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Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Bhanji; 31 December 1943)〔 is an English actor. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film ''Gandhi'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films ''Schindler's List'' (1993), ''Sexy Beast'' (2000), ''Lucky Number Slevin'' (2006), ''Shutter Island'' (2010), ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010), ''Hugo'' (2011), and ''Iron Man 3'' (2013). Kingsley was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2000, and a Knight Bachelor in 2002.〔("Sir Ben: Knighthood beats Oscar" ), bbc.co.uk; retrieved 13 March 2013.〕 In 2010, he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.〔 In 2013 he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.〔("The Britannia Awards: Kathryn Bigelow and Sir Ben Kingsley" ). Bafta. Retrieved 26 June 2015〕 ==Early life== Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire. He is the son of Anna Lyna Mary (born Goodman; 1914–2010), an actress and model who appeared in films in the 1920s and 1930s, and Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji (1914–1968), a medical doctor.〔(Film Reference.com Biography )〕 Kingsley's father, born in Kenya, was of Gujarati Indian (Ismaili Muslim Khoja) descent.〔(BBC:Sir Ben Kingsley's gold turban )〕 Kingsley's paternal grandfather was an extremely successful spice trader who had moved from India to Zanzibar, where Kingsley's father lived until moving to Britain at the age of 14.〔Bennetts, Leslie. (''Ben Kingsley’s Journey From Hamlet to Gandhi''. ) New York Times: Best Pictures. 13 December 1982.〕〔Von Busack, Richard. (''Sexy Beast.'' ) Metroactive movies. March 2005.〕〔Pathak, Rujul. (''Ben Kingsley's Chameleon Characters'' ). Little India.com. 15 June 2005.〕 Kingsley's mother was British; she was born out of wedlock, and "was loath to speak of her background".〔Pfefferman, Naomi. (''Shoah dramas continue to compel actor Ben Kingsley''. ) L.A. Jewish Journal. 18 May 2001.〕〔Tugend, Tom. (''Incidental Intelligence''. ) JewishJournal.com. 13 April 2001.〕 Kingsley's maternal grandfather was believed by the family to have been of Russian- or German-Jewish descent, while Kingsley's maternal grandmother was of English background, and worked in the garment district of East London.〔: "The grandmother of the knighted Royal Shakespeare Company alum spoke Yiddish she picked up while a garment worker in London's East End a century ago. "She was violently opposed to talking about this, so my poor mother was at the receiving end of a rage attack every time my grandmother was asked about her husband, her lover, whoever it was, but it's believed that he was a Russian Jew or a German Jew called Goodman", Kingsley told ''The Jerusalem Post''".〕 Kingsley stated in 1994: "I'm not Jewish... and though there might be some Russian-Jewish heritage way back on my mother's side, the thread is so fine there's no real evidence". Kingsley grew up in Pendlebury, near Manchester. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, where one of his classmates was the actor Robert Powell. He took his stage name from his father's nickname (at Dulwich College) of "Benji" and his paternal grandfather's nickname of "King Cloves". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ben Kingsley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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