Asim Chaudhry (born 24 November 1986)[1][2] is a British comedian, writer, director, rapper and actor best known for playing Chabud "Chabuddy G" Gul in the BBC mockumentary series People Just Do Nothing, which he co-created.
In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in series six of the panel show Taskmaster and starred in the television film Click & Collect alongside Stephen Merchant.
At college, Chaudhry met Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa, with whom he created YouTube mockumentary videos about a fictional pirate radio station.
Chaudhry wrote and directed the short film Love Pool, and has appeared in Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, Wonder Woman 1984 and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.
[7] In high school, Chaudhry made a play parodying the 1972 crime film The Godfather, called The Poppadom Father.
[3] The group made a series of YouTube mockumentaries, filmed by Chaudhry,[8] based on their experiences as DJs on a pirate radio station in London.
Chaudhry plays Chabuddy G, a failed entrepreneur with high ambitions who manages the group Kurupt FM.
[12] Chaudhry, Hugo Chegwin, Steve Stamp, and Allan Mustafa also perform as the group Kurupt FM.
The black comedy shows Trump inexplicably turning into an Asian man before a Republican Party rally.
[21][22] Chaudhry also appeared in the comedy film Chubby Funny, about two struggling London actors, in which he played a corner shop owner.
[28] On 24 December 2018, Chaudhry starred alongside Stephen Merchant in the BBC One television film Click & Collect, with a runtime of 53 minutes.
[31] Starkey praised the actors for "convincing, likeable performances" and wrote that Dev "takes the natural course from irritatingly vibrant neighbour to having a sympathetic, misunderstood circumstance for his enthusiasm".
[30] In 2018, Chaudhry appeared in the Ben Wheatley black comedy Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, playing Sham.
Neil Maskell stars as Colin Burstead, who hires a manor for a New Year celebration with his extended family.
Part of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror, Bandersnatch allows the viewer to make choices that affect the resultant story.
Most storylines involve the young programmer Stefan adapting a book into an adventure game and descending into madness.
[50] The sixth series featured Chaudhry alongside Alice Levine, Liza Tarbuck, Russell Howard, and Tim Vine; it set record ratings for the programme,[51][52] with an average viewership of 900,000.
[65] In November 2023, it was announced by Paramount+ that Chaudhry would star in a new original drama series Stags, filming on location in Tenerife and due to be released in 2024.