Arnab Chanda is an English born writer, producer, and actor.
Background
He was born in England in Pontefract, but grew up in Saudi Arabia, and the United States. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City, and after moving back to London in 2004, won the Jongleurs New Acting Competition in 2005, the Amused Moose Comedy Awards in 2006, and was nominated for Best Newcomer in the 2007 British Chortle Awards.
Career
He stopped performing stand-up in 2010. His credits include Raj Puri in the ITV2 series Trinity (television series), Chanda in independent short film Chandide alongside Trinity (television series) co-star Elen Rhys, Edward in the British Academy of Film and Television Arts 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 British Broadcasting Corporation Three, and was a writer/performer in Comedy Cuts (ITV2, Season 3), "Splitting Cells" (British Broadcasting Corporation Three), and co-wrote and acted in the short film "Old Sea Dog" (London Short Film Festival, 2012). He became a Producer at British Broadcasting Corporation Radio Comedy in 2013, making Radio 4 series for John Kearns, Liam Williams,Alex Edelman Alem, as well as series 10 and 11 of NewsJack, and series 10 of Chain Reaction.
Views
He has performed stand up on the Comedy Central United Kingdom shows The World Stands Up in 2007, Edinburgh & Beyond in 2007, and the Comedy Store in 2008, Russell Howard"s Good News (British Broadcasting Corporation Three, Series 2, 2010), The Stephen K Amos Show (British Broadcasting Corporation Two, Series 1, 2010), and Chris Moyles" Comedy Empire (British Broadcasting Corporation Three, 2012).