Kumail Nanjiani
- Acting
- May 2, 1978 · Karachi, Pakistan
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Comeback King
- The Wrong Girls · GG (Voice)
- 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
- Over Your Dead Body · Hollywood Dan (uncredited)
- See You When I See You · Producer
- The Screener · Parker Harrison
- Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts · Self, Writer
- Ella McCay · Trooper Nash
- Deli Boys · Danyal Khan
- Is / Was \ Will · Executive producer
- 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, Executive producer
- Attack of the Doc! · Self
- Money Shot: The Pornhub Story · Self
- History of the World: Part II · Vatsyayana
- Poker Face · Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
- Welcome to Chippendales · Somen 'Steve' Banerjee, Executive producer
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return · Self
- Bee and PuppyCat · Howell (Voice)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Haja Estree
- The Boys Presents: Diabolical · Vik (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals · Self
- 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, Executive producer
- Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 · Self
- Reunited Apart · Self
- Little America · Executive producer, Teleplay
- Dolittle · Plimpton (Voice)
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · Self
- Bless the Harts · Jesus (Voice)
- Game Changer · Self
- 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 · Self
- The Lego Ninjago Movie · Jay (Voice)
- A Happening of Monumental Proportions · Perry
- The Big Sick · Kumail Nanjiani, Executive producer
- Fist Fight · Officer Mehar
- The Late Bloomer · Rich
- Brother Nature · Riggleman
- HarmonQuest · Eddie Lizzard
- 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
- 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