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Kumail Nanjiani

Kumail Nanjiani

Birthday: 1978-02-21 | Place of Birth: Karachi, Pakistan

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as    Nadeem

2023
The Gub Show

as    Gub (voice)

2023
The Gub Show

as    Gub (voice)

2023
The Gub Show

as    Gub (voice)

2023
Obi Wan Kenobi - The Patterson Cut

as    Haja Estree

2023
Obi-Wan Kenobi: The Patterson Cut

as    Hajee Estree

2023
Migration

as    Mack Mallard (voice)

2023
Project Greenlight

as    Self

2022
Welcome to Chippendales

as    Somen 'Steve' Banerjee

2021
Eternals

as    Kingo

2020
Death to 2020

as    Bark Multiverse

2020
The Lovebirds

as    Jibran

2020
Dolittle

as    Plimpton (voice)

2019
The Meet Arnold Show

as    Narrator (voice)

2019
Men in Black: International

as    Pawny (voice)

2019
Stuber

as    Stu Prasad

2018
Duck Butter

as    Jake

2018