Ferdinand Kingsley

Ferdinand James M. Kingsley is an English actor. He is known for portraying the roles of Hamza Bey in the film Dracula Untold, Mr. Francatelli in the television series Victoria (2016–2019), Irving Thalberg in the film Mank (2020), Hob Gadling in the Netflix adaptation of The Sandman (2022), and the mysterious villain A.M. in Reacher on Amazon Prime Video (2023).

Early life 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.

Career Kingsley's theatre credits include Troilus and Cressida, and Little Eyolf for the Royal Shakespeare Company. 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.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 The Last Legion Young Ambrosinus 2014 Dracula Untold Hamza Bey 2020 Mank Irving Thalberg 2026 Supergirl Elias Knoll

Television

Radio Year Title Role Notes2022 Who Is Aldrich Kemp? Aldrich KempBBC Radio 42023 Who Killed Aldrich Kemp? Aldrich KempBBC Radio 42019–2023 The Lovecraft Investigations SlideBBC Radio 4

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