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 125
TV Shows 69
Movies 56
self 49
Voice 17
Writer 2
Screenplay 1
Destroy All Neighbors (2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
Migration (2023)
Krapopolis (2023)
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story (2023)
Welcome to Chippendales (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space (Duplicated) (2022)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022)
Murderville (2022)
Death to 2020 (2020)
Little America (2020)
Dolittle (2020)
The Boys (2019)
Men in Black: International (2019)
The Twilight Zone (2019)
Big Mouth (2017)
The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
Brother Nature (2016)
HarmonQuest (2016)
Central Intelligence (2016)
Chelsea (2016)
Hell & Back (2015)
Tig (2015)
Major Lazer (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014)
Bee and PuppyCat (2014)
The Last of the Great Romantics (2014)
Silicon Valley (2014)
TripTank (2014)
Broad City (2014)
Timms Valley (2013)
Hell Baby (2013)
Drunk History (2013)
The Jeselnik Offensive (2013)
Newsreaders (2013)
The Arrangement (2013)
Bunk (2012)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
Veep (2012)
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Portlandia (2011)
Bob's Burgers (2011)
Adventure Time (2010)
Ugly Americans (2010)
Archer (2009)
Community (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
The View (1997)
The Simpsons (1989)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Burning Love 2
Ella McCay
The Doubtful Guest
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Known ForActing
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, Κουμέιλ Ναντζιάνι, 庫梅爾·南賈尼, คูเมล นานจิเอนี
AwardsTime 100, Independent Spirit Awards
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