Tom Alter
{{short description|American–Indian actor (1950–2017)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tom Alter
| image = Tom Alter, 2016.jpg
| caption = Alter in 2016
| birthname = Thomas Beach Alter
| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = Mussoorie, Uttar Pradesh (now Uttarakhand), India
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1975–2017
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|9|29|1950|6|22|df=y}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| spouse = {{marriage|Carol Evans|1977}}
| children = 2
| relatives = {{ubl|Martha Chen (sister)|Stephen Alter (first cousin)}}
}}
Thomas Beach Alter (22 June 1950 – 29 September 2017){{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | title=Actor Tom Alter Dies Of Cancer At 67 | publisher=NDTV | date=30 September 2017 | access-date=30 September 2017 | archive-date=30 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170930174802/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-at-67-1756995 | url-status=live }} was an Indian actor.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|title=Tom Alter (1950–2017): The on-screen 'firangi' who remained forever Indian|date=October 2017 |access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031137/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/tom-alter-1950-2017-the-on-screen-firangi-who-remained-forever-indian-4869150/|url-status=live}} He was best known for his works in Hindi cinema,{{cite magazine|title=No 'Alter'native|url=http://www.screenindia.com/news/No-Alternative/306623|magazine=Screen|date=9 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100301115349/http://www.screenindia.com/news/no-alternative/306623/ |archive-date=1 March 2010}}{{cite news|title=An American Star Of the Hindi Screen|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 July 1989|first=Sanjoy|last=Hazarika|access-date=25 May 2010|archive-date=6 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206153124/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/06/movies/an-american-star-of-the-hindi-screen.html|url-status=live}} and Indian theatre.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|title=Features / Metro Plus: Tom Tom|newspaper=The Hindu|date=9 August 2008|location=Chennai, India|access-date=7 August 2011|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001459/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1422413.ece|url-status=live}} In 2008, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.{{cite news|title=Multifaceted actor Tom Alter to receive Padma Shri|url=http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|publisher=India eNews|date=25 January 2008|access-date=12 August 2010|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225141523/http://www.indiaenews.com/bollywood/20080125/93894.htm|url-status=usurped}}{{cite web|url=http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|title=Woodstock School News|publisher=Woodstock School India|date=2 January 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719035416/http://www.woodstock.ac.in/News/Spring2008/January/080102.htm|archive-date=19 July 2011}}
Early life
Born in Mussoorie in present-day Uttarakhand,{{cite web|url=http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|title=Tom Alter|publisher=Paritosh Uttam|access-date=7 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060522200406/http://www.paritoshuttam.com/indian-writers/tom-alter.html|archive-date=22 May 2006}} Alter was the son of American Presbyterian missionaries of English, Scottish and Swiss German ancestry and lived for years in Mumbai and the Himalayan hill station of Landour. His grandparents migrated to Madras, India from Ohio, U.S., in November 1916.{{cite AV media|date=23 August 2016|title=Guftagoo with Tom Alter|language=hi|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|access-date=4 May 2017|publisher=Rajya Sabha TV|archive-date=9 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609001358/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYCeKUKxt-U|url-status=live}} From there, they moved to and settled in Lahore, in present-day Pakistan. His father was born in Sialkot. After the Partition of India, Alter's family split into two; his grandparents chose to stay in Pakistan while his parents moved to India. After living in Allahabad, Jabalpur and Saharanpur, in 1954 they finally settled in Rajpur, Uttarakhand, then a small town located between Dehradun and Mussoorie; Rajpur is now considered a suburb of Dehradun. Alter's siblings are older sister Martha Chen, who teaches at Harvard University{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae of Marty Chen|url=http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=25 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825125336/http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/faculty/cv/MarthaChen.pdf|url-status=live}} and brother John, a poet. Author Stephen Alter is a first cousin.
As a child, Alter studied Hindi among other subjects in Mussoorie's Woodstock School. At 18, Alter left for the U.S. for higher education and studied at Yale University for a year before returning to India upon losing interest in studies. The following year, he obtained work as a teacher at St. Thomas School, Jagadhri, in Haryana. He worked there for six months, simultaneously coaching his students in cricket. Over the next two and a half years, Alter worked several jobs, teaching for a while at Woodstock School, Mussoorie, and working at a hospital in the U.S., and returning to India before continuing to work at Jagadhri. At Jagadhri, he began to watch Hindi films. It was during this time that he saw the Hindi film Aradhana, which proved to be a turning point in his career and drifted towards a career in acting, inspired by the lead actor Rajesh Khanna.{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|title=A Haryana town friend recalls the night show that led Tom Alter the teacher to show biz|date=October 2017 |access-date=1 October 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031243/http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/a-haryana-town-friend-recalls-the-night-show-that-led-tom-alter-the-teacher-to-show-biz-4869184/|url-status=live}} He headed to Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, where he studied acting from 1972 to 1974 under Roshan Taneja.
