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Paul Chahidi

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Paul Chahidi
Erica hugs pandas for a living and is absolutely miserable. And when hidden-camera TV star Jacques Burton tries to chat her up in a hotel bar, there's a few other things he might be surprised to find out.
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Paul Chahidi is a Tony, Olivier and Royal Television Society nominated British stage and screen actor. His most recent screen work includes roles in the feature 'See How They Run', 'The Serpent Queen' (Starz) and two seasons of the Iranian-American comedy 'Chad' (TBS/Roku). Other work includes Neil Gaiman's 'Good Omens' (Amazon Prime) three seasons of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy series 'This Country', as well as Armando Iannucci's feature 'The Death of Stalin'. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage, most notably with the RSC, National Theatre, Donmar, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Court theatres as well as on Broadway in the all-male production of Twelfth Night opposite Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry. In addition to his Tony and Olivier nominations, he is the winner of a Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut and The Clarence Derwent Award and was nominated for an Outer Critic's Circle Award (for his performance as Maria in Twelfth Night). He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
BornAugust 22, 1969
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    The Death of Stalin (2017)
    The Death of Stalin
    7.3
    • Nicolai Bulganin
    • 2017
    Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper in This Country (2017)
    This Country
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Reverend Francis Seaton
    Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant in Notting Hill (1999)
    Notting Hill
    7.2
    • Loud Man in Restaurant
    • 1999
    Ewan McGregor, Brad Garrett, Jim Cummings, and Nick Mohammed in Christopher Robin (2018)
    Christopher Robin
    7.2
    • Cecil Hungerford
    • 2018

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    • The Night Manager
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2025



    • The Stork (2025)
      The Stork
      Short
      • Ian
      • 2025
    • Olivia Nakintu in Mango (2025)
      Mango
      Short
      • Dr. Pellman
      • Dr Stewart
      • Dr Gough
      • 2025
    • Ludwig (2024)
      Ludwig
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Adrian Tate
      • 2024
    • Josie Walker in The Cost of Hugging (2024)
      The Cost of Hugging
      Short
      • Raymond
      • 2024
    • Nasim Pedrad in Chad (2021)
      Chad
      3.4
      TV Series
      • Hamid
      • 2021–2024
    • Good Boy (2023)
      Good Boy
      6.3
      Short
      • Doctor
      • 2023
    • Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)
      Assassin's Creed Mirage
      7.1
      Video Game
      • (voice)
      • 2023
    • Timothy Spall, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, and Anjana Vasan in Wicked Little Letters (2023)
      Wicked Little Letters
      7.0
      • Constable Spedding
      • 2023
    • Annette Badland, Neil Dudgeon, and Nick Hendrix in Midsomer Murders (1997)
      Midsomer Murders
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Gabriel Arnson
      • 2022
    • National Theatre at Home: Phaedra (2022)
      National Theatre at Home: Phaedra
      8.4
      Video
      • Hugo
      • 2022
    • Samantha Morton in The Serpent Queen (2022)
      The Serpent Queen
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Charles de Bourbon
      • 2022
    • Adrien Brody, Sam Rockwell, David Oyelowo, Reece Shearsmith, Saoirse Ronan, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Ruth Wilson, Sian Clifford, Pearl Chanda, Harris Dickinson, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, and Charlie Cooper in See How They Run (2022)
      See How They Run
      6.5
      • Fellowes
      • 2022
    • Paul Chahidi, Souad Faress, and Vahid Gold in The Other Half (2022)
      The Other Half
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Farhad
      • 2022
    • The Importance of Being Earnest
      • Steve Merriman
      • 2021
    • Emily Watson and Denise Gough in Too Close (2021)
      Too Close
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Phil Cook
      • 2021

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    • Born
      • August 22, 1969
      • Iran
    • Other works
      2005: Playing The Translator in "The American Pilot", Touchstone in "As You Like It" and Peter Quince in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in Stratford upon Avon.

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      Born in Iran, and his father was Iranian,.

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