本·金斯利生于英国的约克郡，父亲是印度裔医师，母亲是英裔模特。他年轻时就对演戏产生了兴趣，后进入英国皇家戏剧学校就读，之后便登台表演莎翁名剧。1972年他出演了自己的银幕处女作《急先锋》(Fear Is the Key，1972)，可惜并未得到认可，不得以又重返剧院。十年后，他卷土重来，主演了印度...
Dual Canadian/British nationalities. Read Music at Lancaster University (1975-78) before joining English National Opera as singer (1979-81). Theatre credits subsequently include Gloucester (King Lear) at Colchester, Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) at Liverpool and Watford, Algol (Space Queen Maladjusta) at Southampton, Angelo (Archangels Don't Play Pinball) at Bristol. Married BBC studio manager Sharmini Thillaimuthu. Two children. Lives in London and Suffolk.
英国青年演员，现居住美国加州洛杉矶。拥有俊美脸蛋的他，成为众多年轻少女迷恋的对象，影迷直说他根本是魔戒神射手奥兰多布鲁(Orlando Bloom)的年轻翻版，而这两位同在英国出生的帅哥，年纪相差6岁，却还是同月同日出生！ 当他还小的时候就曾参与伦敦当地的剧场演出。13岁时英国当红电视影...
