Sir Ben, 62, born Krishna Bhanji in East Yorkshire to a Kenyan father and English mother, was knighted in 2001. The poster for his new film Lucky Number Slevin, out this week, bills him as "Sir ...

Sir Ben, 62, was knighted in 2001 and likes to be referred to as Sir. His agent was unavailable for comment. "I wish I could just get hold of him and say 'wake up'," Lord Puttnam said of Sir Ben.