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Kabir Bedi

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Overview

  • Born
    January 16, 1946 · Lahore, Punjab, British India
  • Height
    1.88 m

Biography

    • Kabir Bedi is one of India's most famous international actors, with a career that spans from Bollywood to Hollywood and Europe, in films, television, theatre, and radio.

      Kabir's Italian series "SANDOKAN" made him a major star across all of Europe.

      He starred in one of the world's most-watched TV series, "THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL"

      He acted in the James Bond "OCTOPUSSY".

      He has been a voting member of the "Oscars Academy" (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) since 1982.

      In recent years, he has acted in 5 films in 5 languages: English, Italian, Hindi, Malayalam, and Telegu.

      He is the Honorary Brand Ambassador for Sight Savers India, which performed over 5 million free eye operations across India.

      He is the Honorary Brand Ambassador of Care & Share Italia, which educates children from kindergarten to university in the homes and centers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India.

      To top it all, he has been Knighted by the Italian Republic with its highest civilian honour, "Cavaliere".
      - IMDb mini biography by: Office

Family

  • Spouses
      Parveen Dusanj(January 15, 2016 - present)
      Nikki Bedi(1993 - 2004) (divorced)
      Susan Humphreys(1979 - ?) (divorced)
      Protima Bedi(1968 - 1973) (divorced, 3 children)
  • Children
      Pooja Bedi

Trademarks

  • Often plays authority figures or nobles from aristocratic backgrounds.

Trivia

  • Best known for appearing as the main villain's henchman, Gobinda, in the James Bond movie Octopussy and for his role as Sandokan in the mega-hit TV series broadcast across Europe and most of the Spanish speaking world.
  • Speaks fluent Hindi, English and Italian. He recently completed a 200 episode Italian radio drama for the country's most listened to radio station.
  • Kabir Bedi was knighted by the Italian Republic he is now Cavalier Kabir Bedi.
  • Voted the most eligible bachelor of the year by Cosmopolitan in 1978. Won 4th place in the Best Looking Indian of the Century based on a 45-day Internet survey by newspaper, The Times of India.
  • In the Italian tv shows Un medico in famiglia (1998) and Vivere (1999) he plays in Italian.

Quotes

  • [Remembering the actor's then-girlfriend Parveen Babi was to him] Parveen was a ravishingly beautiful actress with fair skin, long black hair & mesmerizing eyes. It's what I was looking for.

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