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Kumail Nanjiani

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1978-05-02 (46 years old)

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 128

TV Shows 71

Movies 57

self 51

Voice 17

Producer 3

Screenplay 1

Smelting Refinery Guard

Kumail Nanjiani

Biography

Filmography

all 128

TV Shows 71

Movies 57

self 51

Voice 17

Producer 3

Screenplay 1

Destroy All Neighbors (2024)

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (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)

Only Murders in the Building (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 & 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)

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1978-05-02 (46 years old)

Birth Name
Kumail Ali Nanjiani

Birth Place
Karachi, Pakistan

Religion
atheism

Spouse
Emily V. Gordon

Citizenships
Pakistan, United States

Also Known As
Kumail 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

Awards
Time 100, Independent Spirit Awards