeNationality: Sir Ben's played everything from [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]], to Fake Arabs, to Fake Persians, to Fake Frenchmen, to a Fake Maori, a Fake German, and several Fake Jews.Jews (though he is half-Jewish on his mother's side).
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With a BadassBeard, a BaldOfAwesome and a great voice, he is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].

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With a BadassBeard, a BaldOfAwesome BaldOfAwesome, and a great voice, BadassBaritone, he is best known for his roles as the title character in ''Film/{{Gandhi}}'', Itzhak Stern in ''Film/SchindlersList'', and Creator/GeorgesMelies in Creator/MartinScorsese's ''Film/{{Hugo}}''. One of the truly great dramatic actors of cinema, he will also take on more lowbrow roles [[AwesomeDearBoy if he thinks he'll get to have fun]].
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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on December 31, 1943 in Snainton, England.

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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on 31 December 31, 1943 in Snainton, England.
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* FakeNationality: Sir Ben's played everything from [[FakeAmerican Fake Americans]], to Fake Arabs, to Fake Persians, to Fake Frenchmen, to a Fake Maori, a Fake German, and several Fake Jews.
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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on December 31, 1943.

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British actor, born Krishna Pandit Bhanji to an Indian father and a British mother on December 31, 1943.1943 in Snainton, England.
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* Adolf Eichmann in ''Film/OperationFinale'' (2018)

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