Arnab Chanda is an English born actor, writer, and director.

Career

He was born in England in

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, but left at age 6 and grew up in Saudi Arabia and the US. After graduating from the

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in 2003, he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City. He moved to London in 2004, and won the Jongleurs New Act Competition in 2005, the Amused Moose Comedy Awards in 2006, and was nominated for Best Newcomer in the 2007 British

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. He stopped performing stand-up in 2010.

Performances

He has performed stand up on the

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shows ''The World Stands Up'' in 2007, ''Edinburgh & Beyond'' in 2007, and the ''

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'' in 2008,

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(

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, Series 2, 2010), The

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Show ( BBC Two, Series 1, 2010), and Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire (

, 2012) . He has also appeared on

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( BBC 6 Music), The Comedy Cafe with Janice Forsyth (BBC Scotland), ''Out to Lunch'' ( BBC Radio 2), ''28 Acts in 28 Minutes'' (

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), and "Many Questions" (

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Unlimited Podcast). His live performances include the

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in 2006 in "The Comedy Bucket" (with

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, Joe Wilkinson, Al Stick, and Dave Nichols), "Tickets Still Available" with

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(Edinburgh Festival, 2007),

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's "Tiny Acts of Rebellion" (Edinburgh Festival, 2011), the Mighty Boosh Festival in 2008, the Latitude Festival in 2007 and 2008, the

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in 2008, The Big Chill Festival in 2008. He was the tour support act for

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from 2007 to 2009, as well as

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in 2008.

Acting

His credits include Raj Puri in the ITV2 series ''Trinity'', Edward in the BAFTA nominated independent film '' Black Pond'' (2011), Ned in

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's '' Hunderby'' (Sky Atlantic, 2012), Danny Bullet in series 2 of

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's ''Luxury Comedy'' (2014), Kris in Series 1 of Dan Clark's ''

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'' on

, and was a writer/performer in ''

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'' ( ITV2, Season 3), ''Splitting Cells'' (

), and co-wrote and acted in the short film ''Old Sea Dog'' (London Short Film Festival, 2012). In 2017, he played the part of "Master Don" in the music video " Steambreather" in the album ''

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'' by the band

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, produced by production company Blink. In 2018, he has been the voice of Chuck for the ''

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'' show, Angry Birds on the Run.

Writing

He was a staff writer for the

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( MTV Int'l, 2010), the BAFTA nominated BBC2 show ''

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'' (Series 22, 2008), the MTV show "Celebrity Bites" (Co-Head Writer, Series 1, 2010), and has written for

Dan Clark Daniel Gregory Clark (born 3 July 1976) is an English actor, comedian, writer, director, and singer. He is best known for playing Don Danbury on the BBC Three sitcom ''How Not to Live Your Life'', which he also wrote, co-produced, and sometimes ...

's ''

'' (

, Series 2 (2009) and 3 (2010)), "

" (ITV2, Series 3), and "Splitting Cells" (

). He was nominated for a 2018 Writers Guild Award for "Best Online Comedy", for his web series "Three Cool Days". He has also been a guest columnist for

Producing

He was a Producer at BBC Radio Comedy between 2013 and 2016, making Radio 4 series for John Kearns, Liam Williams, Alex Edelman, as well as series 10 and 11 of NewsJack, and series 10 of Chain Reaction.

References

* Blink (production company) * Steambreather {{DEFAULTSORT:Chanda, Arnab English male comedians English male television actors English people of Bangladeshi descent Living people 1981 births Male actors from London