"ben kingsley." [ laughter ] "no dear, sir ben kingsley." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and that's it?you know, in china there used to be, if i may say this, and you can beep it out if you want to, >> jimmy: sure. >> but in china, there used to be torture and execution, death by a thousand cuts. in the united kingdom, it's death by a thousand puffs. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we have a -- [ applause ] we have a very cool show tonight, and just to see you guys all hanging out. did you meet johnny marr? did you see him walking around? >> i met -- >> jimmy: kal? >> mr. kal, yes, i did. >> jimmy: kal penn, yes. >> and his parents. >> jimmy: that's right, he brought his mom and dad. >> so because kal and his mum and dad are here, i'm not allowed to do my funny indian accent. [ laughter ] i was dying to do it. >> jimmy: but you can't do it tonight. >> i can't do it. >> jimmy: no you absolutely -- yeah. it would be rude. [ in indian accent ] >> mr. and mrs. kal would be very upset to hear this. [ laughter and applause ] >> jimmy: absolutely! that is a great accent! you're the best at doing it. >>

sir ben kingsley. right back. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is an oscar-winning actor who plays the mandarin in "iron man 3". >> mr. president, only two lessons remain. i intend to finish this before christmas morning. >> meet thomas richards. good strong name, good strong job. thomas here is an accountant for the roxon oil corporation, and i'm sure he's a really good guy. i'm going to shoot him in the head. >> live on your television in 30 seconds. >> stephen: not if obama takes his gun away. ( laughter ) please welcome sir ben kingsley. ( cheers and applause ) hey! nice to meet you. thanks so much for coming. nice to have you. i'm a big fan. how are you? >> awesome. amazing. fantastic. spectacular. unbelievable. great. just amazing. fantastic. wow, amazing. amazing. full on wow. just great. just great. boys and girls i have to get this out of my system because i'm going back to the u.k. this evening, and in the u.k.-- ask me as an englishman how i am?

is there any ethnicity we can overlay on ben kingsley?yed it all. >> i've never played a girl. >> stephen: really. >> that's not an ethnicity, i know. >> stephen: no. >> but i am-- i am-- ( laughter ) ( applause ) but i'm really-- i'm meeting you halfway here. ( laughter ) >> stephen: between man and woman? you're meet meeg halfway? >> however you wish to interpret it. >> stephen: like, when you did "gandhi." when i was a kid i loved that story. >> when were you a what? sorry. when i was a kid. a child. a very small child, when you were in "gandhi." >> are we making friends now? what endeared you, i'm curious, as a child, what endeared you? >> stephen: fashion, fashion. his homespun is what i liked about him. it was minimal. it was minimal-- >> when-- when he visited his majesty king george v, and he was asked, "did you think you were sufficiently dressed to meet his majesty." and he said, "his majesty had enough clothes on for both of us." not bad. >> stephen: that's nice. >> not bad. >> stephen: that's quick. >> not bad for a bad guy is

sir ben kingsley.e right back. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen: welcome back, everybody. my guest tonight is an oscar-winning actor who plays the mandarin in "iron man 3". >> mr. president, only two lessons remain. i intend to finish this before christmas morning. >> meet thomas richards. good strong name, good strong job. thomas here is an accountant for the roxon oil corporation, and i'm sure he's a really good guy. i'm going to shoot him in the head. >> live on your television in 30 seconds. >> stephen: not if obama takes his gun away. ( laughter ) please welcome sir ben kingsley. ( cheers and applause ) hey! nice to meet you. thanks so much for coming. nice to have you. i'm a big fan. how are you? >> awesome. amazing. fantastic. spectacular. unbelievable. great. just amazing. fantastic. wow, amazing. amazing. full on wow. just great. just great. boys and girls i have to get this out of my system because i'm going back to the u.k. this evening, and in the u.k.-- ask me as an englishman how i am?

