Paul Chahidi
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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Full Filmography
All Credits (48)
The Stork
as Ian
Elsinore
as Ralph
National Theatre Live: The Misanthrope
as John
The Witness
as Professor Paul Britton
Ladies First
as Harry
PONIES
as Alan Salek
The Gay Collection | Volume I | Presented by Shortz!
as Unknown
Mango
as Dr. Pellman/Dr Stewart/Dr Gough
Ludwig
as Adrian Tate
The Cost of Hugging
as Raymond
Wicked Little Letters
as Constable Spedding
Christmas in the Cotswolds
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Good Boy
as Doctor
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
as Hugo
The Serpent Queen
as Charles de Bourbon
See How They Run
as Fellowes
The Other Half
as Farhad
Too Close
as Phil Cook
Chad
as Hamid
FX's A Christmas Carol
as Spirit / Business Man
Good Omens
as Sandalphon
Christopher Robin
as Cecil Hungerford
The Death of Stalin
as Nicolai Bulganin
Love Is Thicker Than Water
as Concierge
National Theatre Live: Salomé
as Herod
This Country
as Reverend Francis Seaton
National Theatre Live: As You Like It
as Jaques
The Night Manager
as Basil Karapetian
Bunny and Clive
as Cargo
And Then There Were None
as Isaac Morris
The Vote
as Howard Roberts
The Voices
as Dennis Kowalski
Twelfth Night
as Maria
The Hour
as Ron
National Theatre Live: Nation
as Cox
The Day of the Triffids
as Vronsky
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Sir Barnett Cocks
Oliver Twist
as The Quack
Fear of Fanny
as Director
Venus
as Period Film Director
The Libertine
as Barrillon
Hustle
as Tamir Abu-Alsaud
Murder in Mind
as Mike Stott
Notting Hill
as Loud Man in Restaurant
Stella Does Tricks
as Chris
Midsomer Murders
as Gabriel Arnson
Peak Practice
as Pharmacist
Murder Most Horrid
as Hitman