Paul Chahidi
Acting
1969-08-22 · Tehran, Iran
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).
Filmography
TheatersElsinore
2026 · Movie
TheatersNational Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
2026 · Movie
The Witness
2026 · Series
Ladies First
2026 · Movie
PONIES
2026 · Series
The Twelfth Night Reunion
2026 · Movie
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
2025 · Movie
Mango
2025 · Movie
Ludwig
2024 · Series
The Cost of Hugging
2024 · Movie
Wicked Little Letters
2024 · Movie
Christmas in the Cotswolds
2023 · Movie
Good Boy
2023 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
2023 · Movie
The Serpent Queen
2022 · Series
See How They Run
2022 · Movie
The Other Half
2022 · Series
Too Close
2021 · Series
Chad
2021 · Series
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019 · Movie
Good Omens
2019 · Series
Christopher Robin
2018 · Movie
The Death of Stalin
2017 · Movie
Love Is Thicker Than Water
2017 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Salomé
2017 · Movie
This Country
2017 · Series
Boyka: Undisputed IV
2016 · Movie
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
2016 · Movie
The Night Manager
2016 · Series
Bunny and Clive
2016 · Movie
And Then There Were None
2015 · Series
The Vote
2015 · Movie
The Voices
2014 · Movie
Twelfth Night
2012 · Movie
The Hour
2011 · Series
National Theatre Live: Nation
2010 · Movie
The Day of the Triffids
2009 · Series
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
2008 · Movie
Oliver Twist
2007 · Series
Fear of Fanny
2006 · Movie
Venus
2006 · Movie
The Libertine
2004 · Movie
Hustle
2004 · Series
Murder in Mind
2001 · Series
Notting Hill
1999 · Movie
Stella Does Tricks
1997 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Peak Practice
1993 · Series
Murder Most Horrid
1991 · Series
The Stork
Movie