oh and I had to go and turn on the TV
that’s when he happened this bald-headed
legend has won our hearts playing the
meekest and the meanest you kid on cha
cha welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting 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
well I stay I wouldn’t miss it for the
world
number ten grinko trans-siberian who are
you I am detective video green cold
narcotic division and this is bullshit
set on the northern trans-siberian
railway
this thriller showcases Ben Kingsley as
a Russian narcotics officer who develops
an interest in a traveling American
couple who have some secrets up their
sleeve but could he also have some of
his own in Russia we have expression
with lies who may go ahead in the world
but you may never go back his very
presence works to build suspense and
dread as the story begins to unveil a
tangle of drugs and murder oh yeah what
do you want
you have your drugs not my drugs right
with his black coat trooper hat and
thick Russian accent Kingsley
demonstrates that in Siberia the icy
cold is not the only force to be
reckoned with in Russia now we say there
are only two kinds of people those who
leave in private jet those who leave in
coffee number nine dr. Roberto Miranda
death and the maiden dr. Roberto Morales
very nice to meet you at the center of
this nail-biting drama set in South
America is Kingsley playing a charming
and intelligent doctor who finds himself
in a dire predicament she’s saying it’s
supposed to be a trial you’re willing to
be an accomplice to kidnapping a murder
– that’s also okay with you he’s tied to
a chair with his life threatened by an
enraged woman who claims that he
blindfolded and tortured her during the
old fascist regime had nothing to do
with any beatings or torches will he
survived the interrogation is he even
the right man my god this is some kind
of game Kingsley’s brilliant performance
swings us back and forth between answers
as the helpless man who has only his
wits to keep him alive
guilty you’ll kill me if I’m innocent
you’ll kill me if I’m innocent yes crude
if I’m guilty you’ll kill me for a man
justice not justice you’re not bad
number eight
Cosmo sneakers try aspirin flexing his
acting chops as the slimy bad guy
Kingsley plays the smug criminal Cosmo
who seeks a computer program that would
give him access to any and every secret
computer file on earth disaster
therefore we must have it although you
cheer for the break-in team led by
Robert Redford whose aim is to retrieve
the code-breaking program god it’s good
to see you you can’t help but like
Kingsley’s international villain whose
performance drips with smooth arrogance
you will give me the box
right now or I will kill you right now
though it’s good to be good kingsley
makes it fun to be bad there’s a war out
there old friend a world war and it’s
not about who’s got the most bullets
it’s about who controls the information
number seven bruce pandolfini searching
for bobby fisher’ Josh I’d like you to
meet a friend of mine hi Josh this is
Bruce strict brilliant and unwilling to
yield to any other way than his Kingsley
shines in this film as a chess
instructor who becomes the coach of
young prodigy Josh Waitzkin what about
taking on e5 about it you didn’t
consider it I did you didn’t is still
not considering it set up as the boy
begins to warm up to unconventional
chess player and hustler Vinnie played
by Laurence Fishburne the authoritarian
coach bristles and a conflict of
interest develops don’t let me go down
there to lose that’s what you can do for
him played with unbending sincerity we
can’t see anyone but Kingsley playing
this supporting role with as much depth
and passion I’m honored to call myself
your teacher
number six Georges méliès Papa Josh
Hugo come and dream with me
leave it to Kingsley to bring to the
screen one of the true life pioneers of
French cinema a man who built the first
movie studio and dazzled his audience
with technical and visual effects we
risked everything we sell to theater and
everything we had so we could build our
own movie studio
Kingsley fills the character with a
sense of emotion and Wonder that makes
you speculate whether the real deal was
anything like Kingsley’s interpretation
if you’ve ever wondered where your
dreams come from you look around
this is where that night nevertheless
watching Kingsley’s depiction of the man
in this historical adventure drama
particularly in sequences as a grumpy
toy shop owner makes him believable and
fun to watch you can earn your notebook
how come to the booth every day how
decide how long you must work for each
item you stole number 5
Meyer Lansky Bugsy there’s a little
matter we have to discuss good cuz I got
a little matter I want to discuss with
you come on in come on in one of the
first major films to portray him as
something other than a good guy
Kingsley plays the real-life associate
of Bugsy Siegel mafia leader
Meyer Lansky and with the role he proved
he could be bad
I’m not excusing it I’m explaining it
I’m a businessman Kingsley as Lansky
brought humanity to his layered role as
