Portrait of Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

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.

Born: January 8, 1929

Place of Birth: Maler Kotla, Punjab, India

Filmography

2009
Sanam Teri Kasam

as Vikram Verma

2005
Chicken Tikka Masala

as C. P. Chopra

2002
Mad Dogs

as The Great Gazuka

2002
Snapshots

as Ibrahim

2001
Mr In-Between

as Mr. Basmati

2001
Albela

as Sonia's father

1998
Naseeb

as Dharamdas Bajaj

1998
Achanak

as Arjun's Father

1998
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai

as Komal's Father

1998
Aunty No. 1

as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre

1998
Animated World Faiths

as Mardana (voice)

1997
Deewana Mastana

as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma

1997
Udaan

as Mr. Sahay

1997
Mohabbat

as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor

1997
Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat

as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father

1997
Mahaanta

as Inspector General of Police

1997
Judaai

as Mr. Sahni

1996
Jaan

as Roshanlal

1996
1996
Bambai Ka Babu

as Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)

1995
Trimurti

as Bhanu

1995
Veergati

as Pooja's dad

1995
Kartavya

as Ramakant Sahay

1995
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein

as Ranvir Singh

1995
1995
Sauda

as Prakash's uncle

1994
Common As Muck

as Nat Prabhakar

1994
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom

as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)

1994
Little Napoleons

as Vijay Shah

1994
Yeh Dillagi

as Bhanupratap Saigal

1994
Liberation

as Mohammad Ali Jinnah

1994
Dilwale

as Police Commissioner

1993
Ek Hi Raasta

as Colonel Choudhry

1993
15th August

as SP Pratap Solanki

1993
Anmol

as S. J

1993
Aaina

as Mr. Mathur

1992
Nishchaiy

as Suryakant Gujral

1992
Laat Saab

as Rai Sahib

1992
1992
Vansh

as Police Commissioner

1991
Yaara Dildara

as Mr. Mehra

1991
Indrajeet

as Seth Din Dayal

1991
Henna

as Khan Baba

1991
Ajooba

as Amir Khan

1990
Dil

as Mr. Mehra

1990
Aandhiyan

as Shakuntala's Father

1990
Ghar Ho To Aisa

as Ram Prasad

1990
Kishen Kanhaiya

as Vidya Charan

1990
Shandaar

as Chacha

1990
1989
Chaalbaaz

as Vishwannath

1989
Daata

as Master Dinanath

1989
Eeshwar

as Masterji (Guest Appearance)

1989
Ram Lakhan

as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap

1988
The Deceivers

as Hussein

1988
1988
Vijay

as Inder Sen Gujral

1988
Tamas

as Karim Khan

1987
Avam

as Defense Advocate

1987
Khudgarz

as Brij Bhushan Saxena

1987
Jalwa

as Yakub Saeed

1987
Aulad

as Anand's chacha

1986
Love Match

as Karamat

1986
On Wings of Fire

as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King

1986
Kala Dhanda Goray Log

as Pinto Ustad

1985
Karishma Kudrat Kaa

as Lala Dayaluram

1985
Jaanoo

as Shastri

1985
1985
Ram Teri Ganga Maili

as Kunj Bihari

1985
Saagar

as Mr. D'Silva

1985
1984
A Passage to India

as Hamidullah

1984
Nehru

as Narrator

1984
1984
Bhavna

as Ram Kishen

1984
Mitch

as Zahoor Ahmed

1984
1984
Mashaal

as Kishorilal

1984
The Jewel in the Crown

as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat

1983
1983
Market Place

as Major Agarwal

1983
Masoom

as Suri

1982
Gandhi

as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

1982
Star

as Rana

1981
Chashme Buddoor

as Lalan Mian

1981
Beyond the Next Mountain

as Prime Minister

1981
Sphinx

as Selim

1980
Staying On

as Frankie Bhoolabhoy

1980
Ek Baar Phir

as Saeed

1979
Minder

as Mukerjee

1979
1978
Death on the Nile

as Servant (uncredited)

1978
1978
1978
Destiny

as Gurjeet Singh Khera

1977
The Chess Players

as Mir Roshan Ali

1976
Gangsters

as Aslam Rafiq

1975
1975
Two's Company

as The Doctor

1975
The Wilby Conspiracy

as Anil Mukerjee

1975
Gangsters

as Rafiq

1972
The Protectors

as President's Aide

1971
The Horsemen

as District Chief

1970
Play for Today

as Gurjeet Singh Khera

1970
Play for Today

as Merchant

1970
1969
1969
The Guru

as Murad

1968
Stalked

as The Pitch-Man

1967
1965
A Passage to India

as Mr Hamidullah

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Mr. Hamidullah

1965
The Troubleshooters

as Sunil Seth

1964
Parable

as Circus Worker

1961
The Creation of Woman

as Narrator (voice)