Navin Chowdhry
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Navin Chowdhry is a British
television actor.
. In 1994, Chowdhry graduated from Imperial College, London earning a 3 year degree in biochemistry, with 2:1 honours.
with Shabana Azmi
and Shirley MacLaine
.
His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show Teachers from 2001–2003, and is also well-known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in Dalziel and Pascoe
. Navin also appeared as a possible rapist in Judge John Deed
.
Chowdhry also 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 would go on to star 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
. 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 was 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"
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
television actor.
Personal life
Navin Chowdhry was born and raised in Bristol, EnglandBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
. In 1994, Chowdhry graduated from Imperial College, London earning a 3 year degree in biochemistry, with 2:1 honours.
Career
At age 15, he made his acting debut in the 1988 film, Madame SousatzkaMadame Sousatzka
Madame Sousatzka is a 1988 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Bernice Rubens.-Plot synopsis:...
with Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...
and Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine is an American film and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, well-known for her beliefs in new age spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a large number of autobiographical works, many dealing with her spiritual beliefs as well as her Hollywood career...
.
His next major role was as I.T. teacher Kurt McKenna in the successful comedy show Teachers from 2001–2003, and is also well-known for playing PC Sanjay Singh in Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)
Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...
. Navin also appeared as a possible rapist in Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed
Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
.
Chowdhry also appeared in Waking The Dead
Waking the Dead (TV series)
Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
: Series 3, Episode 3, entitled "Breaking Glass," opposite Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston. In the episode, he portrays the psychologically affected "Rainman." He would go on to star in the Channel 4 drama series NY-LON
NY-LON
NY-LON is a British drama series that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The series was created and written by Simon Burke and Anya Camilleri...
as Raph.
On 30 October 2005 he appeared on stage at the Old Vic
Old Vic
The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the Royal Victoria Hall. In 1898, a niece of Cons, Lilian...
theatre in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
in the one-night play Night Sky
Night Sky (play)
Night Sky is a 1991 play by Susan Yankowitz, which originally premiered in New York starring Joan MacIntosh, under the direction of Joseph Chaikin, whose personal struggles with stroke and aphasia were the original inspiration for the play...
alongside Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston is an English stage, film and television actor. His films include Let Him Have It, Shallow Grave, Elizabeth, 28 Days Later, Gone in 60 Seconds, The Others, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra...
, Bruno Langley
Bruno Langley
Bruno Langley is an English actor. He is best known for playing Todd Grimshaw in Coronation Street and Adam Mitchell in Doctor Who.- Early life :...
, David Warner
David Warner (actor)
David Warner is an English actor who is known for playing both romantic leads and sinister or villainous characters, both in film and animation...
, Saffron Burrows
Saffron Burrows
Saffron Dominique Burrows is an English actress and former fashion model, who starred as Det. Serena Stevens on Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal.-Early life:...
and David Baddiel
David Baddiel
David Lionel Baddiel is an English comedian, novelist and television presenter.-Early life:Baddiel was born in New York, and moved to England when he was four months old. His father, Colin Brian Baddiel, was a Welsh research chemist with Unilever before being made redundant in the 1980s, after...
. In 2005 he made a guest appearance in Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, then starring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor
Ninth Doctor
The Ninth Doctor is the ninth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by Christopher Eccleston....
. In 2006, he appeared in the BBC Three drama series Sinchronicity
Sinchronicity
Sinchronicity is a six-part drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. The first episode aired on 16 July 2006, and the series concluded on 20 August 2006. Set in Manchester the programme is narrated by Nathan and focuses on the love triangle between him and the two other...
, playing Mani.
In 2009 he appeared in two episodes of the Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
series Free Agents
Free Agents
Free Agents is a romantic black comedy starring Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after just 4 episodes aired.-Plot:Alex works for CMA, a...
and was featured in Skellig
Skellig
Skellig is a novel by David Almond, for which Almond was awarded the Carnegie Medal in 1998 and also the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award. The book won the 2000 Michael L. Printz Honor from YALSA in the United States...
. In 2010, he starred in the BBC television pilot Reunited
Reunited (TV pilot)
Reunited is a British television pilot written by Mike Bullen and directed by Simon Delaney. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 30 June 2010.- Plot :Eight years after sharing a flat together while students at university, six friends reunite....
, playing Danny.
Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film "This Bastard Business" and a short play entitled "Mashed"
Selected filmography
- Madame SousatzkaMadame SousatzkaMadame Sousatzka is a 1988 British drama film directed by John Schlesinger, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It is based upon the novel of the same name by Bernice Rubens.-Plot synopsis:...
(1988) - King of the WindKing of the Wind (film)King of the Wind is a 1989 British adventure film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Richard Harris, Glenda Jackson and Frank Finlay. It is based on the novel King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry. The film depicts the life of an Arab colt in eighteenth century Britain.-Cast:* Richard Harris ......
(1989) - The Seventh CoinThe Seventh CoinThe Seventh Coin is a 1993 independent film starring Peter O'Toole and directed by Dror Soref.-Production:The film is filmed in Jerusalem, Israel, and With the help of Paramount, The Seventh Coin became Soref's debut as a feature film writer/director.-Plot:Peter O'Toole is Emil Saber, a retired...
(1993) - Gulliver's Travels (TV miniseries)Gulliver's Travels (TV miniseries)Gulliver's Travels is a U.S. TV miniseries based on Jonathan Swift's novel of the same name, produced by Jim Henson Productions and Hallmark Entertainment. This miniseries is notable for being one of the very few adaptations of Swift's novel to feature all four voyages. The miniseries aired in the...
(1996) - Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)Dalziel and Pascoe (BBC TV series)Dalziel and Pascoe is a popular British television crime drama based on the Dalziel and Pascoe books by Reginald Hill, which was first broadcast in March 1996. It is set in Yorkshire, and is about two detectives...
(1996) - Judge John DeedJudge John DeedJudge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in the cases before him. It also stars Jenny Seagrove...
(2001) - Waking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead (TV series)Waking the Dead is a British television police procedural crime drama series produced by the BBC featuring a fictional Cold Case Unit comprising CID police officers, a psychological profiler and a forensic scientist. A pilot episode aired in September 2000 and there have been a total of nine series...
(2003) - Teachers (UK TV series)Teachers (UK TV series)Teachers is a British television sitcom, originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives....
(2001-2004) - NY-LONNY-LONNY-LON is a British drama series that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The series was created and written by Simon Burke and Anya Camilleri...
(2004) - Doctor WhoDoctor WhoDoctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
(2005) - Red Mercury (film)Red Mercury (film)Red Mercury is a 2005 United Kingdom film starring Stockard Channing, Pete Postlethwaite, Juliet Stevenson, Ron Silver and David Bradley, and directed by Roy Battersby.-Plot summary:The film is a thriller about a terrorist kidnapping....
(2005) - New Tricks (TV series) (2005)
- The Golden Hour (TV series)The Golden Hour (TV series)The Golden Hour was an ITV drama series, first shown in 2005.The series centred on the activities of a specialist medical unit, HEMS which is based in London, operated by the London Ambulance Service, in dealing with emergency cases...
(2005) - SinchronicitySinchronicitySinchronicity is a six-part drama series broadcast on BBC Three in the United Kingdom. The first episode aired on 16 July 2006, and the series concluded on 20 August 2006. Set in Manchester the programme is narrated by Nathan and focuses on the love triangle between him and the two other...
(2006)