tonight, a conversation with s ir ben kingsley. he has won numerous awards. is playingfilm, he an evil genius "iron man 3." we're glad you have joined us. >> there is a saying that dr. king had that said there is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work together, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: you would not think a character for a comic book it would have created some controversy. but the role did just that. the character is called the mandarin. that approach was three imagined for this current iteration of "iron man." let's take a look at sir ben kingsley as mandarin. >> he is traveling. >> what are we waiting for? mr. president, only to lessons remain. lessons remain. thomas is an accountant. i am sure he is a really good guy. to shoot him in the head. live on

i just met ben kingsley in the dressing room. he has been around the world. this is one of the joys of being an actor. to set sail, to go off to glorious parts of the world, that is what i enjoy and when i took up the script to my wonderware next question mark i love to go and i love to come home. hopefully the check does not bounce. and the movie gets made and the people enjoyed. you move on. that: what other factors you weigh when deciding at this point in your career what you do in fact want to do? it is not just about getting out of the house. the script obviously matters. what are you making your decisions on these days? >> always the script. always the script in the people involved in it. the director. sometimes you have choices, sometimes you do not. thate been very fortunate i have worked since i left grammar school in 1976 and made a living as an actor. -- you know, i do not necessarily go and seek projects. they just find me. so to speak. my agent calls up and says, somebody wants to work with you. this is a good text, you read it, and if the timing

in a nutshelby the way, sir ben kingsley, good enough to join us this morning.d guy, terrorist bad guy and yet he is so much more than he looks and seems. >> well, i decided not to play him villainously but to try and play him as a man who has a profound belief in his own sense of righteousness, that's what's terrifying about these people who hack into our airwaves and broadcast to us and they have a totally almost benign passivity about them and that was my juggle. >> you do so, again, in a -- there was a line where your speech patterns are compared to a baptist preacher. >> yes. >> and i know you said there's a lesson here. read the script and read the whole script because's how you based his speech. >> absolutely. my dear colleague, robert downey jr. refers to my speech patterns as a baptist preacher then i also read in the screenplay that i prefer to call myself a teacher. i actually say those lines myself and in the script there's that -- it's all about the writing. >> sure. >> beautiful rhythmic speech patterns that i can get inside a word and stretch it -

and fortunately this time we have sir ben kingsley.it was the right time and the right guy to play this part. the whole thing is just magical, jon. >> jon: you know what i think? ( cheers and applause ). i think there is a movie promotion suit that you get into. you go like this and it just goats (making noise). you jet off to the other thing. now are they still putting you in danger? are you too valuable now to the franchise to be suspended from wires? are there people now that they must... what is your... >> you're really on to something, aren't you? >> jon: i really am on to something. >> i like doing that stuff, you know. once in a while you take a spill or, you know, you shut down production for a bit while you heal up. >> jon: sure. i'm the same. i do all my own... >> really? jon: look how close you are to the edge. there are many times i just roll off the back. >> no pads, no back pad. jon: are you kidding me? look at me. i'm 150 pounds of osteoporosis. i can handle it. what countries most like if you went anywhere, who is the m

and my guest ben kingsley is an accomplished actor despite being born with a debilitating accent. a man arrested for shooting at the white house said he was upset over u.s. marijuana laws. man, if only there were some way to mellow that guy out. ( laughter ) this is the the "colbert report" captioning sponsored by comedy central

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the biggest treat of the movie is sir ben kingsley's performance, as he delivers a positively unsettling portrayal of the terrorist leader. "thomas here is an accountant for the roxon oil corporation. and i'm sure he's a really good guy...and i'm going to shoot him in the head." "all in all, while iron man 3 might not be the next dark knight, it's still better than your average superhero movie." as for a rating, rotten tomatoes says this is right on the certified fresh threshold, and i can't really disagree. to me, this is ttbook case of four out of five stars. "well, that about does it for this segment. until next time, i'm chris chandler."" as you may know, this is not only the last update news broadcast of the semester, but the last show as we know it. many changes are coming next season, one of which is a brand new studio. but right now, let's take a look back at our greatest moments from this season... and also some of our wackiest. ">>>im bobby dupree, im ryan silapan, im megan rodriguez, im sean wince, tiffoni tofoni, im kate loewen and im victor guzman, im saushe young, elizabeth

