Highlighted works
Filmography
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cast member
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cast member
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cast member
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cast member
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cast member
2018
Cooper
2017
President Karzai
2016
voice of Bagheera
2015
Robin Smythe
2015
Papa Rudy
2015
Darwan
2015
Dr Silas Lamb
2015
Jack Warner
2015
Damian
2014
voice of Archibald Snatcher
2014
Nun
2014
Night at the Museum Secret of the Tomb
Merenkahre, Ahk's father
2014
Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film
on-screen participant
2014
on-screen participant
2013
Mazer Rackham
2013
Trevor Slattery, 'The Mandarin'
2013
on-screen participant
2013
on-screen participant
2013
Muse of Fire: a Shakespearean Road Movie
on-screen participant
2013
The Jonathan Ross Show[06/04/2013]
on-screen participant
2012
Tamir
2011
Georges Méliès
2010
Igor Savitsky's voice by
2010
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Nizam
2009
Fergus
2009
1001 Inventions & The Library of Secrets
Al Jazari / The Librarian
2009
Dr Cawley
2008
Journey to Mecca In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta
narrator
2008
Grinko
2008
Walken
2008
Guru Tugginmypuddah
2007
narrator
2007
Frank Falenczyk
2007
Dr Squires
2007
David Kepesh
2007
Ambrosinus/Merlin
2007
voice of narrator
2007
cast member
2007
on-screen participant
2006
Charles Hatton
2006
Dr Herman Tarnower
2006
The Rabbi
2006
I Have Never Forgotten You The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal
interviewee
2006
Film4's 50 Films to See before You Die
on-screen participant
2006
on-screen participant
2005
Fagin
2005
Kagan
2005
[original voice of General Keyserlingk]
2004
narrator
2004
Benjamin O'Ryan
2004
Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani
2004
Hermocrates
2004
The Hood
2003
From Hollywood to Borehamwood[06/11/2003]
on-screen participant
2003
From Hollywood to Borehamwood[04/12/2003]
on-screen participant
2003
From Hollywood to Borehamwood[27/11/2003]
on-screen participant
2003
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough Part Two
on-screen participant
2003
interviewee
2003
From Hollywood to Borehamwood[11/12/2003]
interviewee
2002
Walter L. Shaw
2002
man in the yellow suit
2002
interviewee
2001
Multicultural Achievement Awards
presenter
2001
narrator
2001
narrator
2001
narrator
2001
Otto Frank
2001
SS officer
2001
Don Logan
2001
voice of specialist
2000
The Great Zamboni
2000
Graydon
2000
Ambassador Mourain
2000
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
Peace Is Every Step: Meditation in Action: The Life and Work Of Thich Nhat Hanh
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
narrator
1999
The BBC/BAFTA Lifetime Achievement Tribute
host
1999
Renzo Locatelli
1999
Major Caterpillar
1999
interviewee
1998
Sweeney Todd
1998
Porfiry, chief of police
1997
Mariella Frostrup's Brunch[21/09/97]
Guest
1997
Julian Messenger
1997
Harry Fertig
1997
Amos
1997
Reverend Templeton
1997
on-screen participant
1997
Guest
1997
The Jack Docherty Show[18/09/97]
Guest
1996
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi The Last Shah
narrator
1996
Twelfth Night or What You Will
Feste
1996
Les MILLE ET UNE RECETTES DU CUISINIER AMOUREUX
[originally cast?]
