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Acting

Known Credits

148

Gender

Male

Birthday

1929-01-08

Deathday

2015-11-15 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Maler Kotla, Punjab, India

Also Known As

Sayeed Jaffery
Saeed Jaferey
Saeed Jafferey
Saeed Jafferi
Saeed Jaffery
Sayed Jaffrey
Sayeed Jaffrey
Saeed Jaffry
Saeed Jafrey

Saeed Jaffrey

Biography

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Saeed Jaffrey OBE (1929 - 2015) was an Indian-born British actor, who made numerous British movies. He was born in Malerkotla, Punjab. His film credits included The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Shatranj Ke Khiladi (The Chess Players) (1977), Gandhi (1982), A Passage to India (1965 BBC version and 1984 film) and My Beautiful Laundrette (1985). He also appeared in many Bollywood films in the 1980s and 1990s. For television he has starred in Gangsters (1975–1978), The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He also appeared as Ravi Desai on Coronation Street as the father of Vikram Desai, the cousin of Dev Alahan and in Minder (TV series) as Mr Mukerjee in Series 1 episode The Bengal Tiger.

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Acting

2009

Sanam Teri Kasam as Vikram Verma

2008		Open Secrets as Uncle Ravi
2008		Bunker Hill as Mr. Farook

2005		Chicken Tikka Masala as C. P. Chopra
2005		Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya

2002		Mad Dogs as The Great Gazuka
2002		The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Akram Malik
2002		Snapshots as Ibrahim
2002		Day Of the Sirens

2001		Mr In-Between as Mr. Basmati
2001		Albela as Sonia's father

1998		Naseeb as Dharamdas Bajaj
1998		Guru in Seven as Mr.Walia
1998		Achanak as Arjun's Father
1998		Dildara
1998		Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai as Komal's Father
1998		Aunty No. 1 as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
1998		Animated World Faiths as Mardana (voice)

1997		Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
1997		Deewana Mastana as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
1997		Udaan as Mr. Sahay
1997		Mohabbat as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
1997		Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
1997		Mahaanta as Inspector General of Police
1997		Judaai as Mr. Sahni
1997		The Journey as Ashok

1996		Jaan as Roshanlal
1996		English Babu Desi Mem as Madadgar
1996		Bambai Ka Babu as Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)

1995		Trimurti as Bhanu
1995		Angrakshak
1995		Veergati as Pooja's dad
1995		Kartavya as Ramakant Sahay
1995		Saajan Ki Baahon Mein as Ranvir Singh
1995		Sauda as Prakash's uncle

1994		Common As Muck as Nat Prabhakar
1994		Two Oranges and a Mango as Father
1994		Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
1994		Little Napoleons as Vijay Shah
1994		Yeh Dillagi as Bhanupratap Saigal
1994		Liberation as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1994		Salaami
1994		Dilwale as Police Commissioner

1993		Ek Hi Raasta as Colonel Choudhry
1993		15th August as SP Pratap Solanki
1993		Anmol as S. J
1993		Aaina as Mr. Mathur
1993		Aashik Aawara

1992		Nishchaiy as Suryakant Gujral
1992		Laat Saab as Rai Sahib
1992		Suryavanshi as J.B.
1992		Vansh as Police Commissioner

1991		Yaara Dildara as Mr. Mehra
1991		Pebble Mill as Self
1991		Masala as Lallu Bhai Solanki / Mr. Tikkoo / Lord Krishna
1991		Indrajeet as Seth Din Dayal
1991		Henna as Khan Baba
1991		Ajooba as Amir Khan

1990		Dil as Mr. Mehra
1990		Aandhiyan as Shakuntala's Father
1990		Ghar Ho To Aisa as Ram Prasad
1990		Kishen Kanhaiya as Vidya Charan
1990		Shandaar as Chacha
1990		Pathar Ke Insan
1990		After Midnight as Jas

1989		Chaalbaaz as Vishwannath
1989		Hisaab Khoon Ka
1989		Aakhri Ghulam
1989		Daata as Master Dinanath
1989		Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989		Eeshwar as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
1989		Ram Lakhan as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap

1988		Khoon Bhari Maang
1988		The Deceivers as Hussein
1988		Just Ask for Diamond as Mr. Patel
1988		Vijay as Inder Sen Gujral
1988		Tamas as Karim Khan
1988		Ek Aadmi

1987		Avam as Defense Advocate
1987		A View from a Window
1987		Partition
1987		Khudgarz as Brij Bhushan Saxena
1987		Jalwa as Yakub Saeed
1987		A Killing on the Exchange
1987		Aulad as Anand's chacha

1986		On Wings of Fire as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
1986		Kala Dhanda Goray Log as Pinto Ustad

1985		Karishma Kudrat Kaa as Lala Dayaluram
1985		Jaanoo as Shastri
1985		My Beautiful Laundrette as Nasser Ali
1985		Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Kunj Bihari
1985		Saagar as Mr. D'Silva
1985		Phir Aayee Barsat as Rajhan
1985		Tandoori Nights

1984		A Passage to India as Hamidullah
1984		Nehru as Narrator
1984		The Razor's Edge as Raaz
1984		Mitch as Zahoor Ahmed
1984		The Far Pavilions as Biju Ram
1984		Mashaal as Kishorilal
1984		The Jewel in the Crown as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat

1983		Kissi Se Na Kehna as Lalaji
1983		Mandi as Major Agarwal
1983		Masoom as Suri
1983		The Courtesans of Bombay

1982		Gandhi as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1982		Star as Rana
1982		Aagaman

1981		Chashme Buddoor as Lalan Mian
1981		Beyond the Next Mountain as Prime Minister
1981		Sphinx as Selim

1980		Staying On as Frankie Bhoolabhoy
1980		We Think the World of You as The Maharaja
1980		Ek Baar Phir as Saeed

1979		Minder as Mukerjee
1979		The Last Giraffe as Taj
1979		Tales of the Unexpected as Dr Kunzru

1978		Death on the Nile as Servant (uncredited)
1978		Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Sri Narain
1978		Race for Survival as Patel
1978		The After Dinner Joke as Merchant
1978		Destiny as Gurjeet Singh Khera

1977

The Chess Players as Mir Roshan Ali

1976

Gangsters as Aslam Rafiq

1975		Rumpole of the Bailey
1975		The Man Who Would Be King as Billy Fish
1975		Two's Company as The Doctor
1975		The Wilby Conspiracy as Mukarjee
1975		Gangsters as Rafiq

1974

Notorious Woman

1972		The Protectors as President's Aide
1972		The Regiment

1971

The Horsemen as District Chief

1970		Play for Today as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1970		Play for Today as Merchant
1970		Play for Today as Rafiq

1969		Strange Report as Ameen
1969		The Guru as Murad

1968

Stalked as The Pitch-Man

1967

Callan

1965		A Passage to India as Mr Hamidullah
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Mr. Hamidullah
1965		The Troubleshooters as Sunil Seth

1964		Parable as Circus Worker
1964		Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga as Narrator

1961

The Creation of Woman as Narrator (voice)

1959

The Sword and the Flute as Narrator

1956

Tony Awards as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)