Ben Kingsley

Biography

Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards, as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Laurence Olivier Awards. Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor in 2002 for services to the British film industry. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2010 and received the Britannia Award in 201
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Personal Info

Id

2282

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1943-12-31

Place of Birth

Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Sir Ben Kingsley
  • Krishna Pandit Bhanji
  • Krishna Bhanji
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    Known For

    Lucky Number Slevin

    Lucky Number

    Oliver Twist

    Oliver Twist

    Schindler's List

    Schindler's

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    A.I. Artific

    Gandhi

    Gandhi

    Death and the Maiden

    Death and th

    Sneakers

    Sneakers

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    To Be Hamlet

    A Sound of Thunder

    A Sound of T

    Joseph

    Joseph

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    C.S. Lewis:

    Bugsy

    Bugsy

    What Planet Are You From?

    What Planet

    Lenin: The Train

    Lenin: The T

    Rules of Engagement

    Rules of Eng

    House of Sand and Fog

    House of San

    The Confession

    The Confessi

    Dave

    Dave

    Shutter Island

    Shutter Isla

    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Comm

    Slipstream

    Slipstream

    TransSiberian

    TransSiberia

    Sexy Beast

    Sexy Beast

    Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Won

    Suspect Zero

    Suspect Zero

    You Kill Me

    You Kill Me

    Elegy

    Elegy

    Fear Is the Key

    Fear Is the

    The Love Guru

    The Love Gur

    Maurice

    Maurice

    Without a Clue

    Without a Cl

    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    Prince of Pe

    War, Inc.

    War, Inc.

    Species

    Species

    Harem

    Harem

    The Last Legion

    The Last Leg

    Teen Patti

    Teen Patti

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    Desert Warri

    The Triumph of Love

    The Triumph

    Tuck Everlasting

    Tuck Everlas

    The Wackness

    The Wackness

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    Searching fo

    Jules

    Jules

    Thunderbirds

    Thunderbirds

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    The Children

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    50 Films to

    Twelfth Night

    Twelfth Nigh

    Hugo

    Hugo

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    The Wonderfu

    Fifty Dead Men Walking

    Fifty Dead M

    Islam: Empire of Faith

    Islam: Empir

    The Assignment

    The Assignme

    Iron Man 3

    Iron Man 3

    Ender's Game

    Ender's Game

    The Killer's Game

    The Killer's

    The Dictator

    The Dictator

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    A Force More

    Mrs. Harris

    Mrs. Harris

    Silas Marner

    Silas Marner

    The Desert of Forbidden Art

    The Desert o

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    Imaginary Wi

    Turtle Diary

    Turtle Diary

    Parting Shots

    Parting Shot

    A Common Man

    A Common Man

    Freddie As F.R.O.7.

