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'''Navin Chowdhry''' (born 22 November 1971)<ref>. Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2012-07-18.</ref> is an English actor. He may be best known for his main cast roles in '']'' and '']'', and his role as ] in the BBC soap opera '']'' (2022–2025).
'''Navin Chowdhry''' (born 1971) is a ] television actor.


==Personal life== ==Early life==
Navin Chowdhry was born and raised in ]. In 1994, Chowdhry graduated from ] earning a 3 year degree in biochemistry, with 2:1 honours.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">.</ref> Chowdhry is of ] origin. He was born and brought up in ].<ref name="Teachers"/> He is the son of Simi Chowdhry, a well-known female activist. In 1994, he graduated from ] with an ] degree in ].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{Cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/07_july/11/sin_navin.shtml |title = Navin Chowdhry plays Mani | website= bbc.co.uk | date = 11 July 2006 | publisher= BBC }}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
At age 15, he made his acting debut in the 1988 film, '']'' with ] and ].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, '']'' with ] and ].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>


His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show '']'' from 2001–2003,<ref name="Teachers">.</ref> and is also well-known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in '']''. Navin also appeared as a possible rapist in ]. His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show '']'' in 2001–2003,<ref name="Teachers">{{Cite web |url= http://www.channel4.com/programmes/teachers/episode-guide/series-3/episode-1#Cast
|title = Teachers | website= channel4.com | publisher= Channel4}}</ref> and is also well known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in '']''. He also appeared as a possible rapist in '']''.


Chowdhry also appeared in ]: Series 3, Episode 3, entitled "Breaking Glass," opposite Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston. In the episode, he portrays the psychologically affected "Rainman." He would go on to star in the Channel 4 drama series ] as Raph.<ref name="Navin Chowdhry- Channel 4 Interview "></ref> Chowdhry appeared in '']'', Series 3, Episode 3, entitled "Breaking Glass", opposite ] and ]. In the episode, he portrays the psychologically affected "Rainman". He then starred in the ] drama series '']'' as Raph.<ref name="Navin Chowdhry- Channel 4 Interview ">{{Cite web|url= http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/N/NYLON.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20050910163757/http://www.channel4.com/community/showcards/N/NYLON.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 2005-09-10|title = Navin Chowdhry who plays Raph in the trans-atlantic drama NY-LON joined us for a webchat after the show | website= NY-LON- Channel4.com | date= 28 October 2004}}</ref>


On 30 October 2005 he appeared on stage at the ] theatre in ] in the one-night play '']'' alongside ], ], ], ] and ]. In 2005 he made a guest appearance in '']'', then starring Christopher Eccleston as ]. In 2006, he appeared in the BBC Three drama series ], playing Mani. On 30 October 2005, he appeared on stage at the ] theatre in ] in the one-night play '']'' alongside ], ], ], ] and ]. In 2005 he made a guest appearance in '']'', then starring ] as ] where he was strangled by a ] in the episode ]. In 2006, he appeared in the BBC Three drama series '']'', playing Mani.


In 2009 he appeared in two episodes of the ] series '']'' and was featured in ]. In 2010, he starred in the BBC television pilot '']'', playing Danny.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk "></ref> In 2009, he appeared in two episodes of the ] series '']'' and featured in '']''. In 2010, he starred in the BBC television pilot '']'', playing Danny.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk ">{{Cite news | last=Pettie | first= Andrew |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7864208/Reunited-with-the-type-of-long-lost-friends-youd-rather-leave-behind-review.html |title = Reunited: with the type of long-lost friends you’d rather leave behind, review | work= Daily Telegraph| date= 30 June 2010 |access-date= 18 July 2010}}</ref>


Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film "This Bastard Business" and a short play entitled "Mashed" <ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film "This Bastard Business" and a short play entitled ''Mashed''.<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/>


He played Anwar in the critically acclaimed 2015 ] series '']'' and in 2016 he played Sonny Desai in Series 18's first episode of '']''.
==Selected filmography==

