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Kumail Nanjiani

Born 1978-05-02
📍 Karachi, Pakistan

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.

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Filmography 152

The Wrong Girls
2026
The Breadwinner
as Peyton
2026
Driver's Ed
as Mr. Rivers
2026
Over Your Dead Body
2026
Funny AF with Kevin Hart
as Self - Judge
2026
The Screener
as Parker Harrison
2026
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
as Self
2025
Ella McCay
as Trooper Nash
2025
The A List: 15 Stories from Asian and Pacific Diasporas
as Self
2025
Is / Was \ Will
2025
Destroy All Neighbors
as Smelting Refinery Guard
2024
Grave Conversations
as Self
2024
Fallout
as Xander Harkness
2024
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Nadeem
2024
After Midnight
as Self
2024
Migration
as Mack Mallard (voice)
2023
Krapopolis
as Spartan Army Leader (voice)
2023
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Prismo (voice)
2023
Dr Phil LIVE!
as Self
2023
Project Greenlight
as Self
2023
Attack of the Doc!
as Self
2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
History of the World: Part II
2023
Poker Face
as Joseph 'Gator Joe' Pilson
2023
Welcome to Chippendales
as Somen 'Steve' Banerjee
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
as Self - Haja Estree
2022
Bee and PuppyCat
as Howell (voice)
2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
as Haja Estree
2022
The Boys Presents: Diabolical
as Vik (voice)
2022
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as Self - Kingo
2022
Murderville
as Kumail Nanjiani
2022
Eternals
as Kingo
2021
A Night at the Academy Museum
as Self
2021
Only Murders in the Building
as Rudy Thurber
2021
What If...?
as Kingo (voice)
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
2021
Death to 2020
as Bark Multiverse
2020
The Lovebirds
as Jibran
2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as Self
2020
Reunited Apart
as Self
2020
Dolittle
as Plimpton (voice)
2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
as Self
2019
Bless the Harts
as Jesus (voice)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik
as Self
2019
The Boys
as Kumail Nanjiani (uncredited)
2019
Stuber
as Stu Prasad
2019
Men in Black: International
as Pawny (voice)
2019
The Twilight Zone
as Samir Wassan
2019
It Started As a Joke
as Self
2019
Duck Butter
as Jake
2018
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
as Self
2018
Poop Talk
as Self
2018
Big Mouth
as himself (voice)
2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie
as Jay (voice)
2017
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Perry
2017
The Big Sick
as Kumail Nanjiani
2017
Fist Fight
as Officer Mehar
2017
The Late Bloomer
as Rich
2016
Brother Nature
as Riggleman
2016
HarmonQuest
as Eddie Lizzard
2016
HarmonQuest
as Eddie Lizard
2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Keanu
2016
Central Intelligence
as Jared the Airport Security Guard
2016
Chelsea
as Self
2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Nasir
2015
Hell and Back
as Dave the Demon (voice)
2015
Addicted to Fresno
as Damon
2015
The Grinder
as Prosecutor Leonard
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
Taskmaster
as Self
2015
Flock of Dudes
as Ro
2015
Major Lazer
as Thor (voice)
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
as Brad Syed
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
as Self
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero
as Cute-ling Mayor (voice)
2014
Garfunkel and Oates
as Jordan
2014
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
as Self
2014
Sex Tape
as Punit
2014
The Last of the Great Romantics
as George the Counter Guy
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as Self
2014
Silicon Valley
as Dinesh Chugtai
2014
TripTank
as Dick Genie (voice)
2014
Loaded
as Raza
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
2014
Broad City
as Benny Calitri
2014
Timms Valley
as Arjit Pondicherry
2013
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self
2013
Hell Baby
as Cable Guy
2013
Bad Milo!
as Bobbi
2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male
as Himself
2013
Drunk History
as Lakota Chief
2013
Blackout
as Oregon Power Employee
2013
The Jeselnik Offensive
as Self
2013
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
The Kings of Summer
as Gary
2013
Newsreaders
as Amir Larussa
2013
The Arrangement
as Alfred Dalton
2013
Bunk
2012
Burning Love
as Zakir
2012
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
2012
The Five-Year Engagement
as Pakistani Chef
2012
Veep
as Statistician
2012
Key & Peele
as College Kid #1
2012
Franklin & Bash
as Pindar Singh
2011
Traffic Light
as Paul
2011
Portlandia
as Cell Phone Salesman
2011
Portlandia
as Birthday Loan Officer
2011
Portlandia
as Human Bandwidth Manager
2011
Portlandia
as Denim Salesman
2011
Portlandia
as SoCal Waiter
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Skip Marooch (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Skip (voice)
2011
Bob's Burgers
as Skip Marooch
2011
Conan
as Self
2010
Life As We Know It
as Simon
2010
Reggie Watts: Why Shit So Crazy?
2010
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as Self
2010
Adventure Time
as Prismo (voice)
2010
Ugly Americans
as Neilando Patel (voice)
2010
Community
as Lapari
2009
Archer
as Farooq Ashkani (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Michael & Michael Have Issues
as Kumail
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest Host
2003
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
as Bees (voice)
2000
The View
as Self
1997
The View
as Self - Guest
1997
The X-Files
as Pasha
1993
Late Show with David Letterman
as Self - Guest
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
1992
The Simpsons
as Theo (voice)
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
Laugh Factory
as Self
1979
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Good Morning America
as Self - Guest
1975
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
Thread: An Insidious Tale
Green Bank