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
- Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
- Chicken Tikka Masala as C. P. Chopra
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as Akram Malik
- Snapshots as Ibrahim
- Day of the Sirens as Albert Page
- Mad Dogs as The Great Gazuka
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)
- Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai as Komal's Father
- Guru in Seven as Mr.Walia
- Achanak as Arjun's Father
- Aunty No. 1 as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
- Naseeb as Dharamdas Bajaj
- Dildara
1997
- HARDtalk
- Mahaanta as Inspector General of Police
- The Journey as Ashok
- Judaai as Mr. Sahni
- Deewana Mastana as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
- 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
- Saajan Ki Baahon Mein as Ranvir Singh
- Trimurti as Bhanu
- Veergati as Pooja's dad
- Kartavya as Ramakant Sahay
- Angrakshak
- Prem
- Sauda as Prakash's uncle
1994
- Liberation as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Common As Muck as Nat Prabhakar
- Little Napoleons as Vijay Shah
- Stages as Father
- Yeh Dillagi as Bhanupratap Saigal
- Dilwale as Police Commissioner
- Two Oranges and a Mango as Father
- Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
- Baali Umar Ko Salaam as Jalan
- Salaami
1993
- Ek Hi Raasta as Colonel Choudhry
- Aashik Aawara
- Aaina as Mr. Mathur
- Anmol as S. J
- 15th August as SP Pratap Solanki
1992
- Vansh as Police Commissioner
- Nishchaiy as Suryakant Gujral
- Suryavanshi as J.B.
- Laat Saab as Rai Sahib
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Afsana Pyar Ka
- Ajooba as Amir Khan
- Yaara Dildara as Mr. Mehra
- Henna as Khan Baba
- Indrajeet as Seth Din Dayal
- Masala as Lallu Bhai Solanki / Mr. Tikkoo / Lord Krishna
1990
- Ghar Ho To Aisa as Ram Prasad
- Dil as Mr. Mehra
- Kishen Kanhaiya as Vidya Charan
- After Midnight as Jas
- Shandaar as Chacha
- Pathar Ke Insan
- Aandhiyan as Shakuntala's Father
1989
- Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
- Eeshwar as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
- Ram Lakhan as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap
- Chaalbaaz as Vishwannath
- Hisaab Khoon Ka
- Daata as Master Dinanath
- Aakhri Ghulam
1988
- Tamas as Karim Khan
- Just Ask for Diamond as Mr. Patel
- The Deceivers as Hussein
- Hero Hiralal
- Khoon Bhari Maang
- Vijay as Inder Sen Gujral
- Ek Aadmi
1987
- A Killing on the Exchange as Musquat Singh
- Jalwa as Yakub Saeed
- Khudgarz as Brij Bhushan Saxena
- A View from a Window
- Aulad as Anand's chacha
- Partition
- Awam as Defense Advocate
1986
- Sunday Premiere as Karamat
- Living Legend - Raj Kapoor as Self
- On Wings of Fire as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
- Love Match as Karamat
- Kala Dhanda Goray Log as Pinto Ustad
1985
- Tandoori Nights as Jimmy Sharma
- My Beautiful Laundrette as Nasser Ali
- Ram Teri Ganga Maili as Kunj Bihari
- Saagar as Mr. D'Silva
- Karishma Kudrat Kaa as Lala Dayaluram
- Jaanoo as Shastri
- Phir Aayee Barsat as Rajhan
1984
- Me & My Girl as Ranjit Sharma
- The Jewel in the Crown as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
- Mitch as Zahoor Ahmed
- The Far Pavilions as Biju Ram
- A Passage to India as Hamidullah
- The Razor's Edge as Raaz
- Mashaal as Kishorilal
- Bhavna as Ram Kishen
- Nehru as Narrator
1983
- Masoom as Suri
- The Courtesans of Bombay
- Mandi as Major Agarwal
- Kissi Se Na Kehna as Lalaji
1981
- Sphinx as Selim
- Beyond the Next Mountain as Prime Minister
- Chashme Buddoor as Lalan Mian
1980
- Staying On as Frankie Bhoolabhoy
- We Think the World of You as The Maharaja
- Ek Baar Phir as Saeed
1979
- Minder as Mukerjee
- Tales of the Unexpected as Dr Kunzru
- The Last Giraffe as Taj
1978
- Strangers as Narayan Bose
- Death on the Nile as Servant (uncredited)
- The After Dinner Joke as Merchant
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Sri Narain
- Destiny as Gurjeet Singh Khera
- Race for Survival as Patel
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
- The Man Who Would Be King as Billy Fish
- Two's Company as The Doctor
- 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
- Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga as Narrator
- Parable as Circus Worker
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)