As of August 2026, Saeed Jaffrey is best known for The Jewel in the Crown and The Far Pavilions. Find every show and movie Saeed Jaffrey has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey

Actor Born 1929 Maler Kotla, Punjab, India 3 TV Shows 8 Movies

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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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Saeed Jaffrey is based in Malerkotla. His screen credits lean toward Drama and Adventure.

Saeed Jaffrey's most notable role to date came in Gandhi (1982), where he played Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. He also appeared in The Man Who Would Be King (1975) as Billy Fish. Most recently appeared in A Passage to India (1984) as Hamidullah.

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📺 Saeed Jaffrey's TV Shows

The Jewel in the Crown
Ahmed Ali Gaffur Kasim Bahadur, the Nawab of Mirat
1984
The Far Pavilions
Biju Ram
1984
Liberation
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
1994

🎬 Saeed Jaffrey's Movies

Gandhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
1982
The Man Who Would Be King
Billy Fish
1975
A Passage to India
Hamidullah
1984
My Beautiful Laundrette
Nasser Ali
1985
The Wilby Conspiracy
Anil Mukerjee
1975
The Horsemen
District Chief
1971
Dilwale
Police Commissioner
1994
Sphinx
Selim
1981

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