Ferdinand Kingsley

• Name — Ferdinand Kingsley • Birth Name — Ferdinand James M. Kingsley • Birthplace — Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England • Education — * Warwick School • Guildhall School of Music and Drama • Occupation — * Actor • Years Active — 2007–present • Mother — Alison Sutcliffe • Father — Ben Kingsley

Ferdinand James M. Kingsley was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, the son of actor Ben Kingsley and theatre director Alison Sutcliffe. He is of predominantly English descent; his paternal grandfather was of Khoja Gujarati descent and one of his great-grandfathers was believed by the family to have been of either German-Jewish or Russian-Jewish descent. Kingsley attended the RSC theatre nursery, Warwick School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Kingsley's theatre credits include Troilus and Cressida, and Little Eyolf for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He played Rosencrantz in the National Theatre's 2010–11 production of Hamlet, for which he received a commendation at the 2010 Ian Charleson Awards, and Phaeax in Welcome to Thebes. In the film The Last Legion he played Young Ambrosinus in flashbacks to the younger days of the character Ambrosinus, played by his father Ben Kingsley. He took the part of Albert Aurier in the BBC production Vincent Van Gogh: Painted With Words. He plays Bushy in Richard II, which is part of the BBC's The Hollow Crown series of Shakespeare's history plays aired in Summer 2012. He played both Jesus and God the Father in the August 2012 production of the York Mystery Plays. In 2013, Kingsley played the part of murdered Jewish anarchist Joshua Bloom in the BBC period crime drama Ripper Street, and filmed prominent roles in Agatha Christie's Poirot: Elephants Can Remember, the BBC feature film The Whale as Obed Hendricks, and Universal Pictures' 2014 feature Dracula Untold as Hamza Bey. In Spring 2013, Kingsley starred in the short film Dance in Colour by The Crookes. From 2016 to 2019, Kingsley starred in ITV's drama Victoria as Italian British cook Charles Elmé Francatelli. In 2020, he played Irving Thalberg in the film Mank (2020). In 2022, Kingsley featured in the Netflix series The Sandman as Hob Gadling in episode 6, "The Sound of Her Wings". In 2023, Kingsley portrayed George Wilkins in the series Silo on Apple TV+, and the mysterious villain A.M. in Reacher (season 2) on Amazon Prime Video. On the air, he has portrayed Aldrich Kemp in the series “Who is Aldrich Kemp”, “Who Killed Aldrich Kemp”, and “Aldrich Kemp and the Rose of Pamir” by Julian Simpson.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2010 — Painted with Words — Albert Aurier — TV movie • 2012 — The Hollow Crown — Sir John Bushy — Episode: "Richard II" • 2013 — Ripper Street — Joshua Bloom — Episode: "Tournament of Shadows" • Agatha Christie's Poirot — Desmond Burton-Cox — Episode: "Elephants Can Remember" • The Whale — Obed Hendricks — TV movie • 2014 — Borgia — Giulio d'Este — Episodes: "1503, Part One","1503, Part Two", "1504","1506" and "1507" • 2016–2019 — Victoria — Charles Elmé Francatelli — Main cast • 2017 — Still Star-Crossed — Aldo Lazzara — Episodes: "Pluck Out the Heart of My Mystery", "Nature Hath Framed Strange Fellows in Her Time" and "Hell Is Empty and All the Devils Are Here" • Doctor Who — Neville Catchlove — Episode: "Empress of Mars" • 2022–2025 — The Sandman — Hob Gadling — Episodes: "The Sound of Her Wings", "Season of Mists", "Fuel for the Fire", "A Tale of Graceful Ends" • 2023 — Silo — George Wilkins — Episodes: "Freedom Day", "Holston's Pick", "The Relic", "The Getaway" and "Outside" • 2023–2024 — Reacher — A. M. — Main cast

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2022 — Who Is Aldrich Kemp? — Aldrich Kemp — BBC Radio 4 • 2023 — Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? — Aldrich Kemp — BBC Radio 4 • 2019–2023 — The Lovecraft Investigations — Slide — BBC Radio 4

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2024 — The Comeuppance — Paco — Almeida Theatre, London