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Year: 1982 (55th) Academy Awards

Category: Actor in a Leading Role

Film Title: Gandhi

Winner: Ben Kingsley

Presenter: John Travolta

Date & Venue: April 11, 1983; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


BEN KINGSLEY:
Ladies and gentlemen, members of the Academy, you have bereft me of all words. But that's not good enough; I am custodian of this award for a lot of people. Let me say before continuing any further that I was overwhelmed to be mentioned in the same breath as the other four gentlemen who were nominated with me.

This film was dedicated to Pandit Nehru, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and Motilal Kothari, all men of great vision and courage. It was made by my friend Sir Richard Attenborough, another great man of vision and courage. And for all the men and women who worked on the film, this is an Oscar for vision, for courage, and for acting and for peace. Thank you.

© Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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