Ferdinand Kingsley

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 nospeaking roles as children 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 Companyand 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 fathers 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