Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

1929-01-08 – 2015-11-15 (age 86) Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
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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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Known For

Death on the Nile
Death on the Nile

1978

as Servant (uncredited)

Gandhi
Gandhi

1982

as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King

1975

as Billy Fish

My Beautiful Laundrette
My Beautiful Laundrette

1985

as Nasser Ali

A Passage to India
A Passage to India

1984

as Hamidullah

Sphinx
Sphinx

1981

as Selim

The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge

1984

as Raaz

The Deceivers
The Deceivers

1988

as Hussein

The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy

1975

as Anil Mukerjee

Yeh Dillagi
Yeh Dillagi

1994

as Bhanupratap Saigal

The Horsemen
The Horsemen

1971

as District Chief

Dilwale
Dilwale

1994

as Police Commissioner

Dil
Dil

1990

as Mr. Mehra

Mahaanta
Mahaanta

1997

as Inspector General of Police

Shuttlecock
Shuttlecock

1976

as Dr. Haq

English Babu Desi Mem
English Babu Desi Mem

1996

as Madadgar

The Chess Players
The Chess Players

1977

as Mir Roshan Ali

Mr In-Between
Mr In-Between

2001

as Mr. Basmati

Ram Lakhan
Ram Lakhan

1989

as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap

Ajooba
Ajooba

1991

as Amir Khan