Danny Pudi

Danny Pudi

Known for
Acting
Born
March 10, 1979 (age 47)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Daniel Mark Pudi (born March 10, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Abed Nadir on the NBC sitcom Community (2009–2015), for which he received three nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and one nomination for the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy. Since 2020 he has starred as Brad Bakshi in the Apple TV+ comedy series Mythic Quest. He played the lead role in The Tiger Hunter, a comedic and warmhearted independent film surrounding the immigrant experience directed by Lena Khan in 2016 and funded through a Kickstarter campaign. His short film, Running, which he wrote himself, follows Pudi as he sets out on a mission to solve the puzzle of his father and finds himself instead on a complex, funny, and vulnerable journey of self-discovery and acceptance.

Known For

Photos

Danny Pudi photoDanny Pudi photoDanny Pudi photoDanny Pudi photo

Filmography

—
Untitled Community Movie poster

Untitled Community Movie

Movie · as Abed Nadir

—
Patel

Patel

Movie

2026
Grandpa's Haunted Planet: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker poster

Grandpa's Haunted Planet: A Live Staged Reading of Star Wars - The Rise of Skywalker

Movie · as Jedi Voice

2026
Golden Axe poster

Golden Axe

TV · as Hampton Squib (voice) · 10 eps

2026
President Curtis poster

President Curtis

TV · as Amil Bhattam (voice) · 2 eps

2025
Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol poster

Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol

Movie · as Chef Geoff (voice)

2025
Going Dutch poster

Going Dutch

TV · as Major Abraham Shah · 22 eps

2024
Avatar: The Last Airbender poster

Avatar: The Last Airbender

TV · as The Mechanist, Sai · 2 eps

2024
Rock, Paper, Scissors poster

Rock, Paper, Scissors

TV · as Recyclable Prince (voice) · 1 ep

2024
After Midnight poster

After Midnight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Somebody I Used to Know poster

Somebody I Used to Know

Movie · as Benny

2023
Corner Office poster

Corner Office

Movie · as Rakesh

2023
Kiff poster

Kiff

TV · as Nick Namé (voice), Nick Namé / Pete (voice), Dean Kim (voice) · 2 eps

2023
Clone High poster

Clone High

TV · as Dr. Neelankavil (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Strange Planet poster

Strange Planet

TV · as Regular (voice) · 10 eps

2023
Carol & the End of the World poster

Carol & the End of the World

TV · as (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Orphan (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Running poster

Running

Movie · as Himself

2022
American Dreamer poster

American Dreamer

Movie · as Craig

2022
Transformers: EarthSpark poster

Transformers: EarthSpark

TV · as Bumblebee (voice) · 40 eps

2022
Chibiverse poster

Chibiverse

TV · as Huey Duck (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Flora & Ulysses poster

Flora & Ulysses

Movie · as Miller

2021
Calls poster

Calls

TV · as Dr. Burman (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Home Economics poster

Home Economics

TV · as Brian · 1 ep

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Evan (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Community Table Read poster

Community Table Read

Movie · as Abed Nadir

2020
Coffee Shop Names poster

Coffee Shop Names

Movie · as Deepak

2020
The Argument poster

The Argument

Movie · as Brett

2020
Mythic Quest poster

Mythic Quest

TV · as Brad Bakshi · 40 eps

2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire poster

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2019
Babysplitters poster

Babysplitters

Movie · as Jeff Penaras

2018
DuckTales: Destination Adventure! poster

DuckTales: Destination Adventure!

Movie · as Huey Duck (voice)

2018
Curated poster

Curated

Movie · as Tim

2018
Good Girls Get High poster

Good Girls Get High

Movie · as Mr. D

2018
Impulse poster

Impulse

TV · as Beanie · 1 ep

2018
Summer Camp Island poster

Summer Camp Island

TV · as Cookiesmell (voice) · 1 ep

2018
Craig of the Creek poster

Craig of the Creek

TV · as Ravi (voice) · 1 ep

2017
The Tiger Hunter poster

The Tiger Hunter

Movie · as Sami Malik

2017
Smurfs: The Lost Village poster

Smurfs: The Lost Village

Movie · as Brainy (voice)

2017
After the Sun Fell poster

After the Sun Fell

Movie · as Adam

2017
Powerless poster

Powerless

TV · as Teddy · 9 eps

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Huey Duck (Voice) · 69 eps

2017
The Guest Book poster

The Guest Book

TV · as Tim · 1 ep

2017
Do You Want to See a Dead Body? poster

Do You Want to See a Dead Body?

TV · 1 ep

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Star Trek Beyond poster

Star Trek Beyond

Movie · as Fi'Ja

2016
The Hindenburg Explodes! poster

The Hindenburg Explodes!

Movie · as The Great Tony

2016
Six Seasons and a Finale

Six Seasons and a Finale

Movie · as Self

2016
Angie Tribeca poster

Angie Tribeca

TV · as Garth Tweedner · 1 ep

2016
Great Minds with Dan Harmon poster

Great Minds with Dan Harmon

TV · as Buddha · 1 ep

2016
Better Things poster

Better Things

TV · as Danny · 1 ep

2015
Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant poster

Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

Movie · as Nathan Vignes

2015
Dr. Ken poster

Dr. Ken

TV · as Topher · 1 ep

2014
Knights of Badassdom poster

Knights of Badassdom

Movie · as Lando

2014
The Pretty One poster

The Pretty One

Movie · as Dr. Rao

2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier poster

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Movie · as Com Tech #1

2014
Lennon or McCartney poster

Lennon or McCartney

Movie · as Self

2014
Harmontown poster

Harmontown

Movie · as Self

2014
Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Advanced Television Production - 5 Days, 2 Scripts, No Sleep

Movie · as Self

2013
Vijay and I poster

Vijay and I

Movie · as Rad

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
The Guilt Trip poster

The Guilt Trip

Movie · as Sanjay

2012
Flatland²: Sphereland poster

Flatland²: Sphereland

Movie · as Puncto (voice)

2012
Six Seasons and A Movie: A Community Art Show poster

Six Seasons and A Movie: A Community Art Show

Movie · as Self

2012
Leader of the Pack poster

Leader of the Pack

Movie · as Doug

2011
Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil poster

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS. Evil

Movie · as Little Boy Blue (voice)

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Tommy · 1 ep

2009
Nilam Auntie: An International Treasure poster

Nilam Auntie: An International Treasure

Movie · as Melvin the online surfer

2009
Road Trip: Beer Pong poster

Road Trip: Beer Pong

Movie · as Arash

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Abed Nadir · 110 eps

2007
Greek poster

Greek

TV · as Sanjay · 4 eps

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Vali Chandrasekaren · 1 ep

2005
Robot Chicken poster

Robot Chicken

TV · as Ant Pharaoh / Fox's Boxes Customer (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Staffer, Raj · 1 ep

1999
The West Wing poster

The West Wing

TV · as Santos Aide · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Johnson Bryans (voice) · 1 ep