| Actor |
Film/TV show |
Year |
Country |
Type |
Notes
|
| Royalty
|
| Ancient Indian kings
|
| Porus
|
| Bin Bunluerit |
Alexander |
2004 |
UK/USA |
Film |
|
| Nawabs of Bengal
|
| Mir Jafar
|
| Walter Gotell |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.53 "Clive of India" |
1956 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb & R. J. Minney.
|
| Government and politics
|
| Governors-General and Viceroys of India
|
| Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto
|
| Michael Hordern |
ITV Play of the Week, #11.28 "Nelson: A Study in Miniature" |
1966 |
UK |
TV film |
|
| Thomas Baring, 2nd Baron Northbrook
|
| Ronald Leight-Hunt |
Khartoum |
1966 |
UK |
Film |
|
| Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Baron Lytton
|
| Jonathan Newth |
Shoulder to Shoulder |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
|
| Michael Griffiths |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
|
| Edward Jewesbury |
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years |
1981 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| C. Rajagopalachari
|
| Sumant Mastakar |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Presidents of India
|
| Rajendra Prasad
|
| Nitin Sethi |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Prime Ministers of India
|
| Jawaharlal Nehru
|
| Ian Richardson |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Roshan Seth |
Food for Ravens |
1997 |
UK |
TV film |
|
| Indira Gandhi
|
| Marta Gómez |
Tricia's Wedding |
1971 |
USA |
Short |
Comedy
|
| Saloni Kaur |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Tatiana Mouroumzeff |
Le grand secret |
1989 |
France |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by René Barjavel.
|
| Eliana Ruiz |
Bill & Ted Face the Music |
2020 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
| Deputy Prime Ministers of India
|
| Vallabhbhai Patel
|
| A. K. Hangal |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Ministers of Education
|
| Abul Kalam Azad
|
| Tony Wredden |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Ministers of Health
|
| Amrit Kaur
|
| Minnie Boga |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Governors of Bengal
|
| Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive: See East India Company generals
|
| Warren Hastings
|
| John Cater |
Churchill's People, #23 "Mother India" |
1975 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
|
| Sir John Macpherson
|
| Kenneth Watson |
Churchill's People, #23 "Mother India" |
1975 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
|
| Governors of Bombay
|
| Sir George Arthur
|
| Lawrence Davidson |
Churchill's People, #25 "True Patriots All" |
1975 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of part of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston Churchill.
|
| Governors of Madras
|
| George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot
|
| Richard Caldicot |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.53 "Clive of India" |
1956 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb & R. J. Minney.
|
| Governors of Maharashtra
|
| Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
|
| Sushma Seth |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Pre-independence politicians
|
| Sir Rafiuddin Ahmed
|
| Kemaal Deen-Ellis |
Victoria & Abdul |
2017 |
UK/USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
|
| Political activists
|
| Mahatma Gandhi
|
| Milton Selzer |
You Are There, #2.22 "The Sacrifice of Mahatma Gandhi" |
1954 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
| Louis Negin |
Witness to Yesterday |
1975 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
| Sam Dastor |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Ned Yousef |
Bill & Ted Face the Music |
2020 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
| Indian Civil Service officers
|
| Sir George Abell
|
| Michael Byrne |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| V. P. Menon
|
| Zia Mohyeddin |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Other colonial administrators
|
| Elizabeth Ward: Private secretary to Lady Mountbatten.
|
| Doran Godwin |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Spouses of Viceroys of India
|
| Edith Bulwer-Lytton, Baroness Lytton
|
| Patience Collier |
Shoulder to Shoulder |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Military
|
| East India Company generals
|
| Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive
|
| Marius Goring |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #7.53 "Clive of India" |
1956 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by W. P. Lipscomb & R. J. Minney.
|
| Indian Army officers of the 19th century
|
| William Hicks
|
| Edward Underdown |
Khartoum |
1966 |
UK |
Film |
|
| Indian Army generals of World War II
|
| Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
|
| Paul Hardwick |
Churchill and the Generals |
1979 |
UK |
TV film |
|
| Nigel Davenport |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Robert Pugh |
Into the Storm |
2009 |
UK/USA |
TV film |
|
| Richard Lumsden |
Darkest Hour |
2017 |
UK |
Film |
|
| Post-World War II officers of the Indian Army
|
| K. A. S. Raja: Indian UN commander in Katanga in 1961.
|
| Ashish Gangapersad |
The Siege of Jadotville |
2016 |
Ireland/South Africa |
Film |
An adaptation of the book The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle by Declan Power.
|
| Religion
|
| Buddhist leaders
|
| Gautama Buddha
|
| Damon D'Oliveira |
Relic Hunter, #1.1 "Buddha's Bowl" |
1999 |
Canada |
TV episode |
|
| Artis Burney |
Bill & Ted Face the Music |
2020 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
| Catholic nuns
|
| Mother Teresa
|
| Sheila Reid |
Playhouse Presents, #1.11 "Psychobitches" |
2012 |
UK |
TV short |
Comedy
|
| Law and crime
|
| Chief Justices of India
|
| Sir Patrick Spens
|
| Derek Reed |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Police officers
|
| Amod Kanth
|
| Adil Hussain |
Main Aur Charles |
2015 |
India |
Film |
|
| Assassins
|
| Nathuram Godse
|
| Nana Patekar |
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy |
1986 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Murderers and alleged murderers
|
| Ajay Chowdhury: Accomplice and possibly later victim of Charles Sobhraj.
|
| Monroe Reimers |
Shadow of the Cobra |
1989 |
Australia |
TV miniseries |
|
| Amesh Edireweera |
The Serpent |
2021 |
UK |
TV series |
|
| Science and medicine
|
| Indian Medical Service officers
|
| Sir John Tyler: Inspector-General of Hospitals of the North-West Provinces.
|
| Simon Paisley Day |
Victoria & Abdul |
2017 |
UK/USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the book by Shrabani Basu.
|
| Literature and thought
|
| Philosophers
|
| Jiddu Krishnamurti
|
| Hemanth Rao |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
1993 |
USA |
TV series |
Aged 14.
|
| Supernatural and occult
|
| Alleged witches, wizards, sorcerers and occultists
|
| Gyanendra Nath Chakravarti: Brahmin, occultist and opponent of Theosophism.
|
| Ben Kingsley |
The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" |
1977 |
UK |
TV film |
|
