Skip to main content
Saeed Jaffrey profile
Actor

Saeed Jaffrey

Acting

Career Snapshot

Explained

These indicators come from TMDB. They are relative signals, not review ratings.

Acting credits

139

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.0

Low visibility

TMDB internal trend index. Higher usually means more searches and page activity now.

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.

LN
Latest Netflix

Discover the latest movies and series available on Netflix. Updated daily with trending content.

About

  • AI Policy
  • This is a fan-made discovery platform.
  • Netflix is a registered trademark of Netflix, Inc.

© 2026 Latest Netflix. All rights reserved.