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Kumail Nanjiani
Actor, Writer
Born February 21, 1978 (44 years)
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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.
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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.
Filmography
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Series) · as Haja Estree |
| 2022 | The Boys Presents: Diabolical (TV Series) · as Vik (voice) |
| 2022 | Murderville (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2022 | Obi-Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut · as Haja Estree |
| 2021 | Eternals · as Kingo |
| 2020 | Dolittle · as Plimpton (voice) |
| 2020 | The Lovebirds · as Jibran |
| 2020 | Death to 2020 · as Bark Multiverse |
| 2019 | Men in Black: International · as Pawny (voice) |
| 2019 | Stuber · as Stu |
| 2019 | WrestleMania 35 · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2019 | The Boys (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2019 | Bless the Harts (TV Series) · as Jesus (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 | Fist Fight · as Officer Mehar |
| 2017 | The Big Sick · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions · as Perry |
| 2016 | Central Intelligence · as Jared the Airport Security Guard |
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates · as Keanu |
| 2016 | Flock of Dudes · as Ro |
| 2016 | HarmonQuest (TV Series) · as Eddie Lizzard |
| 2016 | Animals. (TV Series) · as Rusty |
| 2016 | Brother Nature · as Riggleman |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer · as Rich |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 · as Brad |
| 2015 | Loaded · as Raza |
| 2015 | Goosebumps · as Foreman |
| 2015 | Addicted to Fresno · as Damon |
| 2015 | Hell and Back · as Dave the Demon (voice) |
| 2015 | The Grinder (TV Series) · as Leonard |
| 2015 | Hello, My Name Is Doris · as Nasir |
| 2015 | Scheer-RL (TV Series) · as Mariah Carey |
| 2014 | Sex Tape · as Punit |
| 2014 | Silicon Valley (TV Series) · as Dinesh Chugtai |
| 2014 | Broad City (TV Series) · as Benny Calitri |
| 2014 | TripTank (TV Series) · as Dick Genie |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2014 | Garfunkel and Oates (TV Series) · as Jordan |
| 2014 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (TV Series) · as Cute-ling Mayor (voice) |
| 2014 | Major Lazer (TV Series) · as Thor (voice) |
| 2013 | Hell Baby · as Cable Guy |
| 2013 | Bad Milo · as Bobbi |
| 2013 | The Arrangement · as Alfred Dalton |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Lakota Chief |
| 2013 | Gay of Thrones (TV Series) · as Kumail Nanjiani |
| 2013 | Ghost Ghirls (TV Series) · as Mr. Mattoo |
| 2013 | Newsreaders (TV Series) · as Amir Larussa |
| 2013 | The Pete Holmes Show (TV Series) · as Dhalsim |
| 2013 | Kroll Show (TV Series) · as actor |
| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Juror #11 |
| 2013 | The Kings of Summer · as Gary (Delivery Guy) |
| 2013 | Bee and PuppyCat (TV Series) · as Howl |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Pakistani Chef |
| 2012 | Veep (TV Series) · as Statistician |
| 2012 | Key & Peele (TV Series) · as College Kid #1 |
| 2012 | Bunk (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2012 | Burning Love (TV Series) · as Zakir |
| 2011 | Traffic Light (US) (TV Series) · as Paul |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash (TV Series) · as Pindar Singh |
| 2011 | Portlandia (TV Series) · as Various |
| 2011 | Bob's Burgers (TV Series) · as Skip (voice) |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It · as Simon |
| 2010 | Reggie Watts: Why $#!+ So Crazy? · as Unknown |
| 2010 | Adventure Time (TV Series) · as Prismo |
| 2010 | Ugly Americans (TV Series) · as Neilando Patel (voice) |
| 2009 | Community (TV Series) · as Lapari |
| 2009 | Michael and Michael Have Issues (TV Series) · as Kumail |
| 2009 | Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Farooq Ashkani |
| 2006 | CollegeHumor (TV Series) · as Vendor |
| 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 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |