Ben Kingsley: Career In Four Minutes

By Matt Maytum
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The Iron Man 3 villain takes us through his key roles

Ben Kingsley makes his presence felt in Iron Man 3 as Tony Stark’s iconic nemesis, The Mandarin.

His performance is one of the threequel’s purest pleasures, nailing a contemporary take on the comic-book villain.

And of course, Kingsley didn’t earn the ‘Sir Ben’ tag for nothing, notching up a variety of roles on an eclectic CV since bagging an Oscar for his lead role in Gandhi .

For a concise, eloquent summation of that career in just four minutes - from his early days treading the boards in Shakespeare plays, to his incendiary performance in Sexy Beast , as well as his experiences working with cinema powerhouses Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese - look no further.

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Iron Man 3 hits UK cinemas on 25 April 2013. Read our Iron Man 3 review .

Matt Maytum
Matt Maytum
Editor, Total Film

I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.

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