Roshan Seth

Movie Actor

Roshan Seth was born in Patna, Bihar, India on April 2nd, 1942 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 81, Roshan Seth biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
April 2, 1942
Nationality
United Kingdom, India
Place of Birth
Patna, Bihar, India
Age
81 years old
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Film Actor, Stage Actor
Roshan Seth Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

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Education
The Doon School, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Roshan Seth Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Pepita Seth ​(2004)​
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Siblings
Aftab Seth (brother)
Roshan Seth Life

Roshan Seth, an Indian-born British actor, appears principally in British and American films.

Chattar Lal, the actor who appeared in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Jawaharlal Nehru in Gandhi, is also known for his critically acclaimed appearances in the films Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Such a Long Journey, and Street Fighter: The Film.

Early life

During the British Raj, Seth was born in Patna, Bihar, to a Hindu father and a Muslim mother. His father was a biochemistry professor at Patna Medical College. He studied at The Doon School and later did graduate studies in history at St Stephen's College. He honed his dramatic abilities at the Shakespeare Society before heading to England for further education. He studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1965 and began working in British television and repertory theatre.

Personal life

Seth was married to author Pepita Seth, but they separated in the late 1980s and divorced in 2004. Aftab Seth, the former Indian diplomat, is his brother.

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Roshan Seth Career

Career

Seth appeared in Peter Brook's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, which toured in 1972. In Richard Lester's Juggernaut (1974), Seth appeared in feature films. However, subsequent filmmakers only needed Seth for limited ethnic roles, causing his career to stall.

Seth, who died in 1977, Seth began acting and returned to India, where he served as a writer and editor of the India International Centre's quarterly journal. After Richard Attenborough asked Seth to play Jawaharlal Nehru in Gandhi (1982), he resigned from his position. Seth was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in the film. Seth played Jawaharlal Nehru in Bharat Ek Khoj, a 53-episode series on Doordarshan in 1988.

In Hare's biographical play A Map of the World, David Hare met Seth in Delhi in 1982 and asked him to perform author Victor Mehta. Seth left his editing job and returned to acting. A Map of the World toured for several years in Australia, London, and New York. Seth, who appeared in the multi-award-winning film Gandhi (1982), was in high demand, and after A Map of the World's Broadway run ended, his film career took off. He appeared in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and David Lean's A Passage to India, which followed his involvement in 1984. He took responsibility in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985), and he appeared in Little Dorrit (1988).

In the 1990s, Seth's film credits included roles in Not Without My Daughter (1991), Mississippi Masala (1994), Street Fighter (1994), and Harish Saluja's The Journey (1997). In 1993, he appeared in the television series "The Buddha of Suburbia," for which he was nominated by the Royal Television Society for "Best Actor – Male." He appeared in Baba in Flight in 1995, winning the Sochi International Film Festival's "Best Actor" award. He appeared in Leading Role in 1998, winning the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

Seth appeared in Monsoon Wedding in 2001 and has continued to work steadily in British and American films. He starred in the American film Cosmopolitan, which was broadcast nationally on PBS. With his role in Ek Tha Tiger, he has also returned to mainstream Indian cinema.

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