Navin Chowdhry

Navin Chowdhry (born 22 November 1971) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in Teachers and A Touch of Cloth, and his role as Nish Panesar in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.

Early life Chowdhry is of Indian origin. He was born and brought up in Bristol, England.

Career At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film Madame Sousatzka with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine. and then PC Sanjay Singh in Dalziel and Pascoe. He also appeared as a possible rapist in Judge John Deed.

Chowdhry appeared as the psychologically affected "Rainman" in series 3, episode 3 ("Breaking Glass") of Waking the Dead. 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 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 which he was strangled by a Slitheen in the episode "Aliens of London". 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.

Chowdhry has also produced projects such as the award-winning short film This Bastard Business and a short play called Mashed.

In 2022, Chowdhry began playing the previously unseen and imprisoned Nish Panesar in EastEnders.

Filmography

Film

Television