Paul
Chahidi

40s-50s, Neutral, RP, Palestinian/Israeli Arabic, Arabic
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Iranian-born Paul is a Tony and Olivier nominated British stage & screen actor. In 2021 he received an RTS Nomination for Best Male Comedy Performance for his leading role in BAFTA winning BBC comedy series ‘This Country’.  

In 2024 had a major role as bumbling Chief Constable Spedding in British comedy film 'Wicked Little Letters', starring alongside Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley.  He also guest starred in an episode of the BBC's detective comedy series 'Ludwig', which starred David Mitchell and Anna Maxwell-Martin  He has recently been announced as one of the main cast for the second series of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy winning BBC drama 'The Night Manager' which is due out in 2025. 

He played 'Charles of Bourbon' in the 2022 Catherine de Medici drama series from Starz 'Serpent Queen'.  He also starred in the whodunnit thriller 'See How they Run', which was released in cinemas in 2022, alongside Adrien Brody, Saoirsie Ronan, Sam Rockwell and Ruth Wilson.    

Prior to that he starred as Uncle Hamid in the US TBS comedy series ‘Chad’ about a 14 year old Persian boy (Nasim Pedrad) dealing with his first year at high school. The series premiered on TBS in April 2021. Other notable TV credits include sci-fi drama series 'Soul Mates', BBC fantasy comedy series 'Good Omens' based on the book by Terry Pratchett and also starring Michael Sheen and David Tennant and the BBC's 2019 Christmas adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol' produced by Tom Hardy & Ridley Scott and also starring Guy Pearce and Stephen Graham. He also had a major role in series two of 'Britannia' (Sky Atlantic) set during the Roman invasion of Britain and written by Jez Butterworth. 

Film credits include Disney’s Christopher Robin, Death of Stalin and Notting Hill.

He has worked extensively on stage, including productions at the RSC, National, Donmar and the Globe. He also starred as Maria in the West End and on Broadway in the all male production of Twelfth Night opposite Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry, for which he received his Olivier and Tony nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

In 2023 he returned to the West End stage in the National Theatre's modern re-imagining of 'Phaedra', from writer/director Simon Stone, playing Phaedra's husband, Hugo. Later that year he played Feste in the Globe Theatre's unique production 'Twelfth Night: One Night Only' and starred as Boris Johnson in Armando Iannucci's satirical comedy 'Pandemonium' at the Soho Theatre. 

Paul's native accent is Neutral/RP and he can also deliver a high standard English with Farsi/Iranian/Arab accent due to his bi-lingual upbringing and heritage.  Nowadays he can speak Farsi but with less fluency.

Age Range

40s-50s

Accents

Neutral*, RP, Palestinian/Israeli Arabic, Arabic

Styles

Comedy, Dry, Authority, Recognisable, Characterful, Distinctive, Natural Reads, Home Studio, Gravitas, Gravelly

Languages

Farsi

Singing Ability

Confident, Comedy

Credits

Ludwig (TV, 2024) – 'Adrian Tate', BBC One/BBC iPlayer
Wicked Little Letters (Film, 2024) – 'Chief Constable Spedding', Film Four/Studio Canal
Pandemonium (Soho Theatre 2023) (Theatre, 2023) – 'Boris Johnson', Soho Theatre
Twelfth Night: One Night Only (Theatre, 2023) – 'Feste', Shakespeare's Globe
Phaedra (Theatre, 2023) – 'Hugo', National Theatre
See How They Run (Film, 2022) – 'Fellowes', Searchlight Pictures
Serpent Queen (TV, 2022) – 'Charles of Bourbon', Starz
Chad (TV, 2021) – 'Hamid', TBS
Soul Mates (TV, 2020) – 'Pastor Roberts', AMC
Good Omens (TV, 2019-) – 'Sandalphon', Amazon Studios/BBC
A Christmas Carol (TV Series 2019) (TV, 2019) – 'Spirit of Businessman Past', BBC One
Britannia (TV, 2019) – 'Domitius', Sky Atlantic/Amazon Prime Video, Series Two
Warren (TV, 2019) – 'Clairvoyant', BBC
Christopher Robin (Film, 2018) – 'Cecil Hungerford', Walt Disney Studios
This Country (TV, 2017-2020) – 'Reverend Francis Seaton', BBC Three
Maigret (TV, 2017) – 'Michonnet', ITV, Series Two
Limehouse (Donmar Theatre, 2017) (Theatre, 2017) – 'Bill Rodgers', Donmar Warehouse
Salomé (National Theatre, 2017) (Theatre, 2017) – 'Herod', National Theatre
Hot Property (Film, 2016) – 'Headmaster', Fortune Films
The Death of Stalin (Film, 2017) – 'Nicolai Bulganin', E1
And Then There Were None (TV, 2015) – 'Isaac Morris', BBC
Shakespeare in Love (West End, 2014) (Theatre, 2014) – 'Henslowe', Sonia Friedman/Disney
As You Like It (National Theatre, 2015) (Theatre, 2015) – 'Jacques', The National Theatre
The Voices (Film, 2014) – 'Dennis Kowalski', Lionsgate
Twelfth Night (Broadway, 2014) (Theatre, 2013-2014) – 'Maria', Belasco Theatre, Broadway
Twelfth Night (Shakespeare's Globe & the Apollo Theatre, 2012-2013) (Theatre, 2012-2013) – 'Maria', Shakespeare's Globe & Apollo Theatre, West End
The Hour (TV, 2011-2012) – 'Ron', BBC Two

