Saeed Jaffrey
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Saeed Jaffrey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Man Who Would Be King
as Billy Fish
1975
Gandhi
as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1982
Ghar Ho To Aisa
as Ram Prasad
1990
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Nasser Ali
1985
Masoom
as Suri
1983
Mohabbat
as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
1997
Chicken Tikka Masala
as C. P. Chopra
2005
Naseeb
as Dharamdas Bajaj
1998
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Anil Mukerjee
1975
Jalwa
as Yakub Saeed
1987
Aagaman
1982
The Deceivers
as Hussein
1988
Sauda
as Prakash's uncle
1995
Chashme Buddoor
as Lalan Mian
1981
Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
1997
Sphinx
as Selim
1981
Dil
as Mr. Mehra
1990
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
1994
Henna
as Khan Baba
1991
The Chess Players
as Mir Roshan Ali
1977
TV Appearances
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Akram Malik
2002
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Kunzru
1979
Minder
as Mukerjee
1979
The Protectors
as President's Aide
1972
Callan
1967
Gangsters
as Aslam Rafiq
1976
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Hamidullah
1965
The Regiment
1972
Play for Today
as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1970
Tamas
as Karim Khan
1988
The Far Pavilions
as Biju Ram
1984