    Freddie As F

    It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

    It Is No Dre

    Spooky House

    Spooky House

    Testimony

    Testimony

    Pascali's Island

    Pascali's Is

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    The Mechanic

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    Shoot the Mo

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    The Cinemagi

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    Sacha Baron

    The Tale of Sweeney Todd

    The Tale of

    Betrayal

    Betrayal

    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

    Night at the

    Camille

    Camille

    The Physician

    The Physicia

    BloodRayne

    BloodRayne

    The Boxtrolls

    The Boxtroll

    A Birder's Guide to Everything

    A Birder's G

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    The Many Liv

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    Murderers Am

    Poison

    Poison

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    Liberation

    Muse of Fire

    Muse of Fire

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    Every Good B

    Self/less

    Self/less

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-S

    Robot Overlords

    Robot Overlo

    War Story

    War Story

    Antony and Cleopatra

    Antony and C

    Placeholder

    Unlikely Her

    Walking with the Enemy

    Walking with

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

    Exodus: Gods

    William Tell

    William Tell

    Photographing Fairies

    Photographin

    Journey to Mecca

    Journey to M

    The Jungle Book

    The Jungle B

    Learning to Drive

    Learning to

    The Fifth Monkey

    The Fifth Mo

    Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst

    Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

    Robin Willia

    The Walk

    The Walk

    Life

    Life

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

    Weapons of M

    Deep Water

    Deep Water

    Collide

    Collide

    Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

    Dragonheart

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    Richard Atte

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    Nos Bastidor

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    The Making o

    Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Pu

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    Mais Bastido

    Unity

    Unity

    Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    Winston Chur

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

    The Wonderfu

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    Knights of C

    The Thursday Murder Club

    The Thursday

    Knight of Cups

    Knight of Cu

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    Necessary Lo

    The Making of Sexy Beast

    The Making o

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    The War That

    The King of Kings

    The King of

    Cellini: A Violent Life

    Cellini: A V

    An Ordinary Man

    An Ordinary

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    Of Dogs and

    War Machine

    War Machine

    The Ottoman Lieutenant

    The Ottoman

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    Hard Labour

    Night Hunter

    Night Hunter

    Security

    Security

    The Red Sea Diving Resort

    The Red Sea

    Backstabbing for Beginners

    Backstabbing

    Spielberg

    Spielberg

    Intrigo: Death of an Author

    Intrigo: Dea

    Operation Finale

    Operation Fi

    Spider in the Web

    Spider in th

    Dalíland

    Dalíland

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    Romeo.Juliet

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    Who Killed B

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    Falls the Sh

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    The Merry Wi

    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    Be Natural:

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

    1001 Inventi

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    I Have Never

    Locked Down

    Locked Down

    The Way of the Wind

    The Way of t

    The Medicine Buddha

    The Medicine

    The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

    The Life and

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    The Road to

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    Shang-Chi an

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    Michael Cain

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    Helena: Firs

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    The Making o

    Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

    Schindler's

    Young Washington

    Young Washin

    Moses

    Moses

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    2026

    Deep Water

    as

    2025

    The Thursday Murder Club

    asIbrahim

    2025

    The King of Kings

    asHigh Priest Caiaphas (voice)

    2024

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More

    asImdad Khan / The Dealer / Dr. Ganderbai (archive footage)

    2022

    Dalíland

    asDalí

    2021

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

    asTrevor Slattery

    2021

    Locked Down

    asMalcolm

    2019

    The Medicine Buddha

    asNarrator (voice)

    2019

    Night Hunter

    asCooper

    2019

    The Red Sea Diving Resort

    asEthan Levin

    2019

    Spider in the Web

    asAdereth

    2018

    Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

    asSelf

    2018

    Inside the Operation

    asSelf

    2018

    Who Killed British Cinema?

    asSelf

    2018

    Intrigo: Death of an Author

    asHenderson

    2018

    Operation Finale

    asAdolf Eichmann

    2018

    Backstabbing for Beginners

    asPasha

    2017

    An Ordinary Man

    asThe General

    2017

    Spielberg

    asSelf

    2017

    War Machine

    asPresident Karzai

    2017

    The Ottoman Lieutenant

    asWoodruff

    2017

    Security

    asCharlie

    2016

    Of Dogs and Men

    asThe Caller (voice)

    2016

    Collide

    asGeran

    2015

    Knights of Classic Drama at the BBC

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2015

    Knight of Cups

    asStoryteller (voice)

    2015

    Life

    asJack Warner

    2015

    Unity

    asNarrator (voice)

    2015

    Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse

    asDrago (Voice)

    2014

    Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

    asSelf

    2012

    Falls the Shadow: The Life and Times of Athol Fugard

    asSelf

    2010

    Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    asNarrator

    2010

    1001 Inventions and the Library of Secrets

    asAl-Jazari / Librarian

    2007

    I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal

    asSelf

    2006

    The Road to Damascus: The Reinvention of Bugsy Siegel

    asSelf

    2006

    Mais Bastidores de Hollywood

    asSelf

    2006

    The Life and Faith of CS Lewis

    as

    2005

    Peace Is Every Step

    asNarrator

    2005

    Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2003

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    asSelf

    2001

    The Making of Sexy Beast

    asSelf

    1998

    Crime and Punishment

    asMagistrate Porfiry

    1997

    Weapons of Mass Distraction

    asJulian Messenger

    1994

    Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold

    asSelf

    1991

    Necessary Love

    as

    1991

    The War That Never Ends

    asPericles

    1990

    Cellini: A Violent Life

    asGovernor

    1990

    Romeo.Juliet

    asFather Capulet (voice)