1996
The British Academy Craft Awards
on-screen participant
1996
on-screen participant
1995
narrator
1995
Salman Rushdie and the Lost Portrait
narrator
1995
Moses
1995
Potifar
1995
Dr Roberto Miranda
1995
Xavier Fitch
1995
The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg
on-screen participant
1994
narrator
1994
narrator
1994
Sholomon
1993
narrator
1993
Itzhak Stern
1993
Bruce Pandolfini
1993
The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream
cast member
1993
Vice-president Gary Nance
1993
Juror
1992
narrator
1992
voice of Freddie
1992
Cosmo
1992
"Action!..." Sir Richard Attenborough
interviewee
1992
interviewee
1991
narrator
1991
Duke of Edinburgh: A Birthday Celebration
narrator
1991
Ernesto
1991
Pericles
1991
Meyer Lansky
1991
Michael Caine Breaking the Mould
interviewee
1991
Living Shakespeare A Year with the RSC
on-screen participant
1990
narrator
1990
narrator
1990
Martin Boyne
1990
Cunda
1990
voice of Father Capulet
1990
governor
1990
interviewee
1989
Murderers among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
Simon Wiesenthal
1989
Basil Pascali
1989
Dr. John Watson
1989
Avatar
1988
Lenin
1988
Stanley Spencer
1988
Sholomon
1988
on-screen participant
1987
Dmitri Shostakovich
1987
Lasker-Jones
1986
Second Stride: Plainsong and Carnival
presenter
1986
commentator
1986
86 Whistle Test 87 Africa Tomorrow
narrator
1986
British Cinema: A Personal View Richard Attenborough Slates 69-70 Ben Kingsley Interview
Interviewee
1986
on-screen participant
1985
Silas Marner
1985
Selim
1985
William Snow
1984
Geoff Craven
1984
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? (Prof. Leslie Fiedler. Reader ben Kingsley)
reader
1984
Let Those Who Are in Favour with Their Stars (Dr. A.L. Rowse. Reader ben Kingsley)
reader
1984
In the Old Age Black Was Not Counted (Dr. A.L. Rowse. Reader ben Kingsley)
reader
1984
Camille
1984
on-screen participant
1984
on-screen participant
1984
on-screen participant
1984
on-screen participant
1984
on-screen participant
1983
Twyla Tharp Scrapbook: 1965 - 1982
presenter
1983
presenter
1983
presenter
1983
cast member
1983
Edmund Kean
1983
Robert
1983
interviewee
1983
cast member
1983
on-screen participant
1982
Mahatma Gandhi
1982
Frank Ford
1982
Stravinsky Centenary Season[27/02/82]The Soldier's Tale
cast member
1981
A Tall Story - How Salman Rushdie Pickled all India
Readings
1981
on-screen participant
1981
on-screen participant
1980
Vikings! Part 7 An Island Called Thule
on-screen participant
1980
Vikings! Part 3 From the Fury of the Northmen
on-screen participant
1980
Vikings! Part 8 The Ultimate Outpost
on-screen participant
1980
Vikings! Part 4 Halfdan Was Here
on-screen participant
1979
Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
Ivanov
1979
Jeremy Leigh Q.C.
1979
Jeremy Leigh Q.C.
1979
Jeremy Leigh Q.C.
1978
Roberto Cibrario
1977
Chakravarti
1976
Jeremy Leigh
1976
Jeremy Leigh
1976
Jeremy Leigh
1976
Jeremy Leigh
1976
You Won't Escape When Hendrik Witbooi Comes Part 2
Jeremy Leigh
1976
You Won't Escape When Hendrik Witbooi Comes Part 3
Jeremy Leigh
1976
You Won't Escape When Hendrik Witbooi Comes Part 1
Jeremy Leigh
1976
Dr Elliotson
1976
Dr Elliotson
1975
Rossetti
1975
Rossetti
1975
Rossetti
1975
.
1975
.
1974
Edgar Allan Poe
1974
Thidias
1974
on-screen participant
1973
Cast Member [MISFORTUNE]
1973
Lord Uplandtowers
1973
Royale
1973
Naseem
1972
Ben Kingsley and Buzz Goodbody
on-screen participant
1966
Dangerous Waters Victory in Sight
Peter Batterby
1966
cast member
1966
Dangerous Waters Rhyme - But No Reason
Peter Batterby