
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
Compulsive Liar
Movie · as Simon
All Day & All Night
Movie

Green Bank
Movie
Howl
Movie
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Movie
Very Young Frankenstein
TV · 1 ep

The Comeback King
Movie

Driver's Ed
Movie · as Mr. Rivers

The Breadwinner
Movie · as Peyton

The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Movie · as Self

Over Your Dead Body
Movie · as Hollywood Dan (uncredited)

The Wrong Girls
Movie · as GG (voice)

The Screener
TV · as Parker Harrison · 5 eps

Funny AF with Kevin Hart
TV · as Self - Judge · 2 eps

Ella McCay
Movie · as Trooper Nash

Is / Was \ Will
Movie

Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Movie · as Self

Deli Boys
TV · as Danyal Khan · 2 eps

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie · as Nadeem

Destroy All Neighbors
Movie · as Smelting Refinery Guard

After Midnight
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Grave Conversations
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Fallout
TV · as Xander Harkness · 2 eps

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Migration
Movie · as Mack Mallard (voice)

Attack of the Doc!
Movie · as Self

Project Greenlight
TV · as Self · 10 eps

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

History of the World: Part II
TV · as Vatsyayana · 1 ep

Dr Phil LIVE!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

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

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
TV · as Prismo (voice) · 3 eps

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Movie · as Self - Kingo

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Movie · as Self - Haja Estree

Welcome to Chippendales
TV · as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee · 8 eps

Murderville
TV · as Kumail Nanjiani · 1 ep

The Boys Presents: Diabolical
TV · as Vik (voice) · 1 ep

Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV · as Haja Estree · 3 eps

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Bee and PuppyCat
TV · as Howell (voice) · 3 eps

A Night at the Academy Museum
Movie · as Self

Eternals
Movie · as Kingo

Roll Up Your Sleeves
Movie · as Self

Only Murders in the Building
TV · as Rudy Thurber · 7 eps

What If...?
TV · as Kingo (voice) · 1 ep

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Movie · as Self

The Lovebirds
Movie · as Jibran

Dolittle
Movie · as Plimpton (voice)

Death to 2020
Movie · as Bark Multiverse

Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Stuber
Movie · as Stu Prasad

Men in Black: International
Movie · as Pawny (voice)

It Started As a Joke
Movie · as Self

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie · as Self

Bless the Harts
TV · as Jesus (voice) · 4 eps

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Boys
TV · as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited) · 2 eps

The Twilight Zone
TV · as Samir Wassan · 1 ep

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Game Changer
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

Poop Talk
Movie · as Self

Duck Butter
Movie · as Jake

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Movie · as Self

The Lego Ninjago Movie
Movie · as Jay (voice)

The Big Sick
Movie · as Kumail Nanjiani

Fist Fight
Movie · as Officer Mehar

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Movie · as Perry

Big Mouth
TV · as himself (voice) · 1 ep

Brother Nature
Movie · as Riggleman

Central Intelligence
Movie · as Jared the Airport Security Guard

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Movie · as Keanu

The Late Bloomer
Movie · as Rich

Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep

HarmonQuest
TV · as Eddie Lizzard · 2 eps

Misery Loves Comedy
Movie · as Self

Hello, My Name Is Doris
Movie · as Nasir

Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Movie · as Brad Syed

Flock of Dudes
Movie · as Ro

Hell and Back
Movie · as Dave the Demon (voice)

Addicted to Fresno
Movie · as Damon

The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

Major Lazer
TV · as Thor (voice) · 1 ep

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

The Grinder
TV · as Prosecutor Leonard · 2 eps

Taskmaster
TV · as Self · 10 eps

Loaded
Movie · as Raza

Sex Tape
Movie · as Punit

The Last of the Great Romantics
Movie · as George the Counter Guy

Silicon Valley
TV · as Dinesh Chugtai · 53 eps

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
TV · as Self · 24 eps

Broad City
TV · as Benny Calitri · 1 ep

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
TV · as Cute-ling Mayor (voice) · 1 ep

TripTank
TV · as Dick Genie (voice) · 1 ep

Off Camera with Sam Jones
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Garfunkel and Oates
TV · as Jordan · 1 ep

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps

The Kings of Summer
Movie · as Gary

Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Movie · as Himself

The Arrangement
Movie · as Alfred Dalton

Timms Valley
Movie · as Arjit Pondicherry

Hell Baby
Movie · as Cable Guy

Bad Milo!
Movie · as Bobbi

@midnight with Chris Hardwick
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Jeselnik Offensive
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Drunk History
TV · as Lakota Chief · 1 ep

The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Newsreaders
TV · as Amir Larussa · 3 eps

The Five-Year Engagement
Movie · as Pakistani Chef

Burning Love
TV · as Zak · 20 eps

Bunk
TV · 3 eps

The Eric Andre Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Veep
TV · as Statistician · 1 ep

Key & Peele
TV · as College Kid #1 · 1 ep

Franklin & Bash
TV · as Pindar Singh · 31 eps

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

Bob's Burgers
TV · as Skip Marooch (voice) · 3 eps

Traffic Light
TV · as Paul · 1 ep

Life As We Know It
Movie · as Simon

Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
Movie

Ugly Americans
TV · as Neilando Patel (voice) · 1 ep

The Green Room with Paul Provenza
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Adventure Time
TV · as Prismo (voice) · 6 eps

Conan
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Community
TV · as Lapari · 2 eps

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

RuPaul's Drag Race
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

Archer
TV · as Farooq Ashkani (voice) · 1 ep

Michael & Michael Have Issues
TV · as Kumail · 7 eps

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Guest Host · 6 eps

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Aqua Teen Hunger Force
TV · as Bees (voice) · 1 ep

The View
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

The X-Files
TV · as Pasha · 1 ep

Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

The Simpsons
TV · as Theo (voice) · 1 ep

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Laugh Factory
TV · as Self · 3 eps

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

Good Morning America
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Oscars
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep








