In 1994, he graduated from Imperial College London with an upper second class honours degree in biochemistry.
[3] At age 16, Chowdhry made his acting debut in the 1988 film, Madame Sousatzka with Shabana Azmi and Shirley MacLaine.
Chowdhry appeared in Waking The Dead, Series 3, Episode 3, entitled "Breaking Glass", opposite Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston.
[6] In 2022, Chowdhry began playing the previously unseen and imprisoned Nish Panesar in EastEnders.
[4] Nish, a manipulative psychopath, first appeared during the final stages of his 20-year prison sentence and was released shortly thereafter.