Paul Chowdhry

Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry (Punjabi: ਤਜਪੌਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਚੋਦਰੀ, born 21 August 1974),[1][2] better known as Paul Chowdhry, is a British comedian of Indian descent. He began his stand up career in 1998 and hosted the Channel 4 comedy series Stand Up for the Week as of the fifth series, having been a regular act for the third and fourth series. He was the first British act to perform at the Caribbean Comedy Festival in Trinidad in 2003. He has been a guest panelist on 8 out of 10 Cats and Comedy World Cup. In December 2012, he was one of the acts on an episode of Live at the Apollo. In 2016, he was one of the contestants of the comedy show Taskmaster. In 2017, he was a guest stand-up performer in The Russell Howard Hour. In 2020, Chowdhry appeared in the television drama series Devils. He uses the signature phrase "what's happening white people?" at the start of his stand-up routines.

Paul Chowdhry
Chowdhry in 2015
Born
Tajpaul Singh Chowdhry

(1974-08-21) 21 August 1974
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Websitepaulchowdhry.com

Filmography
Year Film Role
1999 The Colour of Funny Raj Mahal
2000 It Was an Accident Rafiq Roy
2005 Colour Me Kubrick Pub Announcer
2008 The Blue Tower Dil
2011 Swinging with the Finkels Henry
2016 Taskmaster Contestant
2020 Devils Kalim Chowdrey

Stand-Up DVDs
  • What's Happening White People? (19 November 2012)
  • PC's World (30 November 2015)

See also

References
  1. "Paul Chowdhry". Chortle. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. "The 'Prince' of Comedy". The Asian Today. The Asian Today Ltd. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 11 January 2012.


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