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Showreel Videos

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This Country: The Vicar's Best Bits
This Country: What Is a Dream?
Chad: as Uncle Hamid (Iranian accent)
Singing: This Country 80's Pastiche
Donmar Warehouse: The Vote

Paul Chahidi voiceover news

Paul Chahidi plays security guard and murder suspect Adrian Tate in new comedy detective drama ‘Ludwig’ which starts at 9pm tonight on BBC One
25th Sep 2024
The series stars David Mitchell & Anna Maxwell Martin. Catch Paul guest starring in Episode 3. Also available on BBC iPlayer.
It has been confirmed that Paul Chahidi and Alistair Petrie will both star in Series 2 of 'The Night Manager'
20th Jun 2024
Alistair will reprise his role from Series 1 as Sandy Langbourne, but Paul's role is yet to be announced. Filming is underway with the series expected in 2025.
Paul Chahidi stars as Chief Constable Spedding in 'Wicked Little Letters' which is out in cinemas today
23rd Feb 2024
The “witty, joyously written” comedy also stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley and is based on a true story which scandalised the British public in the 1920s.
Paul Chahidi stars as Boris Johnson in 'Pandemonium' which opens at the Soho Theatre tonight
1st Dec 2023
The show, which is written by Armando Iannucci and directed by Patrick Marber, is completely sold out.
Paul Chahidi stars as the bumbling Chief Constable Spedding in Wicked Little Letters which has had a release date of 23rd February 2024 announced
14th Nov 2023
The brand new trailer for the film, which also stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, is out now.
Paul Chahidi will play Boris Johnson in ‘Pandemonium’, a new satirical comedy which debuts at London's Soho Theatre on 1st December
1st Nov 2023
The satirical comedy is written by Alan Partridge, The Thick of It and Veep creator Armando Iannucci.
Paul Chahidi plays Feste in ’Twelfth Night: One Night Only’ at London’s Globe Theatre this Sunday night
15th Sep 2023
The sold-out show sees performers only given their own lines and cues, with neither rehearsal time nor full script, done as it would have been 400 years ago.
The National Theatre's must-see production of Phaedra, with Paul Chahidi playing Hugo, is now available on National Theatre At Home
6th Jun 2023
Simon Stone's modern adaptation of the Greek classic tragedy ran earlier this year and received emphatic praise from critics.
Critics reap praise on the "audacious", "must-see" new production of Phaedra, on now at the National Theatre
13th Feb 2023
Paul Chahidi stars as Phaedra's husband Hugo in the modern re-imagining of the tragic Greek myth.
Phaedra, starring Paul Chahidi, opens at the National Theatre tonight
1st Feb 2023
He will play Phaedra's husband Hugo, in the classic tragedy which has been re-imagined by director Simon Stone.
Paul Chahidi returns to the West End stage in Phaedra at the National Theatre next month
16th Jan 2023
Paul will play the role of Hugo in the famous tragedy which has been reimagined by Simon Stone for the 21st Century.
Noah Maxwell-Clarke stars alongside Milo Twomey, Paul Chahidi, Imogen Stubbs and Annabel Mullion in Radio 4's ‘Please Protect Abraham’
5th Dec 2022
The new 11-part docu-drama is available now on BBC Sounds and examines how we protect the witnesses of violent crimes following the tragic death of the 15 year old witness to a sexual assault, Abraham Badru.
Catch Paul Chahidi as Charles of Bourbon in the new Catherine de Medici drama series 'The Serpent Queen'
9th Sep 2022
The 16th Century drama set in the French court premieres on Starzplay on Sunday 11th September.
1950's whodunnit 'See How They Run' is released into cinemas this Friday with Paul Chahidi playing 'Fellowes'
7th Sep 2022
'See How They Run' is the feature film directorial debut for Tom George, who previously directed Paul Chahidi in the BAFTA winning comedy hit 'This Country'.
Paul Chahidi stars in Dave's new pilot sitcom 'The Other Half' which premieres tonight at 10pm
23rd Aug 2022
He plays Navid's dad Farhad in the half hour pilot about a half-Iranian, half-Welsh 20-something leaving his small Welsh hometown for the first time.
Paul Chahidi will play Fellowes in the soon to be released period whodunnit See How They Run
30th Jun 2022
The film will be released in UK cinemas on 9th September 2022. The first trailer has just been revealed.
The BBC's Audio Drama Awards take place today with Paul Chahidi in the running for Best Supporting Performance
25th Mar 2022
Paul has been recognised for his role as Larry Hart in 'Rodgers and Hart and Hammerstein' produced by BBC Audio Drama London.
Paul Chahidi stars in brand new TBS comedy series CHAD
16th Apr 2021
Nasim Pedrad’s ‘Chad’ Debuts as Top-Rated Cable Scripted Comedy of 2021. Chicago Tribune says "‘Chad’ is the sitcom that fans of ‘The Office’ have been waiting for". Paul "is heartwarming as an ever-doting uncle" Hamid.