the financial wizard and one of the few
men who truly understood Bugsy on a
deeper level famous isn’t good Ben the
Clark Gable is good for Joe DiMaggio is
good famous to you it’s not good though
Kingsley was only a Supporting Actor in
the crime drama the Academy honored him
with an Oscar nomination and he was also
nominated for a Golden Globe he really
does affect my opinion of your ability
to administrate when you get yourself
involved in this type of detail Charlie
tell him what you said to me when I told
you about do you think I said to see
what I’m talking about number four
Colonel Massoud Emir Bharani House of
Sand and Fog my name is perolli kennel
irani this drama is as heart stirring as
it is tragic and Kingsley’s portrayal of
the Iranian immigrant with a family is
part of what makes it as moving as it is
I will for you do nothing without my son
nothing
trying to rebuild his own life as well
as those of his wife and children and
working two menial jobs to make ends
meet Kingsley makes us sympathize
desperately with his character for four
years we have lived a life which you
could not afford and spent almost
everything to marry Sarai with a good
family though things seem to go from bad
to worse when the previous owner of the
house demands her home back at any cost
this is my house I lived here and you
stole this house from me you son of them
he plays the role with a quiet dignity
that won him another Oscar nomination
he’s God I’m making NASA to this woman
Ducati Nicole oh and I do promise if you
will my son I mean returned her father’s
house number three Don Logan sexy beast
scream coca-cola bigmouth bigmouth don’t
duck dumb perhaps showcasing Kingsley at
his best at being the worst
this crime flick won him another Golden
Globe and Oscar nomination for his
ferocious role why don’t you just put
the cigarette out
we’ll set a sideshow you want me to cut
your hands off use it as an ashtray
playing an insane and intimidating
sociopath with no self-control
Kingsley mixes black humor with genuine
madness to form an intense twisted
performance portraying the tough guy
helping his boss organize one last bank
heist
Kingsley seems to relish the role as the
criminal that other criminals dread a
criminal that loves what he does mr.
Roundtree no guess Roundtree yes
Grosvenor no Friday I won’t please yeah
yeah yeah yeah number two
Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi I’m glad but it
will not be enough arguably one of
Kingsley’s greatest performances he won
an Oscar Golden Globe and BAFTA for his
portrayal of the legendary peacekeeping
leader of India during the first half of
the 1900s let us take a solemn oath in
his name that come what may we will not
submit to this law the epic biographical
film takes us through the defining
moments of Gandhi’s life and through
them all Kingsley is enveloped in his
character so completely that we forget
where he stops and Gandhi starts where
there’s injustice I always believed in
fighting the question is do you fight to
change things or do you fight to punish
for myself I found with all such sinners
we should leave punishment to God
acclaimed from almost every corner of
the film world Kingsley is neither
flashy nor theatrical yet he made the
man come alive like no one before or
after him India lives in her villages
and the terrible poverty there can only
be removed if their local skills can be
revived before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions I’m no
lawyer mr. Hall you’d have to
your solicitor my children playing
overhead who’s this
Frank Frank Valente finally Thomas here
is an accountant for the Roxxon Oil
Corporation and I’m sure he’s a really
good guy yeah we treat them try to heal
try to kill and if that fails at least
we provide them with the measure of
comfort in their lives calm I’m looking
for its extant
number one its socks Darrin Schindler’s
List you it sexting or not I am where
can we talk superior to other entries on
this list due not only to Kingsley
superior talent but also his memorable
character in an incredible all-around
film generations because of what you did
I didn’t do enough who did so much it
sucks Jaron is next to Liam Neeson’s
Oskar Shindler the hero of this epic
historical drama by law I have to tell
you so I like you
well I’m a German today we are playing
Schindler’s accountant and working along
with him to hire workers for his factory
starin assisted in saving the lives of
hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust
Oskar I love you people are alive
because of you look at them nominated
for a BAFTA in this Nazi era flick that
won multiple awards
Kingsley’s performance here cemented his
status as an incredible actor for our
generation list isn’t absolute good
the list is a life do you agree with our
list which Ben Kingsley performance is
your favorite now I don’t want to kick
up a fuss right press charges contact
the British Embassy I’d rather not
pursue those channels not my style and I
saw the bloke for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com You Know Who
I am
you don’t know where I am and you’ll
never see me coming
