Kabir Bedi
Kabir is known for his philanthropic and social causes. He is the Honorary Band Ambassador of SightSavers India which give sight to the visually challenged, and of Care & Share Italia which educates and looks after street children from school to university in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
In Europe, Kabir’s iconic role in the Sandokan television series broke all viewership records. In India, Kabir has done close to seventy Bollywood films, famously starring with Rekha in Khoon Bhari Maang. Worldwide, Kabir is probably best known for his role as the villain in the James Bond film Octopussy, and for his star turn in The Bold and the Beautiful, one of the world’s most watched shows. His credits include starring with Michael Caine in Ashanti and Roddy McDowall in Thief of Baghdad, and playing the title role in the Italian film The Black Pirate (Il Corsaro Nero). On American television, he has appeared in Highlander, Murder She Wrote, Magnum, P.I., Dynasty, and many HBO mini-series. On stage, he starred in John Murrell’s Taj at the Luminato Festival in Canada, and M.M. Kaye’s The Far Pavilions in London’s West End.
Kabir lives with his wife Parveen Dusanj, a producer, in Juhu, Mumbai. He is writing his next book, continues to act and is a commentator on television. He voices ad films and documentaries and travels regularly to his three favourite cities - Rome, London, and Los Angeles. For Kabir, all the world’s a stage.