Kal Penn
Birthday: 1977-04-23 | Place of Birth: Montclair, New Jersey, USAKalpen Suresh Modi (born April 23, 1977) is an American actor, author, comedian, and former White House staff member in the Obama administration. He is best known for his role as Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar movie franchise. He is also known for his roles as Lawrence Kutner on the television program House, White House staffer Seth Wright on Designated Survivor, Kevin in How I Met Your Mother and Nikhil Ganguli in the film The Namesake (2006). In early 2009, Penn was offered the position of Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, which he accepted, necessitating his character Lawrence Kutner being written out of the TV series House. In 2020, Penn wrote a memoir called "You Can't Be Serious". While promoting this memoir, Penn announced that he and his boyfriend of 11 years, named Josh, were engaged
Known For
Acting
Role
as Dr. Morgan Desai
as Kal Penn
as Mark
as Mikku (voice)
as Self - Host
as Garrett Modi
as Mr. Singh (voice)
as Nitin
as Anuj
as James
as Rajeesh
as Self
as Self - Host
as Brice
as Seth Wright
as Detective Fontanelle
as Gordy Gambhir
as Himself - Host
as Peter Hemmings
as Tim (Segment 2)
as Clyde
as Motwani
as Gil Bartis
as Self - Host
as Kumar Patel
