Coordinates | 33°51′35.9″N151°12′40″N |
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name | Raza Jaffrey |
birth date | 1975 (age 35-36) |
birth place | Liverpool |
occupation | Actor |
spouse | Miranda Raison 2007-present (separated) |
website | }} |
He originally intended to be a pilot, and was to join the Royal Air Force on leaving Manchester University.. Whilst at University he appeared in a number of plays at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, including The London Vertigo by Brian Friel, and at The Pendley Open Air Shakespeare Festival, including Henry VIII, and A Comedy Of Errors. In his final year at Manchester he worked with RSC chief associate director Gregory Doran which he has cited as one of the things that led him to apply for Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and eventually go on to become a professional actor. Throughout his time at Manchester he was also the lead singer with a jazz funk band.
His break came in 2001 when he was cast as Sky in Mamma Mia! at The Prince Edward Theatre, London, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. From this he went on to land the leading role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of A.R. Rahman's Bombay Dreams at The Apollo Theatre, London, directed by Steven Pimlott. He won rave reviews for his performance with The BBC hailing him as "the most exciting new leading man to emerge in a London musical since Hugh Jackman became an overnight star in the National Theatre production of Oklahoma".
After leaving Bombay Dreams he appeared in ITV1’s M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team, the HBO/BBC co-production Dirty War and the three part BBC Drama Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee. In 2005 he began work on the BBC One spy drama series Spooks / MI-5, as agent Zafar Younis. During this time he returned to the stage playing Orsino in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at The Albery Theatre London, and was cast in the David Cronenberg film Eastern Promises.
He then left Spooks to join the BBC One drama series Mistresses and went on to star in Sharpe's Peril alongside Sean Bean and the feature films Infinite Justice, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor Award at The Kara Film Festival, The Crew and Harry Brown.
In 2010, he appeared in the follow-up feature film to Sex and the City, Sex and the City 2, as Guarav. He then went on to star opposite Ashley Jensen as cheating boyfriend Mike in the BBC1 comedy Accidental Farmer.
In 2011 he appeared as the French supervillain Cain on the NBC superhero drama The Cape before working for NBC again on the Steven Spielberg produced drama Smash. Jaffrey plays the English boyfriend of rising broadway star Karen played by Katharine McPhee. The show also stars Anjelica Houston and Debra Messing, and was shot entirely on location in in New York City.
Jaffrey still continues to sing and has performed in a number of concert productions, including singing at The London Palladium with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and with the BBC Concert Orchestra for BBC Radio 2.
He was also the creator and co-producer of the dance show "RED," a celebration of dozens of styles of movement and dance featuring flamenco, salsa, capoeira hip-hop, belly dance, kathkali, break dance, ballet; brought together by their influences on and from India. He took the show to Johannesburg’s Nelson Mandela Theatre.
Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:English people of Indian descent Category:Old Alleynians Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester Category:Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Category:English stage actors Category:English television actors Category:English film actors Category: British actors of South Asian descent
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