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Saeed Jaffrey

Profession
Acting
Born
January 8, 1929 · Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
Died
November 15, 2015

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.

Known for

Gandhi poster
Gandhi
Film · 1982 · ★ 7.6
Death on the Nile poster
Death on the Nile
Film · 1978 · ★ 7.2
The Man Who Would Be King poster
The Man Who Would Be King
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.5
A Passage to India poster
A Passage to India
Film · 1984 · ★ 6.8
My Beautiful Laundrette poster
My Beautiful Laundrette
Film · 1985 · ★ 6.7
The Razor's Edge poster
The Razor's Edge
Film · 1984 · ★ 6.4
Star poster
Star
Film · 1982 · ★ 5.8
The Chess Players poster
The Chess Players
Film · 1977 · ★ 7.1
Tales of the Unexpected poster
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979 · ★ 6.8
The Wilby Conspiracy poster
The Wilby Conspiracy
Film · 1975 · ★ 6.3
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries poster
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
Series · 2002 · ★ 7.4
Dil poster
Dil
Film · 1990 · ★ 6.4

Filmography