Paul Chowdhry

Paul Chowdhry
Chowdhry in 2025
Born
Tajpal Singh Chowdhry

(1974-08-21) 21 August 1974
London, England
RelativesNavin Chowdhry (cousin)
Comedy career
Years active1998–present
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
  • film
  • podcast
Genres
Websitepaulchowdhry.com

Tajpal Singh Chowdhry (born 21 August 1974), better known as Paul Chowdhry, is a British comedian and actor.

Chowdhry has made numerous appearances on television comedy shows including hosting Stand Up for the Week, and he twice headlined Live at the Apollo, in 2012 and 2015. In 2016, he competed on Taskmaster alongside Dave Gorman, Sara Pascoe, Al Murray and Rob Beckett. In 2017, Chowdhry became the first comedian of Asian heritage to sell out Wembley Arena. He has released four stand-up comedy specials, What’s Happening White People through Universal Pictures in 2012 and later broadcast on Channel 4, PC’s World released on DVD through Universal Pictures in 2015, Live Innit on Amazon Prime Video in 2019 and later shown on Comedy Central, and Family-Friendly Comedian on Sky UK in 2024.

He has performed six tours across the world – Not PC (2010), What’s Happening White People? (2012), PC’s World (2014), Live Innit? (2017), Family Friendly Comedian (2022), and Englandia, which debuted in 2025.