* ] (1988)
Chowdhry portrayed Nodin Chavdri in the 2017 film '']''.
* '']'' (1989)

* ] (1993)
In 2019, he appeared in Sarah Rutherford's play "The Girl Who Fell" at Trafalgar Studios.<ref>{{Cite web | last=Cashell | first= Eleni |url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/claire-goose-navin-chowdhry-the-girl-who-fell/|title = Claire Goose and Navin Chowdhry announced for the Girl Who Fell | website= officiallondontheatre.com | date= 5 September 2019}}</ref>
* ] (1996)

* ] (1996)
In 2022, Chowdhry began playing the previously unseen and imprisoned ] in ''EastEnders.''<ref name="Navin Chowdhry- Channel 4 Interview" /> Nish, a manipulative psychopath, first appeared during the final stages of his 20-year prison sentence and was released shortly thereafter.
* ] (2001)

* ] (2003)
== Filmography ==
* ] (2001-2004)

* ] (2004)
===Film===
* ] (2005)
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
* ] (2005)
! scope="col" |Year
* ] (2005)
! scope="col" |Title
* ] (2005)
! scope="col" |Role
* ] (2006)
|-
==References==
|1988
<references/>
|'']''
|Manek Sen
|-
|1989
|''King of the Wind''
|Agba
|-
|1991
|''The Dove's Lost Necklace''
|Hassan
|-
|1993
|'']''
|Salim
|-
|1998
|''Surviving Sabu''
|Amin
|-
| rowspan="2" |2000
|''Skin Deep''
|Norman
|-
|''This Bastard Business''
|Vinod
|-
| rowspan="2" |2001
|''On a Life's Edge''
|Peter
|-
|''Landmark''
|Jaswinder
|-
|2002
|''Bhangra Heads''
|Hari
|-
|2003
|''<nowiki/>Teachers Series 3: Behind the Scenes''
|Himself
|-
|2004
|''Seafood''
|Naveen
|-
|2007
|''A Chaat in the Park''
|Mahir
|-
|2008
|''Ny-Lon''
|Raph
|-
|2009
|'']''
|Mr Watson
|-
|2010
|]
|Danny
|-
|2015
|]
|Ishan
|-
|2016
|''Ferried''
|Ahmed
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|''With Love from Calais''
|Nav
|-
|'']''
|Resistance Cargo Pilot
|-
|2018
|''Sara Pascoe vs. Monogamy''
|Himself
|-
| rowspan="2" |2023
|''The Effects of Lying''
|Harvinder
|-
|''Wake Up''
|Sonny
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Title
! scope="col" |Role
! class="unsortable" |Notes
|-
|1993
|]
|Rasheed
|Episode: "Series 6, episode 2"
|-
|1994
|'']''
|Rawi
|Episode: "Blinde Wut"
|-
|1995
|]
|Raj Kapoor
|Episode: "Series 1, episode 9"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
|]
|Zafar
|Episode: "Land of Hope"
|-
|]
|Prince Munodi
|Episode: "Series 1, episode 2"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1997
|'']''
|Amal
|Episode: "The Double"
|-
|]
|Jonathan Mason
|Episode: "Offending Behaviour"
|-
|''The English Programme''
|Prince Munodi
|2 episodes
|-
|]
|PC Sanjay Singh
|4 episodes
|-
|1998
|''Animated World Faiths''
|Balarama
|Episode: "The Childhood of Krishna"
|-
|2000
|]
|Tim Anand
|Episode: "History"
|-
|2001
|'']''
|Colin Gee
|Episode: "Rough Justice"
|-
|2001–2003
|]
|Kurt McKenna
|31 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
|''Network East Late''
|Himself
|Episode: "Series 2, episode 1"
|-
|'']''
|Pawel
|Episode: "The Flower of Fern: A Story from Poland"
|-
|2003
|]
|Rainman
|2 episodes
|-
|2004
|'']''
|Raph
|7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |2005
|'']''
|Himself
|Episode: "Series 3, episode 3"
|-
|'']''
|Indra Ganesh
|2 episodes
|-
|'']''
|Sgt. Pushkar Guha
|Episode: "Family Business"
|-
|]
|Dr. Naz Osbourne
|4 episodes
|-
|2006
|'']''
|Mani
|6 episodes
|-
|2009
|'']''
|Raz
| rowspan="2" |2 episodes
|-
|2010
|]
|DC Bilal Choudry
|-
|2011
|]
|Parvez Khan
|Episode: "Series 1, episode 4"
|-
|2012
|''Mr Blue Sky''
|Rakesh Rathi
|3 episodes
|-
|2012–2014
|'']''
|DC Asap Qureshi
|6 episodes
|-
|2013
|'']''
|Sunil Mitesh
|Episode: "Series 1, episode 1"
|-
|2014
|''Babylon''
|Sgt. Adeel
| rowspan="2" |3 episodes
|-
|2015
|'']''
|Anwar
|-
|2016
|'']''
|Sonny Desai
|Episode: "Habeas Corpus"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2017
|]
|Kieran
|3 episodes
|-
|'']''
|Tony
|5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018
|''Next of Kin''
|Kareem Shirani
|6 episodes
|-
|'']''
|Inspector Chowdhrey
|4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|]
|Andy Spriggs
|Episode: "Wish You Weren't Here"
|-
|]
|Cameron
|Episode: "Chain Reaction"
|-
| rowspan="3" |2020
|''Doctor Who Reviews''
|Indra Ganesh
|Episode: "Is Doctor Who's 'Farting Alien' Episode a Secret Masterpiece?"
|-
|'']''
|Pete Wattal
|Episode: "The Fall of the House of Crockett"
|-
|'']''
|Steve
|2 episodes
|-
|2021
|]
|Deven
|5 episodes
|-
|2022–2025
|'']''
|]
|202 episodes
|}

