Actor

Amrish Puri

Acting

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Acting credits

233

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

2.9

Moderate attention

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Movies: 231Series: 2Crew credits: 1

TMDB ID: 691

IMDb ID: nm0700869

Known for: Acting

Born: June 22, 1932

Died: January 12, 2005

Age: 72

Place of birth: Jalandhar, Punjab, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1970 - 2026

Years active: 57

Average TMDB rating: 6.56

Wikidata: Q333443

Also known as

Amrish Lal Singh Puri • Amrish Lal Puri • Amrish Singh Puri • Mogambo • Mola Ram • अमरीश पुरी • آمریش پوری

Other jobs

Playback Singer (1)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Amrish Lal Puri (June 22, 1932 - January 12, 2005) was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad. However, he is primarily remembered for essaying some iconic negative roles in Hindi cinema. He is most remembered for his role as Mogambo in the Hindi film Mr India (1987). As Mola Ram in the Hollywood film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), he crossed over to international cinema as well.