Kumail Nanjiani
Kumail Ali Nanjiani (/kʊˈmeɪl ˌnɑːndʒiˈɑːni/; Sindhi: ڪميل علي نانجياڻي; Urdu: کمیل علی نانجیانی; born May 2, 1978) is a Pakistani-American stand-up comedian and actor. He is 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, they were 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. He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in The Twilight Zone executive produced by Jordan Peele in 2019. 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 and played various roles on the comedy series Portlandia. He also played Kingo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film Eternals and What If...? Episode What If... Agatha Went to Hollywood?, con artist Haja Estree in the Disney+ miniseries Obi-Wan Kenobi and celebrity scientist Vik in the television series The Boys Presents: Diabolical and The Boys. In 2022, he starred in the lead role of the Hulu miniseries Welcome to Chippendales. In 2023, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie category for his work in Welcome to Chippendales. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kumail Nanjiani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 02 May 1978
Played In
The Comeback King
The Wrong Girls
The Breadwinner
Peyton
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
Self
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
Self - Judge
Over Your Dead Body
Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
The Screener
Parker Harrison
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash
Deli Boys
Danyal Khan
Is / Was \ Will
Destroy All Neighbors
Smelting Refinery Guard
Grave Conversations
Self
Fallout
Xander Harkness
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Nadeem
After Midnight
Self
Migration
Mack Mallard (voice)
Krapopolis
Spartan Army Leader (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Prismo (voice)
Dr Phil LIVE!
Self
Project Greenlight
Self
Attack of the Doc!
Self
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
History of the World: Part II
Poker Face
Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
Welcome to Chippendales
Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Self - Haja Estree
Bee and PuppyCat
Howell (voice)
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Haja Estree
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
Vik (voice)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Kingo
Murderville
Kumail Nanjiani
Eternals
Kingo
A Night at the Academy Museum
Self
Only Murders in the Building
Rudy Thurber
What If...?
Kingo (voice)
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
Death to 2020
Bark Multiverse
The Lovebirds
Jibran
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Self
Reunited Apart
Self
Dolittle
Plimpton (voice)
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
Bless the Harts
Jesus (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
Self
The Boys
Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
Stuber
Stu Prasad
Men in Black: International
Pawny (voice)
The Twilight Zone
Samir Wassan
It Started As a Joke
Self
Duck Butter
Jake
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Self
Poop Talk
Self
Big Mouth
himself (voice)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Jay (voice)
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Perry
The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani
Fist Fight
Officer Mehar
The Late Bloomer
Rich
Brother Nature
Riggleman
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizzard
HarmonQuest
Eddie Lizard
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Keanu
Central Intelligence
Jared the Airport Security Guard
Chelsea
Self
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nasir
Hell and Back
Dave the Demon (voice)
Addicted to Fresno
Damon
The Grinder
Prosecutor Leonard
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Taskmaster
Self
Flock of Dudes
Ro
Major Lazer
Thor (voice)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Hot Ones
Self
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
Brad Syed
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
Garfunkel and Oates
Jordan
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Self
Sex Tape
Punit
The Last of the Great Romantics
George the Counter Guy
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
Silicon Valley
Dinesh Chugtai
TripTank
Dick Genie (voice)
Loaded
Raza
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Broad City
Benny Calitri
Timms Valley
Arjit Pondicherry
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
Hell Baby
Cable Guy
Bad Milo!
Bobbi
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
Himself
Drunk History
Lakota Chief
Blackout
Oregon Power Employee
The Jeselnik Offensive
Self
The Last Leg
Self
The Kings of Summer
Gary
Newsreaders
Amir Larussa
The Arrangement
Alfred Dalton
Bunk
Burning Love
Zakir
The Eric Andre Show
Self
The Five-Year Engagement
Pakistani Chef
Veep
Statistician
Key & Peele
College Kid #1
Franklin & Bash
Pindar Singh
Traffic Light
Paul
Portlandia
Cell Phone Salesman
Portlandia
Birthday Loan Officer
Portlandia
Human Bandwidth Manager
Portlandia
Denim Salesman
Portlandia
SoCal Waiter
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch (voice)
Bob's Burgers
Skip (voice)
Bob's Burgers
Skip Marooch
Conan
Self
Life As We Know It
Simon
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
Adventure Time
Prismo (voice)
Ugly Americans
Neilando Patel (voice)
Community
Lapari
Archer
Farooq Ashkani (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
Michael & Michael Have Issues
Kumail
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest Host
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Bees (voice)
The View
Self
The View
Self - Guest
The X-Files
Pasha
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
The Simpsons
Theo (voice)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
Laugh Factory
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Good Morning America
Self - Guest
The Oscars
Self - Presenter
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Compulsive Liar
Simon
All Day & All Night
Green Bank
Very Young Frankenstein