Sir Roger said last week he prefers to be called "Rog" on film sets. Would it really add anything to have one's title included? I don't think so. I think it's the actor people want to see, not the knight. Lord Puttnam was speaking after receiving the Bafta Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow.
ES Money. And in a press conference for Thunderbirds he rebuked a German reporter who called him Mr Kingsley. Perhaps [the title] is an invitation by the realm and the Prime Minister to say, 'He now plays for England, so perhaps you should listen to him a little more diligently'.
On another occasion, he said he had changed his name on his passport and all documentation. He said being knighted was "like being selected for the Olympics or having a football number on the back of your shirt that identifies you as playing for England I enjoy that feeling. The actor, whose film credits include Schindler's List, House of Sand and Fog and Gandhi - for which he won an Oscar in - has been billed with his title once before, in The Triumph of Love Sir Roger Moore said last week he prefers to be called "Rog" on film sets.
Insisting on being addressed by a title would be "a load of pretentious bollocks," he said. Menu Sections. Sir Ben Kingsley has told how he felt "embraced" after being knighted and said the honour has made him feel accepted.
T he Gandhi actor had the title bestowed upon him in for his services to the performing arts, and, according to the Daily Mirror, it gave him the acceptance that he never felt he had from his late mum, model and actress Anna Goodman.
But my mother refused to acknowledge it had taken place. She was embarrassed and bitter and jealous. Kingsley's mother, Anna Lyna Mary Goodman Bhanji, was an English fashion model and actress; she appeared in films in the s and s. Kingsley's maternal grandfather was believed by the family to have been of Russian Jewish or German Jewish descent, while Kingsley's maternal grandmother was of English background, and worked in the garment district of East London.
His mother was born outside of marriage, and was raised by her own mother. His paternal family was from the Indian state of Gujarat, the same state Mohandas K. Gandhi was from. He wrote the music for the production as well as sang and played guitar for same.
After one performance, John Lennon and Ringo Starr came backstage and told him that he should go into music and that if he didn't, "he would regret it for the rest of his life. The next year, he was invited to join the Royal Shakespeare Company and his choice was made. Was listed as a potential nominee on both the and Razzie Award nominating ballots. He was suggested in the Worst Supporting Actor category on the ballot for his role in the film Thunderbirds And he was suggested again the next year in the Worst Supporting Actor category of the Razzie nominating ballot for his performance in the film A Sound of Thunder He failed to receive either nomination.
Was originally cast as Ephraim in Munich , but later had to withdraw from the project due to scheduling conflicts. The role went to Geoffrey Rush. At the age of ten, he went busking outside a cinema with his friend Shirley Edwards in Llanelli, South Wales. Is one of eleven actors of Asian descent nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category.
The initials of his professional name are a reversal of the initials of his birth name. Of those, Gandhi and Schindler's List won in the category. Kingsley considers this an extraordinary coincidence that five days before Sir Richard Attenborough called him for the lead role in Gandhi , he was given a library book on Gandhi.
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