Career
=Film=
After graduating from FTII, Alter headed straight to Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay) and soon got his first break in the Dev Anand starrer Saheb Bahadur (1977), directed by Chetan Anand. However, his first release was Ramanand Sagar's Charas. This was followed by roles in Des Pardes, Ram Bharose, Hum Kisise Kum Nahin and Parvarish. He dubbed for actor Jeevan for the innocent person of the twin roles played by Jeevan in the film Amar Akbar Anthony.
Alter was fluent in Hindi and Urdu, and was knowledgeable about Indian culture. He could also read Urdu and was fond of Shayari. He worked for noted filmmakers like Satyajit Ray in Shatranj Ke Khilari and is remembered for his role as a British officer in Kranti. He got the opportunity to act with his idol Rajesh Khanna in the film Naukri, directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee in 1978 and later in Chetan Anand's Kudrat. In Sardar, the 1993 film biography of Indian leader Sardar Patel, which focused on the events surrounding the partition and independence of India, Alter portrayed Lord Mountbatten of Burma.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/16/stories/2005041602210100.htm|title=Metro Plus Delhi / Personality : Tom, unaltered|access-date=2 July 2016|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221446/https://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2005/04/16/|website=The Hindu|url-status=live}} He also acted in the Hollywood movie One Night with the King with Peter O'Toole.
In 1996 he appeared in the Assamese film Adajya, and in 2007 acted in William Dalrymple's City of Djinns alongside Zohra Sehgal and Manish Joshi Bismil. He also appeared in the solo play Maulana and the film Ocean of An Old Man.
Alter played the role of a doctor in Bheja Fry, a comedy movie starring Rajat Kapoor.
In April 2011 he acted in a short film Yours, Maria directed by Chirag Vadgama, playing the lead role of Matthew Chacha in the movie.
Alter lent his voice for the authorized audio autobiography of Dr. Verghese Kurien, titled The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance, which was released in 2012.
Some of his most famous movie roles have been as Musa in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's acclaimed crime drama Parinda, Mahesh Bhatt's blockbuster romance Aashiqui, and Ketan Mehta's Sardar, in which Alter essayed the role of Lord Mountbatten.
His last film was Hamari Paltan (2018).{{cite news |title=Hamari Paltan: The last film of veteran actor, to release on April 27 |url=http://www.uniindia.com/hamari-paltan-the-last-film-of-veteran-actor-tom-alter--to-release-on-april-27/india/news/1208676.html |agency=United News of India |date=23 April 2018 |access-date=12 April 2020 |archive-date=12 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412130411/http://www.uniindia.com/hamari-paltan-the-last-film-of-veteran-actor-tom-alter--to-release-on-april-27/india/news/1208676.html |url-status=live }}
=Television=
Alter appeared in many Indian television series, including Samvidhaan.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} In Zabaan Sambhalke he played the role of a British writer, Charles Spencers, who lives in India and wants to learn the Hindi language. He acted in the TV series Khamosh Sa Afsana (as a Husain Baba), telecast on Doordarshan in 2014–15. In November 2014, he played Sahir Ludhianvi in a stage production based on the life and work of the famous Urdu poet and film lyricist. He also played a schoolteacher in Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar. Alter has worked as the red robe guru in Mukesh Khanna's TV production Shaktimaan (1998–2002).{{Cite web |date=2017-10-02 |title=10 Beautiful Roles Tom Alter Fit Into Perfectly During His Film And Television Career |url=https://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/celebrities/39957-10-beautiful-roles-tom-alter-fit-into-perfectly-during-his-film-and-television-career.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=MensXP |language=en-IN}} Also, he appeared in Contiloe & Cinevistaas show Ssshhhh...Koi Hai in 2002–03. He played Indian characters in Indian television series, such as the long-running Junoon, in which he was the sadistic mob lord Keshav Kalsi.{{Cite news |last=Padnani |first=Amisha |date=2017-10-06 |title=Tom Alter, Blue-Eyed Star of Bollywood Films, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/obituaries/tom-alter-blue-eyed-star-of-bollywood-films-dies-at-67.html |access-date=2025-03-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} He anchored "Adabi Cocktail" in 2000 telecast on Urdu Television Network and interviewed Johny Walker, Naushad, TunTun, Hasan Kamaal, Adnan Sami, Jagdeep, Naqsh layalpuri and many more.
