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Kumail Nanjiani

Actor, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn May 2, 1978 (47 years)
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (/kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni/; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي‎; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is known for his role as Dinesh in the HBO comedy series Silicon Valley (2014–2019) and for co-writing and starring in the romantic comedy film The Big Sick (2017). For co-writing the latter with his wife, Emily V. Gordon, they were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019.

Nanjiani has also voiced Prismo on the animated series Adventure Time and starred in the TNT series Franklin & Bash and the Adult Swim series Newsreaders. He also co-hosted the Comedy Central show The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail and played various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Eternals and What If...? Episode What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?, con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys. In 2022, he starred in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his work in Welcome to Chippendales.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Hell Baby
  • Bad Milo
  • Garfunkel and Oates
  • Bunk

Known For

  • The Big Sick
  • Eternals
  • Silicon Valley
  • Migration
  • Men in Black: International
  • The Lovebirds
  • Stuber
  • Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
  • Obi-Wan Kenobi
  • Death to 2020
  • Welcome to Chippendales
  • The Twilight Zone (2019)
  • Dolittle
  • Fist Fight
  • Portlandia
  • The Lego Ninjago Movie
  • Hot Tub Time Machine 2
  • Hello, My Name Is Doris
  • Franklin & Bash
  • Little America
  • The Late Bloomer

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2026
    2026
    2025
    2024
    2024
    Destroy All Neighbors · as Smelting Refinery Guard
    2023
    Migration · as Mack Mallard (voice)
    2023
    Krapopolis (TV Series) · as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
    2023
    2023
    Poker Face (TV Series) · as Joseph 'gator Joe' Pilson
    2022
    Welcome to Chippendales (TV Series) · as Somen 'steve' Banerjee
    2022
    Bee & Puppycat: Lazy in Space (TV Series) · as Howell
    2022
    Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series) · as Haja Estree
    2022
    The Boys Presents: Diabolical (TV Series) · as Vik (voice)
    2021
    Eternals · as Kingo
    2021
    Only Murders in the Building (TV Series) · as Rudy Thurber
    2021
    What If…? (TV Series) · as Kingo (voice)
    2020
    Death to 2020 · as Bark Multiverse
    2020
    The Lovebirds · as Jibran
    2020
    2020
    Dolittle · as Plimpton (voice)
    2019
    Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as Jesus (voice)
    2019
    2019
    The Boys (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
    2019
    Stuber · as Stu Prasad
    2019
    Men in Black: International · as Pawny (voice)
    2019
    The Twilight Zone (2019) (TV Series) · as Samir Wassan
    2018
    Duck Butter · as Jake
    2017
    The Lego Ninjago Movie · as Jay (voice)
    2017
    2017
    Fist Fight · as Officer Mehar
    2016
    The Late Bloomer · as Rich
    2016
    2016
    Brother Nature · as Riggleman
    2016
    HarmonQuest (TV Series) · as Eddie Lizzard
    2016
    2016
    Central Intelligence · as Jared The Airport Security Guard
    2016
    Animals. (TV Series) · as Rusty
    2015
    2015
    Goosebumps · as Foreman
    2015
    Hell and Back · as Dave The Demon (voice)
    2015
    The Grinder (TV Series) · as Prosecutor Leonard
    2015
    Addicted to Fresno · as Damon
    2015
    Scheer-RL (TV Series) · as Mariah Carey
    2015
    Loaded · as Raza
    2015
    2014
    Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (TV Series) · as Cute-Ling Mayor (voice)
    2014
    Major Lazer (TV Series) · as Thor (voice)
    2014
    Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Jordan
    2014
    Sex Tape · as Punit
    2014
    Silicon Valley (TV Series) · as Dinesh Chugtai
    2014
    TripTank (TV Series) · as Dick Genie (voice)
    2014
    Broad City (TV Series) · as Benny Calitri
    2013
    The Pete Holmes Show (TV Series) · as Dhalsim
    2013
    The Arrangement · as Alfred Dalton
    2013
    Ghost Ghirls (TV Series) · as Mr. Mattoo
    2013
    Hell Baby · as Cable Guy
    2013
    Bad Milo · as Bobbi
    2013
    2013
    Drunk History (TV Series) · as Lakota Chief
    2013
    Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Juror #11
    2013
    Newsreaders (TV Series) · as Amir Larussa
    2013
    Kroll Show (TV Series) · as Cast
    2012
    Bunk (TV Series)
    2012
    Burning Love (TV Series) · as Zakir
    2012
    The Five-Year Engagement · as Pakistani Chef
    2012
    Veep (TV Series) · as Statistician
    2012
    Key & Peele (TV Series) · as College Kid #1
    2011
    Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Pindar Singh
    2011
    Traffic Light (US) (TV Series) · as Paul
    2011
    Portlandia (TV Series) · as Socal Waiter
    2011
    Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Skip Marooch (voice)
    2010
    Life as We Know It · as Simon
    2010
    2010
    Adventure Time (TV Series) · as Prismo (voice)
    2010
    Ugly Americans (TV Series) · as Neilando Patel (voice)
    2009
    Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
    2009
    Community (TV Series) · as Lapari
    2009
    Michael and Michael Have Issues (TV Series) · as Kumail
    2007
    Jake and Amir (TV Series) · as Kumail
    2006
    CollegeHumor Shorts (TV Series) · as Indian Dealer
    2005
    The Colbert Report (TV Series) · as Homer
    2000
    Aqua Teen Hunger Force (TV Series) · as Frylock's Bees
    1993
    The X-Files (TV Series) · as Pasha
    1989
    The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Theo (voice)
    1988

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