Saeed Jaffrey
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-01-08 in Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
Died
2015-11-15
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.
Most Known For
Minder
as Mukerjee
Play for Today
as Gurjeet Singh Khera
Play for Today
as Merchant
Play for Today
as Rafiq
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Hamidullah
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Kunzru
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Akram Malik
Pebble Mill
as Self
Rumpole of the Bailey
The Protectors
as President's Aide
Gangsters
as Rafiq
Sphinx
as Selim
Star
as Rana
The Troubleshooters
as Sunil Seth
Vansh
as Police Commissioner
Death on the Nile
as Servant (uncredited)
Eeshwar
as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
Callan
Gandhi
as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dilwale
as Police Commissioner