Paul Chowdhry
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
Credits
- 2023 · The Unofficial Science of Die Hard as Self
- 2022 · Celeb Cooking School as Self
- 2022 · The Sea Beast as Surgeon (voice)
- 2021 · The Cleaner as Man Boy
- 2021 · Cruella as Restaurant Owner
- 2020 · Devils as Kalim Chowdhrey
- 2019 · Madness in the Method as Store Clerk
- 2019 · Paul Chowdhry: Live Innit as Self
- 2018 · Roast Battle as Self
- 2017 · The Russell Howard Hour as Self
- 2017 · When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong as Himself
- 2015 · Paul Chowdhry: PC's World as Himself
- 2015 · Taskmaster as Self
- 2014 · The Inbetweeners Go Global as Self
- 2012 · Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People? as Himself
- 2012 · Don't Sit in the Front Row as Self - Panellist
- 2012 · Comedy World Cup as Self
- 2011 · Celebrity Antiques Road Trip as Self - Participant
- 2008 · The Blue Tower as Dil
- 2005 · Colour Me Kubrick as Pub Announcer
- 2005 · 8 Out of 10 Cats as Self
- 2000 · It Was an Accident as Rafiq Roy