About

Known credits:
16
Birthday:
1974-08-21
Place of birth:
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
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Paul Chowdhry

Overview

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry, better known as Paul Chowdhry, is an English comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. Chowdhry was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats, Comedy World Cup, and Sorry, I Didn't Know. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo twice, in 2012 and 2015. In 2016, he was one of the contestants on series three of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. Since 2021, he has been hosting the podcast The Paul Chowdhry PudCast, in which he interviews comedians. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

Known for

Acting

2023 The Unofficial Science of Die Hard Actor Self N/A
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2022 Celeb Cooking School Actor Self N/A
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2022 The Sea Beast Actor Surgeon (voice) 70
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2021 Cruella Actor Restaurant Owner 78
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2020 Devils Actor Kalim Chowdhrey 72
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2019 Madness in the Method Actor Store Clerk 58
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2019 Paul Chowdhry: Live Innit Actor Self 59
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2017 When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong Actor Himself N/A
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2015 Paul Chowdhry: PC's World Actor Himself 59
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2014 The Inbetweeners Go Global Actor Self N/A
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2012 Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People? Actor Himself 59
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2008 The Blue Tower Actor Dil 58
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2005 Colour Me Kubrick Actor Pub Announcer 58
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2000 It Was an Accident Actor Rafiq Roy 59
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Writing

2015 Paul Chowdhry: PC's World Writing Writer 59
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2012 Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People? Writing Writer 59
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