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Saeed Jaffrey

Saeed Jaffrey
سعید جعفری

OBE
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Born (1929-01-08)8 January 1929
Malerkotla, Punjab, British India
Died 15 November 2015(2015-11-15) (aged 86)
London, UK
Nationality British
Education Minto Circle, Aligarh (1938–1941)
Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie (1941–1943)
St. George's College, Mussoorie (1943–1945)
Allahabad University (1945–1948)
BA English Literature
Allahabad University (1948–1950)
MA Medieval Indian History
The Catholic University of America (1956–1957)
MA Fine Arts, Drama
Occupation Actor
Years active 1961–2014
Spouse(s)
Children Zia Jaffrey (b. 1959)
Meera Jaffrey (b. 1960)
Sakina Jaffrey (b. 1962)

Saeed Jaffrey OBE (Urdu, Punjabi:سعید جعفری), (8 January 1929 – 15 November 2015) was an Indian-born British actor whose versatility and fluency in multiple languages allowed him to straddle radio, stage, television and film in a career that spanned over six decades and more than a hundred and fifty British, American, and Indian movies.

He was able to breathe life into the smallest of roles through intense preparation and a nuanced performance, like that of the translator and guide Billy Fish in The Man Who Would Be King (1975), an act that brought him international attention. His seductive, resonant voice combined with a gift for mimicry and a sharp ear for accents made him the natural choice as narrator for audio books. His narration of the Kama Sutra titled The Art of Love (1996) was listed by Time magazine as "one of the five best spoken word records ever made". He voiced all 86 characters in the 1997 BBC World Service broadcast of Vikram Seth's novel, A Suitable Boy.

During the 1980s and 1990s he was considered to be Britain's highest-profile Asian actor, thanks to his leading roles in the movie My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and television series Tandoori Nights (1985–1987) and Little Napoleons (1994).

He played an instrumental part in bringing together film makers 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).


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