Navin Chowdhry | |
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Alma mater | Imperial College London |
Occupation | Actor |
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Navin Chowdhry (born 1 January 1971) [1] is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Indra Ganesh in Doctor Who , Sunil Mitesh in The Job Lot and as Nish Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders .
Chowdhry is of Indian origin. He was born and brought up in Bristol, England. [2] 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. [3]
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 .
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. [6]
In 2022, Chowdhry began playing the previously unseen and imprisoned Nish Panesar in EastEnders. [4] Nish, a manipulative psychopath, first appeared during the final stages of his 20-year prison sentence and was released shortly thereafter.
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Manek Sen | |
1990 | King of the Wind | Agba | |
1993 | The Seventh Coin | Salim | |
1994 | The Dove's Lost Necklace | Hassan | |
1998 | Surviving Sabu | Amin | Short |
2000 | Skin Deep | Norman | TV film |
This Bastard Business | Vinod | Short | |
2001 | Landmark | Jaswinder | Short |
2002 | Bhangra Heads | Hari | TV film |
2004 | Seafood | Naveen | Short |
2005 | Red Mercury | Asif | |
2007 | A Chaat in the Park | Mahir | Short |
2008 | Ny-Lon | Raph | TV film |
2009 | Skellig' | Mr. Watson | TV film |
2010 | Reunited | Danny | TV film |
2015 | I Love NY | Ishan | |
2016 | Ferried | Ahmed | Short |
2017 | With Love from Calais | Nav | Short |
Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Resistance Cargo Pilot | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | London's Burning | Rasheed | 1 episode |
1994 | Schwarz greift ein | Rawi | Episode: "Blinde Wut" |
1995 | Crown Prosecutor | Raj Kapoor | 1 episode |
1996 | Casualty | Zaf | Episode: "Land of Hope" |
Gulliver's Travels | Prince Munodi | 1 episode | |
1997 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Amal | Episode: "The Double" |
Insiders | Jonathan Mason | Episode: "Offending Behaviour" | |
Dalziel and Pascoe | PC Sanjay Singh | 4 episodes | |
2000 | City Central | Tim Anand | Episode: "History" |
2001 | Judge John Deed | Colin Gee | Episode: "Rough Justice" |
On A Life's Edge | Peter | TV short | |
2001-2003 | Teachers | Kurt McKenna | Series regular |
2002 | Animated Tales of the World | Pawel | Episode: "The Flower of Fern" |
2003 | Waking the Dead | Rainman | Episode: "Breaking Glass" |
2004 | NY-LON | Raph | Mini-series |
2005 | Doctor Who | Indra Ganesh | Episode: "Aliens of London" |
New Tricks | Sergeant Pushkar Guha | Episode: "Family Business" | |
The Golden Hour | Dr. Naz Osbourne | Mini-series | |
2006 | Sinchronicity | Mani | Series regular |
2009 | Free Agents | Raz | 2 episodes |
2010 | Five Days | DC Bilal Choudry | 2 episodes |
2011 | The Body Farm | Parvez Khan | 1 episode |
2012 | Mr Blue Sky | Rakesh Rathi | 3 episodes |
2012–2014 | A Touch of Cloth | DC Asap Qureshi | Series regular |
2013 | The Job Lot | Sunil Mitesh | 1 episode |
2014 | Babylon | Adeel | Mini-series |
2015 | Doctor Foster | Anwar | 3 episodes |
2016 | Midsomer Murders | Sonny Desai | Episode: "Habeas Corpus" |
2017 | The Replacement | Kieran | Mini-series |
The End of the F***ing World | Tony | Series regular | |
2018 | Next of Kin | Dr. Kareem Shirani | Series regular |
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 | McDonald & Dodds | Pete Wattal | Episode: "The Fall of the House of Crockett" |
Out of Her Mind | Steve | 2 episodes | |
2021 | Trying | Deven | Recurring role |
2022–present | EastEnders | Nish Panesar | Regular role |
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