== References ==
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==External links== ==External links==
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Latest revision as of 22:35, 9 January 2025

British actor (born 1971)

Navin Chowdhry
Born (1971-11-22) 22 November 1971 (age 53)
Bristol, England
Alma materImperial College London
OccupationActor
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Navin Chowdhry (born 22 November 1971) is an English actor. He may be best known for his main cast roles in Teachers and A Touch of Cloth, and his role as Nish Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2022–2025).

Early life

Chowdhry is of Indian origin. He was born and brought up in Bristol, England. He is the son of Simi Chowdhry, a well-known female activist. In 1994, he graduated from Imperial College London with an upper second class honours degree in biochemistry.

Career

At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, Madame Sousatzka with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine.

His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show Teachers in 2001–2003, 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.

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 where he was strangled by a Slitheen in the episode Aliens of London. 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.

Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film "This Bastard Business" and a short play entitled Mashed.

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.

Chowdhry portrayed Nodin Chavdri in the 2017 film Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

In 2019, he appeared in Sarah Rutherford's play "The Girl Who Fell" at Trafalgar Studios.

In 2022, Chowdhry began playing the previously unseen and imprisoned Nish Panesar in EastEnders. Nish, a manipulative psychopath, first appeared during the final stages of his 20-year prison sentence and was released shortly thereafter.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role
1988 Madame Sousatzka Manek Sen
1989 King of the Wind Agba
1991 The Dove's Lost Necklace Hassan
1993 The Seventh Coin Salim
1998 Surviving Sabu Amin
2000 Skin Deep Norman
This Bastard Business Vinod
2001 On a Life's Edge Peter
Landmark Jaswinder
2002 Bhangra Heads Hari
2003 Teachers Series 3: Behind the Scenes Himself
2004 Seafood Naveen
2007 A Chaat in the Park Mahir
2008 Ny-Lon Raph
2009 Skellig: The Owl Man Mr Watson
2010 Reunited Danny
2015 I Love NY Ishan
2016 Ferried Ahmed
2017 With Love from Calais Nav
Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi Resistance Cargo Pilot
2018 Sara Pascoe vs. Monogamy Himself
2023 The Effects of Lying Harvinder
Wake Up Sonny

