Zia Mohyeddin

Biography

Zia Mohyeddin (June 20, 1931 - February 13, 2023) was a British-Pakistani actor, producer, director, and television broadcaster known for his extensive work in both Pakistani cinema, television and stage, as well as British cinema, television and stage. Regarded as a polymath, he was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, the second-highest civilian honour in Pakistan, and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian honour in Pakistan.

Known For

Minder

Tajvir

The Avengers

Bergerac

Adnan Rashid

BBC Play of the Month

Dr. Aziz

BBC Play of the Month

Bandi Grosz

Lawrence of Arabia

Tafas

The Champions

Prengo

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

Dr Aly Narayana

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	Some Lover to Some Beloved	Zia Mohyeddin
2012	Last Remarks	Radio Announcer
1996	Ghazi Shaheed	Narrator
1994	Doomsday Gun	Hashim
1992	Immaculate Conception	Shehzada
1992	Gummed Labels
1989	Shalom Salaam	Sadiq Sattar
1987	Partition
1987	We Are the Children
1986	King of the Ghetto	Timur Hussein
1985	The Assam Garden	Mr. Lal
1979	Ashanti	Djamil
1970	Bombay Talkie	Hari
1968	Work Is a 4-Letter Word	Dr Aly Narayana
1967	The Sailor from Gibraltar	Noori
1967	Deadlier Than the Male	King Fedra
1967	They Came from Beyond Space	Farge
1966	Khartoum	Zobeir Pasha
1965	A Passage to India	Dr Aziz
1964	Behold a Pale Horse	Luis, Guide of Paco
1963	Sammy Going South	The Syrian
1962	Lawrence of Arabia	Tafas
1961	The Day of the Fox	President Rajan

Year	TV Show	Role
1986	King of the Ghetto	Timur Hussein
1984	The Jewel in the Crown	Mohammad Ali 'Mak' Kasim
1981	Bergerac	Adnan Rashid
1979	Minder	Tajvir
1968	The Champions	Prengo
1968	The Expert	Lutaf Adamjee
1967	Man in a Suitcase
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Dr. Aziz
1965	BBC Play of the Month	Bandi Grosz
1964	The Hidden Truth
1961	The Avengers
1961	Sir Francis Drake	King Philip of Spain