Paul Chahidi
Acting
Born: 1969-08-22 in Tehran, Iran
Biography
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).
Known For
Notting Hill
Loud Man in Restaurant
Christopher Robin
Cecil Hungerford
Good Omens
Sandalphon
The Death of Stalin
Nicolai Bulganin
The Voices
Dennis Kowalski
Boyka: Undisputed IV
Kiril
The Night Manager
Basil Karapetian
See How They Run
Fellowes
Wicked Little Letters
Constable Spedding
And Then There Were None
Isaac Morris
Ladies First
Harry
The Libertine
Barrillon
Midsomer Murders
Gabriel Arnson
FX's A Christmas Carol
Spirit / Business Man
Hustle
Tamir Abu-Alsaud
Venus
Period Film Director
The Serpent Queen
Charles de Bourbon
The Day of the Triffids
Vronsky
Ludwig
Adrian Tate
PONIES
Alan Salek
The Hour
Ron
Oliver Twist
The Quack
This Country
Reverend Francis Seaton
The Witness
Professor Paul Britton
Too Close
Phil Cook
Chad
Hamid
Stella Does Tricks
Chris
Murder Most Horrid
Hitman
Murder in Mind
Mike Stott
Peak Practice
Pharmacist
Love Is Thicker Than Water
Concierge
Good Boy
Doctor
Twelfth Night
Maria
Fear of Fanny
Director
The Vote
Howard Roberts
National Theatre Live: Nation
Cox
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Sir Barnett Cocks
National Theatre Live: Salomé
Herod
The Cost of Hugging
Raymond
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Jaques