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1993 London's Burning Rasheed Episode: "Series 6, episode 2"
1994 Schwarz greift ein Rawi Episode: "Blinde Wut"
1995 Crown Prosecutor Raj Kapoor Episode: "Series 1, episode 9"
1996 Casualty Zafar Episode: "Land of Hope"
Gulliver's Travels Prince Munodi Episode: "Series 1, episode 2"
1997 Ruth Rendell Mysteries Amal Episode: "The Double"
Insiders Jonathan Mason Episode: "Offending Behaviour"
The English Programme Prince Munodi 2 episodes
Dalziel and Pascoe PC Sanjay Singh 4 episodes
1998 Animated World Faiths Balarama Episode: "The Childhood of Krishna"
2000 City Central Tim Anand Episode: "History"
2001 Judge John Deed Colin Gee Episode: "Rough Justice"
2001–2003 Teachers Kurt McKenna 31 episodes
2002 Network East Late Himself Episode: "Series 2, episode 1"
Animated Tales of the World Pawel Episode: "The Flower of Fern: A Story from Poland"
2003 Waking the Dead Rainman 2 episodes
2004 NY-LON Raph 7 episodes
2005 The Paul O'Grady Show Himself Episode: "Series 3, episode 3"
Doctor Who Indra Ganesh 2 episodes
New Tricks Sgt. Pushkar Guha Episode: "Family Business"
The Golden Hour Dr. Naz Osbourne 4 episodes
2006 Sinchronicity Mani 6 episodes
2009 Free Agents Raz 2 episodes
2010 Five Days DC Bilal Choudry
2011 The Body Farm Parvez Khan Episode: "Series 1, episode 4"
2012 Mr Blue Sky Rakesh Rathi 3 episodes
2012–2014 A Touch of Cloth DC Asap Qureshi 6 episodes
2013 The Job Lot Sunil Mitesh Episode: "Series 1, episode 1"
2014 Babylon Sgt. Adeel 3 episodes
2015 Doctor Foster Anwar
2016 Midsomer Murders Sonny Desai Episode: "Habeas Corpus"
2017 The Replacement Kieran 3 episodes
The End of the F***ing World Tony 5 episodes
2018 Next of Kin Kareem Shirani 6 episodes
Our Girl Inspector Chowdhrey 4 episodes
2019 Death in Paradise Andy Spriggs Episode: "Wish You Weren't Here"
Thunderbirds Are Go Cameron Episode: "Chain Reaction"
2020 Doctor Who Reviews Indra Ganesh Episode: "Is Doctor Who's 'Farting Alien' Episode a Secret Masterpiece?"
McDonald & Dodds Pete Wattal Episode: "The Fall of the House of Crockett"
Out of Her Mind Steve 2 episodes
2021 Trying Deven 5 episodes
2022–2025 EastEnders Nish Panesar 202 episodes

References

  1. Navin Chowdhry. Hollywood.com. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
  2. ^ "Teachers". channel4.com. Channel4.
  3. ^ "Navin Chowdhry plays Mani". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 11 July 2006.
  4. ^ "Navin Chowdhry who plays Raph in the trans-atlantic drama NY-LON joined us for a webchat after the show". NY-LON- Channel4.com. 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 10 September 2005.
  5. Pettie, Andrew (30 June 2010). "Reunited: with the type of long-lost friends you'd rather leave behind, review". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
  6. Cashell, Eleni (5 September 2019). "Claire Goose and Navin Chowdhry announced for the Girl Who Fell". officiallondontheatre.com.

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