Paul Chahidi
British actor (born 1969)
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Giv Paul Khatib-Chahidi[1] (born 22 August 1969), known professionally as Paul Chahidi (Persian: پل شهیدی), is an Iranian-born British actor. He has won a Theatre World Award and a Clarence Derwent Award along with having Tony and Olivier nominations.
August 22, 1969
Paul Chahidi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Giv Paul Khatib-Chahidi August 22, 1969 |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
Early life
Paul Chahidi was born in Iran to an Iranian father and a British mother. His parents met while they were students studying at the Sorbonne in Paris. Chahidi was raised in Iran until the family left during the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and settled in the United Kingdom. Chahidi grew up in Summertown, Oxford[2] and attended the Dragon School and Winchester College. He went on to graduate with a masters in Arabic and Persian from Trinity College, Cambridge.[3] He went on to train as an actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[1]
Career
Chahidi is an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4] He appeared at Shakespeare's Globe[5] and on Broadway in all-male productions of Twelfth Night and Richard III.[6] He was nominated for both an Olivier award and a Tony Award and won a Theatre World Award and Clarence Derwent Award for his portrayal of Maria in Twelfth Night, where he appeared alongside Mark Rylance's Olivia in 2013.[7][8][9] He played defence minister Nikolai Bulganin in Armando Iannucci's 2017 historical comedy The Death of Stalin.[10]
He had a recurring role in the BBC Three television comedy series This Country (2017–2020), in which he played the Rev. Francis Seaton, a vicar who tries to help the characters created and played by siblings Charlie Cooper and Daisy May Cooper.[11] For this role, he was nominated for the Royal Television Society Award for best Comedy Performance (Male).[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Stella Does Tricks | Chris | |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | Loud Man in Restaurant | |
| 2004 | The Libertine | Barrillon | |
| 2006 | Venus | Period Film Director | |
| 2011-2012 | The Hour | Ron | |
| 2014 | The Voices | Dennis Kowalski | |
| 2015 | And Then There Were None | Isaac Morris | |
| 2016 | Hot Property | Headmaster | |
| Boyka: Undisputed | Kiril | ||
| 2017 | The Death of Stalin | Nikolai Bulganin | |
| 2017–2020 | This Country | Rev. Francis Seaton | |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin | Cecil Hungerford | |
| 2019, 2025 | Good Omens | Sandalphon | |
| 2021 | Chad | Hamid Amani | |
| 2022 | See How They Run | Fellowes | |
| The Serpent Queen | Charles de Bourbon | ||
| Midsomer Murders | Gabriel Arnson | 1 episode | |
| 2023 | Wicked Little Letters | Chief Constable Spedding | |
| Good Boy | Doctor | Short film[12] | |
| 2024 | Ludwig | Adrian Tate | 1 episode |
| 2026 | The Night Manager | Basil Karapetian | 5 episodes |
| Can You Keep a Secret? | Clive Trunge | Recurring character, 6 episodes |
