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Navin Chowdhry Biography – Navin Chowdhry Wiki

Navin Chowdhry is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Indra Ganesh in Doctor Who, Sunil Mitesh in The Job Lot, and Nish Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

He made his acting debut at the age of 6 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 comedy show Teachers in 2001–2003 and also plays 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. He appeared in the BBC Three drama series Synchronicity, playing Mani in 2006.

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.

Navin Chowdhry Age

He was born on 1 January 1971. He was born and brought up in Bristol, England.

Navin Chowdhry Family

He is the son of the late Simi Chowdhry, a well-known female activist. The actor is of Indian origin. He is the cousin of UK comedian Paul Chowdhry. The British actor got married more than a decade ago and is a father of two boys.

Navin Chowdhry Etnicity

Chowdhry is of Indian origin.

Navin Chowdhry Height

He stands at a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 meters) tall.

Navin Chowdhry Instagram

His Instagram handle is @navinchowdhryofficial.