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Denzil Smith

Actor

Denzil Smith

Born November 6, 1960 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India41 films

Denzil Smith is an Indian film and stage actor and producer. Smith was born into an Anglo-Indian family in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Benjamin John Smith and Kathleen (Katsy) Maude Shepherd. He has an older sister Cheryl Roy-Smith, and younger brother Lionel Smith. Smith’s father was a civil servant with the Government of India and possessed a deep love for music and the arts

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The Lunchbox posterFirst watchThe Lunchbox20137.4as Mr. ShroffA mistaken delivery in Mumbai's famously efficient lunchbox delivery system (Mumbai's Dabbawallahs) connects a young housewife to a stranger in the dusk of his life.View film

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Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. TBA3 MonkeysRevenue Officer
  2. 2025The Confession of Mary
  3. 2024Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3Maharaj in 1824
  4. 2024Schirkoa: In Lies We TrustHawker (voice)
  5. 2023Tiger 3Indian Defence Minister
  6. 2023The LadykillerDr. Khurana
  7. 2023ICUFather
  8. 2023LeoJudge
  9. 2023AgentAbhijeet Mehta
  10. 2023White Ant
  11. 2021Dybbuk
  12. 2021Bell BottomR. N. Kao
  13. 2021Silence... Can You Hear It?Commissioner
  14. 2020TenetSanjay
  15. 2019PhotographHasmukh Bhai
  16. 2019BadlaDetective Sodhi
  17. 2018BaazaarKishore Wadhwa
  18. 2018Naa Peru Surya - Naa Illu IndiaPolitician
  19. 2017Aksar 2
  20. 2017ManjhaPrincipal
  21. 2017Jagga JasoosTerrorist
  22. 2017Viceroy's HouseMuhammad Ali Jinnah
  23. 2016Brahman NamanBernie
  24. 2015PhantomISI Chief Haider
  25. 2015The Second Best Exotic Marigold HotelMr. Dharuna
  26. 2014Points of OriginDr. Ambani
  27. 2013The LunchboxMr. Shroff
  28. 2013The Coffin MakerFather John
  29. 2011TripuraShiva (voice)
  30. 2011Hanuman the Immortal 2Raaka
  31. 2008ShauryaBrigadier P. P. V. Nair
  32. 2007Mumbai SalsaKay Kay
  33. 2007FrozenTenzing
  34. 2006One Night with the KingPrince Carshena
  35. 2006The MemsahibProf. Neil Thakker
  36. 2005Ek AjnabeeLee Kap
  37. 2005RogDeputy Comissioner Kumar
  38. 2003Paap
  39. 2002Mango SouffléRanjith
  40. 2001Pyaar Ishq Aur MohabbatMahesh Nair
  41. 1997Ramayana : The Legend of Prince RamaSugreeva (voice) (English)