Arnab Chanda

Arnab Chanda is an English born actor, writer, and director.

He was born in England in Pontefract, but left at age 6 and grew up in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, he started doing stand-up comedy in New York City. He moved to London in 2004, getting a master's degree from University College London, before winning the Jongleurs New Act Competition in 2005 and the Amused Moose Comedy Awards in 2006, and was nominated for Best Newcomer in the 2007 British Chortle Awards. He stopped performing stand-up in 2011.

He has performed stand up on the Comedy Central UK shows The World Stands Up in 2007,Edinburgh & Beyond in 2007, and the Comedy Store in 2008,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),Rich Fulcher's "Tiny Acts of Rebellion" (Edinburgh Festival, 2011), the Mighty Boosh Festival in 2008, the Latitude Festival in 2007 and 2008, the Leeds Festival in 2008,The Big Chill Festival in 2008. He was the tour support act for Simon Amstell from 2007–2009, as well as Stephen Merchant in 2008.

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