Saeed Jaffrey
1929–2015 · Indian actor
Saeed Jaffrey was a British-Indian actor. His career covered film, radio, stage and television roles over six decades and more than 150 British, American, and Indian movies. During the 1980s and 1990s, he was considered to be Britain's highest-profile Asian actor, thanks to his leading roles in the film My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and television series The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994). He played an instrumental part in bringing together filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, and acted in several of their Merchant Ivory Productions films such as The Guru (1969), Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978), The Courtesans of Bombay (1983) and The Deceivers (1988).
Saeed Jaffrey, in order
- 1969 The Guru: acted · directed by James Ivory
- 1971 The Horsemen: acted · directed by John Frankenheimer · critics 30%, audiences 52%
- 1975 The Man Who Would Be King: acted · directed by John Huston
- 1975 The Wilby Conspiracy: acted · directed by Ralph Nelson
- 1977 The Chess Players: acted · directed by Satyajit Ray
- 1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures: acted · directed by James Ivory
- 1980 Ek Baar Phir: acted · directed by Vinod Pande
- 1981 Sphinx: acted · directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
- 1982 Gandhi: acted · directed by Richard Attenborough · critics 89%, audiences 92% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1983 Masoom: acted · directed by Shekhar Kapur
- 1983 The Courtesans of Bombay: acted · directed by Ismail Merchant
- 1984 A Passage to India: acted · directed by David Lean · critics 75%, audiences 79% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, YouTube (free)
- 1984 Bhavna: acted · directed by Pravin Bhatt
- 1984 Mashaal: acted · directed by Yash Chopra
- 1984 The Far Pavillions (TV series): acted · directed by Peter Duffell
- 1984 The Jewel in the Crown (TV series): acted · directed by Christopher Morahan and Jim O'Brien
- 1984 The Razor's Edge: acted · directed by John Byrum
- 1985 Karishma Kudrat Kaa: acted · directed by Sunil Hingorani
- 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette: acted · directed by Stephen Frears · critics 95%, audiences 74%
- 1985 Ram Teri Ganga Maili: acted · directed by Raj Kapoor
- 1986 Kala Dhanda Goray Log: acted · directed by Sanjay Khan
- 1988 Hero Hiralal: acted · directed by Ketan Mehta
- 1988 The Deceivers: acted · directed by Nicholas Meyer
- 1989 ChaalBaaz: acted · directed by Pankaj Parashar
- 1989 Daata: acted · directed by Sultan Ahmed
- 1989 Eeshwar: acted · directed by Kasinathuni Viswanath
- 1989 Hisaab Khoon Ka: acted · directed by Surendra Mohan
- 1990 Aandhiyan: acted · directed by David Dhawan
- 1990 Dil: acted · directed by Indra Kumar
- 1991 Ajooba: acted · directed by Gennady Vasilyev and Shashi Kapoor
- 1991 Henna: acted · directed by Raj Kapoor and Randhir Kapoor
- 1992 Suryavanshi: acted · directed by Rakesh Kumar
- 1993 Aaina: acted · directed by Deepak Sareen
- 1993 Aashiq Awara: acted · directed by Umesh Mehra
- 1993 Balmaa: acted · directed by Lawrence D'Souza
- 1993 Ek Hi Raasta: acted · directed by Deepak Bahry
- 1995 Angrakshak: acted · directed by Ravi Raja Pinisetty
- 1995 Bambai Ka Babu: acted · directed by Vikram Bhatt
- 1995 Param Vir Chakra: acted · directed by Ashok Kaul
- 1995 Trimurti: acted · directed by Mukul S. Anand
- 1995 Veergati: acted · directed by K. K. Singh
- 1997 Ghar Ho To Aisa: acted · directed by Kalpataru
- 2000 Gul Sanobar (TV series): acted · directed by Sunil Agnihotri
- 2001 Albela: acted · directed by Deepak Sareen
- 2002 Snapshots: acted · directed by Rudolf van den Berg
- 2005 Chicken Tikka Masala: acted · directed by Harmage Singh Kalirai
- 2008 Bunker Hill: acted · directed by Kevin Willmott
- 2011 Everywhere and Nowhere: acted · directed by Menhaj Huda
- Tandoori Nights (TV series): acted