Top 10 Ben Kingsley Performances
This bald-headed legend has won our hearts playing the meekest AND the meanest. In this video, counts down our picks for the Top 10 Ben Kingsley performances. For this list, we’re taking a look at those performances that show off this actor at his finest and/or most memorable. From real-life heroes to the baddest movie villains, Sir Ben Kingsley has proven he’s a versatile actor deserving of his Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards.
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Favorite performance, Joseph in Egypt, where he played Potifar, second in command to the Pharaoh.
Kingsley.
Jeez, did that guy ever had hair?
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Three movies I enjoyed were:Â Elegy (with Penelope Cruz), Lucky Number Slevin (with Morgan Freeman), and Exodus (with Christian Bale).
it is SIR Ben Kingsley tho
Gandhi definitely deserved the top spot. But they should have mentioned his portrayal of Otto Frank too. All hail Sir Ben Kingsley!!!
Archibald Snatcher from The Boxtrolls.
im probably being biased since i genuinely am from belfast but i think he nailed it at 50 dead men walking
wow "it's not justice, you're not dead"
Scorcese cameo at 5:24. Also, this list is an absolute good, this list is life. Good job guys!
not even an honorable mention for the Rabbi?
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So you bleep out the f words and allow the word 'cunt.'
Interesting.
While his incredible performances in Schindler's List and Gandhi are deservedly legendary, I have to say that his Don Logan in Sexy Beast absolutely floored me. He was so thrilling to watch, so deep into the role and, most of all, he was relentlessly, coldly terrifying. Ben Kingsley like you hadn't seen him before.
Ghandi should be #1.
You forgot Fagin!
I like Kingsley's performance as Stern but his performance as Ghandi is just so amazing. The immersion into the real life figure is the most perfect I've ever seen in a biopic. It's a total chameleonic transformation.
Perhaps its because I've never seen most of his older roles, but I've never liked Ben Kingsley as an actor. In fact, it has always seemed like anyone could have filled his place in any role.
Is anyone else thinking about The Hood?
Sin dudas, un gran actor y es mi favorito. Me encantaron sus personajes en El médico (Avicena) y en El diario de Ana Frank (Sr. Frank). Me encanta como da vida a sus personajes, es el mejor. Saludos desde Paraguay.
Don't forget the Thunderbirds!
It's Sir Ben Kingsley.
Perhaps the greatest actor that ever lived, way better than Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino.
i gotta admit that i would put Trevor Slattery/the mandarin on the list and not have him as a mention. I thought Kinglsey was AMAZING in that movie, both as the intimidating terrorist and then as the bumbling stage actor. May have been a bizarre twist, but he was so good
The Cross Eyed Guru in "Love Guru" is not on here? WHY NOT?
Very good List, but i think Lucky Number Slevin should have made it into it
*Sir Ben Kingsley
iron man 3 nice performance
How was Gandhi not #1???
I love him in Schindlers List & Anne Frank. Those are my all time favorite films.
Gandhi was his best performance….
I don't think it should be on this list…but he rocked in a weird little flick called Robot Overlords.
Iron Man 3? Really?! And not even a single mention of Lucky Number Slevin. Boooooo!
no fagin?
1 GANDHI
2 SCHINDLER'S LIST
3 HOUSE OF THE SAND AND THE FOG
4 SEXY BEAST
5 DEATH AND MAIDEN
6 HUGO
7 WITHOUT A CLUE
8 THE WALK
9 SUSPECT ZERO
10 PRINCE OF PERSIA
the rabbi in lucky number slevin
Well i find that "A Common Man" is also quiet a good performance of Kingsley… But nothing reaches his performance in Ghandi and Schindlers List.
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For god sake stop with so many dislikes I know his mandarin character was a waste but his characters would being really good
Do top ten Robert de Niro performance
I really liked him in Anne a Frank the Whole Story. It was so good and he fit the told of Otto Frank so well.
anne frank was my favorite
Her's perfect for Barron Battle in Sky High 2.
I feel like Feste The Fool from Twelfth Night should have been on this list.
I think his voice work in The Boxtrolls deserves an honorable mention.
fuck america
Not gonna lie, i expected Lucky Number Slevin to be on here. Even if it was an honorable mention. He played an excellent gangster rabbi
Stern is 3, Logan is 2, Ghandi is 1.
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