Gavin Packard (8 June 1964 – 18 May 2012) was an Indian actor of Irish American descent, noted for the villainous roles he portrayed in many Bollywood films of the 1990s like Sadak, Mohra, Tadipaar and Chamatkar.
His grandfather John Packard was an Irish American who had come to Bangalore as a member of the US Army and chose to settle there.
[citation needed] Packard died of respiratory disorder on 18 May 2012 and was buried at the St. Andrews Burial Grounds in Bandra the next day.
He made his debut onscreen through the Malayalam movie Aryan in 1988 in which he played the role of Martin, a local goon in Mumbai.
That year he also played the full length character of Fabien in P Padmarajan's Season, arguably his best cinematic performance.