Biography
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He is primarily 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, he was 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.
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, as well as playing various roles on the comedy series Portlandia.
Filmography
all 132
TV Shows 68
Movies 64
self 50
Voice 13
Writer 10
Screenplay 1
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Light ‘Em Up! Ghostbusters Past, Present & Future (2024)
Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
Chrissy & Dave Dine Out (2024)
Migration (2023)
Krapopolis (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)
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)
Little America: The Son (2020)
Little America: The Cowboy (2020)
Little America: The Manager (2020)
Little America: The Jaguar (2020)
Little America: The Rock (2020)
Little America: The Silence (2020)
Little America: The Grand Prize Expo Winners (2020)
Little America: The Baker (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)
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 & Back (2015)
Addicted to Fresno (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)
Hot Ones (2015)
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
Misery Loves Comedy (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
Bee and PuppyCat (2014)
Garfunkel and Oates (2014)
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail (2014)
The Last of the Great Romantics (2014)
Sex Tape (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Silicon Valley (2014)
TripTank (2014)
Loaded (2014)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Broad City (2014)
Timms Valley (2013)
The Pete Holmes Show (2013)
@midnight with Chris Hardwick (2013)
Tubbin' With Tash (2013)
Hell Baby (2013)
Bad Milo! (2013)
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male (2013)
Drunk History (2013)
The Jeselnik Offensive (2013)
The Kings of Summer (2013)
Newsreaders (2013)
The Arrangement (2013)
Bunk (2012)
Burning Love (2012)
The Eric Andre Show (2012)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Veep (2012)
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Portlandia (2011)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Conan (2010)
Life As We Know It (2010)
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy? (2010)
The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010)
Adventure Time (2010)
Ugly Americans (2010)
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (2010)
Community (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Michael & Michael Have Issues (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The View (1997)
The X-Files (1993)
The Simpsons (1989)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
A Guy Walks Into a Bar
Ella McCay
Thread: An Insidious Tale
The Doubtful Guest
Any Person, Living Or Dead
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GenderMale
Birthday1978-02-21 (46 years old)
Birth NameKumail Ali Nanjiani
Birth PlaceKarachi, Pakistan
Religionatheism
SpouseEmily V. Gordon
CitizenshipsPakistan, United States of America
Also Known AsKumail Ali Nanjiani, 쿠마일 난지아니, Κουμάιλ Ναντζιάνι, Кумэйл Нанджиани, クメイル・ナンジアニ, 库梅尔·南贾尼
AwardsTime 100, Independent Spirit Awards
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