Paul Chahidi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 22, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Stork
Movie · as Ian
Good Omens T3: El final
Movie
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
Movie · as John
Ladies First
Movie · as Harry
Elsinore
Movie · as Ralph
The Twelfth Night Reunion
Movie · as Self - Performer
PONIES
TV · as Alan Salek · 5 eps
The Witness
TV · as Professor Paul Britton · 3 eps
Mango
Movie · as Dr. Pellman/Dr Stewart/Dr Gough
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
Movie
Wicked Little Letters
Movie · as Constable Spedding
The Cost of Hugging
Movie · as Raymond
Ludwig
TV · as Adrian Tate · 1 ep
Christmas in the Cotswolds
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Good Boy
Movie · as Doctor
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Movie · as Hugo
See How They Run
Movie · as Fellowes
The Serpent Queen
TV · as Charles de Bourbon · 1 ep
The Other Half
TV · as Farhad · 1 ep
Too Close
TV · as Phil Cook · 3 eps
Chad
TV · as Hamid · 18 eps
FX's A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Spirit / Business Man
Good Omens
TV · as Sandalphon · 5 eps
Warren
TV · as Clairvoyant · 1 ep
Christopher Robin
Movie · as Cecil Hungerford
National Theatre Live: Salomé
Movie · as Herod
The Death of Stalin
Movie · as Nicolai Bulganin
Love Is Thicker Than Water
Movie · as Concierge
This Country
TV · as Reverend Francis Seaton · 17 eps
Bunny and Clive
Movie · as Cargo
Boyka: Undisputed IV
Movie · as Kiril
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
Movie · as Jaques
The Night Manager
TV · as Basil Karapetian · 6 eps
The Vote
Movie · as Howard Roberts
And Then There Were None
TV · as Isaac Morris · 2 eps
The Voices
Movie · as Dennis Kowalski
Twelfth Night
Movie · as Maria
The Hour
TV · as Ron · 1 ep
National Theatre Live: Nation
Movie · as Cox
The Day of the Triffids
TV · as Vronsky · 2 eps
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
Movie · as Sir Barnett Cocks
Oliver Twist
TV · as The Quack · 2 eps
Venus
Movie · as Period Film Director
Fear of Fanny
Movie · as Director
The Libertine
Movie · as Barrillon
Hustle
TV · as Tamir Abu-Alsaud · 1 ep
Murder in Mind
TV · as Mike Stott · 1 ep
Notting Hill
Movie · as Loud Man in Restaurant
Stella Does Tricks
Movie · as Chris
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Gabriel Arnson · 1 ep
Peak Practice
TV · as Pharmacist · 1 ep
Murder Most Horrid
TV · as Hitman · 1 ep