that’s when he happened this bald-headed
legend has won our hearts playing the
meekest and the meanest you kid on cha
cha welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting 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
well I stay I wouldn’t miss it for the
world
number ten grinko trans-siberian who are
you I am detective video green cold
narcotic division and this is bullshit
set on the northern trans-siberian
railway
this thriller showcases Ben Kingsley as
a Russian narcotics officer who develops
an interest in a traveling American
couple who have some secrets up their
sleeve but could he also have some of
his own in Russia we have expression
with lies who may go ahead in the world
but you may never go back his very
presence works to build suspense and
dread as the story begins to unveil a
tangle of drugs and murder oh yeah what
do you want
you have your drugs not my drugs right
with his black coat trooper hat and
thick Russian accent Kingsley
demonstrates that in Siberia the icy
cold is not the only force to be
reckoned with in Russia now we say there
are only two kinds of people those who
leave in private jet those who leave in
coffee number nine dr. Roberto Miranda
death and the maiden dr. Roberto Morales
very nice to meet you at the center of
this nail-biting drama set in South
America is Kingsley playing a charming
and intelligent doctor who finds himself
in a dire predicament she’s saying it’s
supposed to be a trial you’re willing to
be an accomplice to kidnapping a murder
– that’s also okay with you he’s tied to
a chair with his life threatened by an
enraged woman who claims that he
blindfolded and tortured her during the
old fascist regime had nothing to do
with any beatings or torches will he
survived the interrogation is he even
the right man my god this is some kind
of game Kingsley’s brilliant performance
swings us back and forth between answers
as the helpless man who has only his
wits to keep him alive
guilty you’ll kill me if I’m innocent
you’ll kill me if I’m innocent yes crude
if I’m guilty you’ll kill me for a man
justice not justice you’re not bad
number eight
Cosmo sneakers try aspirin flexing his
acting chops as the slimy bad guy
Kingsley plays the smug criminal Cosmo
who seeks a computer program that would
give him access to any and every secret
computer file on earth disaster
therefore we must have it although you
cheer for the break-in team led by
Robert Redford whose aim is to retrieve
the code-breaking program god it’s good
to see you you can’t help but like
Kingsley’s international villain whose
performance drips with smooth arrogance
you will give me the box
right now or I will kill you right now
though it’s good to be good kingsley
makes it fun to be bad there’s a war out
there old friend a world war and it’s
not about who’s got the most bullets
it’s about who controls the information
number seven bruce pandolfini searching
for bobby fisher’ Josh I’d like you to
meet a friend of mine hi Josh this is
Bruce strict brilliant and unwilling to
yield to any other way than his Kingsley
shines in this film as a chess
instructor who becomes the coach of
young prodigy Josh Waitzkin what about
taking on e5 about it you didn’t
consider it I did you didn’t is still
not considering it set up as the boy
begins to warm up to unconventional
chess player and hustler Vinnie played
by Laurence Fishburne the authoritarian
coach bristles and a conflict of
interest develops don’t let me go down
there to lose that’s what you can do for
him played with unbending sincerity we
can’t see anyone but Kingsley playing
this supporting role with as much depth
and passion I’m honored to call myself
your teacher
number six Georges méliès Papa Josh
Hugo come and dream with me
leave it to Kingsley to bring to the
screen one of the true life pioneers of
French cinema a man who built the first
movie studio and dazzled his audience
with technical and visual effects we
risked everything we sell to theater and
everything we had so we could build our
own movie studio
Kingsley fills the character with a
sense of emotion and Wonder that makes
you speculate whether the real deal was
anything like Kingsley’s interpretation
if you’ve ever wondered where your
dreams come from you look around
this is where that night nevertheless
watching Kingsley’s depiction of the man
in this historical adventure drama
particularly in sequences as a grumpy
toy shop owner makes him believable and
fun to watch you can earn your notebook
how come to the booth every day how
decide how long you must work for each
item you stole number 5
Meyer Lansky Bugsy there’s a little
matter we have to discuss good cuz I got
a little matter I want to discuss with
you come on in come on in one of the
first major films to portray him as
something other than a good guy
Kingsley plays the real-life associate
of Bugsy Siegel mafia leader
Meyer Lansky and with the role he proved
he could be bad
I’m not excusing it I’m explaining it
I’m a businessman Kingsley as Lansky
brought humanity to his layered role as
the financial wizard and one of the few
