Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 8, 1929
Died
November 15, 2015
Place of Birth
Maler Kotla, Punjab, India
Also Known As
- Sayeed Jaffery
- Saeed Jaferey
- Saeed Jafferey
- Saeed Jafferi
- Saeed Jaffery
- Sayed Jaffrey
- Sayeed Jaffrey
- Saeed Jaffry
- Saeed Jafrey
Saeed Jaffrey
0.5 Popularity
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
7.0
Vikram Verma
Sanam Teri Kasam
2009
🎬
0.0
Uncle Ravi
Open Secrets
2008
🎬
0.0
Mr. Farook
Bunker Hill
2008
4.1
C. P. Chopra
Chicken Tikka Masala
2005
0.0
Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
2005
5.0
Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
4.3
The Great Gazuka
Mad Dogs
2002
7.1
Akram Malik
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
4.1
Ibrahim
Snapshots
2002
🎬
10.0
Day Of the Sirens
2002
Credits
Sanam Teri Kasam
as Vikram Verma
2009
7.0
🎬
Open Secrets
as Uncle Ravi
2008
0.0
🎬
Bunker Hill
as Mr. Farook
2008
0.0
Chicken Tikka Masala
as C. P. Chopra
2005
4.1
Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya
2005
0.0
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
2003
5.0
Mad Dogs
as The Great Gazuka
2002
4.3
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Akram Malik
2002
7.1
Snapshots
as Ibrahim
2002
4.1
🎬
Day Of the Sirens
2002
10.0
Mr In-Between
as Mr. Basmati
2001
5.6
Albela
as Sonia's father
2001
3.3
Naseeb
as Dharamdas Bajaj
1998
3.8
🎬
Guru in Seven
as Mr.Walia
1998
7.0
Achanak
as Arjun's Father
1998
6.5
🎬
Dildara
1998
0.0
Jab Pyaar Kisise Hota Hai
as Komal's Father
1998
5.7
Aunty No. 1
as Colonel Sadanand Dhongre
1998
5.2
Animated World Faiths
as Mardana (voice)
1998
10.0
🎬
Uff! Yeh Mohabbat
1997
0.0
Deewana Mastana
as Chander Nandkishore Kapoor Sharma
1997
6.2
Udaan
as Mr. Sahay
1997
6.0
Mohabbat
as Madanlal "Madan" Kapoor
1997
6.3
Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat
as Rai Bahadur - Raja's & Ramesh's father
1997
3.8
Mahaanta
as Inspector General of Police
1997
6.7
Judaai
as Mr. Sahni
1997
5.3
🎬
The Journey
as Ashok
1997
9.0
Jaan
as Roshanlal
1996
5.6
English Babu Desi Mem
as Madadgar
1996
5.6
Bambai Ka Babu
as Vicky's Father (as Saeed Jafrey)
1996
7.3
Trimurti
as Bhanu
1995
5.6
Angrakshak
1995
10.0
Veergati
as Pooja's dad
1995
5.4
Kartavya
as Ramakant Sahay
1995
7.0
Saajan Ki Baahon Mein
as Ranvir Singh
1995
3.2
Sauda
as Prakash's uncle
1995
0.0
Common As Muck
as Nat Prabhakar
1994
7.5
Two Oranges and a Mango
as Father
1994
0.0
Mustang: The Hidden Kingdom
as Khamtruel Rimpoche (voice)
1994
0.0
Little Napoleons
as Vijay Shah
1994
0.0
Yeh Dillagi
as Bhanupratap Saigal
1994
6.1
Liberation
as Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1994
7.8
Salaami
1994
0.0
Dilwale
as Police Commissioner
1994
6.4
Ek Hi Raasta
as Colonel Choudhry
1993
4.5
15th August
as SP Pratap Solanki
1993
3.7
Anmol
as S. J
1993
0.0
Aaina
as Mr. Mathur
1993
7.3
Aashik Aawara
1993
5.6
Nishchaiy
as Suryakant Gujral
1992
3.5
Laat Saab
as Rai Sahib
1992
1.0
Suryavanshi
as J.B.
