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Paul Chahidi

  • Born Aug. 22, 1969
  • Tehran, Iran
  • 57 years old

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 …

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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).

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Loud Man in Restaurant

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Cecil Hungerford

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Sandalphon

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Nicolai Bulganin

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Dennis Kowalski

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Kiril

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Basil Karapetian

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Fellowes

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Constable Spedding

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Isaac Morris

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Harry

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Barrillon

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Gabriel Arnson

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Spirit / Business Man

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Tamir Abu-Alsaud

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Period Film Director

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Adrian Tate

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Charles de Bourbon

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Vronsky

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Alan Salek

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Ron

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The Quack

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Professor Paul Britton

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Reverend Francis Seaton

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Phil Cook

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Hamid

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Chris

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Hitman

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Mike Stott

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Pharmacist

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Clairvoyant

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Concierge

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Doctor

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Director

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Maria

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Howard Roberts

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Sir Barnett Cocks

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Cox

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Herod

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Dr. Pellman/Dr Stewart/Dr Gough

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Jaques

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Raymond

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Ian

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Cargo

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Ralph

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Hugo

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John

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Farhad

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Self - Narrator (voice)

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Self - Performer