This article is a List of awards and nominations received by Sir Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley is an English actor who has received and been nominated for numerous accolades through his career, which include an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Award. In 2002 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to the British film industry. He also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and the Britannia Award in 2013.
Kingsley received the Academy Award for Best Actor for the title role in the biographical epic drama Gandhi (1982). His other Oscar-nominated roles were for Bugsy (1991), Sexy Beast (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). He also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for Gandhi (1982). Kingsley received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role as Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's holocaust drama Schindler's List (1993).
For his television roles he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Simon Wiesenthal in the HBO film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), Potiphar in the TNT miniseries Joseph (1995), Otto Frank in the ABC miniseries Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Herman Tarnower in the HBO film Mrs. Harris (2005). He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie for his role as Otto Frank in Anne Frank: The Whole Story and received nominations for playing Sweeney Todd in the television film The Tale of Sweeney Todd (1997), and Ay, the Grand Vizier in the Spike miniseries Tut (2015).
For his work in the theatre, Kingsley received Laurence Olivier Award nominations for the Best Comedy Performance for his role in the revival of William Shakespeare's comedic play The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980) and the Actor of the Year in a New Play for his role as Edmund Kean in the Raymund Fitzsimons one character play Kean (1983) on the West End. Kingsley reprised the role on Broadway.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1983 Best Actor Gandhi 1992 Best Supporting Actor Bugsy 2002 Sexy Beast 2004 Best Actor House of Sand and Fog
BAFTA Award Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1983 Best Actor Gandhi Most Promising Newcomer 1994 Best Supporting Actor Schindler's List British Academy Television Awards 1986 Best Actor Silas Marner
Emmy Award Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 1989 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1995 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Joseph 2001 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Anne Frank: The Whole Story 2006 Mrs. Harris
Golden Globe Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1983 New Star of the Year – Actor Gandhi Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama 1990 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1992Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Bugsy 2002 Sexy Beast Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Anne Frank: The Whole Story 2004 Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama House of Sand and Fog 2007 Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Mrs. Harris
Grammy Award Year Category Nominated work Result 1985 Best Spoken Word Album The Words Of Gandhi 1995 Schindler's List
Laurence Olivier Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1980 Comedy Performance of the Year The Merry Wives Of Windsor 1983 Actor of the Year in a New Play Kean
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie The Tale of Sweeney Todd 2002 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Sexy Beast 2004 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role House of Sand and Fog 2016 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Tut
Miscellaneous associations + Awards and nominations received by Ben KingsleyAwardYearNominated workCategoryResult AARP Movies for Grownups Awards 2004 House of Sand and Fog Best Actor 2011 Shutter Island Best Supporting Actor 2012 Hugo Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2007 You Kill Me Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest 2008 The Wackness Most Egregious Age Difference Between Leading Man and Love Interest American Film Institute Awards 2001 Anne Frank: The Whole Story Actor of the Year – Male – TV Movie or Mini-Series Annie Awards 2015 The Boxtrolls Outstanding Voice Acting in a Feature Production Britannia Awards 2013 — Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Entertainment British Independent Film Awards 2001 Sexy Beast Best Actor Boston Society of Film Critics 2001 Best Supporting Actor Capri Hollywood International Film Festival 2011 — Capri Legend Award Chicago Film Critics Association 2002 Sexy Beast Best Supporting Actor 2004 House of Sand and Fog Best Actor Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2002 Sexy Beast Best Supporting Actor 2004 House of Sand and Fog Best Actor Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2002 Sexy Beast Best Supporting Actor 2004 House of Sand and Fog Best Actor European Film Awards 2001 Sexy Beast Best Actor Evening Standard British Film Awards 1983 GandhiBetrayal Best Actor 1994 Schindler's List Goldene Kamera 1990 Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story Golden Camera Award Golden Raspberry Awards 2007 BloodRayne Worst Supporting Actor 2009 The Love GuruWar, Inc.The Wackness Independent Spirit Awards 2004 House of Sand and Fog Best Male Lead Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2001 — Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema National Board of Review 1982 — Best Actor National Film Awards UK 2016 — Global Contribution to Motion Picture National Society of Film Critics Awards 1982 The Words Of Gandhi Best Actor 2002 Sexy Beast Best Supporting Actor Satellite Awards 2002 Sexy Beast Best Actor—Motion Picture Drama Anne Frank: The Whole Story Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film 2006 Mrs. Harris 2007 You Kill Me Best Actor—Motion Picture Comedy or Musical Saturn Awards 2014 Iron Man 3 Best Supporting Actor Seville European Film Festival 2009 — Honorary Award Teen Choice Awards 2013 Iron Man 3 Choice Movie Villain Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2001 Sexy Beast Best Supporting Actor Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association 2003 House of Sand and Fog Best Actor
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