Age: 82
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Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 2013. Born to an English mother and an Indian Gujarati father with roots in Jamnagar, Kingsley began his career in theatre, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and spending the next 15 years appearing mainly on stage. His starring roles included productions of As You Like It (his West End debut for the company at the Aldwych Theatre in 1967), Much Ado About Nothing, Richard III, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Also known for his television roles, he received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989), Joseph (1995), Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), and Mrs. Harris (2006). In film, Kingsley is known for his starring role as Mahatma Gandhi in Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982), for which he subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actor and BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. For his portrayal of Itzhak Stern in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), he received a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role nomination. He was Oscar-nominated for Bugsy (1990), Sexy Beast (2000), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). His other notable films include Maurice (1987), Sneakers (1992), Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993), Death and the Maiden (1994), Twelfth Night (1996), Tuck Everlasting (2002), Elegy (2008), Shutter Island (2010), and Hugo (2011). Kingsley played the character of Trevor Slattery in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Iron Man 3 (2013), Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021), and the upcoming Disney+ series Wonder Man. He also acted in the blockbusters Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Ender's Game (2013). Kingsley lent his voice to the films The Boxtrolls (2014) and The Jungle Book (2016).
Sir Ben Kingsley
Kerghan the Terrible
for Kerghan the Terrible in Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Suggested by rkglv
In the world of Arcanum, a delicate balance teeters between ancient magic and modern technology. As new inventions transform society, traditional magical orders and supernatural beings find themselves increasingly marginalized. Into this tumultuous landscape enters an enigmatic individual, the sole survivor of a tragic airship crash. Unwittingly, this mysterious figure holds an ancient relic that may alter the course of the world. Chased by assassins and entangled in a web of secrecy, they discover an ancient prophecy and a hidden conflict between factions who wish to control or destroy the new technological age. Guided by allies both magical and mechanical, the protagonist journeys across vast industrial cities, remote villages, and mystical realms to uncover the origins of Arcanum's escalating power struggle. Along the way, they must navigate alliances and choose between paths of empathy, ambition, and neutrality, each choice swaying the fragile equilibrium between magic and technology. Ultimately, their decisions will determine the fate of Arcanum: whether it will embrace a future shaped by steam-powered innovation or be preserved in its mystical past.
