Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani

Known for
Acting
Born
May 2, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Karachi, Pakistan

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Compulsive Liar

Compulsive Liar

Movie · as Simon

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All Day & All Night

All Day & All Night

Movie

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Green Bank poster

Green Bank

Movie

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Howl

Howl

Movie

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Thread: An Insidious Tale

Thread: An Insidious Tale

Movie

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Very Young Frankenstein

Very Young Frankenstein

TV · 1 ep

2027
The Comeback King poster

The Comeback King

Movie

2026
Driver's Ed poster

Driver's Ed

Movie · as Mr. Rivers

2026
The Breadwinner poster

The Breadwinner

Movie · as Peyton

2026
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas poster

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas

Movie · as Self

2026
Over Your Dead Body poster

Over Your Dead Body

Movie · as Hollywood Dan (uncredited)

2026
The Wrong Girls poster

The Wrong Girls

Movie · as GG (voice)

2026
The Screener poster

The Screener

TV · as Parker Harrison · 5 eps

2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart poster

Funny AF with Kevin Hart

TV · as Self - Judge · 2 eps

2025
Ella McCay poster

Ella McCay

Movie · as Trooper Nash

2025
Is / Was \ Will poster

Is / Was \ Will

Movie

2025
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts poster

Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts

Movie · as Self

2025
Deli Boys poster

Deli Boys

TV · as Danyal Khan · 2 eps

2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Movie · as Nadeem

2024
Destroy All Neighbors poster

Destroy All Neighbors

Movie · as Smelting Refinery Guard

2024
After Midnight poster

After Midnight

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Grave Conversations poster

Grave Conversations

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
Fallout poster

Fallout

TV · as Xander Harkness · 2 eps

2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story poster

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Migration poster

Migration

Movie · as Mack Mallard (voice)

2023
Attack of the Doc! poster

Attack of the Doc!

Movie · as Self

2023
Project Greenlight poster

Project Greenlight

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Spartan Army Leader (voice) · 1 ep

2023
History of the World: Part II poster

History of the World: Part II

TV · as Vatsyayana · 1 ep

2023
Dr Phil LIVE! poster

Dr Phil LIVE!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson · 1 ep

2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake poster

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

TV · as Prismo (voice) · 3 eps

2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

Movie · as Self - Kingo

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Movie · as Self - Haja Estree

2022
Welcome to Chippendales poster

Welcome to Chippendales

TV · as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee · 8 eps

2022
Murderville poster

Murderville

TV · as Kumail Nanjiani · 1 ep

2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical poster

The Boys Presents: Diabolical

TV · as Vik (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi poster

Obi-Wan Kenobi

TV · as Haja Estree · 3 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2022
Bee and PuppyCat poster

Bee and PuppyCat

TV · as Howell (voice) · 3 eps

2021
A Night at the Academy Museum poster

A Night at the Academy Museum

Movie · as Self

2021
Eternals poster

Eternals

Movie · as Kingo

2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves poster

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Movie · as Self

2021
Only Murders in the Building poster

Only Murders in the Building

TV · as Rudy Thurber · 7 eps

2021
What If...? poster

What If...?

TV · as Kingo (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 poster

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020

Movie · as Self

2020
The Lovebirds poster

The Lovebirds

Movie · as Jibran

2020
Dolittle poster

Dolittle

Movie · as Plimpton (voice)

2020
Death to 2020 poster

Death to 2020

Movie · as Bark Multiverse

2020
Reunited Apart poster

Reunited Apart

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Stuber poster

Stuber

Movie · as Stu Prasad

2019
Men in Black: International poster

Men in Black: International

Movie · as Pawny (voice)

2019
It Started As a Joke poster

It Started As a Joke

Movie · as Self

2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee poster

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Movie · as Self

2019
Bless the Harts poster

Bless the Harts

TV · as Jesus (voice) · 4 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
The Boys poster

The Boys

TV · as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) · 2 eps

2019
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as Samir Wassan · 1 ep

2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik poster

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Game Changer poster

Game Changer

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2018
Poop Talk poster

Poop Talk

Movie · as Self

2018
Duck Butter poster

Duck Butter

Movie · as Jake

2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity poster

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity

Movie · as Self

2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie poster

The Lego Ninjago Movie

Movie · as Jay (voice)