=Theatre=
In 1978, he, Naseeruddin Shah, and Benjamin Gilani formed a theatre group called Motley Productions.{{Cite web |title=When I met Tom Beach Alter |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/233709-when-i-met-tom-beach-alter |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}} Their first play was Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, which was staged at Prithvi Theatre, Bombay, on 29 July 1979. He went on to appear in many other plays at the theatre, including an adaptation of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer's My Grandad Had an Elephant which was performed on 7 June 2011. He has also worked with the New Delhi theatre group Pierrot's Troupe.
In the early 2000s, he played the Indian independence activist Maulana Azad in a one-man Urdu-language play.{{Cite news|title=Tom Alter, Blue-Eyed Star of Bollywood Films, Dies at 67|last=Padnani|first=Amisha|author-link=Amy Padnani |newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 October 2017|url=https://nyti.ms/2yNVMkH}}
In Ghalib In Delhi, he played the role of Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.{{cite news|title=Actor Tom Alter as Mirza Ghalib|url=https://lbb.in/delhi/much-drama-tom-alter-plays-ghalib-delhi|publisher=Little Black Book|access-date=29 September 2017|archive-date=15 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915114729/https://lbb.in/delhi/much-drama-tom-alter-plays-ghalib-delhi/|url-status=live}}
He was the lead actor in "Once Upon A Time", a collection of five short stories presented as vignettes, directed by Sujata Soni Bali and co-starring prominent stage actor and TV personality Sunit Tandon. The production was last staged in Mumbai on 17 June 2017.
=Writing and journalism=
Alter has written books including The Longest Race, Rerun at Rialto, and The Best in the World.{{Cite web |title=Veteran actor Tom Alter dies at 67 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/veteran-actor-tom-alter-dies-2026874#google_vignette |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}} He was also a sports journalist with a special interest in cricket, a game on which he has written extensively in publications such as Sportsweek, Outlook, Cricket Talk, Sunday Observer, Firstpost, Citizen, and Debonair. Alter was the first to video interview Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in 1988.{{cite web |last1=Chandawarkar |first1=Rahul |date=28 August 2005 |title=Telling a story in different ways |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/telling-a-story-in-different-ways/article28531589.ece |access-date=4 May 2017 |website=The Hindu}}
Alter played cricket for a film industry team MCC (Match Cut Club), which includes Naseeruddin Shah, Satish Shah, Vishal Bhardwaj, Aamir Khan, Nana Patekar, Bhupinder Singh and Amarinder Sangha.{{Cite web |last=Veena |date=2017-09-30 |title=Tom Alter: A greater performer than Bollywood's dependable 'firang' |url=https://nripulse.com/tom-alter-a-greater-performer-than-bollywoods-dependable-firang/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=NRI Pulse |language=en-US}}
In 1996, he was invited by friend Siraj Syed to Singapore, to do cricket commentary in Hindi, for Indian viewers, on the sports TV channel, ESPN.
Personal life
Alter married Carol Evans, a fellow Woodstock School student, in 1977. The marriage produced two children: son Jamie and daughter Afshaan.{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/parties/delhi/Tom-Alters-son-wedding-bash/articleshow/12921984.cms |title=Tom Alter |date=30 April 2012 |access-date=12 August 2012 |archive-date=15 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715114716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-30/delhi/31506365_1_meha-bash-jamie |newspaper=The Times of India |url-status=live }}
