Ben Kingsley: Career In Four Minutes

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 is the former Editor of Total Film magazine. Over the past decade, Matt has worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+. 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.