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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
Detective Mullings
for Detective Mullings in The Retribution of St.Bernard
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This is a gripping crime thriller that follows retired detective John St. Bernard as he is thrust into a deadly game when his daughter becomes the target of a sinister plan. After surviving a near-fatal attack, his world unravels when a series of murders unfold around him, with each victim drawing him deeper into a web of dark secrets. When John's daughter lies fighting for her life in the hospital, he is devastated and enraged. Consumed by grief and a burning desire for justice, he takes matters into his own hands. The first to fall is his former partner, a trusted ally. He becomes a suspect in her murder. Next morning his neighbor falls victim to the relentless killer, and John find out that his wife is next, as it was in one old case he had investigated—the gruesome murder of a man's stepdaughter, colleague, neighbor, and wife.. Fueled by desperation, John races against time to save her. Realizes he's dealing with no 1, but 5 killers, with personal vendettas against him. The motives range from revenge for a past conviction to jealousy and hatred. The conspirators aim to make John suffer, framing him for the murders and orchestrating a meticulously planned revenge plot. Supported by his brothers, Humphrey and James, enlists the help of his former police chief, still the head of police. They race against the clock to save John's wife from becoming the final victim. He fights all 5 and kills them. At the end, daughter recovers, and family rebuilds after Retribution.
