Saeed Jaffrey Biography

Fast Facts

• Received an Order of the British Empire for his contributions to drama in 1995
• Won a Prix Italia Award for his performance alongside Michael Redgrave in the BBC Radio play "The Pump․"
• Began his career as a stage actor, becoming the first Indian actor to appear in a national Shakespeare tour of the United States and to star in a major role on Broadway
• Best known as a popular Bollywood actor who also appeared in British productions like "A Passage to India," "Gandhi" and "The Man Who Would Be King․"