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Fergus: The price of a conscience is death. None of us can afford it.
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Mickey: You're reliable, and that counts for everything in life... You know who you remind me of?
Martin: I don't remind you of anybody because I'm not like anybody else... My ma always said I'm like one in a million... A million. That's what my ma always told me I was.
Mickey: Aye, you're full of shit.
Martin: Who do I remind you of?
Mickey: Wee Aggie.
Martin: Who's Aggie?
Mickey: I wouldn't trust him with my wife, but I trust him with my life.
Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley (Ben Kingsley), born on December 31, 1943 in Yorkshire, England, is a British film and television actor.
In 1982, Ben Kingsley played the role of Gandhi in " Gandhi " and won the 40th Golden Globe Awards and the 55th Oscars Best Actor for his performance in the film
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. In 1991, Kingsley won a double nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the 49th Golden Globe Awards in 1992 and the 64th Oscars Best Supporting Actor for his performance in " Bagsey "
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. In 2001, Ben Kingsley played a manipulative and neurotic London gangster Don Logan in " Sexy Beast ". Kingsley won the 4th British Independent Film Awards for Best Actor and the 13th European Film Award for Best Actor and Boston Film Critics Association for Best Supporting Actor Award, and was nominated by Oscars for the third time
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. On March 19, 2002, Kingsley was awarded the title of knight by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace
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. In " Iron Man 3 " released on May 1, 2013 , he played the role of Mandarin Chinese
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. In 2017, he participated in MGM's new film " Operation Finale "
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Early Experience
Ben Kingsley was born on December 31, 1943 in Sneaton, Yorkshire, England. He is of British, East Indian and South African descent. His father is an Indian general practitioner who lives in the UK, and his mother is a British model and actor. Influenced by his mother, he loved drama since childhood and found himself good at imitating movements and expressions, so he began to participate in amateur drama performances in Manchester
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Performing Experience
In 1967, Kingsley, who was just 23 years old, took part in a professional performance for the first time at the Aldwych Theatre in London's West End. After that, he participated in the Royal Shakespeare Company (Royal Shakespeare Compan), Royal Court and National Theatr, and often performed Shakespeare plays. His early stage performances included Peter Brook 's stage play " A Midsummer Night's Dream " in 1967, " Richard III " in 1970, "Enemies" in 1971, and "Hamlet" in 1975. In 1971, he performed on Broadway for the first time with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Even after he participated in many film and television shows, he still continued to perform on stage
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In 1972, this thin, nervous actor made his debut on the big screen, participating in the filming of the film "Fear is the Key", and the following year he participated in Mike Leigh 's TV series "Hard Labour" (Hard Labour) Unfortunately, these two film and television works have not been recognized, and he cannot return to the theater to devote himself to the performance of stage plays
. In 1977, he starred in Ben Johnson's satire "Volpone" (Volpone) and Peter Brook's Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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In 1982, British director Richard Attenborough invited him to star in the epic biographical film " Gandhi ", the Indian "Major" Mohandas-K-Gandhi (Mohandas K. Gandhi). This film won the 55th Oscar in 1983 for best picture, best director, best actor and other 8 awards, making the 39-year-old actor famous overnight. Kingsley also won the 8th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Actor Award in 1982, the 40th Golden Globe Awards in 1983 and the 55th Oscars Best Actor Award
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After that, Kingsley created a series of different roles, including: Selim, an Arab magnate in The Harem in 1985; and a "born loser" in The Turtle Diary directed by John Owen in 1985 . William Snow; 1988 "evidence" in the former Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich; revolutionary leader in 1988 TV series "train" of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov and so on
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In 1991, Kingsley played the New York crime banker Meyer Lansky in Barry Levinson 's gang hero film " Bagshe ", and together with Warren Beatty, he played the role of creating the Las Vegas casino. The life story of the American underworld hero Bagsey was nominated for both the 49th Golden Globe Awards in 1992 and the 64th Oscars Best Supporting Actor
. In the following year, he played the upright and clean American Vice President Nance in the absurd comedy " Dave " directed by Ivan Reitman
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In 1993, Ben Kingsley participated in the filming of " Schindler's List ", which was directed by Steven Allan Spielberg , and Kingsley played the kind Jewish bookkeeper Izhak Stern (Itzhak Stern). The film won 12 nominations for the 66th Oscars in 1994, and finally won 7 awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Photography, Best Editing, and Best Original Music
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In 1995, he entered the cast of Australian director Roger Donaldson 's sci-fi action film Species , playing the role of gay scientist Xavier Fitch. In the 1996 love comedy "Twelfth Night" adapted from the original Shakespeare's original work of the same name, he played the role of Fest, a fool. In the 1997 satirical comedy "The Tycoon Battle", he played a media giant Julian Messinger. In 1998, he played a 19th century barbaric barber Sweeney Todd in John Schlesinger's TV series "The Legend of Sweeney Todd"
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In 2000, Kingsley first played the role of the US ambassador to Yemen in the thriller "Rules of the Crossfire" directed by William Friedkin, co-starring Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L. Jackson . In the second year, he played a manipulative and neurotic London gangster Don Logan in Jonathan Glazer’s gangster thriller " Sexy Beast ". Kingsley won the 4th UK in 2001 for this reason. Independent Film Award for Best Actor, Best Actor in the 13th European Film Awards and Best Supporting Actor Award from the Boston Film Critics Association, 2002 Best Supporting Actor Award from the American Broadcasting Film Critics Association, and won Oscars for the third time Nominate
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On New Year's Eve in 2001, Queen Elizabeth II awarded him the Knight Medal
. This year, he also won the Outstanding Contribution Award at the 36th Carlo Vivali International Film Festival
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In 2002, Kingsley played Hermocritus in Claire Peplo's romantic comedy " The Triumph of Love ". Kingsley also played the mysterious Yello Hutt in the fantasy film " Tuck everlasting ". On March 19, 2002, Kingsley was awarded the title of knight by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace
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In 2003, Ben Kingsley played an Iranian who immigrated to the United States but was alien to American culture in " House of Sand and Fog ". The film once again brought Kingsley nominated for the best actor Oscar
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In 2005, Kingsley once again collaborated with Rajmund Roman Liebling , playing the wicked but not obscene, mean but hateful villain Fajin in " Oliver Twist "
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In 2008, Ben Kingsley, who was over 60 years old, staged an indecent love with Penélope Cruz Sánchez in " Elegy "
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In " Shutter Island " directed by Martin Scorsese in 2010 , he played the role of the director of the mental hospital on the island
. On May 27 of the same year, Ben Kingsley was named on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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In 2012, he appeared in the film " The Dictator " directed by Larry Charles .
In " Iron Man 3 " released on May 1, 2013 , he played the role of Mandarin Chinese
. In " Enders Game " released on November 1 , Ben Kingsley played the commander Meze Rickham.
In January 2014, Ben Kingsley joined " Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb ", where he played an Egyptian pharaoh
. In June, Ben Kingsley joined Jon Favreau 's " The Jungle Book " as the voice of the lion Bahira
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In 2017, he participated in MGM's new film " Operation Finale "
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Character Evaluation
Ben Kingsley's bone reveals a kind of introverted reservedness, perhaps due to the accumulation of culture, even if he is born with a "unconventional and long history" appearance, he can still glow with a charming evil spirit. Ben Kingsley's diverse genetic characteristics and complex cultural influence have destined his broad and varied play style. His acting career also aptly explains such a principle daily: unique temperament is the strongest weapon for an actor to cross the stage and have a source of both sides
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