Background:

"If I knew I was going to win, I would not have gone dressed as a Waiter." Ben Kingsley on winning the Oscar for Best Actor (Gandhi).

Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley acquired international recognition after playing the character role of the martyred leader of India's quest for independence in Richard Attenborough's acclaimed biopic Gandhi (1981). As a result of his magnificent performance, Kingsley was highly praised with an Academy Award, Golden Globe Awards, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, a New York Film Critics Circle Award, a National Board of Review Award, a London Evening Standard Award, BAFTA Awards, as well as a Grammy Award.

In more recent films, the British actor received rave reviews and critical ac ..[Full version]