
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).
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
The titles people know Paul from.
What Paul is working on next.
Elsinoreas RalphOut Nov 2026
The Storkas IanDate to be announcedIMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

as John
as Professor Paul Britton · 3 episodes
as Harry
as Alan Salek · 5 episodes


as Dr. Pellman/Dr Stewart/Dr Gough
as Adrian Tate · 1 episode

as Raymond
as Spirit / Business Man
as Sandalphon · 5 episodes
as Cecil Hungerford
as Nicolai Bulganin

as Concierge

as Herod
as Reverend Francis Seaton · 17 episodes
as Kiril
as Vronsky · 2 episodes

as Sir Barnett Cocks
as The Quack · 2 episodes

as Director
as Period Film Director
as Barrillon
as Tamir Abu-Alsaud · 1 episode
as Mike Stott · 1 episode
as Loud Man in Restaurant
as Chris
as Gabriel Arnson · 1 episode
as Pharmacist · 1 episode
as Hitman · 1 episode
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