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Roshan Seth

Acting

Born April 2, 1942 · Patna, Bihar, India

Also known as Rushan Seth · रोशन सेठ

Biography

Roshan Seth is a British-Indian actor, writer and theatre director who has worked in the United Kingdom, United States and India. He began his acting career in the early 1960s in the UK, but left acting the following decade and moved to India to work as a journalist. In the 1980s, he rose to prominence for his comeback performance as Jawaharlal Nehru in Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning film Gandhi, which brought him a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and reignited his interest in acting.

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Filmography33 titles

The Journey

1997as Kishan Singh

Amal

2007as Suresh Gupta

Spooks

2002as Fazul Azzam

Gandhi

1982as Pandit Nehru

Behind Her Eyes

2021as Dr. Sharma

Natural World

1983as Narrator

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984as Chattar Lal

Beecham House

2019as Emperor Shah Alam

Guru

2007as Thapar

Monsoon Wedding

2001as Mohan Rai

Not Without My Daughter

1991as Houssein

A Passage to India

1984as Amritrao

Blue Murder

2003as Jameel Khan

My Beautiful Laundrette

1985as Hussein "Papa" Ali

Dumbo

2019as Pramesh Singh

Mountains of the Moon

1990as Ben Amir

Proof

2005as Professor Bhandari

Mississippi Masala

1991as Jay

Little Dorrit

1987as Mr. Pancks

Ek Tha Tiger

2012as Anwar Jamal Kidwai

Casualty

1986as Sujit Pratkash

Juggernaut

1974as Azad

The Cheetah Girls: One World

2008as Uncle Kamal Bhatia

The Happy Valley

1987as Defence Solicitor

The Protectors

1972as Persuer

Vertical Limit

2000as Colonel Amir Salim

Such a Long Journey

1998as Gustad Noble

Trishna

2011as Mr Singh

Frozen

2005as Noyen

Brahmin Bulls

2013as Ashok Sharma

The Lovers

2015

Street Fighter

1994as Dhalsim

Slipstream

1989as George