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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

2021
Eternals

as    Kingo

2020
Death to 2020

as    Bark Multiverse

2020
The Lovebirds

as    Jibran

2020
Dolittle

as    Plimpton (voice)

2019
Men in Black: International

as    Pawny (voice)

2019
Stuber

as    Stu

2018
Duck Butter

as    Jake

2017
The Lego Ninjago Movie

as    Jay (voice)

2017
The Big Sick

as    Kumail Nanjiani

2017
Fist Fight

as    Officer Mehar

2016
Hello, My Name Is Doris

as    Nasir

2016
The Late Bloomer

as    Rich

2016
Brother Nature

as    Riggleman

2015
Hot Tub Time Machine 2

as    Brad

2015
Hell & Back

as    Dave the Demon (voice)

2015
Flock of Dudes

as    Ro

2014
Silicon Valley

as    Dinesh Chugtai

2014
2014
Loaded

as    Raza

2013
The Arrangement

as    Alfred Dalton

2013
Kumail Nanjiani: Beta Male

as    Himself