. >> jimmy: ben kingsley plays a great villain.g away in case there's anyone who hasn't seen it. he's terrific. >> he has a great character arc, but he's also such a playful guy. so he's kind of like this arch nemesis but he's a -- he's very funny. and so we had to really bridge the gap between -- you don't necessarily want him getting the big laughs in the movie when he's supposed to be scaring us. >> jimmy: right. it's weird to see a guy who you think of as gandhi in that kind of a role. funny gandhi. >> or evil gandhi. >> jimmy: it's national teacher appreciation day. i don't know if you saw that. and one of our hollywood boulevard ironmen had thoughts about one of his teachers. do you have a teacher in your life that was remarkable to you in some way? whether good, bad? >> i'll just talk about the good ones. i had two. mr. jellesum was my dramatic arts teacher in high school. and mr. hunter was my history teacher which is always tough at least it was for me. but he was great in upstate new york. >> jimmy: do you keep in touch w

an-- you know, i was talking to ben kingsley. >> rose: oh, yeah. >> sir ben. a film with him. and he said, "what are you going to do next?" and i said i'm going to do this thing, blah, blah, blah, the jackie robinson story. >> he said who are you going to play? i said i'm going to play branch rickey. he said i don't know the name branch rickey. and i said he's this guy. and i said i'm going to do the thing, the character actor thing. i'm going to shave my hairline back, and he said give a man a mask and he'll tell you the truth. >> rose: wow. >> and i remember when i first started and it reminded me that when i first started, i told you the first time i was on same i was mr. anterks rbus with a pillow under my jacket andital compowder in my hair to look like i had gray hair, and it freed me, freed me. i was a very-- i was very nervous about being onstage, b but, you know, with a. -- and i sang from the "fantastics, "and all of that was immensely aided by disguise. the truth is a hard thing to tell. either you get accused of being pedantic or being a know-it-al

i want to thank my guests -- sir ben kingsley, larry the cable guy and the band perry.and her mom will be here. hey, jimmy fallon coming up next. bye-bye! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey. that's what i'm talking about right there. that's a great, new york city crowd. you feel the energy. [ cheers and applause ] you feed off the energy! i love it. welcome, everybody to "late night." yeah, we've got a great show tonight. gonna be a lot of fun, a lot of fun. funny people, interesting people coming, pretty people are coming here tonight. let's get into some news here. here's what everybody's talking about. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in big trouble, you guys. [ light laughter ] he was arrested this week -- for threatening to expose some sensitive government secrets. you could tell that it was serious, 'cause his bail was set at

monday night, ben kingsley will be here. jimmy fallon is next.end. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> michael: from studio 6b in rockefeller center, the national broadcasting company presents -- tonight's guests are -- and featuring the legendary roots crew. and here he is -- jimmy fallon! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: oh, that's right. a new york city crowd right there! welcome, everybody! welcome to "late night with jimmy fallon." are you guys feeling good tonight? [ cheers and applause ] we're going to have fun. here's what people are talking about, you guys. man, president obama is not having a good week. with three scandals shaking the white house, they're saying that this is one of the worst weeks of obama's presidency. obama's like, "how could things get worse?" and joe biden was like, "you rang?" [ laughter ] speaking of the president, last week obama gave a commencement speech at ohio state university. and on monday, joe biden spok

>> clayton: ben kingsley.e most highly anticipated movies of the year, "ironman 3" hits theaters today. just bought my tickets earlier this morning. >> gretchen: no way! >> steve: meanwhile, our own ironman joins us to give us his full review, plus insight into the making of the movie. kevin mccarthy. good day, sir. >> clayton: hey, kevin. >> good morning to you guys. clayton, it's geek out time, man. i'm excited for you to see "ironman 3", buddy. >> gretchen: why are you in london? >> i'm here because i'm getting ready to sit down with the cast of star trek into the darkness, as well as fast and furious 6, two massive summer block busters. "ironman 3" hitting the states today. already made $307 million world wide. comes out today, projected to do 160 to $180 million this weekend in the u.s. i had the rare opportunity to sit down with ironman himself, i wasn't supposed to get him, but i told him i was talking to you and i was able to. so here is my interview with robert downey, junior and gwyneth paltrow. >> h

all i have to say is ben kingsl kingsley, fantastic in this movie.d kid that steals every scene that he's in with robert downey jr. it's such a cute pairing i think they're really, really good together. it's a good one. it's a really good one. >> looks like a thumbs up, don't you think? >> a really good one says nischelle turner. >> thank you. >>> could gray hair be gone for good one day? >> i hope so. >> we could be close to the day when you could rub something on your head and watch the gray fade away. >> does it come in a box? anyway a new research report published in the online journal shows people who've gone gray actually accumulate hydrogen peroxide in their hair follicle which causes hair to bleach itself from the inside out but said it should be able to be treated with a topical cream that will return the hair to its original color. european researchers are testing out a process that appears to return gray hair to its original color, back to its roots. no word yet when this would be available. >> hmm. so it's activated by the sun. here's wha