In September 2017, Alter was diagnosed with stage IV skin cancer (squamous cell carcinoma).{{cite news|title=Tom Alter diagnosed with skin cancer|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|access-date=30 September 2017|work=The Hindu|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913233418/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tom-alter-diagnosed-with-skin-cancer/article19661468.ece|url-status=live}} His thumb had been amputated a year earlier because of the condition.{{cite news|title=Tom Alter Battling Stage 4 Skin Cancer, Confirms Son Jamie|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|access-date=30 September 2017|work=NDTV|date=11 September 2017|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001214344/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/tom-alter-battling-stage-4-skin-cancer-confirms-son-jamie-1748796|url-status=live}} He died on 29 September at his residence in Mumbai.{{cite news|title=Actor Tom Alter dies of skin cancer at 67|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|work=Hindustan Times|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=30 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330093851/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/actor-tom-alter-a-padma-shri-awardee-dies-of-cancer-at-67/story-1XEDQCl159J2FRMt5hzQQI.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Tom Alter, Padma Shri actor and writer, dies aged 67|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|work=Times of India|date=30 September 2017|access-date=30 September 2017|archive-date=14 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914195218/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tom-alter-padma-shri-actor-and-writer-dies-aged-67/articleshow/60889109.cms|url-status=live}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1975
|Mrig Trishna |Colonel Lawrence | |
| 1976
|Chief Custom Officer | |
| 1976
|Laila Majnu | | |
| 1977
|Capt. Weston | |
| 1977
|Jack | |
| 1977
|Mr. Jackson, Supremo's 2nd in Command | |
| 1977
| | |
| 1977
|Tom | |
| 1977
|British Superintendent of police |Kannada film |
| 1977
|Chani | | Marathi Movie |
| 1978
|Atyachaar | | |
| 1978
|Mr. Anderson | |
| 1978
|Inspector Martin | |
| 1978
|Kaala Aadmi | | |
| 1979
|Chamelee Memsaab | | |
| 1979
|Priest | |
| 1979
|British Police Commissioner | |
| 1979
|Salaam Memsaab |John | |
| 1980
|Bharat Ki Santan | | |
| 1980
|Constans | | |
| 1981
|British Officer | |
| 1981
|Major Thomas Walters | |
| 1982
|Meri Kahani | | |
| 1982
|Guest |Brajbhasha film |
| 1982
|Doctor at Aga Khan Palace |English film |
| 1982
|David | |
| 1982
|Bob Simpson | |
| 1982
|Jaanwar | | |
| 1983
|The Last Tiger | | |
| 1983
|Mr. John | |
| 1983
|Tom | |
| 1983
|Cobra's Goon | |
| 1983
|Priest | |
| 1983
|Gulami Ki Zaanjeerein | | |
| 1984
|Sharara | | |
| 1984
|President of ringania |Uncredited |
| 1985
|Karam Singh (Ganga's Brother) | |
| 1985
|Tom | |
| 1986
| | |
| 1986
|Alter | |
| 1986
|Amma |British Officer | |
| 1986
|Shah | |
| 1986
|Rexson | |
| 1986
|Chambal Ka Badshah | | |
| 1986
|Tom | |
| 1986
| | |
| 1986
|Car Thief |John | |
| 1986
|Priest |English film |
| 1987
|Mr. X | | |
| 1987
|Voice of wrestler | |
| 1987
|Woh Din Aayega |Somnath | |
| 1988
|Etwa | | |
| 1988
|Hatcher | |
| 1988
|New York Police Capt. Morri | |
| 1988
|Plastic Surgeon |Cameo appearance |
| 1988
|DFO | |
| 1988
|Dr. Rex | |
| 1988
|Ore Thooval Pakshikal | | |
| 1989
|Shagun | | |
| 1989
|Tom | |
| 1989
|Johan - (Jani Hippi) | |
| 1989
|Pat | |
| 1989
|Dunhill | |
| 1989
|Gilbert Wilson | |
| 1989
|Musa | |
| 1989
|Swarn Trisha | | |
| 1990
|Arnie Campbell | |
| 1990
|Frank | |
| 1990
|Mercus | |
| 1990
| | |
| 1991
|Guest Appearance | |
| 1991
|Deshwasi | | |
| 1991
|Pahari Kanya |Doctor |Assamese language film |
| 1991
|Jab Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya | | |
| 1992
|Tom | |
| 1992
|Dong's army captain | |
| 1992
|Public prosecutor |Uncredited |
| 1992
|Harry | |
| 1993
|Kala Coat |Alexander | |
| 1993
|Insp. Phillip | |
| 1994
| |
| 1994
|British Intelligence | |
| 1994
| | |
| 1994
|Mr. Rai |Uncredited |
| 1995
| | |
| 1995
|Bidder | |
| 1995
|Father Demello | |
| 1996
|Kala Pani | | |
| 1996
|Mark Sahib |Uncredited |
| 1997
|Dr. Taubman | |
| 1998
|Tom's Father | |
| 1999
|Kabhi Paas Kabhi Fail | | |
| 2000
|Driving Miss Palmen | |
| 2000
|Shaheed Uddham Singh: alias Ram Mohammad Singh Azad |Brig. Gen. Reginald Edward Harry Dyer | |
| 2000
|Doctor | |
| 2001
|Veer Savarkar |David Barry | |
| 2001
|On Wings of Fire | | |
