Paul Chowdhry

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.

Known For

Taskmaster

8 Out of 10 Cats

Cruella

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

The Sea Beast

The Russell Howard Hour

Devils

The Cleaner

All Movies (16)

• Paul Chowdhry: Family Friendly Comedian2024 · as Self
• The Unofficial Science of Die Hard2023 · as Self
• The Sea Beast2022 · as Surgeon (voice)
• Cruella2021 · as Restaurant Owner
• Madness in the Method2019 · as Store Clerk
• Paul Chowdhry: Live Innit2019 · as Self
• When Gameshows Go Horribly Wrong2017 · as Himself
• Paul Chowdhry: PC's World2015 · as Himself
• The Inbetweeners Go Global2014 · as Self
• Jadoo2013 · as Kam
• Channel 4's Comedy Gala 20132013 · as Self
• Paul Chowdhry: What's Happening White People?2012 · as Himself
• The Blue Tower2008 · as Dil
• Colour Me Kubrick2005 · as Pub Announcer
• It Was an Accident2000 · as Rafiq Roy
• Touché— · as Mr. Mohan

All TV Shows (13)

• Celeb Cooking School2022 · as Self
• The Cleaner2021 · as Man Boy
• Devils2020 · as Kalim Chowdhrey
• The Big Narstie Show2018 · as Self - Guest
• Roast Battle2018 · as Self
• The Russell Howard Hour2017 · as Self
• Taskmaster2015 · as Self
• Don't Sit in the Front Row2012 · as Self - Panellist
• Comedy World Cup2012 · as Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip2011 · as Self - Participant
• 8 Out of 10 Cats2005 · as Self
• Live at the Apollo2004 · as Self - Presenter
• The George Lucas Talk Show: Live— · as Self