men who truly understood Bugsy on a
deeper level famous isn’t good Ben the
Clark Gable is good for Joe DiMaggio is
good famous to you it’s not good though
Kingsley was only a Supporting Actor in
the crime drama the Academy honored him
with an Oscar nomination and he was also
nominated for a Golden Globe he really
does affect my opinion of your ability
to administrate when you get yourself
involved in this type of detail Charlie
tell him what you said to me when I told
you about do you think I said to see
what I’m talking about number four
Colonel Massoud Emir Bharani House of
Sand and Fog my name is perolli kennel
irani this drama is as heart stirring as
it is tragic and Kingsley’s portrayal of
the Iranian immigrant with a family is
part of what makes it as moving as it is
I will for you do nothing without my son
nothing
trying to rebuild his own life as well
as those of his wife and children and
working two menial jobs to make ends
meet Kingsley makes us sympathize
desperately with his character for four
years we have lived a life which you
could not afford and spent almost
everything to marry Sarai with a good
family though things seem to go from bad
to worse when the previous owner of the
house demands her home back at any cost
this is my house I lived here and you
stole this house from me you son of them
he plays the role with a quiet dignity
that won him another Oscar nomination
he’s God I’m making NASA to this woman
Ducati Nicole oh and I do promise if you
will my son I mean returned her father’s
house number three Don Logan sexy beast
scream coca-cola bigmouth bigmouth don’t
duck dumb perhaps showcasing Kingsley at
his best at being the worst
this crime flick won him another Golden
Globe and Oscar nomination for his
ferocious role why don’t you just put
the cigarette out
we’ll set a sideshow you want me to cut
your hands off use it as an ashtray
playing an insane and intimidating
sociopath with no self-control
Kingsley mixes black humor with genuine
madness to form an intense twisted
performance portraying the tough guy
helping his boss organize one last bank
heist
Kingsley seems to relish the role as the
criminal that other criminals dread a
criminal that loves what he does mr.
Roundtree no guess Roundtree yes
Grosvenor no Friday I won’t please yeah
yeah yeah yeah number two
Mohandas Gandhi Gandhi I’m glad but it
will not be enough arguably one of
Kingsley’s greatest performances he won
an Oscar Golden Globe and BAFTA for his
portrayal of the legendary peacekeeping
leader of India during the first half of
the 1900s let us take a solemn oath in
his name that come what may we will not
submit to this law the epic biographical
film takes us through the defining
moments of Gandhi’s life and through
them all Kingsley is enveloped in his
character so completely that we forget
where he stops and Gandhi starts where
there’s injustice I always believed in
fighting the question is do you fight to
change things or do you fight to punish
for myself I found with all such sinners
we should leave punishment to God
acclaimed from almost every corner of
the film world Kingsley is neither
flashy nor theatrical yet he made the
man come alive like no one before or
after him India lives in her villages
and the terrible poverty there can only
be removed if their local skills can be
revived before we unveil our top pick
here are a few honorable mentions I’m no
lawyer mr. Hall you’d have to
your solicitor my children playing
overhead who’s this
Frank Frank Valente finally Thomas here
is an accountant for the Roxxon Oil
Corporation and I’m sure he’s a really
good guy yeah we treat them try to heal
try to kill and if that fails at least
we provide them with the measure of
comfort in their lives calm I’m looking
for its extant
number one its socks Darrin Schindler’s
List you it sexting or not I am where
can we talk superior to other entries on
this list due not only to Kingsley
superior talent but also his memorable
character in an incredible all-around
film generations because of what you did
I didn’t do enough who did so much it
sucks Jaron is next to Liam Neeson’s
Oskar Shindler the hero of this epic
historical drama by law I have to tell
you so I like you
well I’m a German today we are playing
Schindler’s accountant and working along
with him to hire workers for his factory
starin assisted in saving the lives of
hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust
Oskar I love you people are alive
because of you look at them nominated
for a BAFTA in this Nazi era flick that
won multiple awards
Kingsley’s performance here cemented his
status as an incredible actor for our
generation list isn’t absolute good
the list is a life do you agree with our
list which Ben Kingsley performance is
your favorite now I don’t want to kick
up a fuss right press charges contact
the British Embassy I’d rather not
pursue those channels not my style and I
saw the bloke for more entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com You Know Who
I am
you don’t know where I am and you’ll
never see me coming
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