| 2002
|What Happened Then... !!! |Allen McGirvan | |
| 2002
|Special Appearance | |
| 2002
|Bharat Bhagya Vidhata |Mohammed Jalaudin Ghaznavi | |
| 2003
|Mr. Gery | |
| 2003
|Uncle Tom | |
| 2003
|A.O.D. |Sanjeev Sarkar | |
| 2003
|Stephen | |
| 2003
|Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakkad Bumbe Bo | | |
| 2004
|Dr. Freddie | |
| 2004
|Brian | |
| 2004
|Doctor Yusuf | |
| 2004
|Silence Please... The Dressing Room |Cricket coach Ivan Rodrigues |English film |
| 2004
|Mitter Pyare Nu Haal Mureedan Da Kehna |Ghosht Khan | |
| 2004
|Ghar Grihasti |Drug smuggler | |
| 2004
| |
| 2005
|Governor Jackson | |
| 2005
|Viruddh... Family Comes First |Anderson (British Consultate) | |
| 2005
|The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey |Watson | |
| 2005
|Father Mathew | |
| 2006
|Hot Money | | |
| 2006
|Alag: He Is Different.... He Is Alone.... |Dr. Richard Dyer | |
| 2006
|King Saul (prologue) |English film |
| 2007
|Foto | | |
| 2007
|I M IN LOVE |Church father | |
| 2007
|Dr. Shepherd | |
| 2007
|Sol Silverstein |Bengali film |
| 2008
|Ocean of an Old Man |Thomas - Teacher |English film |
| 2008
|Colours of Passion Rang Rasiya |Justice Richards | |
| 2009
|Additional Na'vi people |British-Australian-American film |
| 2010
|Muigwithania |Major David |English film |
| 2010
|Jaanleva |Mr. Malhotra | |
| 2011
|With Love, Delhi! |Ajay | |
| 2011
|Yours Maria |Matthew Chacha |Short |
| 2011
|Football Coach | |
| 2011
|Son of Flower |Major James Edwards |English film |
| 2011
|Historian (Kidnapper) |English film |
| 2012
|Jhansi Ki Rani Laxmibai | | |
| 2012
| |
| 2012
|Life Ki Toh Lag Gayi |Chicha | |
| 2012
|Uncle Sam / Derek Thomas |Gujarati language film |
| 2012
|Son of Flower |Major James Edwards | |
| 2012
|Jaanleva Black Blood | | |
| 2013
|Divana-e-Ishq | | |
| 2013
|The Corner Table |George Miller |English short film |
| 2014
|Magic Uncle |Marathi film |
| 2014
|Myth of Kleopatra{{Cite web |date=2014-11-04 |title=IFFK to screen seven films in 'Indian Cinema Now' section |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/iffk-to-screen-seven-films-in-indian-cinema-now-section/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}} |Adeyapartha Rajan |Hindi- English Film |
| 2014
|Mr. Bhardawaj |English / Hindi film |
| 2014
|Bhaangarh | | |
| 2015
|Bachpan Ek Dhokha | | |
| 2015
|Mr. Smith | |
| 2015
|Promise Dad |Raul | |
| 2015
|The Imam | |
| 2015
|Mamwaji | |
| 2016
|Abhi's Boss |Malayalam film |
| 2016
|Tom |English film |
| 2017
|Alan Alter | |
| 2017
| | |
| 2018
|Eric Fernandez |Posthumously |
| 2018
|The Black Cat | |English Film; Posthumously |
| 2018
| |Marathi film; Posthumously |
| 2018
|Masterji | Posthumously |
| 2018
| | |
| 2019
|KITAAB Short film |John |Last film |
=TV series=
| class = "wikitable sortable" |
| Period
! Name ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1986
|Ronny Gonsalves | Episodic appearances |
| 1988
| Multiple characters | |
| 1990–1991
| Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley | |
| 1993–1997
|Charles Spencers | |
| 1994
| |
| 1993–1998
|Keshav Kalsi | |
| 1995–2001
| |Season 1 Episode 212 and 213 |
| 1997–1998
| Harry | |
| 1998–1999
|Vishwapramukh | |
| 1998–2005
|Mahaguru | |
| 2000
|Adabi Cocktail | | |
| 2002–2003
|Swami Antaryami, Mritunjay | |
| 2003–2004
|King of Paristan |
| 2011
|Shama | Shama's Dadajaan | |
| 2011–2013
|Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar{{Cite web |url=http://www.in.com/tv/shows/dd-national-174/yahan-ke-hum-sikandar |title=Latest Entertainment News: Celebrity News, Latest News on TV Reality Shows, Breaking News & Trending Stories |access-date=13 May 2016 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011221446/https://www.news18.com/entertainment/?utm_source=indotcom&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=indotcom_domain_redirect |url-status=live }} |Samuel | |
| 2014
|Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 2014
|Dard Ka Rishta |Dindyal Sharma | |
| 2014–2015
|Khamosh Sa Afsana |Hussain Baba | |
| 2017
|Somdev Guruji | |
| 2018
|Wilderness Days |Anchor | |
| 2018
|Smoke |Moshe Barak | |
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