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
- Mad Dogs as The Great Gazuka
- Snapshots as Ibrahim
- 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)
- Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai as Komal's Father
- Aunty No. 1 as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
- Naseeb as Dharamdas Bajaj
- Achanak as Arjun's Father
- Guru in Seven as Mr.Walia
- Dildara
1997
- HARDtalk
- Mahaanta as Inspector General of Police
- Deewana Mastana as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
- Judaai as Mr. Sahni
- The Journey as Ashok
- Udaan as Mr. Sahay
- Mohabbat as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
- Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
- Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
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
- Prem
- Saajan Ki Baahon Mein as Ranvir Singh
- Angrakshak
- Sauda as Prakash's uncle
1994
- Liberation as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
- Common As Muck as Nat Prabhakar
- Dilwale as Police Commissioner
- Little Napoleons as Vijay Shah
- Yeh Dillagi as Bhanupratap Saigal
- Baali Umar Ko Salaam as Jalan
- Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
- Salaami
- Two Oranges and a Mango as Father
1993
- Aaina as Mr. Mathur
- Aashik Aawara
- Ek Hi Raasta as Colonel Choudhry
- Anmol as S. J
- 15th August as SP Pratap Solanki
1992
- Vansh as Police Commissioner
- Suryavanshi as J.B.
- Nishchaiy as Suryakant Gujral
- Laat Saab as Rai Sahib
1991
- Pebble Mill as Self
- Afsana Pyar Ka
- Henna as Khan Baba
- Ajooba as Amir Khan
- Yaara Dildara as Mr. Mehra
- 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
- Pathar Ke Insan
- After Midnight as Jas
- Shandaar as Chacha
- Aandhiyan as Shakuntala's Father
1989
- Ram Lakhan as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap
- Eeshwar as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
- Chaalbaaz as Vishwannath
- Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
- Aakhri Ghulam
- Hisaab Khoon Ka
- Daata as Master Dinanath
1988
- Tamas as Karim Khan
- The Deceivers as Hussein
- Hero Hiralal
- Vijay as Inder Sen Gujral
- Khoon Bhari Maang
- Just Ask for Diamond as Mr. Patel
- Ek Aadmi
1987
- Jalwa as Yakub Saeed
- A Killing on the Exchange as Musquat Singh
- Khudgarz as Brij Bhushan Saxena
- Avam as Defense Advocate
- Aulad as Anand's chacha
- Partition
- A View from a Window
1986
- Living Legend - Raj Kapoor as Self
- Love Match as Karamat
- On Wings of Fire as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
- 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
- Jaanoo as Shastri
- Karishma Kudrat Kaa as Lala Dayaluram
- Phir Aayee Barsat as Rajhan
1984
- The Jewel in the Crown as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
- The Far Pavilions as Biju Ram
- Me & My Girl as Ranjit Sharma
- Mitch as Zahoor Ahmed
- A Passage to India as Hamidullah
- The Razor's Edge as Raaz
- Mashaal as Kishorilal
- Nehru as Narrator
- Bhavna as Ram Kishen
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
- Staying On as Frankie Bhoolabhoy
- Ek Baar Phir as Saeed
- We Think the World of You as The Maharaja
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)
- Destiny as Gurjeet Singh Khera
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Sri Narain
- Race for Survival as Patel
- The After Dinner Joke as Merchant
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)