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Kumail Nanjiani

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1978-05-02 (47 years old)

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.

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Filmography

all 137

TV Shows 78

Movies 59

self 55

Voice 19

Producer 6

Kumail Nanjiani

Biography

Filmography

all 137

TV Shows 78

Movies 59

self 55

Voice 19

Producer 6

Writer 1

Screenplay 1

Ella McCay (2025)

Is / Was \ Will (2025)

Destroy All Neighbors (2024)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)

Chrissy & Dave Dine Out (2024)

After Midnight (2024)

Migration (2023)

Krapopolis (2023)

Dr Phil LIVE! (2023)

Project Greenlight (2023)

Attack of the Doc! (2023)

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023)

History of the World: Part II (2023)

Welcome to Chippendales (2022)

The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)

Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space (2022)

Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)

The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals (2022)

Murderville (2022)

Eternals (2021)

A Night at the Academy Museum (2021)

Only Murders in the Building (2021)

What If...? (2021)

Roll Up Your Sleeves (2021)

Death to 2020 (2020)

Kal Penn Approves This Message (2020)

The Lovebirds (2020)

Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 (2020)

Reunited Apart (2020)

Little America (2020)

Dolittle (2020)

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019)

Bless the Harts (2019)

The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019)

Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik (2019)

The Boys (2019)

Stuber (2019)

Men in Black: International (2019)

The Twilight Zone (2019)

It Started As a Joke (2019)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize (2018)

Duck Butter (2018)

Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity (2018)

Lie Detector (2018)

Poop Talk (2018)

Big Mouth (2017)

The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)

A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017)

Problematic with Moshe Kasher (2017)

The Big Sick (2017)

Fist Fight (2017)

The Late Bloomer (2016)

Brother Nature (2016)

HarmonQuest (2016)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)

Central Intelligence (2016)

Chelsea (2016)

Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)

Hell and Back (2015)

Addicted to Fresno (2015)

The Grinder (2015)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)

Flock of Dudes (2015)

Tig (2015)

Major Lazer (2015)

The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)