Acting

Paul Chahidi

Born 1969-08-22 · Tehran, Iran

Paul Chahidi (born Giv Paul Khatib-Chahidi, 22 August 1969 in Tehran, Iran) – Iranian-born British stage and screen actor, Tony and Olivier nominated, winner of a Theatre World Award and Clarence Derwent Award for playing Maria in the all-male Twelfth Night at the Globe and on Broadway. His most notable film roles include Nikolai Bulganin in The Death of Stalin (2017), Cecil Hungerford in Christopher Robin (2018), Chief Constable Spedding in Wicked Little Letters (2023), and Fellowes in See How They Run (2022). On television he is best known for Rev. Francis Seaton in This Country (2017–2020), Sandalphon in Good Omens (2019), Charles de Bourbon in The Serpent Queen (2022), Uncle Hamid in Chad (2021–2022), and Basil Karapetian in The Night Manager (2016, 2026).

Credits

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Elsinore
as Ralph
2026
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
as John
2026
The Witness
as Professor Paul Britton
2026
Ladies First
as Harry
2026
PONIES
as Alan Salek
2026
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
2025
Mango
as Dr. Pellman/Dr Stewart/Dr Gough
2025
Ludwig
as Adrian Tate
2024
The Cost of Hugging
as Raymond
2024
Wicked Little Letters
as Constable Spedding
2024
Christmas in the Cotswolds
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Good Boy
as Doctor
2023
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
as Hugo
2023
The Serpent Queen
as Charles de Bourbon
2022
See How They Run
as Fellowes
2022
The Other Half
as Farhad
2022
Too Close
as Phil Cook
2021
Chad
as Hamid
2021
FX's A Christmas Carol
as Spirit / Business Man
2019
Good Omens
as Sandalphon
2019
Christopher Robin
as Cecil Hungerford
2018
The Death of Stalin
as Nicolai Bulganin
2017
Love Is Thicker Than Water
as Concierge
2017
National Theatre Live: Salomé
as Herod
2017
This Country
as Reverend Francis Seaton
2017
Boyka: Undisputed IV
as Kiril
2016
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
as Jaques
2016
The Night Manager
as Basil Karapetian
2016
Bunny and Clive
as Cargo
2016
And Then There Were None
as Isaac Morris
2015
The Vote
as Howard Roberts
2015
The Voices
as Dennis Kowalski
2014
Twelfth Night
as Maria
2012
The Hour
as Ron
2011
National Theatre Live: Nation
as Cox
2010
The Day of the Triffids
as Vronsky
2009
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Sir Barnett Cocks
2008
Oliver Twist
as The Quack
2007
Fear of Fanny
as Director
2006
Venus
as Period Film Director
2006
The Libertine
as Barrillon
2004
Hustle
as Tamir Abu-Alsaud
2004
Murder in Mind
as Mike Stott
2001
Notting Hill
as Loud Man in Restaurant
1999
Stella Does Tricks
as Chris
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Gabriel Arnson
1997
Peak Practice
as Pharmacist
1993
Murder Most Horrid
as Hitman
1991
The Stork
as Ian
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