- Born in 1988 at Leamington Spa. Warwickshire, to knighted British actor Ben Kingsley and his theatrical director wife Alison Sutcliffe, Ferdinand has a brother Edmund and they both began appearing on stage in no-speaking roles as children. He also a brother Thomas Alexis Bhanji and sister Jasmine Bhanji from his father's first marriage. Turning down the opportunity to attend Clare College, Cambridge, Ferdinand instead was a student at the Guildhall Theatre School and since graduating has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company,and the National Theatre earning a nomination in 2010 for the Ian Charleson Award for his role as best newcomer as Rosencratz. He also appeared in the film 'The Last Legion' playing his father's character as a young man and on television in crime dramas 'Ripper Street' and 'Poirot'. He is also a music producer under the name of FK.
- IMDb mini biography by: don @ minifie-1
- Parents
- Son of Academy Award winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley and theatrical director Alison Sutcliffe.
- Appears in a music video for Dance in Colour by The Crookes.
- Brother of Edmund Kingsley.
- Francatelli is somebody who believes that life is his to make of what he will...or at least that it should be. He is a strong believer in social mobility and in looking beyond the shores of our small island nation. He takes pride in being the very best at what he does, and won't accept mediocrity when he can see potential. He feels that there's theoretically very little that he can't achieve. So when he feels his fate is taken out of his hands, first by Miss Skerrett and then by the Queen, he struggles and has a tendency to become resentful, even rebellious. Resentment and claustrophobia can lead people to make poor decisions, and Charles comes very close to making some rather rash ones, but events often have a way of bringing life into focus, and thankfully, Charles finds the clarity to sit down and ask himself which is more important: his heart or his ego.
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