Saeed Jaffrey
Born: 1929-01-08 in Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
Died: 2015-11-15
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2009
- Sanam Teri Kasam as Vikram Verma
2008
- Bunker Hill as Mr. Farook
- Open Secrets as Uncle Ravi
2005
- Chicken Tikka Masala as C. P. Chopra
- Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Akram Malik
- Snapshots as Ibrahim
- Mad Dogs as The Great Gazuka
- Day of the Sirens as Albert Page
2001
- Mr In-Between as Mr. Basmati
- Albela as Sonia's father
2000
- Perfect World as Maggie's Father
1998
- Animated World Faiths as Mardana (voice)
- Achanak as Arjun's Father
- Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai as Komal's Father
- Naseeb as Dharamdas Bajaj
- Aunty No. 1 as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
- Guru in Seven as Mr.Walia
- Dildara
1997
- HARDtalk
- Mahaanta as Inspector General of Police
- The Journey as Ashok
- Deewana Mastana as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
- Judaai as Mr. Sahni
- Udaan as Mr. Sahay
- Mohabbat as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
- Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
- Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
1996
- English Babu Desi Mem as Madadgar
- Bambai Ka Babu as Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)
- Jaan as Roshanlal
1995
- Trimurti as Bhanu
- Kartavya as Ramakant Sahay
- Veergati as Pooja's dad
- Angrakshak
- Prem
- Sauda as Prakash's uncle
- Saajan Ki Baahon Mein as Ranvir Singh
1994
- Common As Muck as Nat Prabhakar
- Liberation as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Little Napoleons as Vijay Shah
- Dilwale as Police Commissioner
- Yeh Dillagi as Bhanupratap Saigal
- Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
- Salaami
- Baali Umar Ko Salaam as Jalan
- Two Oranges and a Mango as Father
1993
- Aashik Aawara
- Aaina as Mr. Mathur
- Anmol as S. J
- 15th August as SP Pratap Solanki
- Ek Hi Raasta as Colonel Choudhry
1992
- Vansh as Police Commissioner
- Nishchaiy as Suryakant Gujral
- Suryavanshi as J.B.
- Laat Saab as Rai Sahib
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Ajooba as Amir Khan
- Afsana Pyar Ka
- Henna as Khan Baba
- Indrajeet as Seth Din Dayal
- Yaara Dildara as Mr. Mehra
- Masala as Lallu Bhai Solanki / Mr. Tikkoo / Lord Krishna
1990
- Dil as Mr. Mehra
- Kishen Kanhaiya as Vidya Charan
- Ghar Ho To Aisa as Ram Prasad
- Shandaar as Chacha
- Pathar Ke Insan
- Aandhiyan as Shakuntala's Father
- After Midnight as Jas
1989
- Ram Lakhan as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap
- Eeshwar as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
- Chaalbaaz as Vishwannath
- Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
- Daata as Master Dinanath
- Hisaab Khoon Ka
- Aakhri Ghulam
1988
- Tamas as Karim Khan
- The Deceivers as Hussein
- Just Ask for Diamond as Mr. Patel
- Khoon Bhari Maang
- Hero Hiralal
- Vijay as Inder Sen Gujral
- Ek Aadmi
1987
- A Killing on the Exchange as Musquat Singh
- Aulad as Anand's chacha
- Jalwa as Yakub Saeed
- Avam as Defense Advocate
- Khudgarz as Brij Bhushan Saxena
- Partition
- A View from a Window
1986
- Sunday Premiere as Karamat
- Living Legend - Raj Kapoor as Self
- Kala Dhanda Goray Log as Pinto Ustad
- Love Match as Karamat
- On Wings of Fire as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
1985
- My Beautiful Laundrette as Nasser Ali
- Tandoori Nights as Jimmy Sharma
- Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Kunj Bihari
- Saagar as Mr. D'Silva
- Phir Aayee Barsat as Rajhan
- Jaanoo as Shastri
- Karishma Kudrat Kaa as Lala Dayaluram
1984
- The Jewel in the Crown as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
- Me & My Girl as Ranjit Sharma
- A Passage to India as Hamidullah
- Mitch as Zahoor Ahmed
- The Far Pavilions as Biju Ram
- The Razor's Edge as Raaz
- Bhavna as Ram Kishen
- Mashaal as Kishorilal
- Nehru as Narrator
1983
- Masoom as Suri
- Mandi as Major Agarwal
- Kissi Se Na Kehna as Lalaji
- The Courtesans of Bombay
1981
- Sphinx as Selim
- Chashme Buddoor as Lalan Mian
- Beyond the Next Mountain as Prime Minister
1980
- We Think the World of You as The Maharaja
- Staying On as Frankie Bhoolabhoy
- Ek Baar Phir as Saeed
1979
- Minder as Mukerjee
- Tales of the Unexpected as Dr Kunzru
- The Last Giraffe as Taj
1978
- Death on the Nile as Servant (uncredited)
- Strangers as Narayan Bose
- Race for Survival as Patel
- The After Dinner Joke as Merchant
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Sri Narain
- Destiny as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1977
- The Chess Players as Mir Roshan Ali
1976
- Plays for Britain as Dr. Haq
- Gangsters as Aslam Rafiq
- Shuttlecock as Dr. Haq
1975
- Rumpole of the Bailey as Dr. Ghulam Rahmat
- Two's Company as The Doctor
- The Man Who Would Be King as Billy Fish
- The Wilby Conspiracy as Anil Mukerjee
- Gangsters as Rafiq
1972
- The Protectors as President's Aide
- The Regiment
1971
- The Horsemen as District Chief
1970
- Play for Today as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1969
- Strange Report as Ameen
- The Guru as Murad
1968
- Stalked as The Pitch-Man
1967
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Mr. Hamidullah
- The Troubleshooters as Sunil Seth
- A Passage to India as Mr Hamidullah
1964
- Parable as Circus Worker
- 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)