2017
The Big Sick poster

The Big Sick

Movie · as Kumail Nanjiani

2017
Fist Fight poster

Fist Fight

Movie · as Officer Mehar

2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions poster

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Movie · as Perry

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as himself (voice) · 1 ep

2016
Brother Nature poster

Brother Nature

Movie · as Riggleman

2016
Central Intelligence poster

Central Intelligence

Movie · as Jared the Airport Security Guard

2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates poster

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Movie · as Keanu

2016
The Late Bloomer poster

The Late Bloomer

Movie · as Rich

2016
Chelsea poster

Chelsea

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
HarmonQuest poster

HarmonQuest

TV · as Eddie Lizzard · 2 eps

2015
Misery Loves Comedy poster

Misery Loves Comedy

Movie · as Self

2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris poster

Hello, My Name Is Doris

Movie · as Nasir

2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 poster

Hot Tub Time Machine 2

Movie · as Brad Syed

2015
Flock of Dudes poster

Flock of Dudes

Movie · as Ro

2015
Hell and Back poster

Hell and Back

Movie · as Dave the Demon (voice)

2015
Addicted to Fresno poster

Addicted to Fresno

Movie · as Damon

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

2015
Major Lazer poster

Major Lazer

TV · as Thor (voice) · 1 ep

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2015
The Grinder poster

The Grinder

TV · as Prosecutor Leonard · 2 eps

2015
Taskmaster poster

Taskmaster

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2014
Loaded poster

Loaded

Movie · as Raza

2014
Sex Tape poster

Sex Tape

Movie · as Punit

2014
The Last of the Great Romantics poster

The Last of the Great Romantics

Movie · as George the Counter Guy

2014
Silicon Valley poster

Silicon Valley

TV · as Dinesh Chugtai · 53 eps

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail poster

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail

TV · as Self · 24 eps

2014
Broad City poster

Broad City

TV · as Benny Calitri · 1 ep

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver poster

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero poster

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero

TV · as Cute-ling Mayor (voice) · 1 ep

2014
TripTank poster

TripTank

TV · as Dick Genie (voice) · 1 ep

2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones poster

Off Camera with Sam Jones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Garfunkel and Oates poster

Garfunkel and Oates

TV · as Jordan · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps

2013
The Kings of Summer poster

The Kings of Summer

Movie · as Gary

2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male poster

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

Movie · as Himself

2013
The Arrangement poster

The Arrangement

Movie · as Alfred Dalton

2013
Timms Valley poster

Timms Valley

Movie · as Arjit Pondicherry

2013
Hell Baby poster

Hell Baby

Movie · as Cable Guy

2013
Bad Milo! poster

Bad Milo!

Movie · as Bobbi

2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick poster

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
The Jeselnik Offensive poster

The Jeselnik Offensive

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Lakota Chief · 1 ep

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Newsreaders poster

Newsreaders

TV · as Amir Larussa · 3 eps

2012
The Five-Year Engagement poster

The Five-Year Engagement

Movie · as Pakistani Chef

2012
Burning Love poster

Burning Love

TV · as Zak · 20 eps

2012
Bunk poster

Bunk

TV · 3 eps

2012
The Eric Andre Show poster

The Eric Andre Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Veep poster

Veep

TV · as Statistician · 1 ep

2012
Key & Peele poster

Key & Peele

TV · as College Kid #1 · 1 ep

2011
Franklin & Bash poster

Franklin & Bash

TV · as Pindar Singh · 31 eps

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · as Cell Phone Salesman, Birthday Loan Officer, Human Bandwidth Manager, Denim Salesman, SoCal Waiter · 1 ep

2011
Bob's Burgers poster

Bob's Burgers

TV · as Skip Marooch (voice) · 3 eps

2011
Traffic Light poster

Traffic Light

TV · as Paul · 1 ep

2010
Life As We Know It poster

Life As We Know It

Movie · as Simon

2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? poster

Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?

Movie

2010
Ugly Americans poster

Ugly Americans

TV · as Neilando Patel (voice) · 1 ep

2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza poster

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Adventure Time poster

Adventure Time

TV · as Prismo (voice) · 6 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Lapari · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as Farooq Ashkani (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues poster

Michael & Michael Have Issues

TV · as Kumail · 7 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 6 eps

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Aqua Teen Hunger Force poster

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

TV · as Bees (voice) · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Pasha · 1 ep

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Theo (voice) · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1979
Laugh Factory poster

Laugh Factory

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Indian Reporter (uncredited) · 1 ep

1975
Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep