Arnab Chanda
{{Short description|British actor, writer and producer}}
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Arnab Chanda is an English born actor, writer, and director.{{cite web |title=Arnab Chanda:STAND UP (TV) |url=https://www.arnabchanda.com/STAND-UP-TV |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Arnabchanda.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/literary-v15n2/|title=LITERARY Book Reviews – The 4-ACO-DMT Issue|work=VICE |date=February 2008 }}
Career
He was born in England in Pontefract, but left at age 6 and grew up in Saudi Arabia and the US. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City. He moved to London and won the Jongleurs New Act Competition, the Amused Moose Comedy Awards, and was nominated for Best Newcomer in the 2007 British Chortle Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.edinburghtimes.co.uk/pdf/ed_times_july.pdf |title=edinburghtimes.co.uk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509192807/http://www.edinburghtimes.co.uk/pdf/ed_times_july.pdf |archivedate=9 May 2008 }} He stopped performing stand-up in 2010.
=Performances=
He has performed stand up on the Comedy Central UK shows The World Stands Up in 2007,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} Edinburgh & Beyond in 2007,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} and the Comedy Store in 2008,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} Russell Howard's Good News (BBC Three, Series 2, 2010), The Stephen K Amos Show (BBC Two, Series 1, 2010), and Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire (BBC Three, 2012) . He has also appeared on The Jon Richardson Show (BBC 6 Music), The Comedy Cafe with Janice Forsyth (BBC Scotland), Out to Lunch (BBC Radio 2), 28 Acts in 28 Minutes (BBC Radio 4), and "Many Questions" (The Guardian Unlimited Podcast).
His live performances include the Edinburgh Festival in 2006 in "The Comedy Bucket" (with Matthew Crosby, Joe Wilkinson, Al Stick, and Dave Nichols), "Tickets Still Available" with Greg McHugh (Edinburgh Festival, 2007),{{cite web|url=http://living.scotsman.com/edinburghfestivalfringe/A-few-of-our-favourite.3292905.jp|title=A few of our favourite things|access-date=9 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905163614/http://living.scotsman.com/edinburghfestivalfringe/A-few-of-our-favourite.3292905.jp|archive-date=5 September 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Rich Fulcher's "Tiny Acts of Rebellion" (Edinburgh Festival, 2011), the Mighty Boosh Festival in 2008,{{cite web|url=http://festivals.mirror.co.uk/latest/news/4802 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505024916/http://festivals.mirror.co.uk/latest/news/4802 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-05-05 |title=The Kills and more join Mighty Boosh Festival }} the Latitude Festival in 2007 and 2008,{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/jul/19/comedy.southlistings|title=Comedy preview: Latitude Festival, Southwold | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Harry | last=Deansway | date=19 July 2008 | accessdate=25 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2007/03/28/latitude_2007_lineup_feature.shtml|title=Sold out Latitude ready for return}} the Leeds Festival in 2008,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} The Big Chill Festival in 2008. He was the tour support act for Simon Amstell from 2007 to 2009,{{cite web|url=http://www.ng-magazine.com/Diary/Theatre/Simon_Amstell:_Comedy_Review/ |title=Simon Amstell: Comedy Review |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714180615/http://www.ng-magazine.com/Diary/Theatre/Simon_Amstell%3A_Comedy_Review/ |archivedate=14 July 2011 }}WP:journaltynetheatre{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/reviews/feature/3091/Simon_Amstell_%2B_Arnab_Chanda/|title=Simon Amstell + Arnab Chanda}} as well as Stephen Merchant in 2008.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}
Acting
His credits include Raj Puri in the ITV2 series Trinity,{{cite web|url= http://www.itv.com/drama/contemporary/trinity/characters/default.html|title= Trinity Characters|access-date= 9 September 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090911201455/http://www.itv.com/drama/contemporary/trinity/characters/default.html|archive-date= 11 September 2009|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}{{cite web |url= http://www.itv.com/presscentre/presspacks/trinity/default.htmlModuleId=351705&ImageIndex=8&XPos=0&YPos=0&ThumbScrollPos=0 |title=ITV Press Centre}}{{dead link|date=January 2018}} Edward in the BAFTA nominated independent film Black Pond (2011), Ned in Julia Davis's Hunderby (Sky Atlantic, 2012), Danny Bullet in series 2 of Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy (2014), Kris in Series 1 of Dan Clark's How Not to Live Your Life on BBC Three,{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} and was a writer/performer in Comedy Cuts (ITV2, Season 3), Splitting Cells (BBC Three), and co-wrote and acted in the short film Old Sea Dog (London Short Film Festival, 2012).{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEubrZV04b0&list=RDMMHEubrZV04b0 | title=Mastodon - Steambreather [Official Music Video] - YouTube | website=YouTube }} In 2017, he played the part of "Master Don" in the music video "Steambreather" in the album Emperor of Sand by the band Mastodon, produced by production company Blink. In 2018, he has been the voice of Chuck for the YouTube show, Angry Birds on the Run.
Writing
He was a staff writer for the MTV Europe Music Awards (MTV Int'l, 2010),http://ema.mtv.co.uk/info/credits MTV, 11 September 2011 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125133108/http://ema.mtv.co.uk/info/credits |date=25 January 2011 }} the BAFTA nominated BBC2 show Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Series 22, 2008), the MTV show "Celebrity Bites" (Co-Head Writer, Series 1, 2010), and has written for Dan Clark's How Not to Live Your Life (BBC Three, Series 2 (2009) and 3 (2010)), "Comedy Cuts" (ITV2, Series 3), and "Splitting Cells" (BBC Three).{{Cite web|url=http://living.scotsman.com/comedy/Comedy-review-Simon-Amstell.5787872.jp|title=Lifestyle | the Scotsman}} He was nominated for a 2018 Writers Guild Award for "Best Online Comedy", for his web series "Three Cool Days".{{Cite web|url=https://writersguild.org.uk/writers-guild-awards-shortlist-2019/|title = Writers' Guild Awards shortlist|date = 4 December 2018}} He has also been a guest columnist for The Guardian.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/18/how-do-you-cope-with-losing-your-hair-i-took-ayahuasca-and-felt-like-an-imbecile|title = How alopecia helped me reach true enlightenment | Arnab Chanda|website = TheGuardian.com|date = 18 September 2016}}
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.
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Category:English male comedians
Category:English male television actors
Category:English people of Indian descent
Category:Male actors from London
Category:Actors from Pontefract
Category:21st-century British male actors
Category:Male actors from West Yorkshire