---
name: "Raza Jaffrey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/raza-jaffrey"
fi1m_id: "raza-jaffrey"
imdb_id: "nm1203005"
tmdb_id: 440943
wikidata_id: "Q2915562"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 May 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T01:38:25.948344+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."
---

# Raza Jaffrey

## Identity

Raza Jaffrey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/raza-jaffrey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** raza-jaffrey
- **IMDb ID:** nm1203005
- **TMDB ID:** 440943
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2915562
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza_Jaffrey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1203005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/440943

Actor. Born 28 May 1975 in Everton, Liverpool, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 May 1975, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 68 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Crime 3, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $62m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza_Jaffrey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1203005/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/440943

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Rhythm Section*](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md) (48)

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## Biography

Raza Jaffrey is a British actor. He was born on 28 May 1975 in Liverpool and graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in acting. He also attended Dulwich College and trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, beginning his career in theatre.

Jaffrey is known for television roles including Zafar Younis in *Spooks*, Aasar Khan in *Homeland* (2011), Victor Dhar in *Lost in Space* (2018), and appearances in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *Elementary* (2012). His film credits include Doctor Aziz in *Eastern Promises* (2007), a role in *Sex and the City 2* (2010), and Proctor in *The Rhythm Section* (2020). He is married to actress Lara Pulver.

*Sources: wikidata.org, www3-direct.entertainment.ie, tv.apple.com, clickthecity.com, funvasion.miraheze.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), Fi1m 48, as Proctor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *Homeland* (2011), Fi1m 78, as Aasar Khan — [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), Fi1m 79, as Doctor Aziz — [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Zafar Younis — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

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

- *Goodbye June* (2025), as Dr. Simon Khal
- *Malice* (2025), series, as Damien
- *The Agency* (2024), series, as Craig
- *Refuge* (2023), as Ibrahim
- *Rally Road Racers* (2023), as Team Tandem (voice)
- *The Same Storm* (2022), as Dr. Sanjay Patel
- *The Serpent Queen* (2022), series, as Francis de Guise
- *Pantheon* (2022), series, as Vinod Chanda (voice)
- *Sweet Girl* (2021), as Vinod Shah
- *The Rhythm Section* (2020), as Proctor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-rhythm-section.md)
- *One Red Nose Day and a Wedding* (2019), as Anthony
- *Cliffs of Freedom* (2019), as Sunal Demir
- *The Enemy Within* (2019), series, as Daniel Zain
- *Lost in Space* (2018), series, as Victor Dhar
- *The Rendezvous* (2016), as Jake Al-Shadi
- *Code Black* (2015), series, as Neal Hudson
- *Once Upon a Time in Wonderland* (2013), series, as Taj
- *Gothica* (2013), as John Harker
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Andrew Paek
- *Smash* (2012), series, as Dev Sundaram
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Adam Frost
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Aasar Khan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *The Cape* (2011), series, as Raimonde LeFleur / Cain
- *Sex and the City 2* (2010), as Butler Gaurau
- *Harry Brown* (2009), as Father Bracken
- *Sharpe's Peril* (2008), as Lance Naik Singh
- *The Crew* (2008), as Keith Thompson
- *Mistresses* (2008), series, as Hari Dhillon
- *Eastern Promises* (2007), as Doctor Aziz — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/eastern-promises.md)
- *Sex, the City and Me* (2007), as Shafi Amid
- *Infinite Justice* (2006), as Kamal Khan
- *Dirty War* (2004), as Rashid Dhar
- *Murder Investigation Team* (2003), series, as Kareem Dobar
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Zafar Younis — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as A.D.A.
- *Sharpe* (1993), series, as Lance Naik Singh

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