Kabir Bedi


Kabir Bedi is one of the most famous international actors to have come out of India . In the James Bond film, "Octopussy" he played Gobinda, the villain who battled Roger Moore from start to finish. In Europe , his greatest success was the title role in "Sandokan", a record-breaking Italian-German-French television series, the saga of a romantic Asian pirate and freedom fighter during British colonial times. Over a billion people in 149 countries saw Kabir as Prince Omar in "The Bold And The Beautiful", one of the world's most-watched television programmes, for over a year.

Kabir's career spans 3 decades across 3 continents in film, television and theatre. Most recent was his starring role in the London West End musical adaptation of M.M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions", directed by Gale Edwards, at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London . His earlier stage performances have included the "the mad king" in Girish Karnad's historical "Tughlaq", a self-destructive alcoholic in Vijay Tendulkar's "The Vultures", and an acclaimed portrayal of Shakespeare's "Othello", directed by Alyque Padamsee.

Kabir starred in the Bollywood epic "The Taj Mahal", as the Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the world's greatest monument to love. Over the last three decades Kabir has acted in over 60 Bollywood films, with starring roles in Raj Khosla's super hit "Kuchche Dhaage" and Mahesh Bhatt's Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain", Rakesh Roshan's "Khoon Bhari Maang". He also played the memorable Don in Feroz Khan's "Yalgar". In the last year, Kabir had pivotal roles in Dharmesh Darshan's, "Bewafa" and Sharukh Khan's blockbuster hit "Main Hoon Na".

Kabir's recent venture was starring in the super hit show UN MEDICO IN FAMIGLIA a top-rated prime-time Italian Televsion series, playing on RAI TV, Italy 's biggest broadcaster.

Kabir played a leading role in a recent Italian film "Andata Ritorno", by Marco Ponti, whose first film had won Italy 's most prestigious Donatello Award. Earlier in his career, Kabir starred as Michael Caine's tribal companion in " Ashanti ", as the flamboyant Prince in "The Thief Of Baghdad", and in the swashbuckling title role of "The Black Pirate" (Il Corsaro Nero), an Italian film. He was seen as a comic South American revolutionary in Bud Spencer's Italian TV Mini-Series "We Are Angels", And Played An Important Role In "The Beast Of War", a film on the Russian war in Afghanistan , directed by Kevin Reynolds for Colombia Pictures.

Kabir's work on American television, besides "The Bold and the Beautiful", includes "Dynasty", "Murder She Wrote", "Magnum P.I.", "Hunter", "Highlander", "Stingray", "Riptide", "Knight Rider" and key roles in many highly-rated TV mini-series: Hallmark's "Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search For Livingston", Tom Clancy's "Op Center", both Ken Follett's "On Wings Of Eagles" and "Red Eagle". He also played Friar Sands, a lead in "The Lost Empire", a major NBC mini-series.

Kabir is an active voting member of the Oscars Academy (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), as well as the American Screen Actors Guild (Sag), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Aftra), the British Equity Actors Union (Equity) and the Cine Artists Association of India.

Kabir Bedi has won numerous international awards. He is now based in Bombay .