    1983

    Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi

    asSelf

    1982

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

    asFrank Ford

    1973

    Hard Labour

    asNaseem

    Mary

    asKing Herod

    The Way of the Wind

    as

    2026

    Young Washington

    asRobert Dinwiddie

    2025

    Desert Warrior

    asEmperor Kisra

    2025

    William Tell

    asKing Albrecht

    2024

    The Killer's Game

    asZvi Rabinowitz

    2023

    Poison

    asDr. Ganderbai

    2023

    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

    asImdad Khan / Croupier

    2023

    Jules

    asMilton Robinson

    2022

    Robin Williams: Laugh Until You Cry

    asSelf

    2018

    An Oral History of: Schindler's List

    asSelf (archive footage)

    2018

    Schindler's List: 25 Years Later

    asSelf

    2016

    The Jungle Book

    asBagheera (voice)

    2015

    The Walk

    asPapa Rudy

    2015

    Self/less

    asDamian

    2015

    Robot Overlords

    asRobin Smythe

    2014

    Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

    asMerenkahre

    2014

    Exodus: Gods and Kings

    asNun

    2014

    Stonehearst Asylum

    asSilas Lamb

    2014

    The Boxtrolls

    asSnatcher (voice)

    2014

    Learning to Drive

    asDarwan

    2014

    Walking with the Enemy

    asRegent Miklos Horthy

    2014

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    asTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin

    2014

    War Story

    asAlbert

    2013

    The Physician

    asIbn Sina (Avicenna)

    2013

    Ender's Game

    asMazer Rackham

    2013

    Muse of Fire

    asSelf

    2013

    A Common Man

    asThe Man

    2013

    A Birder's Guide to Everything

    asLawrence Konrad

    2013

    Iron Man 3

    asTrevor Slattery

    2012

    It Is No Dream: The Life Of Theodor Herzl

    asNarrator

    2012

    The Dictator

    asTamir

    2012

    The Mechanical Man at the Heart of 'Hugo'

    asSelf

    2012

    Shoot the Moon: The Making of 'Hugo'

    asSelf

    2012

    The Cinemagician, Georges Méliès

    asSelf

    2012

    Sacha Baron Cohen: Role of a Lifetime

    asSelf

    2011

    Hugo

    asGeorges Méliès

    2011

    The Desert of Forbidden Art

    asVoice

    2010

    Aral, the Lost Sea

    as

    2010

    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

    asNizam

    2010

    Teen Patti

    asPerci Trachtenberg

    2010

    Shutter Island

    asDr. Cawley

    2009

    Journey to Mecca

    asNarrator

    2008

    Fifty Dead Men Walking

    asFergus

    2008

    Elegy

    asDavid Kepesh

    2008

    The Wackness

    asDr. Squires

    2008

    The Love Guru

    asGuru Tugginmypuddha

    2008

    War, Inc.

    asWalken / The Viceroy

    2008

    TransSiberian

    asGrinko

    2007

    The Ten Commandments

    asNarrator (voice)

    2007

    The Last Legion

    asAmbrosinus

    2007

    You Kill Me

    asFrank Falenczyk

    2006

    C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia

    asSelf

    2006

    50 Films to See Before You Die

    asSelf

    2006

    Mrs. Harris

    asHerman Tarnower

    2006

    Lucky Number Slevin

    asThe Rabbi

    2005

    BloodRayne

    asKagan

    2005

    Oliver Twist

    asFagin

    2005

    A Sound of Thunder

    asCharles Hatton

    2004

    Suspect Zero

    asBenjamin O'Ryan

    2004

    No Strings Attached: The Making of Thunderbirds

    asSelf

    2004

    Thunderbirds

    asThe Hood

    2004

    Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

    asSelf

    2003

    House of Sand and Fog

    asBehrani

    2003

    Unlikely Heroes

    asNarrator

    2003

    The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

    as

    2003

    Helena: First Pilgrim to the Holy Land

    asNarrator

    2002

    Tuck Everlasting

    asMan in the Yellow Suit

    2002

    Spooky House

    asThe Great Zamboni

    2001

    The Triumph of Love

    asHermocrates

    2001

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence

    asSpecialist (voice)

