Asim Chaudhry, 38, is a British comedian, writer, director, rapper and actor who found fame playing Chabuddy G in the BAFTA award-winning BBC comedy People Just Do Nothing about a pirate radio station. Born into a Pakistani-Muslim family in Hounslow, London, he met his fellow cast members on a media studies course at college, and originally filmed and directed short films with them on YouTube. Since then, he’s gone to star in Black Mirror , Wonder Woman 1984 , Guardians of The Galaxy Vol 3 and Barbie . He lives in London with his therapist wife, Sevan, of four years.

Here he looks back at the moments that have changed him, from forming a rap group at school, to being excluded from GCSE drama, growing up in west London, and being cast beyond his Asian looks.

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