Kumail Nanjiani
male
Born on May 02, 1978 (47 years old)
From Karachi, Pakistan
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Migration
as
Mack Mallard (voice)
2023
Attack of the Doc!
as
Self
2023
Project Greenlight
as
Self
2023
Krapopolis
as
Spartan Army Leader (voice)
2023
History of the World: Part II
2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
as
Self
2023
Poker Face
as
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as
Prismo (voice)
2023
- 2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as
Self - Kingo
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as
Self - Haja Estree
2022
Welcome to Chippendales
as
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
2022
Murderville
as
Kumail Nanjiani
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as
Vik (voice)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as
Haja Estree
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as
Self
2022
Bee and PuppyCat
as
Howell (voice)
2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2026
- 2019
Stuber
as
Stu Prasad
2019
Men in Black: International
as
Pawny (voice)
2019
It Started As a Joke
as
Self
2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as
Self
2019
Bless the Harts
as
Jesus (voice)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as
Self
2019
The Boys
as
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
2019
The Twilight Zone
as
Samir Wassan
2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
as
Self
2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as
Self
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as
Nasir
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as
Brad Syed
2015
Flock of Dudes
as
Ro
2015
Hell and Back
as
Dave the Demon (voice)
2015
Addicted to Fresno
as
Damon
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as
Self - Guest
2015
Major Lazer
as
Thor (voice)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as
Self
2015
Hot Ones
as
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as
Self
2015
The Grinder
as
Prosecutor Leonard
2015
- 2014
Loaded
as
Raza
2014
Sex Tape
as
Punit
2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
as
George the Counter Guy
2014
Silicon Valley
as
Dinesh Chugtai
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self - Guest
2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
as
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self
2014
Broad City
as
Benny Calitri
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as
Self
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as
Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
2014
TripTank
as
Dick Genie (voice)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as
Self
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
as
Jordan
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as
Self - Guest
2014
- 2013
The Kings of Summer
as
Gary
2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
as
Himself
2013
The Arrangement
as
Alfred Dalton
2013
Timms Valley
as
Arjit Pondicherry
2013
Hell Baby
as
Cable Guy
2013
Bad Milo!
as
Bobbi
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as
Self
2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
as
Self
2013
Drunk History
as
Lakota Chief
2013
The Last Leg
as
Self
2013
- 2012
- 2011
Franklin & Bash
as
Pindar Singh
2011
Portlandia
as
Cell Phone Salesman
2011
Portlandia
as
Birthday Loan Officer
2011
Portlandia
as
Human Bandwidth Manager
2011
Portlandia
as
Denim Salesman
2011
Bob's Burgers
as
Skip Marooch (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers
as
Skip (voice)
2011
Portlandia
as
SoCal Waiter
2011
Bob's Burgers
as
Skip Marooch
2011
- 2010
- 2009
- 2003
- 2000
- 1997
- 1993
- 1989
- 1988
- 1975
Crew Credits
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022
- 2020
- 2017
- 2013
