Acting credits
139
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Saeed Jaffrey
Acting
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Movies: 116Series: 23
TMDB ID: 11852
IMDb ID: nm0006762
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1929
Died: November 15, 2015
Age: 86
Place of birth: Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2009
Years active: 51
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q979990
Also known as
Sayeed Jaffery • Saeed Jaferey • Saeed Jafferey • Saeed Jafferi • Saeed Jaffery • Sayed Jaffrey • Sayeed Jaffrey • Saeed Jaffry • Saeed Jafrey
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Saeed Jaffrey.
7.0
Sanam Teri Kasam
as Vikram Verma
2009 Movie
3.9
Chicken Tikka Masala
as C. P. Chopra
2005 Movie
Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
2005 Movie
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2003 Movie
4.0
Mad Dogs
as The Great Gazuka
2002 Movie
3.8
Snapshots
as Ibrahim
2002 Movie
5.6
Mr In-Between
as Mr. Basmati
2001 Movie
3.3
Albela
as Sonia's father
2001 Movie
3.6
Naseeb
as Dharamdas Bajaj
1998 Movie
6.5
Achanak
as Arjun's Father
1998 Movie
5.6
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai
as Komal's Father
1998 Movie
5.3
Aunty No. 1
as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
1998 Movie
6.2
Deewana Mastana
as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
1997 Movie
6.0
Udaan
as Mr. Sahay
1997 Movie
6.2
Mohabbat
as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
1997 Movie
3.8
Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat
as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
1997 Movie
6.7
Mahaanta
as Inspector General of Police
1997 Movie
5.5
Judaai
as Mr. Sahni
1997 Movie
5.6
Jaan
as Roshanlal
1996 Movie
5.4
English Babu Desi Mem
as Madadgar
1996 Movie
7.3
Bambai Ka Babu
as Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)
1996 Movie
5.6
Trimurti
as Bhanu
1995 Movie
10.0
Angrakshak
1995 Movie
4.9
Veergati
as Pooja's dad
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Saeed Jaffrey.
7.2
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Akram Malik • 1 eps
2002 Series
10.0
Animated World Faiths
as Mardana (voice) • 1 eps
1998 Series
6.7
Common As Muck
as Nat Prabhakar • 7 eps
1994 Series
Little Napoleons
as Vijay Shah • 4 eps
1994 Series
7.8
Liberation
as Mohammad Ali Jinnah • 6 eps
1994 Series
10.0
Tamas
as Karim Khan • 6 eps
1988 Series
5.5
Tandoori Nights
as Jimmy Sharma • 12 eps
1985 Series
5.0
Mitch
as Zahoor Ahmed • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.5
The Far Pavilions
as Biju Ram • 3 eps
1984 Series
6.4
The Jewel in the Crown
as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat • 3 eps
1984 Series
6.8
Minder
as Mukerjee • 1 eps
1979 Series
6.7
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Kunzru • 1 eps
1979 Series
8.0
Gangsters
as Aslam Rafiq • 11 eps
1976 Series
6.9
Rumpole of the Bailey
1 eps
1975 Series
7.0
Two's Company
as The Doctor • 1 eps
1975 Series
5.0
Notorious Woman
1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
The Protectors
as President's Aide • 1 eps
1972 Series
1.0
The Regiment
1 eps
1972 Series
6.3
Play for Today
as Gurjeet Singh Khera • 1 eps
1970 Series
6.5
Strange Report
as Ameen • 1 eps
1969 Series
7.0
Callan
1 eps
1967 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Hamidullah • 1 eps
1965 Series
5.0
The Troubleshooters
as Sunil Seth • 1 eps
1965 Series