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. 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.

1988年出生于利明顿温泉。沃里克郡，英国演员本·金斯利（Ben Kingsley）和他的戏剧导演妻子艾莉森·萨特克利夫（Alison Sutcliffe）的爵士，费迪南德（Ferdinand）有一个兄弟埃德蒙（Edmund），他们俩从小就开始以不说话的角色出现在舞台上。费迪南德拒绝了就读剑桥克莱尔学院的机会，而是在市政厅戏剧学院就读，毕业后曾与皇家莎士比亚剧团和国家剧院合作，并于 2010 年获得伊恩·查尔森奖提名，因为他饰演罗森克拉茨的最佳新人。他还出现在电影《最后的军团》中，扮演他父亲年轻时的角色，并在电视上出演犯罪剧《开膛手街》和《波洛》。他还是FK名下的音乐制作人。