Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

January 8, 1929

Died

November 15, 2015 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Maler Kotla, Punjab, India

Also Known As

Sayeed Jaffery
Saeed Jaferey
Saeed Jafferey
Saeed Jafferi
Saeed Jaffery

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Saeed Jaffrey

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.

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