1992
5.1
Vansh
as Police Commissioner
1992
7.3
Yaara Dildara
as Mr. Mehra
1991
0.0
🎬
Pebble Mill
as Self
1991
3.1
🎬
Masala
as Lallu Bhai Solanki / Mr. Tikkoo / Lord Krishna
1991
6.0
Indrajeet
as Seth Din Dayal
1991
4.0
Henna
as Khan Baba
1991
5.3
Ajooba
as Amir Khan
1991
5.5
Dil
as Mr. Mehra
1990
6.5
Aandhiyan
as Shakuntala's Father
1990
0.0
Ghar Ho To Aisa
as Ram Prasad
1990
6.0
Kishen Kanhaiya
as Vidya Charan
1990
6.5
Shandaar
as Chacha
1990
5.8
Pathar Ke Insan
1990
7.5
After Midnight
as Jas
1990
5.0
Chaalbaaz
as Vishwannath
1989
6.0
Hisaab Khoon Ka
1989
9.7
Aakhri Ghulam
1989
0.0
Daata
as Master Dinanath
1989
7.2
Manika, the Girl Who Lived Twice
1989
6.5
Eeshwar
as Masterji (Guest Appearance)
1989
7.0
Ram Lakhan
as Police Commissioner Arun Kashyap
1989
6.7
Khoon Bhari Maang
1988
7.4
The Deceivers
as Hussein
1988
5.4
Just Ask for Diamond
as Mr. Patel
1988
4.3
Vijay
as Inder Sen Gujral
1988
4.1
Tamas
as Karim Khan
1988
10.0
🎬
Ek Aadmi
1988
0.0
Avam
as Defense Advocate
1987
0.0
A View from a Window
1987
0.0
Partition
1987
5.0
Khudgarz
as Brij Bhushan Saxena
1987
4.5
Jalwa
as Yakub Saeed
1987
5.5
🎬
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
5.0
Aulad
as Anand's chacha
1987
8.0
On Wings of Fire
as Jadav Rana, the Hindu King
1986
9.5
Kala Dhanda Goray Log
as Pinto Ustad
1986
4.5
Karishma Kudrat Kaa
as Lala Dayaluram
1985
5.5
Jaanoo
as Shastri
1985
10.0
My Beautiful Laundrette
as Nasser Ali
1985
6.7
Ram Teri Ganga Maili
as Kunj Bihari
1985
6.3
Saagar
as Mr. D'Silva
1985
6.4
Phir Aayee Barsat
as Rajhan
1985
0.0
Tandoori Nights
1985
5.5
A Passage to India
as Hamidullah
1984
6.8
Nehru
as Narrator
1984
4.0
The Razor's Edge
as Raaz
1984
6.4
Bhavna
as Ram Kishen
1984
0.0
Mitch
as Zahoor Ahmed
1984
5.0
The Far Pavilions
as Biju Ram
1984
7.5
Mashaal
as Kishorilal
1984
8.1
The Jewel in the Crown
as Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
1984
6.7
Kissi Se Na Kehna
as Lalaji
1983
6.2
Market Place
as Major Agarwal
1983
7.1
Masoom
as Suri
1983
6.4
The Courtesans of Bombay
1983
4.0
Gandhi
as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1982
7.6
Star
as Rana
1982
5.8
Aagaman
1982
0.0
Chashme Buddoor
as Lalan Mian
1981
7.4
Beyond the Next Mountain
as Prime Minister
1981
0.0
Sphinx
as Selim
1981
5.6
Staying On
as Frankie Bhoolabhoy
1980
7.0
🎬
We Think the World of You
as The Maharaja
1980
0.0
Ek Baar Phir
as Saeed
1980
0.0
Minder
as Mukerjee
1979
6.8
The Last Giraffe
as Taj
1979
0.0
Tales of the Unexpected
as Dr Kunzru
1979
6.7
Death on the Nile
as Servant (uncredited)
1978
7.1
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Sri Narain
1978
5.3
Race for Survival
as Patel
1978
0.0
The After Dinner Joke
as Merchant
1978
7.0
Destiny
as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1978
0.0
The Chess Players
as Mir Roshan Ali
1977
7.1
Gangsters
as Aslam Rafiq
1976
8.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
7.1
The Man Who Would Be King
as Billy Fish
1975
7.5
Two's Company
as The Doctor
1975
7.0
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Mukarjee
1975
6.4
Gangsters
as Rafiq
1975
10.0
Notorious Woman
1974
5.0
The Protectors
as President's Aide
1972
5.6
🎬
The Regiment
1972
1.0
The Horsemen
as District Chief
1971
6.5
Play for Today
as Gurjeet Singh Khera
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Merchant
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Rafiq
1970
6.3
Strange Report
as Ameen
1969
6.5
The Guru
as Murad
1969
5.0
Stalked
as The Pitch-Man
1968
4.0
Callan
1967
7.0
A Passage to India
as Mr Hamidullah
1965
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Hamidullah
1965
5.0
The Troubleshooters
as Sunil Seth
1965
5.0
Parable
as Circus Worker
1964
6.0
Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga
as Narrator
1964
0.0
The Creation of Woman
as Narrator (voice)
1961
5.1
The Sword and the Flute
as Narrator
1959
4.3
Tony Awards
as Self - In Memoriam (archive footage)
1956
5.1