    2001

    Islam: Empire of Faith

    asSelf - Narrator

    2001

    Sexy Beast

    asDon Logan

    2000

    Rules of Engagement

    asAmbassador Mourain

    2000

    What Planet Are You From?

    asGraydon

    1999

    A Force More Powerful

    asNarator

    1999

    Parting Shots

    asRenzo Locatelli

    1999

    The Confession

    asHarry Fertig

    1999

    Alice in Wonderland

    asMajor Caterpillar

    1998

    The Tale of Sweeney Todd

    asSweeney Todd

    1997

    The Assignment

    asAmos

    1997

    Photographing Fairies

    asRev. Templeton

    1996

    Twelfth Night

    asFeste

    1995

    Moses

    asMoses

    1995

    Species

    asXavier Fitch

    1995

    Joseph

    asPotifar

    1994

    Death and the Maiden

    asDr. Roberto Miranda

    1994

    Liberation

    asNarrator

    1993

    Schindler's List

    asItzhak Stern

    1993

    Searching for Bobby Fischer

    asBruce Pandolfini

    1993

    Dave

    asVice-President Nance

    1992

    Sneakers

    asCosmo

    1992

    Freddie As F.R.O.7.

    asFreddie (voice)

    1991

    Bugsy

    asMeyer Lansky

    1991

    Rabbit Ears - Moses the Lawgiver

    asNarrator (voice)

    1991

    Rabbit Ears - The Tiger and the Brahmin

    asNarrator (voice)

    1990

    The Fifth Monkey

    asCunda

    1990

    The Children

    asMartin Boyne

    1990

    Lenin: The Train

    asLenin

    1989

    The Making of Slipstream

    as

    1989

    Slipstream

    asAvatar

    1989

    Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

    asSimon Wiesenthal

    1988

    Testimony

    asDmitri Shostakovich

    1988

    Pascali's Island

    asBasil Pascali

    1988

    Without a Clue

    asDr. John Watson

    1987

    Maurice

    asLasker-Jones

    1985

    Silas Marner

    asSilas Marner

    1985

    Turtle Diary

    asWilliam Snow

    1985

    Harem

    asSelim

    1985

    To Be Hamlet

    asSelf

    1984

    Camille

    asDuval

    1983

    Betrayal

    asRobert

    1982

    Gandhi

    asMahatma Gandhi

    1979

    Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

    asIvanov

    1975

    Antony and Cleopatra

    asThidias

    1972

    Fear Is the Key

    asRoyale

    Fortitude

    as

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    (1 episode)as

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    (1 episode)asDuval

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    (1 episode)asPierre

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    (4 episode)asSholomon

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    (3 episode)asNarrator

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    (1 episode)asGeoff Craven

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    (1 episode)asTrevor Slattery / The Mandarin (archive footage)

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    (3 episode)asAy

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest

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    (2 episode)asGeneral Woundwort (voice)

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    (2 episode)asPotiphar

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    (10 episode)asNarrator

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    (2 episode)asWladimir Iljitsch Lenin

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    (2 episode)asOtto Frank

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (9 episode)as

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    (8 episode)asNarrator (voice)

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    (13 episode)asNarrator

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    (10 episode)asPastor Byron 'Pa' Brown

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Presenter

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    (2 episode)asMoses

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asBen Kingsley

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    (1 episode)asBen Kingsley

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (3 episode)asSelf - Nominee

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    (13 episode)asNarrator

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Audience Member

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    (1 episode)asIvanov

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    (2 episode)asDr. John Elliotson

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    (5 episode)asDante Gabriel Rossetti

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    (8 episode)asTrevor Slattery

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