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Roshan Seth is an Indian–English actor, who appears mainly in British and American films. Best known for his role as antagonist Chattar Lal in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Jawaharlal Nehru in Gandhi and DD National's Bharat Ek Khoj, he is also noted for his critically acclaimed performances as in the films Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Such a Long Journey, and Street Fighter: The Movie.
Born
Thursday, 02 April 1942
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Behind Her Eyes | Dr. Sharma | 2021 |
| Boogie Man | Rupesh | 2019 |
| Beecham House | Emperor Shah Alam | 2019 |
| Dumbo | Pramesh Singh | 2019 |
| Diana and I | Uncle Zaheer | 2017 |
| City of Tiny Lights | Farzad Akhtar | 2016 |
| Indian Summers | Darius Dalal / Darius | 2015 |
| The Lovers | Sadhu | 2015 |
| Brahmin Bulls | Ashok Sharma | 2013 |
| Ek Tha Tiger | Anwar Jamal Kidwai | 2012 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Behind Her Eyes | Dr. Sharma | 2021 |
| Boogie Man | Rupesh | 2019 |
| Beecham House | Emperor Shah Alam | 2019 |
| Dumbo | Pramesh Singh | 2019 |
| Diana and I | Uncle Zaheer | 2017 |
| City of Tiny Lights | Farzad Akhtar | 2016 |
| Indian Summers | Darius Dalal / Darius | 2015 |
| The Lovers | Sadhu | 2015 |
| Brahmin Bulls | Ashok Sharma | 2013 |
| Ek Tha Tiger | Anwar Jamal Kidwai | 2012 |
| Trishna | Mr. Singh / Mr Singh | 2011 |
| Se sarà luce sarà bellissimo - Moro: Un'altra storia | Aldo Moro | 2009 |
| The Cheetah Girls: One World | Kamal Uncle / Uncle Kamal Bhatia | 2008 |
| Chinese Checkers, Tibetan Ambivalence & Indian Delusions | (voice) | 2008 |
| Amal | Suresh Gupta | 2007 |
| Guru | Thapar | 2007 |
| Kabul Express | Opening narrator | 2006 |
| Proof | Professor Bhandari | 2005 |
| Frozen | Noyen | 2005 |
| Spivs | Omar | 2004 |
| Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy | Self | 2003 |
| Second Generation | Mohan | 2003 |
| Blue Murder | Jameel Khan | 2003 |
| Cosmopolitan | Gopal | 2003 |
| MI-5 | Fazul Azzam | 2002 |
| Monsoon Wedding | Mohan Rai | 2001 |
| South West 9 | Ravi | 2001 |
| Vertical Limit | Colonel Amir Salim | 2000 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence | Sheikh Kamal | 1999 |
| Such a Long Journey | Gustad Noble | 1999 |
| Independent Lens | Gopal | 1999 |
| Secret of the Andes | Don Benito, el Hombre Grande / Don Benito | 1999 |
| Holby City | Kushara Bandara | 1999 |
| Bombay Boys | Pesi | 1998 |
| Iqbal | Ulla Khasi | 1998 |
| The Journey | Kishan Singh | 1997 |
| Sengottai | Prime Minister | 1996 |
| Silent Witness | Afzal Khan | 1996 |
| Die Flughafenklinik | Dr. Tenshin Sharafi | 1995 |
| Dangerfield | Aslam Choudhury | 1995 |
| Street Fighter | Dhalsim / Dr. Dhalsim | 1994 |
| Solitaire for 2 | Sandip Tamar | 1994 |
| The Buddha of Suburbia | Haroon Amir | 1993 |
| Electric Moon | Ranveer | 1992 |
| Stalin | Beria | 1992 |
| London Kills Me | Dr. Bubba | 1991 |
| Mississippi Masala | Jay (Meena's dad) / Jay | 1991 |
| Not Without My Daughter | Houssein | 1991 |
| 1871 | Lord Grafton | 1990 |
| Mountains of the Moon | Ben Amir | 1990 |
| Screen One | Mr. Humphry | 1989 |
| Slipstream | George | 1989 |
| Bharat Ek Khoj | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1988 |
| Deadline | The Emir of Hawa | 1988 |
| Little Dorrit | Mr. Pancks | 1987 |
| The Happy Valley | Defence Solicitor | 1987 |
| Casualty | Sujit Pratkash | 1986 |
| My Beautiful Laundrette | Papa Hussein / Hussein "Papa" Ali | 1985 |
| A Passage to India | Amritrao | 1984 |
| The Brief | Ahmed Shah | 1984 |
| Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Chattar Lal | 1984 |
| Natural World | Self - Narrator | 1983 |
| Gandhi | Pandit Nehru | 1982 |
| Juggernaut | Azad | 1974 |
| Centre Play | Anil Roy | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Farooq Rana | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Persuer | 1972 |
| Play for Today | Dr. Milma | 1970 |
| Strange Report | Jamal | 1969 |
| Public Eye | Soondra | 1965 |
| The Wednesday Play | Student / Ben Scalfe | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Vinay | 1964 |
| No Hiding Place | Kuldip Mahal | 1959 |
