Ben Kingsley

Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE, is a British actor. Kingsley's first film role was a supporting turn in Fear Is the Key, released in 1972. Kingsley continued starring in bit roles in both film and television, including a bit part on the soap opera Coronation Street and regular appearances as a defence counsel in the long-running British legal programme Crown Court.
He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor.

Kingsley has since appeared in a variety of roles. His credits included the films, Without a Clue (as Dr. Watson alongside Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes), Bugsy - which led to an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, Sneakers,  Schindler's List,  Sexy Beast, for which he received another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, and House of Sand and Fog, which led to yet another Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He won a Crystal Globe award for outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2001.