---
name: "Denzil Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/denzil-smith"
fi1m_id: "denzil-smith"
imdb_id: "nm1336722"
tmdb_id: 933391
wikidata_id: "Q20090576"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 November 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T23:23:52.346387+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Denzil Smith

## Identity

Denzil Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/denzil-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** denzil-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm1336722
- **TMDB ID:** 933391
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20090576
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20090576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1336722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933391

Actor. Born 6 November 1960 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 November 1960, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Denzil Leonard Smith
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 75 (1), 2020s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denzil_Smith, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20090576, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1336722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/933391

## Biography

Denzil Leonard Smith (also credited as Denzil L Smith) is an Indian film, television and stage actor and producer. Born on 6 November 1960 in Mumbai, he began his acting career on stage in 1988 and has appeared in over 50 plays and 60 films.

Smith is known for roles including Mr. Shroff in *The Lunchbox* (2013), Sanjay in *Tenet* (2020), Mr. Dharuna in *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015), Muhammad Ali Jinnah in *Viceroy's House* (2017) and Detective Sodhi in *Badla* (2019). On television he has appeared in *Delhi Crime* (2019) and as Lala in *P.O.W. Bandi Yuddh Ke* (2016–2017), for which he received the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role. He has long associations with Motley Productions and Lillete Dubey’s PrimeTime Theatre, and has performed in international productions including *Merchants of Bollywood*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, denzilsmith.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Tenet* (2020), Fi1m 65, as Sanjay — [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *The Lunchbox* (2013), Fi1m 75, as Mr. Shroff — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md)

## Complete filmography (52)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Confession of Mary* (2025), Actor
- *Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3* (2024), as Maharaj in 1824
- *Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust* (2024), as Hawker (voice)
- *Naam Namak Nishan* (2024), series, as LT Gen S P Nair
- *Showtime* (2024), series, as Deven
- *Poacher* (2024), series, as Nilesh Sharma
- *Tiger 3* (2023), as Indian Defence Minister
- *The Ladykiller* (2023), as Dr. Khurana
- *ICU* (2023), as Father
- *Leo* (2023), as Judge
- *Agent* (2023), as Abhijeet Mehta
- *White Ant* (2023), Actor
- *Taaza Khabar* (2023), series, as Christopher
- *Dybbuk* (2021), Actor
- *Bell Bottom* (2021), as R. N. Kao
- *Silence... Can You Hear It?* (2021), as Commissioner
- *Tenet* (2020), as Sanjay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/tenet.md)
- *Beecham House* (2019), series, as Maharaja of Kalyan
- *Mind the Malhotras* (2019), series, as Dr. Gulfam Rastogi
- *Delhi Crime* (2019), series, as Vishal Chaturvedi
- *Photograph* (2019), as Hasmukh Bhai
- *Badla* (2019), as Detective Sodhi
- *Made in Heaven* (2019), series, as Mr. Swarup
- *Baazaar* (2018), as Kishore Wadhwa
- *Naa Peru Surya - Naa Illu India* (2018), as Politician
- *Aksar 2* (2017), Actor
- *Manjha* (2017), as Principal
- *Jagga Jasoos* (2017), as Terrorist
- *Viceroy's House* (2017), as Muhammad Ali Jinnah
- *Brahman Naman* (2016), as Bernie
- *Phantom* (2015), as ISI Chief Haider
- *The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2015), as Mr. Dharuna
- *Points of Origin* (2014), as Dr. Ambani
- *The Lunchbox* (2013), as Mr. Shroff — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lunchbox.md)
- *The Coffin Maker* (2013), as Father John
- *Tripura* (2011), as Shiva (voice)
- *Hanuman the Immortal 2* (2011), as Raaka
- *Shaurya* (2008), as Brigadier P. P. V. Nair
- *Mumbai Salsa* (2007), as Kay Kay
- *Frozen* (2007), as Tenzing
- *One Night with the King* (2006), as Prince Carshena
- *The Memsahib* (2006), as Prof. Neil Thakker
- *Ek Ajnabee* (2005), as Lee Kap
- *Time Bomb 9/11* (2005), series, as Head of ACT RAW
- *Rog* (2005), as Deputy Comissioner Kumar
- *Paap* (2003), Actor
- *The Life of the Buddha* (2003), as King Sudhodana
- *Mango Soufflé* (2002), as Ranjith
- *Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat* (2001), as Mahesh Nair
- *Ramayana : The Legend of Prince Rama* (1997), as Sugreeva (voice) (English)
- *The Return of Sandokan* (1996), series, as Village Headman
- *3 Monkeys*, as Revenue Officer

## Gallery

- ![Denzil Smith (r) plays the lead of the mentor, with Rhys D'Souza as the mentee in StageSmith Productions' Bombay Jazz, a play inspired by the lives of Jazz musi (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/1296141/gallery-5fbabe441030.jpg) Denzil Smith (r) plays the lead of the mentor, with Rhys D'Souza as the mentee in StageSmith Productions' Bombay Jazz, a play inspired by the lives of Jazz musi (2014) — Drashmi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Bombay_Jazz_-_A_play_by_StageSmith_Productions.JPG/1280px-Bombay_Jazz_-_A_play_by_StageSmith_Productions.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Denzil Smith](https://film.one/media/person/1296141/gallery-fdff2dd7d871.jpg) Denzil Smith — Image via TMDB

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