Kabir Bedi

Kabir Bedi
Bedi in 2012
Born (1946-01-16) 16 January 1946
Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Occupations
  • Actor
  • television presenter
Years active1971–present
Spouses
  • (m. 1969; div. 1974)
  • Susan Humphreys
    (m. 1980; div. 1990)
  • (m. 1992; div. 2005)
  • Parveen Dusanj
    (m. 2016)
Children3, including Pooja
MotherFreda Bedi
RelativesAlaya F (grand-daughter)
HonorsOrder of Merit of the Italian Republic

Kabir Bedi (born 16 January 1946) is an Indian actor. His career has spanned three continents covering India, the United States and especially Italy among other Western countries in three media: film, television and theatre. He is noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story and the villainous Sanjay Verma in the 1988 film Khoon Bhari Maang. He is best known in Italy and Europe for playing the pirate Sandokan in the Italian TV miniseries and for his role as the villainous Gobinda in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy. Bedi is based in India and lives in Mumbai.