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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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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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Kumail Nanjiani Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Ella McCay · as Trooper Nash |
| 2025 | Haunted Hotel (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire · as Nadeem |
| 2024 | Destroy All Neighbors · as Smelting Refinery Guard |
| 2023 | Migration · as Mack Mallard (voice) |
| 2023 | Krapopolis (TV Series) · as Spartan Army Leader (voice) |
| 2023 | Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake (TV Series) · as Prismo (voice) |
| 2023 | History of the World, Part II (TV Series) |
| 2023 | Poker Face (TV Series) · as Joseph 'gator Joe' Pilson |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales (TV Series) · as Somen 'steve' Banerjee |
| 2022 | Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space (TV Series) · as Howell (voice) |
| 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 | James and the Giant Peach, with Taika and Friends (TV Series) · as Miss Spider |
| 2020 | Dolittle · as Plimpton (voice) |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as Jesus (voice) |
| 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 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions · as Perry |
| 2017 | Fist Fight · as Officer Mehar |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer · as Rich |
| 2016 | Flock of Dudes · as Ro |
| 2016 | Brother Nature · as Riggleman |
| 2016 | HarmonQuest (TV Series) · as Eddie Lizzard |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates · as Keanu |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence · as Jared The Airport Security Guard |
| 2016 | Animals. (TV Series) · as Rusty |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris · as Nasir |
| 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 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 · as Brad Syed |
| 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 | |
| 2013 | Bad Milo · as Bobbi |
| 2013 | The Kings of Summer · as Gary |
| 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 | |
| 2012 | Burning Love (TV Series) · as Zakir |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Pakistani Chef |
| 2012 | The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 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 (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 Bees (voice) |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Pasha |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Theo (voice) |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts · as Self |
| 2025 | Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor · as Self - Speaker |
| 2025 | The 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 2024 | Grave Conversations (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | Chrissy & Dave Dine Out (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | After Midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2024 | The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2023 | Dr Phil LIVE! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight: A New Generation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Attack of the Doc! · as Self |
| 2023 | Money Shot: The Pornhub Story · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return · as Self - Haja Estree |
| 2022 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals · as Self - Kingo |
| 2022 | Murderville (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2021 | A Night in the Academy Museum · as Self |
| 2021 | Roll Up Your Sleeves · as Self |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Self - Kingo |
| 2021 | Festpocalypse! · as Self |
| 2020 | Kal Penn Approves This Message (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | 2019 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | 90 Day: Pillow Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | WrestleMania 35 · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2019 | It Started as a Joke · as Self |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity · as Self |
| 2018 | Lie Detector (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | 24th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Presenter & Nominee |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee & Presenter |
| 2017 | Night of Too Many Stars · as Self |
| 2017 | Big Mouth (TV Series) · as Himself (voice) |
| 2017 | The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | Hiking With Kevin (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Teen Choice Awards 2017 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2017 | Problematic with Moshe Kasher (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Poop Talk · as Self |
| 2016 | Harry (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Season X · as Self - 'pasha' |
| 2016 | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Chelsea (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The X-Files: Re-Opened · as Self - Pasha |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Taskmaster (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Tig · as Self |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Misery Loves Comedy · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | WWE 24 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Variety: Actors on Actors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Screen Junkies: Movie Fights (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | @midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Tubbin with Tash (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male · as Himself |
| 2013 | This Is Not Happening (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Set List: Stand-Up Without A Net (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Gay of Thrones (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2013 | The Nerdist (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Jeselnik Offensive (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | King of the Nerds (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2012 | The Last Leg (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Game Grumps (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Comic Con 2012 Live · as Self - Floor Reporter |
| 2012 | Top 100 Video Games of All Time · as Self |
| 2012 | The Eric Andre Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | TableTop (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Chris Hardwick's All Star Celebrity Bowling (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Talking Dead (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | The Nerdist · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | Mash Up · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Great Food Truck Race (TV Series) · as Self - Customer |
| 2010 | The Green Room with Paul Provenza (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Kevin Pollak's Chat Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | RuPaul's Drag Race (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Judge |
| 2008 | The Strip Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Attack of the Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self - Comedian |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1999 | Loose Women (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory (TV Series) · as Self - Comedian |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2025 | Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Project Greenlight: A New Generation (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Welcome to Chippendales (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Little America (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | This Is Not Happening (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Laugh Factory (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Little America (TV Series) · as Developed By |
| 2014 | The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (TV Series) · as Show Originated By |
| 2009 | Michael and Michael Have Issues (TV Series) · as Staff Writer |