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Paul Chahidi

Erica hugs pandas for a living and is absolutely miserable. And when hidden-camera TV star Jacques Burton tries to chat her up in a hotel bar, there's a few other things he might be surprised to find out.

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The Cost of Hugging (2024)

Paul Chahidi is a Tony, Olivier and Royal Television Society nominated British stage and screen actor. His most recent screen work includes roles in the feature 'See How They Run', 'The Serpent Queen' (Starz) and two seasons of the Iranian-American comedy 'Chad' (TBS/Roku). Other work includes Neil Gaiman's 'Good Omens' (Amazon Prime) three seasons of the BAFTA-winning BBC comedy series 'This Country', as well as Armando Iannucci's feature 'The Death of Stalin'. He has worked extensively in film, television and on stage, most notably with the RSC, National Theatre, Donmar, Shakespeare's Globe and Royal Court theatres as well as on Broadway in the all-male production of Twelfth Night opposite Mark Rylance and Stephen Fry. In addition to his Tony and Olivier nominations, he is the winner of a Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut and The Clarence Derwent Award and was nominated for an Outer Critic's Circle Award (for his performance as Maria in Twelfth Night). He is an Associate Artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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