Paul Chowdhry
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Sea Beast
as Surgeon (voice) 2022
Colour Me Kubrick
as Pub Announcer 2005
Madness in the Method
as Store Clerk 2019
Jadoo
as Kam 2013
Paul Chowdhry: Live Innit
as Self 2019
It Was an Accident
as Rafiq Roy 2000
Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People?
as Himself 2012
Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2013
as Self 2013
Paul Chowdhry: PC's World
as Himself 2015
The Blue Tower
as Dil 2008
Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian
as Self 2024
The Inbetweeners Go Global
as Self 2014
The Unofficial Science of Die Hard
as Self 2023
When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong
as Himself 2017