Known For
Acting
Born
May 02, 1978
Place of Birth
Karachi, Pakistan
Credits
149 titles
Kumail Nanjiani
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
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)
See You When I See You
Producer
The Screener
Parker Harrison
Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts
Self
Ella McCay
Trooper Nash
Driver's Ed
Mr. Rivers
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
Vatsyayana
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
Little America
Executive Producer
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