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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1974-08-21 (50 years old)

Place of Birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK

Paul Chowdhry

Biography:

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

2024

2023

2022

The Sea Beast as Surgeon (voice)

2021

Cruella as Restaurant Owner
The Cleaner as Man Boy

2020

Devils as Kalim Chowdhrey

2019

2018

Roast Battle as Self

2017

2015

2014

2012

2011

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant

2008

2005

Colour Me Kubrick as Pub Announcer

2004

Live at the Apollo as Self - Presenter

2000

It Was an Accident as Rafiq Roy

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Touché as Mr. Mohan