Amrish Puri

Movie Actor

Birthday June 22, 1932

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace India

DEATH DATE Jan 12, 2005 (72)

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About

Influential Indian film and theater actor who broke through to American audiences as the sinister Mola Ram in the 1984 film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Before Fame

He worked at an insurance company before earning small roles in theater productions.

Trivia

He played a role in the 1982 Academy Award-winning film Gandhi. 

Family Life

He had two children, Rajiv and Namrata, with Urmila Diveker, whom he was married to from 1957 until his death.

Associated With

He shared the screen with Ben Kingsley in the 1982 classic film Gandhi.