Navin Chowdhry
Navin Chowdhry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 January 1971 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Navin Chowdhry (born 1 January 1971)[1] is a British actor.
Early life[]
Chowdhry is of Indian-origin and was born and brought up in Bristol, England.[2] In 1994 he graduated from Imperial College, London, earning a 3-year degree in biochemistry with 2:1 honours.[3]
Career[]
At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, Madame Sousatzka with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine.[3]
His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show Teachers in 2001–2003,[2] and is also well known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in Dalziel and Pascoe. He also appeared as a possible rapist in Judge John Deed.
Chowdhry appeared in Waking The Dead, Series 3, Episode 3, entitled "Breaking Glass", opposite Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston. In the episode, he portrays the psychologically affected "Rainman". He then starred in the Channel 4 drama series NY-LON as Raph.[4]
On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at the Old Vic theatre in London in the one-night play Night Sky alongside Christopher Eccleston, Bruno Langley, David Warner, Saffron Burrows and David Baddiel. In 2005 he made a guest appearance in Doctor Who, then starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor. In 2006, he appeared in the BBC Three drama series Sinchronicity, playing Mani.
In 2009, he appeared in two episodes of the Channel 4 series Free Agents and featured in Skellig. In 2010, he starred in the BBC television pilot Reunited, playing Danny.[5]
Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film "This Bastard Business" and a short play entitled Mashed.[3]
He played Anwar in the critically acclaimed 2015 BBC TV series Doctor Foster and in 2016 he played Sonny Desai in Series 18's first episode of Midsomer Murders.
He portrayed Nodin Chavdri in the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
In 2019, he appeared in 's play "The Girl Who Fell" at Trafalgar Studios.[6]
Selected filmography[]
- Madame Sousatzka (1988) - Manek Sen
- King of the Wind (1989) - Agba
- The Seventh Coin (1993) - Salim
- The Dove’s Lost Necklace (1994)
- Gulliver's Travels (1996) - Prince Munodi - TV Mini-Series
- Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) - PC Sanjay Singh
- Judge John Deed (2001) - Colin Gee - Episode: “Rough Justice”
- Waking the Dead (2003) - Rainman - “Breaking Glass” Part 1 & 2
- Teachers (2001–2003)
- NY-LON (2004) - Ralph - 7 episodes
- Doctor Who (2005) - Indra Ganesh - “World War Three”, “Aliens of London”
- Red Mercury (2005) - Asif
- New Tricks (2005) - Sgt. Pushkar Guha - Episode: “Family Business”
- The Golden Hour (2005) - Dr. Naz Osbourne - 4 episodes
- Sinchronicity (2006) - Mani - 6 episodes
- A Touch of Cloth (2012-2014) - DC ASAP Qureshi - 6 episodes
- Midsomer Murders (2016) - Sonny Desai - Episode: “Habeas Corpus”
- The End of the F***ing World (2017) - Tony
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) - Resistance Cargo Pilot
- Our Girl (2018) - Inspector Chowdhrey - “Nigeria, Belize and Bangladesh Tours” Episodes 5-8
- Death in Paradise (2019) - Andy Spriggs - Episode: “Wish You Weren’t Here”
- Trying (2020) - Deven
References[]
- ^ Navin Chowdhry. Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Teachers- Channel4. channel4.com
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Navin Chowdhry plays Mani. BBC (11 July 2006).
- ^ Andrew Pettie (30 June 2010). Reunited: with the type of long-lost friends you’d rather leave behind, review. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
- ^ https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/claire-goose-navin-chowdhry-the-girl-who-fell/
External links[]
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Male actors from Bristol
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- English male actors of South Asian descent
- English people of Indian descent
- British male actors of Indian descent